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A new index for describing the structural complexity of forests

Creator:: Zenner, Eric K.
Abstract:: Despite the critical ecological roles of structural features in forests, ecologically relevant quantitative measures of structure that allow comparisons among forest stands are still limited. A new index, the structural complexity index (SCI), was developed to characterize and compare the structural complexity of different forests. Point patterns of stem-mapped trees...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Forest structure, species diversity and spatial patterns of trees in monodominant and mixed stands in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo

Creator:: Makana, Jean-Remy M.
Abstract:: Two rectangular 10-ha plots (200 x 500 m) were established in each of the two main forest types of the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire). The description of stand structure and species diversity, the comparison of the two forest types, and the evaluation of the effects of...
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:: of Master of Science in Forest Science presented on November 25, 2003. Title: Disturbance and

Development, fire history and current and past growth, of old-growth and young-growth forest stands in the Cascade, Siskiyou and mid-coast mountains of southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Sensenig, Thomas S.
Abstract:: I evaluated fire occurrence, growth and recruitment and determined the fire history of 21 old and 20 young 8ha stands in Cascade, Siskiyou and mid-Coast mixed conifer and evergreen forests in southwestern Oregon. The rates and patterns of growth were measured and analyzed on 1,079 old-growth and 2,111 young stand...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Contemporary regional forest dynamics in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Reilly, Matthew J. (Matthew Justin), 1975-
Abstract:: Recent climatic warming trends and increases in the frequency and extent of wildfires have prompted much concern regarding the potential for rapid change in the structure and function of forested ecosystems around the world. Episodes of mortality in wildfires and insect outbreaks associated with drought have affected large areas and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in the Pacific Northwest to develop a framework for tracking regional forest dynamics and examine

Carbon storage in a Pacific Northwest conifer forest ecosystem : a chronosequence approach

Creator:: Janisch, Jack E.
Abstract:: As concern over global warming intensifies, sequestration and storage of atmospheric CO2 has become an important scientific and policy issue. Confusion persists, however, over interpretation of forest carbon (C) source-sink dynamics, in part because conclusions drawn depend on temporal and spatial scales of analysis (e.g. day-week scale vs. successional-scale), type...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: important scientific and policy issue. Confusion persists, however, over interpretation of forest carbon

Mixed-conifer forests of central Oregon : structure, composition, history of establishment, and growth

Creator:: Merschel, Andrew G.
Abstract:: The structure and composition of mixed-conifer forest (MCF) in central Oregon has been altered by fire exclusion and logging. The resulting increased density, spatial contagion, and loss of fire resistant trees decrease the resiliency of this ecosystem to fire, drought, and insects. The historical and current composition and structure of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Thomas A. Spies The structure and composition of mixed-conifer forest (MCF) in central Oregon has

The timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners

Creator:: Butler, Brett J.
Abstract:: To increase our understanding of the timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners, I developed theoretical and empirical timber harvesting models for family forest owners in the southeastern United States. An individual-choice model was the basis for the models. Family forest owners were modeled as utility-maximizers who made harvesting decisions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: conservationist, forest environmentalist, and range pragmatist owner groups in Missouri. In Wisconsin, Marty et

Using oral histories to document changing forest cover patterns : Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, 1500-1999

Creator:: Zybach, Bob
Abstract:: This thesis examines forest history of a portion of the Douglas-fir Region: Soap Creek Valley, a 15,000 acre sub-basin of the Luckiamute River in northern Benton County, Oregon. The primary reasons for the research were to test oral history methodology, document sub-basin scale forest cover pattern changes, and determine basic...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of weed control on vegetation dynamics in Pacific Northwest conifer plantations

Creator:: Chen, Fen-Hui
Abstract:: Weed control in Pacific Northwest forests has been criticized for its potential impact on biodiversity. Changes were evaluated in conifer growth, diversity of vegetation in situ and of recruiting plants through different regeneration mechanisms after applying temporally-varied weed control by herbicide treatments based on the critical period concept. Conifer size...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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A new index for describing the structural complexity of forests

Forest structure, species diversity and spatial patterns of trees in monodominant and mixed stands in the Ituri Forest, Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Development, fire history and current and past growth, of old-growth and young-growth forest stands in the Cascade, Siskiyou and mid-coast mountains of southwestern Oregon

Contemporary regional forest dynamics in the Pacific Northwest

Carbon storage in a Pacific Northwest conifer forest ecosystem : a chronosequence approach

Mixed-conifer forests of central Oregon : structure, composition, history of establishment, and growth

The timber harvesting behavior of family forest owners

Using oral histories to document changing forest cover patterns : Soap Creek Valley, Oregon, 1500-1999

Effects of weed control on vegetation dynamics in Pacific Northwest conifer plantations

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