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Creator:: Zyrina, Olga A.
Abstract:: This project was a part of larger work that compared major factors controlling patterns of carbon dynamics in two regions of the globe, the Pacific Northwest, USA and northwestern Russia. It was funded through the NASA foundation (grant # NAG5- 6242). Human economic activity is causing the release of pollutants...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Olga A. Zyrina for the degree of

Creator:: Lichtenstein, Mark E.
Abstract:: This study focuses on the tradeoffs that exist for managing forested landscapes for biodiversity and timber production. Tradeoff evaluation is important to natural resource managers so they can understand the benefits and costs of alternative management prescriptions. The study examines three watersheds in the Oregon Coast Range and 166 terrestrial...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Morris, John W. (John William), 1954-
Abstract:: Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Agrobacteriwn rhizogenes, the causal agents of crown gall disease and hairy root disease, are known for their ability to transfer part of their DNA (the T-DNA) from the bacterial tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid to the genome of the host plant. Interest has focused on these bacteria because they...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Mills, John R.
Abstract:: As part of the effort to evaluate TRIM (Timber Resource Inventory Model) for the next RPA National Assessment, a study was conducted using natural pine stands in North Carolina. TRIM has been used for regional timber supply studies in both the Pacific Northwest and the South (Southern Timber Supply Study)....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Hirte, Sarah Rebecca
Abstract:: In the field of forest planning, assumptions regarding the appropriate modeling of management behavior, translated through management prescriptions, minimum harvest ages, green-up periods, and other variables are needed if a stand-level optimization process is not used to guide the selection of stand management regimes Forest planners thus generally have a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Science in Forest Resources presented September 13.2002. Title: A Comparison Of The

Creator:: Kiser, James D. (James Donald)
Abstract:: The development of personal computer software coupled to an analytical stereoplotter allows major gains in efficiency and accuracy in a number of forestry related subjects. This thesis describes the operation of a system developed by Carto Instruments. This thesis demonstrates how area estimates might be made in a systematic way...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Sitompul, Darwin
Abstract:: A decision support system (DSS) for nurse scheduling in hospitals is developed and implemented on microcomputer. The system includes algorithms and databases for developing weekly work and shift patterns and combining these into working schedules for nurses for a specified time horizon, and interface modules for the user to interact...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Robert R. Safford, Dr. Rasaratnam Logen Logendran, Dr. John Sessions, Dr. Eugene A. Abrassart and Dr

Creator:: Gorsevski, Peter (Pece) V.
Abstract:: This thesis presents the idea for FORIN (Forest Roads Inventory), a computerized forest roads inventory system. FORIN is a tool to more efficiently inventory and manage information of forest roads. FORIN is intended for use by field personnel, who will use pen-based computers to improve productivity, accuracy of inventories, to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Murphy, Glen E.
Abstract:: Over the next quarter century there will be about an eight-fold increase in the volume of wood harvested annually from New Zealand's steep terrain radiata pine plantations. With the move to steeper terrain it is expected that there will be a trend towards considerably smaller landings. With smaller landings final...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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