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Creator:: Fields, Kristen L. N.
Abstract:: White and grand fir are both valuable components of the mixed-conifer stand structure managed for late-successional reserves in central Oregon. However, they are often short-lived species because of high susceptibility to root diseases, defoliating insects, bark beetles, and wildfire. This study focuses on the effects of root diseases caused by...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kristen L. N. Fields for the

Creator:: Maenhout, Julie L. (Harper)
Abstract:: The American beaver (Castor canadensis) was nearly extirpated by the late 1800's due to the fur trade. Due to reintroduction efforts, it now occupies much of its former range. Beavers are a keystone species and ecosystem engineers, greatly influencing riparian and instream habitats through selective harvesting of plant materials and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Julie L. Maenhout for the degree of Master of Science in Forest Science

Creator:: Vikram, Vikas
Abstract:: Wood stiffness is one of the most important properties of lumber and veneer. We studied wood stiffness (modulus of elasticity, MOE), wood density, microfibril angle, and knots in a 25 year-old wind pollinated progeny test (50 families, ~ 373 trees) of coastal Douglas-fir to understand the potential for genetically improving...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ] 2106387.1 ××= lbh wDENdl where DENdl (kg m-3) is the dry lumber density, w is the weight (g), l is the

Creator:: Barnard, Holly Rene
Abstract:: The links between forests, streamflow, and climate are poorly understood. Despite hundreds of studies over the past 60 years, fundamental questions of forests' effects on the hydrologic cycle remain unanswered. The hydrological cycle involves mutually-dependent biological and physical processes that operate at multiple scales of time and space, and this...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Wigington. Tom Hinckley and Linda Brubaker were my undergraduate advisors nearly a decade ago and they

Creator:: Jenkins, Stephanie R.
Abstract:: Little is known on the importance of riparian areas to birds near small headwater streams in mesic forests. Progress towards understanding limiting factors that affect bird populations has been difficult because of lack of information beyond the breeding period. I compared bird assemblages between headwater riparian and upland areas throughout...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: as their arthropod sampling and analyzing efforts. Thanks also to Linda Ashkenas, Brett

Creator:: Zhu, Ruoqing
Abstract:: Epigenetic mechanisms are important for control of plant development, and may play a particularly important role in trees given their long life cycles and distinctive and stable tissue types. To help understand the role of epigenetics in tree development, we produced transgenic poplars with reduced activity of the DDM1 genes,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis. I sincerely thank Dr. Christopher K. Mathews and Linda Benson for their precious advice and

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