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Competitive relations for soil water in an experiment of soil compaction and organic residues in a young ponderosa pine-mixed shrub community

Creator:: Swearingen, Kurt A.
Abstract:: An experiment was established in 1992 in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains of California to assess the effects of high levels of surface organic residues, severely compacted soil, and shrub competition on the development of mixed conifer plantations. This study was conducted in 1997 to determine if selected combinations of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of water stress on phenology, physiology, and morphology of containerized Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii (mirb.) Franco) seedlings

Creator:: Khan, Shafiqur Rehman
Abstract:: Approximately 3-4 month-old containerized Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) seedlings (seed zone 262 and 271) were subjected to 6 moisture stress treatments (65, 53, 41, 29, 17 and 7% soil water content by volume of dry soil) starting July 4 to September 22, 1991 at Forest Research Laboratory's greenhouse at...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Detection of 2,4-D herbicide damage using ground-based measurements : implications for remote sensing

Creator:: McCreight, Richard W.
Abstract:: Spectral patterns of three brush species under the influence of herbicide treatment were investigated to evaluate the effectiveness of monitoring forest vegetation management using ground-based and remote sensing techniques. Foliage of Pacific rhododendron (Rhododendron macrophyllum D. Don), golden chinkapin (Castanopsis chrysophylla Dougl.), and hairy manzanita (Arctostaphylos columbiana Piper) sprayed with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Vegetation and soil microbial communities three years after wildfire in spruce-fir forests of northwestern Wyoming

Creator:: Hooke, Jennifer Suzanne
Abstract:: The Normalized Burn Ratio and Composite Burn Index were used to classify burn severity in three sites that experienced lightning-ignited wildfire in the year 2000. The effect of burn severity (unburned, low, moderate, and high severity classes) was investigated on vegetation and soil microbial community composition. Vegetation communities showed a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: composition of the soil microbial community. It is difficult to generalize about the effect of fire on soil

Effect of solution nitrogen and phosphorus on growth, carbon allocation and nitrogen fixation of red alder seedlings

Creator:: Lipp, Cynthia C.
Abstract:: The effect of solution nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations on biomass production and N₂ fixation of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.) seedlings grown in perlite-filled pots in a climate controlled growth room were studied. Nodulated seedlings were subjected to 12 different nutrient solution combinations of nitrogen and phosphorus and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Spatial relationships of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae, soil fauna and soil nutrients in the juniper-sagebrush-grass communities of central Oregon

Creator:: Roberts, Christine, 1952-
Abstract:: A Study conducted at The Island, Lake Billy Chinook, in Central Oregon, examined differences in the pattern of soil properties between a sagebrush-grass and a juniper-sagebrush-grass community. Juniper invasion is linked with the desertification process in which the sagebrush shrubs and perennial grasses decline. Patterns in soil nutrients and other...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Conifer phytotoxicity and vegetation control efficacy of ten selected herbicides

Creator:: Coate, Jeremy E.
Abstract:: Ten herbicides (atrazine, azafenidin, chlorsulfuron, clopyralid, hexazinone, imazapic, imazapyr, metsulfuron, pendimethalin, and sulfometuron) were evaluated for phytotoxicity in first-year seedlings of eight conifer species (Douglas-fir, grand fir, noble fir, redwood, Sitka spruce, western hemlock, western red cedar, and western white pine). Six of these herbicides (atrazine, clopyralid, hexazinone, imazapyr, metsulfuron,...
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:: Management and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and were selected based on similar soil

Effects of shade on performance and chlorophyll fluorescence of four Pacific Northwest seedling conifer species

Creator:: Khan, Shafiqur Rehman
Abstract:: The influence of shading intensity on performance, chlorophyll fluorescence emissions, the slope of the fluorescence induction curve, chlorophyll contents, and stomatal conductance of four Pacific Northwest conifer species [ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Laws.), Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), western redcedar (Thujaplicata Donn.), and western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.)] was...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Relationships of tree growth to nitrogen and water availability in a sheep-tree-pasture system in Douglas County, Oregon : field case study and shadehouse simulation

Creator:: DeMeo, Thomas
Abstract:: This thesis consists of three parts: 1) a field case study involving tree growth, moisture stress, and foliar nitrogen response to sheep-grazed pasture treatments; 2) a shadehouse (potted-plant) study of simulated grazing effects on tree growth and moisture use; and 3) a summary, synthesizing results of the field and shadehouse...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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Competitive relations for soil water in an experiment of soil compaction and organic residues in a young ponderosa pine-mixed shrub community

Effects of water stress on phenology, physiology, and morphology of containerized Douglas-fir (Psuedotsuga menziesii (mirb.) Franco) seedlings

Detection of 2,4-D herbicide damage using ground-based measurements : implications for remote sensing

Vegetation and soil microbial communities three years after wildfire in spruce-fir forests of northwestern Wyoming

Effect of solution nitrogen and phosphorus on growth, carbon allocation and nitrogen fixation of red alder seedlings

Spatial relationships of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizae, soil fauna and soil nutrients in the juniper-sagebrush-grass communities of central Oregon

Conifer phytotoxicity and vegetation control efficacy of ten selected herbicides

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

Effects of shade on performance and chlorophyll fluorescence of four Pacific Northwest seedling conifer species

Relationships of tree growth to nitrogen and water availability in a sheep-tree-pasture system in Douglas County, Oregon : field case study and shadehouse simulation

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