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Nitrogen dynamics across silvicultural canopy gaps in young forests of western Oregon

Creator:

Thiel, Aaron L.

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Silvicultural canopy gaps are emerging as an alternative management tool to accelerate development of complex forest structure in young, even-aged forests of the Pacific Northwest. I investigated patterns of nitrogen (N) availability along transects through 0.1 and 0.4 ha silvicultural gaps in three 50-70 year old Douglas-fir forests of western...

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Masters Thesis

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group, particularly lab-manager-extraordinaire, Chris Catricala. I owe a lot of blood and tears to
Decomposition and nitrogen dynamics of red alder and Douglas-fir leaf litter in Oregon Coast Range riparian forests

Creator:

Matkins, Joselin

Abstract:

I examined factors regulating decomposition rates of red alder (Alnus rubra)) and Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) leaf litter in Coast Range riparian areas in western Oregon. Overall, this study was designed to examine the influence that leaf litter quality characteristics and decomposition site treatment have on decomposition rates, to provide a...

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Masters Thesis

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for their important contributions to this work. From the Perakis Lab, I want to thank Chris