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Bioindication of air quality in forests of northern and central California using epiphytic macrolichen communities

Creator:: Jovan, Sarah
Abstract:: The unifying purpose of this dissertation was to describe, model, and map relationships between epiphvtic macrolichen communities and air quality in Ibrests of northern and central California. First, multivariate analyses were used to subdivide the large study area into three model areas with similar climate, topography, and lichen communities: the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Suzv Will-Wolf, and Dale Weyermann, provided vital assistance along the way. I am also very urateful

The reproductive ecology of the pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia nutt.) under a range of overstory conditions in western Oregon

Creator:: DiFazio, Stephen P.
Abstract:: The influence of overstory openness on the reproductive ecology of Pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia Nutt.) was investigated on 4 sites in western Oregon over 2 years. The breeding system of T. brevifolia was found to deviate from pure dioecy under a broad range of canopy and site conditions. Production of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Seeing Genes: Multiscale Phenotyping Reveals Gene Functions in Maize Pollen

Creator:: Warman, Cedar D.
Abstract:: Plant sexual reproduction requires a broad array of molecular mechanisms to proceed successfully. Some of these mechanisms are well-studied, but our knowledge of them as a whole is fundamentally incomplete. Pollen tube growth is a key part of this process, facilitating the delivery of the sperm cells to the female...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Cedar Dale Warman

Phytosanitation of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) logs to mitigate the risk of artificially disseminating Phytophthora ramorum within the global trade of timber

Creator:: Hulbert, Joseph M.
Abstract:: Phytophthora ramorum is a plant pathogen that was accidentally introduced to the United States. This invasive microorganism has killed over a million trees in California and Oregon, and continues to spread to new areas. Diseased areas have been nationally quarantined to prevent further spread and more than ninety countries include...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: improves ecosystem suitability and increases the likelihood of pest establishment (Dale et al., 2001; FAO

Studies to facilitate reintroduction of golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) to the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Lawrence, Beth A.
Abstract:: Golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta Greenman) historically inhabited the prairies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. However, this Pacific Northwest endemic is currently restricted to eleven sites in the Puget Trough of Washington and British Columbia. Recovery criteria call for the establishment of new populations throughout the species historic range, including the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Bartow, Rob Tracey, and Dale Darris of the NRCS Plant Materials Center, who were critical partners in

Functional groups, traits, and the performance of species in restoration

Creator:: Roberts, Rachael E. (Rachael Elaine)
Abstract:: In ecological restoration, species that are sown to increase the native plant diversity range in establishment ability. Some species readily establish, while others rarely do. This study set out to investigate some of the potential processes influencing species establishment, as well as the traits that are associated with the success...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: were an excellent experience, and the Priscilla Bullitt Collins Trust made my research assistantship

Improving Best Management Practices for Potato Production in the Columbia Basin : An Evaluation of Essential Oils for Control of Verticillium Wilt and the Fate of Chloride in the System

Creator:: Light, Sarah Elizabeth
Abstract:: Although the potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a global crop, few growing regions rival the high yields of the Columbia Basin of Eastern Oregon and Washington. Two research projects were conducted in Hermiston, OR to contribute to best management practices for the region. The first project evaluated the efficacy of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: soil organisms (Toyota et al., 1999; Collins et al., 2006; Omirou et al., 2011), and is increasingly

Lichen communities and caribou habitat in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA

Creator:: Nelson, Peter R.
Abstract:: Lichens play many important roles in subarctic terrestrial ecosystems by fixing nitrogen, colonizing rock and gravel, stabilizing otherwise bare soil, adding significantly to vegetation biodiversity and serving as the primary food for caribou in the winter. In these chapters, I analyzed lichen community and ecological trait structure along environmental gradients,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Ecological thresholds, climate extremes, and tree species' distributions across the Pacific coastal United States

Creator:: Lintz, Heather E.
Abstract:: Species' distributions across the landscape are perhaps the least understood yet most conspicuous features of life on earth. Ecologists have long studied species' distributions; yet, many questions remain about why species occur where they do. Such questions persist largely because species' distributions are complex systems with challenging properties like non-linearity,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Propagule sources, disturbance characteristics and the inital establishment of riparian vegetation after debris flows

Creator:: Gecy, Jeanne Leslie
Abstract:: Debris flows are a major cause of disturbance to riparian vegetation. Both observational and experimental studies were used to examine the initial recovery of riparian vegetation after debris flows on headwater streams in the western Cascades of Oregon. My goal was to determine the roles of seedlings and vegetative sprouts,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Bioindication of air quality in forests of northern and central California using epiphytic macrolichen communities

The reproductive ecology of the pacific yew (Taxus brevifolia nutt.) under a range of overstory conditions in western Oregon

Seeing Genes: Multiscale Phenotyping Reveals Gene Functions in Maize Pollen

Phytosanitation of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) logs to mitigate the risk of artificially disseminating Phytophthora ramorum within the global trade of timber

Studies to facilitate reintroduction of golden paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta) to the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Functional groups, traits, and the performance of species in restoration

Improving Best Management Practices for Potato Production in the Columbia Basin : An Evaluation of Essential Oils for Control of Verticillium Wilt and the Fate of Chloride in the System

Lichen communities and caribou habitat in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA

Ecological thresholds, climate extremes, and tree species' distributions across the Pacific coastal United States

Propagule sources, disturbance characteristics and the inital establishment of riparian vegetation after debris flows

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