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Vegetation response following thinning in young Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon : can thinning accelerate development of late-successional structure and composition?

Creator:: Beggs, Liane R.
Abstract:: Across western Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, forest management practices over the past century reduced the amount of late-successional forest while simultaneously increasing the amount of young (less than 80 years old), managed Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) dominated forests. Recently, concerns over loss of late-successional habitat pushed management objectives on public...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: western Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, forest management practices over the past century

Habitat relationships of small terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates in managed forests in the southern Oregon Cascades

Creator:: McDade, Kirsten Ayn
Abstract:: Silviculture systems that involve commercial thinning may provide higher quality wildlife habitat than traditional clearcut systems, yet such systems have not been vigorously tested. This prospective study examined forest floor animal abundance and habitat relationships under three different silviculture conditions: clearcuts, commercial thins, and uncuts. Eighteen stands, six per treatment,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: treatment, were selected in the Umpqua National Forest, in the southern Oregon Cascades, and surveyed for

Morphological characteristics of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine regeneration nine years after stand density reduction at three sites in central Oregon

Creator:: Michel, Alexa K.
Abstract:: Without the natural occurrence of fire in ponderosa pine forests of the western US, lodgepole pine has started to dominate regeneration in many forest stands and may be gradually replacing ponderosa pine over time. This development, however, conflicts with recent efforts in this region to restore old-aged, open ponderosa pine...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: three sites in central Oregon. Ponderosa pine seems more persistent in forest understory conditions

Douglas-fir, grand fir and plant community regeneration in three silvicultural systems in western Oregon

Creator:: Ketchum, J. Scott
Abstract:: Douglas-fir and grand fir seedling establishment and plant community regeneration were examined in a western Oregon forest following harvest in three different silvicultural systems: clearcut, two-story and patchcut. The two-story system consisted of removing all but 10 to 12 trees per acre. The patchcut system consisted of harvesting 1/2 acre...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Disturbance and landscape history as a reference for evaluating forest management effects at a regional scale : examples from the Coast Range of Oregon, USA

Creator:: Nonaka, Etsuko
Abstract:: History is an invaluable source of information to understand and evaluate management influences on contemporary ecosystems and landscapes. The first two chapters (Chapters 2 and 3) explored the concept of historical range of variability (HRV) in landscape structure and stand structure using a stochastic fire simulation model to simulate presettlement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Evaluating Forest Management Effects at a Regional Scale: Examples from the Coast Range of Oregon, USA. by

Dead wood dynamics and relationships to biophysical factors, forest history, ownership, and management practices in the Coastal Province of Oregon, USA

Creator:: Kennedy, Rebecca S.H.
Abstract:: Dead wood patterns and dynamics vary with biophysical factors, disturbance history, ownership, and management practices. Through field and modeling studies, I examined the current and potential future amounts of dead wood in two landscapes and region-wide in the Coastal Province of Oregon. The objectives of the first study were to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Functional relationships among songbirds, arthropods, and understory vegetation in Douglas-fir forests, western Oregon

Creator:: Hagar, Joan C.
Abstract:: Arthropods are important food resources for birds. Forest management activities can influence shrub-dwelling arthropods by affecting the structure and composition of understory shrub communities. Changes in abundance and species composition of arthropod communities in turn may influence the distribution and abundance of insectivorous birds. I examined relationships among bird abundance,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Snag longevity, bird use of cavities, and conifer response across three silvicultural treatments in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Walter, Scott T.
Abstract:: In the interest of meeting multiple forest management goals that include maintenance of wildlife, particularly cavity-nesting birds, uneven-aged silvicultural treatments are used increasingly in the Pacific Northwest. However, questions remain regarding the responses of cavity-nesting birds and residual green trees to different harvest intensities and patterns. To study these issues,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: meeting multiple forest management goals that include maintenance of wildlife, particularly cavity

Patterns in understory vegetation communities across canopy gaps in young, Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon

Creator:: Fahey, Robert T.
Abstract:: Canopy gap formation is a major factor contributing to maintenance of overstory species diversity and stand structure in forests and may be integral to development of understory shrub and herb layers as well. Acknowledgement of gap formation as a fundamental feature of natural forests has led to consideration of gaps...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: forests of western Oregon. Forest Ecology and Management 112:289-302. 5 Battles, J. J., A

The influence of forest management on headwater stream amphibians at multiple spatial scales

Creator:: Stoddard, Margo A.
Abstract:: To effectively manage for biodiversity at broad, ecosystem scales, the influences of habitat structure at multiple spatial scales on vertebrate species must be understood. There are few studies on the broad-scale habitat requirements of stream amphibians despite their importance in streams in forest ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) as...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Service, Oregon Department of Forestry, Boise Cascade, Olympic Resource Management, Roseburg Forest

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Vegetation response following thinning in young Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon : can thinning accelerate development of late-successional structure and composition?

Habitat relationships of small terrestrial vertebrates and invertebrates in managed forests in the southern Oregon Cascades

Morphological characteristics of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine regeneration nine years after stand density reduction at three sites in central Oregon

Douglas-fir, grand fir and plant community regeneration in three silvicultural systems in western Oregon

Disturbance and landscape history as a reference for evaluating forest management effects at a regional scale : examples from the Coast Range of Oregon, USA

Dead wood dynamics and relationships to biophysical factors, forest history, ownership, and management practices in the Coastal Province of Oregon, USA

Functional relationships among songbirds, arthropods, and understory vegetation in Douglas-fir forests, western Oregon

Snag longevity, bird use of cavities, and conifer response across three silvicultural treatments in the Oregon Coast Range

Patterns in understory vegetation communities across canopy gaps in young, Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon

The influence of forest management on headwater stream amphibians at multiple spatial scales

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