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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:: mammals include foliovores, fungivores, spermivores, frugivores, insectivores, and carnivores (O'Neil et

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

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:: dynamics. Ecology 75:17-29. Huenneke, L.F., S.P. Hamburg, S.P. Koide, HA. Mooney, and P.M. Vitousek. 1990

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