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Strategies for sampling and estimation of aboveground tree biomass

Creator:: Poudel, Krishna Prasad
Abstract:: The issue of global climate change and an increasing interest in the reduction of fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions by using forest biomass for energy production has increased the importance of quantifying forest biomass in recent years. The official U.S. forest carbon reporting is based on the forest biomass estimates...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Biomass AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Krishna P. Poudel for the degree of

Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

Creator:: Vogler, Kevin C.
Abstract:: Wildfire exclusion over the past century or more has resulted in extensive fuel accumulations throughout much of the West that combined with recent climatic patterns have increased the frequency of relatively uncommon, large, high-severity wildfires. Forest restoration treatments intended to alter landscape-level fire disturbance patterns can be difficult to implement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sustainable Biomass Supply from Fuel Reduction Treatments

Converting forest biomass to energy in Oregon : stakeholder perspectives on a growing movement

Creator:: Stidham, Melanie
Abstract:: Within Oregon there is considerable interest in the possibility of converting woody biomass to energy. This interest stems from three converging factors: the desire to reduce the threat of uncharacteristic wildfire by removing excess material from the forests, the possibility to stimulate rural economies that are dependent on forest products,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Converting Forest Biomass to Energy in Oregon: Stakeholder Perspectives on a Growing Movement

Relationship between allometric variables and biomass in western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)

Creator:: Sabin, Breanna S.
Abstract:: A tenfold expansion of western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis spp. occidentalis) into the sagebrush steppe has led to the degradation of the economic and ecological potential of these landscapes. Land managers have enacted numerous methods to reduce distributions and densities of these trees. Assessment of above ground juniper biomass, expressed overall...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 6 2008. Title: Relationship Between Allometric Variables and Biomass in Western Juniper

Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) habitat use and herbage (or biomass) removal from grazing at Jack Creek, Klamath County, Oregon

Creator:: Shovlain, Amie M.
Abstract:: We evaluated the effects of herbage removal from livestock grazing on Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) habitat use by monitoring frog locations in grazed and matched ungrazed treatments across a range of grazing intensities at Jack Creek, Fremont-Winema National Forest, Oregon. Thirteen cattle exclosures were deployed along Jack Creek in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) : what we can and cannot see in the forest for the trees

Creator:: Edson, Curtis B.
Abstract:: Recently concerns over anthropogenic carbon pollution have received increased global attention and research in forest biomass and carbon sequestration has gained momentum. Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) remote sensing has in the last decade demonstrated forest measurement and biomass estimation potential. The project objective was to compare LiDAR forest biomass...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: attention and research in forest biomass and carbon sequestration has gained momentum. Light Detection and

Temporal effect of vegetation management on growth and wood quality of conifers in a western Oregon plantation

Creator:: Goracke, Heidi S. Roe
Abstract:: Concern over the increasing proportion of juvenile wood grown in second growth plantations has led to a large amount of research on the effects of common silvicultural practices on wood quality. Lacking is research on the effect of timing and duration of vegetation control on wood quality near the pith...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: latewood, biomass increment and eight-year diameter growth of Douglas-fir seedlings among different

Examination of imputation methods to estimate status and change of forest attributes from paneled inventory data

Creator:: Eskelson, Bianca N. I.
Abstract:: The Forest Inventory and Analysis (FIA) program conducts an annual inventory throughout the United States. In the western United States, 10% of all plots (one panel) are measured annually, and a moving average is used for estimating current condition and change of forest attributes while alternative methods are sought in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: suitability to update plot-level forest attributes (basal area/ha, stems/ha, volume/ha, biomass/ha) to the

Stand development of Cordia alliodora (Boraginaceae), a neotropical secondary forest tree in northern Costa Rica (1992-1996)

Creator:: Hummel, Susan Stevens
Abstract:: Cordia alliodora is used for reforestation programs and farm income in northern Costa Rica. This study investigated: 1) responses of C. alliodora associated with stand density, or trees/ha (TPH), and 2) plant diversity and biomass in the understory of C. alliodora plantations. Three Nelder plots, 31 temporary plots and 6...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Coarse woody detritus dynamics, variable decay rates and their contribution to wildland fuel succession following high-severity fire disturbance in dry-mixed conifer forests of Oregon's eastern Cascades

Creator:: Dunn, Christopher J.
Abstract:: Reducing future fire severity is a proposed ecological benefit of salvage logging following wildfire disturbance. Considerable debate continues over the ability of such management practices to achieve this objective given limited understanding of coarse woody detritus (CWD) dynamics, fuel bed alterations, and post-fire vegetative growth. The objective of this study...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: rates increase as CWD moves from standing to downed material, reducing total CWD biomass by 30-50

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Strategies for sampling and estimation of aboveground tree biomass

Sustainable biomass supply from fuel reduction treatments : a biomass assessment of federally owned land in eastern Oregon

Converting forest biomass to energy in Oregon : stakeholder perspectives on a growing movement

Relationship between allometric variables and biomass in western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis)

Oregon spotted frog (Rana pretiosa) habitat use and herbage (or biomass) removal from grazing at Jack Creek, Klamath County, Oregon

Light detection and ranging (LiDAR) : what we can and cannot see in the forest for the trees

Temporal effect of vegetation management on growth and wood quality of conifers in a western Oregon plantation

Examination of imputation methods to estimate status and change of forest attributes from paneled inventory data

Stand development of Cordia alliodora (Boraginaceae), a neotropical secondary forest tree in northern Costa Rica (1992-1996)

Coarse woody detritus dynamics, variable decay rates and their contribution to wildland fuel succession following high-severity fire disturbance in dry-mixed conifer forests of Oregon's eastern Cascades

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