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Creator:: Fahey, Robert T.
Abstract:: Canopy gap formation is a major factor contributing to maintenance of overstory species diversity and stand structure in forests and may be integral to development of understory shrub and herb layers as well. Acknowledgement of gap formation as a fundamental feature of natural forests has led to consideration of gaps...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Klaus J. Puettmann Canopy gap formation is a major factor contributing to maintenance of

Creator:: Silvernail, Ian S.
Abstract:: The role of unusual geologies in plant distribution and form is well-known. Serpentine (ultramafic) soils exert a particularly strong influence on plants, as evidenced by a high level of endemism and the morphological and physiological traits displayed in adaptation to the extraordinary chemistry of these substrates. Adaptation may lead to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________________________ Robert J. Meinke The role of unusual geologies in plant distribution and form is

Creator:: Lopez Ortiz, Maria Jose
Abstract:: Disturbance and microclimate interact to play a central role influencing the composition and structure of plant communities. In this thesis, I examined plant community composition and structure twenty years after high severity wildfires with and without post-fire management (salvage logging, fuel treatment, tree planting, and shrub release) under contrasting microclimatic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Doescher who have shared ideas and insights. Bruce McCune helped with ordination analysis and

Creator:: Lawrence, Caitlin E.
Abstract:: Pacific Northwest prairies have become significantly reduced in extent, and in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, less than one percent of native upland prairies remain. Many species have been impacted by this extreme loss of habitat, including Castilleja levisecta (golden paintbrush), a threatened hemiparasitic forb species endemic to the Pacific...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thank the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, in particular Bruce McCune for enlightening me to

Creator:: Snider, Gabrielle
Abstract:: Dry coniferous forests in the western United States are experiencing severe wildfires, insect outbreaks, forest disease epidemics and a growing presence of invasive species. Policies strongly emphasize reducing hazardous fuels at the Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) where communities and forests intersect. However, these areas present restoration challenges as they tend...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: species in the litter and mineral soil layers using PCORD 5.19 (McCune et al. 2002, Lang and Halpern

Creator:: Currin, Rebecca E.
Abstract:: The showy biennial to short-lived perennial Oenothera wolfii (Munz) Raven, Dietrich & Stubbe (Wolf’s evening primrose) occurs in only a small number of isolated populations on the southern Oregon and northern California coast. This rare species is currently listed as Threatened in Oregon, and is considered a Species of Concern...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ Robert J. Meinke The showy biennial to short-lived perennial Oenothera wolfii (Munz

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