Objectives of this study were to determine differences in
herbage production of three seral stages of three habitat-types.
Field studies were conducted in 1967 and 1968 on the Squaw Butte
Experimental Range.
Twelve, 400-square-foot, paired exclosures were established
in each habitat-type. Herbage was clipped from four, 48-squarefoot
samples in one...
A sequence of soils derived from tuffaceous rocks was sampled
on the H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest and adjacent U. S. Plywood
land to determine some genetic and stability relationships. The
less than two micron size fraction from each sample was characterized
by x-ray diffraction with respect to crystalline clay...
A study was undertaken to determine the reliability of the formation
of a line of demarcation between paired cultures of Fomes
cajanderi Karst. as an indicator of dissimilar compatibility genotypes.
The results were applied to an assay of the number and location of
compatibility genotypes in each of four glaze-damaged,...
The mycorrhizal rootlets of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco.) and red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) were extensively investigated. A jet-black mycorrhiza was found to be dominant on Douglas-fir rootlets. The fungal symbiont was identified as Cenococcum graniforme (Sow.) Ferd. and Winge. Two forms of mycorrhizae predominated on root systems of...
Major objectives of the study involved development of a laboratory
procedure to obtain mating, determining characteristics of female
sex attraction, and determination of the effects of temperature and
humidity on mating and fecundity. The second of two methods devised
to obtain mating, "the vertical airflow technique," was convenient to
employ...
The ecological and silvicultural importance of snowbrush,
Ceanothus velutinus, in the areas west of the summit of the Oregon
Cascades was studied. Particular attention has been given its nitrogen-
fixing ability under both field and greenhouse conditions.
On west slopes of the Oregon Cascades snowbrush occurs above
2, 500 feet...
The main goals of this study were: (1) to develop a combination
of soiling, laundering, and soil detection procedures which would be
accurate, reproducible, and relatively rapid; (2) to develop a quantitative
method to detect artificial soil on fabrics by X-ray fluorescent
spectroscopy; (3) to compare unfinished and Wurlan finished...
The balsam woolly aphid (Adelges piceae Ratz.) feeds by inserting its stylets intra- and intercellularly into the cortex or outer phloem of the true firs. While feeding, the aphid injects into the bark an unknown stimulatory substance which affects the adjacent cortical parenchyma cells, the activity of the vascular cambium...
Seed of Cougar and Newport Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L.)
was harvested at Pullman and Spokane at several stages of maturity.
Variations in seed attributes resulting from environmental and maturity
effects were evaluated through germination tests, tetrazolium staining,
seed moisture and seed weight determinations. Seedling vigor was
determined by .speed...
Second Edition May 1969. Reprinted January 1979. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
The study was conducted on the Ochoco National Forest in
central Oregon. Vegetation-soil relationships were evaluated for the
following objectives: 1. Develop a sound ecological foundation on
which total land management decisions may be based. 2. Evaluate
forest succession, stocking, and growth to improve management.
3. Develop accurate range condition...
The ecology of a population of snowshoe hares, Lepus
americanus washingtonii, was studied in western Oregon from 1960
to 1962. Objectives were to obtain information to control hares,
which frequently cause damage to coniferous reproduction in the
region, and to compare the life history of this little-studied subspecies
with others....
The nonagricultural lands of the world are being called upon today to satisfy tremendous
demands from society at all levels of economic development. Until recently, costs of management
of many of these lands were too high to warrant appreciable management investment for
the relatively low yields. Society is beginning to...