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Creator:: Swanston, Christopher W.
Abstract:: Application of N fertilizer is a common forest management practice in the Pacific Northwest, yet the long-term influence of fertilization on forest soil properties is not well known. Although elevated N often increases mineralization of C and N from labile organic matter, negative effects have been documented in recalcitrant organic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Wagai, Rota
Abstract:: Most soil organic C is in a stable form, associated with clay minerals in the upper soil profile. Upon environmental and land-use changes, stable soil C is subject to losses, which influence the global C cycle and the productivity of terrestrial ecosystems. However, mechanisms controlling soil C destabilization are not...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Yano, Yuriko
Abstract:: Dissolved organic matter (DOM) plays an important role in transport of C and essential nutrients such as N, P and S. DOM is also critical for the formation of soil organic matter (SOM), which is the largest terrestrial C pool. Nonetheless, we lack a basic understanding of what controls immobilization...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Marshall, John D. (John David), 1956-
Abstract:: To determine whether shading increases drought-induced root mortality by changing the chemical composition of roots, I conducted an experiment in which high and low light treatments in combination with high and low soil moisture treatments were applied to seedlings of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuqa menziesii Mirb. Franco). Because synthesis of suberin (a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Landsberg, Johanna Dobrot
Abstract:: Tree growth and soil nutrient responses to prescribed underburning were determined for a period of up to 12 years at four sites in northcentral and central Oregon ponderosa pine stands (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. ex Laws). Differences reported are significant at a = 0.10. During the first 4-growing-season-measurement period after underburning,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Velazquez-Martinez, Alejandro
Abstract:: The objectives of this research were to study: a) the effect of thinning and treatments consisting of pruning and multinutrient fertilization on aboveground biolnass increment, growth efficiency (GE), and foliar nutrients; b) the influence of topoedaphic variables (soil nutrients, slope, aspect, and rock content) and foliar nutrients on both leaf...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Borchers, Jeffrey G.
Abstract:: The effect of physical factors such as soil structure, bulk density, parent material, and topographic variables on soil C and N dynamics and ectomycorrhizal inocululu potential in forests of southwest Oregon were investigated In the high-elevation white fir (Abies concolor (Gord. & Glend.) Lindl.) zone, two old poorly-vegetated clearcuts with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Koo, Chang Duck
Abstract:: Red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) seedlings fertilized with NH4NO3 or inoculated with a pure culture Fran/cia and inoculated with live or dead spores of the mycoirhizal fungus Alpova diplophloeus (Zeller & Dodge) Trappe & Smith were grown in a growth chamber or in a greenhouse for six months Frankia inoculation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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