Vegetation as a soil-forming factor was studied under forest
transition and grass while attempting to keep other soil forming factors
constant in the western part of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The
physiographic units consist chiefly of the interior foothills and slopes
formed from an old basaltic flow with some interspersed...
The development of Easter lily Lilium longiflorum Thunb.
'Ace' bulblets from scales was used to study the influence of scale
pre-cooling, growing temp, and daylength on scale initiation,
scale "filling" (bulbing), and scale leaf formation. The development
of 'Croft', 'Ace', and 'Nellie White' daughter bulbs in field-grown
yearlings was also...
The purpose of this study was twofold: First, to establish a means
of assessing the degree of professional status accorded student personnel
workers by constructing an attitude questionnaire, for student
clientele, based upon statements derived from eight criteria for
evaluating professional status; Second, to determine and analyze the
attitudes measured...
The development and maintenance of a family achievement
theme was analyzed using two dramas: Long Day's Journey Into Night
by Eugene O'Neill and A Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Three
propositions were tested: 1) The development of a family achievement
theme involves a transaction between individual personality needs...
The purpose of this study was to determine consumer perception
and acceptance of color change in textile fabrics, and the relation of
acceptance to age, sex, and socio-economic level. Eighteen null
hypotheses were drawn to investigate if relationships existed between:
(1) the degree of color change perceived and found acceptable...
Nine Gray Podzolic soils from different physiographic regions
of Thailand were studied to determine their characteristics and
genesis in relation to their parent materials, land form, pedogenic
environment, classification and management. The clay was characterized
by X-ray diffraction and standard chemical and physical
analyses were performed. Mineralogy of the light...
A study of the population dynamics and ecology of the fleas
associated with the gray-tailed vole, Microtus canicaudus Miller, was
conducted on three sites surrounding the city of Corvallis, Oregon.
Over a period of 12 months, 22,641 adult and larval fleas representing
three families and eight species were recovered from...