In conjunction with a proposed suppression project against the Douglas-fir tussock moth in northern Idaho, more than 1,000 larvae were collected from sample plots throughout the 32,000-acre treatment area. We had hoped to determine naturally occurring mortality factors which may have contributed to lower than anticipated population levels. Reared on...
A 20-year-old Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco] stand in the Oregon Coast Range was thinned from about 1,700 to about 350 trees/ac. Subsequent thinnings, under eight different regimes, occurred at ages 23, 27, 30, and 32. Average net periodic cubic-volume growth was strongly influenced by thinning regime, varying from about...
Twenty-two isolates of Flexibacter columnaris were
collected from different species of fish from a wide
geographic range. Shieh medium was selected and modified
to provide satisfactory growth of F. columnaris strains.
Although there were three phenotypic variations in colony
morphology among the strains observed, the environmental
and biochemical characteristics as...
During summer and fall of 1981 to 1983, mark-recapture was
conducted in riparian and upland habitats within old-growth and
mature forests in the Cascade Range of Oregon. Number of
individuals and species richness were greater in riparian than
upland habitat. For most species, the mean adult weights and
the percentages...
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Two case studies of 5 ecosystems were used to examine the nitrogen fixation rate of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.), varnishleaf (Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus (Hook.) T. & G.), deerbrush (C. i ntegerrimus H. & A.), and snowbrush (C. velutinus var. velutinus Dougl. Ex Hook). The first case study assayed...