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Creator:: Ohmann, Janet L.
Abstract:: Knowledge of regional-scale patterns of plant community structure and controlling factors is largely qualitative and based on numerous local studies. Data from a subsample of 10,000 field plots were used to quantify and map compositional gradients of woody plant communities across Oregon forests. Canonical correspondence analyses explained 9-14% of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Gradient Analysis and Spatial Pattern of Woody Plant Communities in Oregon. Abstract approved

Creator:: Temmes, Eeva Karin Marianna
Abstract:: The relationship between ground vegetation and light intensity under a 60 to 65-year-old Douglas-fir forest was investigated. Biomass and height of ground vegetation were measured and cover was estimated on small sample units (30 centimeters in diameter) on permanent research plots, one-acre in size, on the George T. Gerlinger Experimental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Nesmith, Jonathan C. B.
Abstract:: The processes that lead to stable, low-growing plant communities and the characteristics of the species that form them are of great interest to rights-of-way (ROW) managers and others wishing to better understand plant community resistance to tree invasion on managed landscapes. The use of stable, low-growing plant communities as a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Leavell, Daniel M.
Abstract:: I studied the relationship of environmental variables to six plant associations on McDonald and Paul M. Dunn Forests. Indirect gradient analysis was used to determine relationships. The plant associations were developed in a companion study by C.J. Hubbard (1991). McDonald-Dunn Forests are located north and northwest of Corvallis, Oregon. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Sheridan, Chris D.
Abstract:: We have a poor understanding of the biotic communities in zero-order basins, drainages extending from ridgelines to the initiation of first-order streams. This study describes baseline plant and amphibian composition in unmanaged zero-order basins in the Oregon Coast Range. Specifically, I studied: i) the spatial distribution and diversity of species,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Reserved Plant and Amphibian Assemblages in Zero-Order Basins in the Oregon Coast Range by Chris D

Creator:: Carlton, Gary C.
Abstract:: Red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) is a fast-growing pioneer species that colonizes disturbed forest sites west of the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. Streambottoms, toe slopes, and mass movement of surface soils have historically provided the scarification and soil moisture necessary for successful regeneration of red alder. During the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Hubbard, Connie J.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to develop a plant association classification for the mature coniferous forests of the McDonald and Paul M. Dunn Research Forests. A secondary objective was to quantify diversity within the plant associations. This Forest is approximately 11,000 acres and is located 6 miles to the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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