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Effects of seed characters and competitive environment on two-year performance of open-pollinated Douglas-fir families

Creator:: St. Clair, John Bradley
Abstract:: Ungerminated seed and recent germinants from 39 open-pollinated Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) families were planted in each of three competitive environments in order to determine the degree to which growth differences among families are influenced by competitive environment, seed weight, and date of emergence. The three competitive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Identifying candidate genes associated with cold adaptation in Douglas-fir using DNA microarrays

Creator:: Howe, Dana Kathryn
Abstract:: In forest trees from temperate and boreal regions, cold acclimation is an important adaptive trait that involves changes in gene expression and physiology. Genecological, quantitative genetic, and QTL studies have been used to study the genetics of cold acclimation in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), but the genes responsible for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Sorenson 1978; Griffin and Ching 1977; Loopstra and Adams 1989; Rehfeldt 1989; St. Clair et al 2005; St

Identifying site characteristics that explain variation in Douglas-fir site productivity and stem form

Creator:: Magalska, Lauren E.
Abstract:: Foresters care about site productivity and stem quality in Douglas-fir plantations for many reasons. The profitability of forest land and the economic returns on silvicultural investments are directly related to site productivity. Thus, understanding the relationships among Douglas-fir productivity, stem form and site characteristics is important economically. My objective was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: disease risk (Manter et al. 2005; St Clair et al. 2005). Each of these studies resulted in maps that

Independent effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination : tropical forest fragmentation alters hummingbird movements and pollination dynamics

Creator:: Hadley, Adam S.
Abstract:: A growing body of work reveals that animal-mediated pollination is negatively affected by anthropogenic disturbance. Landscape-scale disturbance results in two often inter-related processes: (1) habitat loss, and (2) disruptions of habitat configuration (i.e. fragmentation). Understanding the relative effects of such processes is critical in designing effective management strategies to limit...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Predators associated with hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) infested western hemlock in the Pacific Northwest.

Creator:: Kohler, Glenn R.
Abstract:: The hemlock woolly adelgid, Adelges tsugae, is causing widespread mortality of eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, in the eastern United States. In the West, A. tsugae causes negligible damage to western hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla. Host tolerance traits and presence of endemic predators may be contributing to the relative tolerance of western...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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:: Microsoft Word - ST Seager dissertation (June 2017).docx

Early-successional vegetation dynamics and microsite preferences following post-fire forest restoration in southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Kayes, Lori J.
Abstract:: Reforestation-based restoration of severely burnt plantations is one of the primary management activities following wildfire on U.S. federal lands. Restoration effects on early-seral plant and cryptogam communities have not been documented. The objectives of this study were, in severely burnt plantations two to four years post-fire, to examine the: (1)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Influence of light on the growth of advance regeneration in the understory of Douglas-fir dominated forests in western Oregon

Creator:: Deisenhofer, Florian
Abstract:: The growth potential of Douglas-fir, grand fir and western hemlock advance regeneration in the forest understory of Douglas-fir-dominated forests was investigated to detennine the feasibility of selection cutting systems in northwest Oregon. This study compared the growth of Douglas-fir, grand fir and western hemlock advance regeneration along a light gradient...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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

Genetic variation and mating system of ponderosa pine in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

Creator:: Gooding, Geoffrey David
Abstract:: The population genetic structure of ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa Dougi.) in the Willamette Valley of Oregon was investigated. Cones were collected from native stands of ponderosa pine from the Willamette Valley, eastern Oregon, southwest Oregon and the Puget Sound Basin of Washington. Seeds were subjected to isozyme analysis of 12...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: providing me with the seed collection from Southwest Oregon; Brad St. Clair and Al Sugano for their help

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Effects of seed characters and competitive environment on two-year performance of open-pollinated Douglas-fir families

Identifying candidate genes associated with cold adaptation in Douglas-fir using DNA microarrays

Identifying site characteristics that explain variation in Douglas-fir site productivity and stem form

Independent effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on pollination : tropical forest fragmentation alters hummingbird movements and pollination dynamics

Predators associated with hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) infested western hemlock in the Pacific Northwest.

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

Early-successional vegetation dynamics and microsite preferences following post-fire forest restoration in southwestern Oregon

Influence of light on the growth of advance regeneration in the understory of Douglas-fir dominated forests in western Oregon

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

Genetic variation and mating system of ponderosa pine in the Willamette Valley of Oregon

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