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Structural and functional comparison of human-impacted and natural forest landscapes in the western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:

Pennington, Deana D.

Abstract:

This study compared effects of human and natural wildfire disturbance on age class distribution and associated ecosystem properties of forests in a 15,670 km2 area of the western Cascades of Oregon. The study site is characterized by three forest use types: low elevation, intensively harvested private industrial lands; mid elevation...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Forest Successional and Disturbance Dynamics in the Southern Blue Mountains of Eastern Oregon

Creator:

Johnston, James D.

Abstract:

The application of modern land management practices beginning at the turn of the 20th century is widely believed to have dramatically transformed forest landscapes of the inland Pacific Northwest. Restoring historical conditions to make forests resilient to future climate and disturbance regimes is a major goal of federal forest managers....

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

structure, composition, and disturbance processes vary across time and across the range of forest types