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Creator:: Sherman, Lorelle M.
Abstract:: The western purple martin (Progne subis arboricola) is a species of conservation concern throughout the Pacific Northwest. In western Oregon, the purple martin nests in three major ecosystem types: inland open-water, coastal, and upland forest. The availability of suitable breeding habitat is a major limiting factor for western purple martin...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________ Joan Hagar The western

Creator:: Barry, Amy Marie
Abstract:: Snags provide critical habitat for nearly one-third of wildlife species in forests of the Pacific Northwest, so historic declines in snags are thought to have had a strong impact on biodiversity. Resource managers often create snags to mitigate the scarcity of snags within managed forests, but information regarding the function...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ___________________ James W. Rivers, Joan C. Hagar_________________________ Snags provide

Creator:: Stokely, Thomas D.
Abstract:: Intensive forest management (IFM, dense conifer plantings and herbicide applications) may alter the characteristics of early seral plant communities that function as major habitat resources for a host of wildlife species, including cervid herbivores such as Cervus elaphus and Odocoileus hemionus. Such large herbivores can also substantially affect plant community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Betts and Joan Hagar, as well as committee members, Dave Hibbs, Hal Salwasser and Bruce McCune for

Creator:: Kitayama, Eileen K.
Abstract:: The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) is a collection of large-scale restoration projects across the United States that are striving to improve many economic, social, and ecological sustainability issues, including the condition of fish and wildlife habitat. Effectiveness monitoring is a specific type of monitoring that is critically important...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: and how prior year evaluations have contributed to improved project performance, (C) a description

Creator:: Pritchard, Kyle R.
Abstract:: In the last 200 years there have been significant declines in the amount and structural complexity of oak-dominated forests and savannahs in the Pacific Northwest. Restoring oak systems often involves selectively thinning stands of oaks in order to reduce competition for sunlight. In choosing which trees to cut, land managers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ David C. Shaw Joan C. Hagar In the last 200 years there have been significant

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