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Creator:: Elliott, Braden T.
Abstract:: This thesis merges the fields of Ecology and Anthropology by applying Habitat Suitability Modeling to the relationship between people and plants in the Pacific Northwest. In it, I create and optimize two Maxent habitat suitability models for camas (Camassia spp.) in Oregon. The first model describes the physical environment of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Director of the School of Language, Culture and Society

Creator:: Sheoships, Gabe
Abstract:: Pacific lamprey Entosphenus tridentatus is a valuable icon and traditional food source for Indigenous people of western North America. Native Americans have utilized traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) since time immemorial to guide their ways of life, transmitting cultural values and natural history to further generational knowledge. Pacific lamprey are in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: North America. Lamprey or “eels” as they are known amongst the tribes are a cultural icon of

Creator:: Gombert, Carolyn E.
Abstract:: The thermal regime of rivers plays a key role in aquatic ecosystem health. In the Willamette River, OR, the present day main channel temperature is often too warm for cold water fishes during the late spring, summer, and early fall. At these times, cold water fishes tend to be concentrated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ponds in this study was made possible by student research grants from the Geological Society of

Creator:: Hescock, Sara
Abstract:: Soil is a valuable medium when investigating the past-- from understanding rates of development, landform evolution, to the construction of various predictive models. Landforms and sediments provide insight into depositional environments and soil morphology indicates pedogenic change within those landforms. The rate at which pedogenesis occurs has been quantitatively measured...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and subsequent geological processes, determines whether or not evidence of past activities are

Creator:: Danner, Allison G.
Abstract:: Dams and reservoirs are important components of water resource management systems, but their operational sensitivity to streamflow variability may make them vulnerable to climate change. Climate change is likely to affect the magnitude and timing of streamflow, motivating the assessment of potential impacts on dams and reservoirs. Here I examine...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , filling of the reservoir may occur up to 16% more often or 11% less often than in the past, depending

Creator:: Knapp, Dante L.
Abstract:: Archaeological excavations of the Cooper's Ferry site in the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho, have revealed a stratified record of cultural occupation, spanning the late Pleistocene and early Holocene periods. The purpose of this study was to contribute to the understanding of cultural adaptive strategies represented in the archaeological record...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: this thesis possible: To the Department of Anthropology; School of Language, Culture, & Society; the

Creator:: Inman, Tim
Abstract:: Local Perceptions of Social-Ecological Change on the McKenzie: Implications for Resilience This study sought to catalog local knowledge of long-term residents of the McKenzie River Valley as it pertains to landscape and community change and provide a general assessment of factors affecting the local social-ecological system’s resilience. Residents interviewed indicated...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: —economically, socially, or politically—is within sight.” For other parts of America though the community has

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