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Competition release and climate change effects on a moisture-demanding tree species in a dry system

Creator:: Seager, S. Trent
Abstract:: Climate change and the increase in meteorological drought have generated global concern over the persistence of ecosystems already in decline from decreased moisture. Evidence suggests dryland ecosystems have been more impacted by drought because of their tightly coupled growth-water relationships and high sensitivity to environmental shift. Removal of competing vegetation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) stands within the dry forests of the Inland Pacific Northwest (PNW

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:: forest ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) as predators and prey, and potentially as indicators

Systematics of Pacific Northwestern species of the genus Gymnomyces inferred from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences

Creator:: Whitbeck, Kristen L.
Abstract:: Gymnomyces is an ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete genus in the family Russulaceae estimated to contain less than 50 species worldwide, with 23 species known to occur in the Pacific Northwest. Gymnomyces species are common in Pacific Northwest forests that include Pseudotsuga, Abies, Tsuga, and Quercus. They produce sequestrate (truffle-like) sporocarps with ornamented...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the soil in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) (Luoma et al., 1991). Sporocarps resemble minute potatoes

Bird-vegetation relationships across ten years after thinning in young thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir forests

Creator:: Yegorova, Svetlana
Abstract:: Bird-vegetation associations are a base for bird conservation and management, as well as for predictions of the effects of resource management and climate change on wildlife populations. A recent shift in forest management priorities from timber production to native species' habitat conservation on federal lands has emphasized the need to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: – INTRODUCTION Historical Context Timber extraction and forest management in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) in

Evaluating the effectiveness of commonly used herbaceous weed control regimes in a Pacific Northwest conifer plantation

Creator:: Dinger, Eric
Abstract:: Early in the establishment of Pacific Northwest conifer plantations, herbaceous weeds often decrease seedling growth through competition for soil moisture during the dry summer months. Critical period studies have reported that reductions in competitive weed cover are necessary during the initial years of establishment to avoid reductions in seedling growth....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (Zimdahl 1988). Forest managers in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) were keenly aware of the need to quickly

Seasonal estimates of nitrogen fixation by Alnus rubra and Ceanothus species in western Oregon forest ecosystems

Creator:: Kim, Dong Yeob
Abstract:: Two case studies of 5 ecosystems were used to examine the nitrogen fixation rate of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.), varnishleaf (Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus (Hook.) T. & G.), deerbrush (C. i ntegerrimus H. & A.), and snowbrush (C. velutinus var. velutinus Dougl. Ex Hook). The first case study assayed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Time-based nitrogen availability and risk of Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski invasion in central Oregon

Creator:: Stubbs, Michelle M.
Abstract:: During the last century, fire suppression, grazing, and climate change have caused sagebrush grasslands to be altered in both function and form; juniper and sagebrush dominate the landscape at the expense of herbaceous plants. Management efforts to reduce juniper and sagebrush overstory in order to enhance herbaceous components of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . (1994) Holocene changes in semiarid pinyon-juniper woodlands. Bioscience, 44, 465-474. Tausch, R.J

Debris flows and flood disturbance in small, mountain watersheds

Creator:: Snyder, Kai U.
Abstract:: This study examined debris flows occurring in a 125 km² study area in the Blue River watershed in the western Cascade Mountains of Oregon over a 50-year period. Debris flow occurrence was found to be concentrated in a distinct zone of high activity occupying approximately half of the study area,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of the USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station (Forestry Sciences Laboratory, Corvallis, Oregon

Overstory density and disturbance impacts on the resilience of coniferous forests of western Oregon

Creator:: Neill, Andrew R.
Abstract:: A trait based approach was used to assess impacts of overstory density and thinning on understory vegetation components related to wildlife habitat. The relationship between overstory basal area and understory vegetation for species grouped by traits, such as production of flowers, fleshy-fruit and palatable leaves, was characterized in thinned and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: & Evolution 12(12): 474-478. Messier, C., and Puettmann, K.J. 2011. Forests as complex adaptive systems

Development of a hybrid modeling framework for intensively managed Douglas-fir plantations in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Weiskittel, Aaron R.
Abstract:: Forest growth models in the Pacific Northwest are predominantly empirical. Predictions of yield under alternative silvicultural regimes cannot rely completely on field trials; yet empirical growth models are often inadequate for extrapolating untested regimes and genotypes. The limitations of current models include (1) long time-steps (e.g. 5-10 years); (2) insufficient...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Pacific Northwest (PNW). In both empirical and process-based models, the influence of crown

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Competition release and climate change effects on a moisture-demanding tree species in a dry system

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

Systematics of Pacific Northwestern species of the genus Gymnomyces inferred from nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer sequences

Bird-vegetation relationships across ten years after thinning in young thinned and unthinned Douglas-fir forests

Evaluating the effectiveness of commonly used herbaceous weed control regimes in a Pacific Northwest conifer plantation

Seasonal estimates of nitrogen fixation by Alnus rubra and Ceanothus species in western Oregon forest ecosystems

Time-based nitrogen availability and risk of Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski invasion in central Oregon

Debris flows and flood disturbance in small, mountain watersheds

Overstory density and disturbance impacts on the resilience of coniferous forests of western Oregon

Development of a hybrid modeling framework for intensively managed Douglas-fir plantations in the Pacific Northwest

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