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Filtering by: Advisor Barber, David A. Decade 1990-1999 Subject Ectomycorrhizas -- Oregon

Occurrence of ectomycorrhizae on ericaceous and coniferous seedlings grown in soils from the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:

Smith, Jane E. (Jane Elizabeth)

Abstract:

Seedlings of Gaultheria shallon, Pseudotsuga menziesii, Rhododendron macrophyllum and Tsuga heterophylla were grown together in the greenhouse in soils from three young managed Douglas-fir forests in the Oregon Coast Range. The main objectives were 1 )to evaluate the ability of ericaceous plants and overstory conifers to share compatible mycorrhizal fungi...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis
Physical processes affecting soil biotic and abiotic responses to disturbance in forest ecosystems of southwestern Oregon

Creator:

Borchers, Jeffrey G.

Abstract:

The effect of physical factors such as soil structure, bulk density, parent material, and topographic variables on soil C and N dynamics and ectomycorrhizal inocululu potential in forests of southwest Oregon were investigated In the high-elevation white fir (Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl.) zone, two old poorly-vegetated clearcuts with...

Resource Type:

Dissertation