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Creator:: Kucera, Jennifer Moore
Abstract:: Forest harvest can have significant impacts on forest ecosystems that may influence the capacity of soils to sequester carbon (C). The microbial community controls decomposition, which is a critical process in partitioning litter- and root-C between CO₂ and storage in semi-permanent soil-C pools. The objectives of this study were to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) out in the (rainy) field with me. To Tracy Mitzel, Jayne Smith, and Marcia Brett for all of their

Creator:: Schutter, Mary E.
Abstract:: The Oregon Long-Term Soil Quality Project was initiated to identify soil properties that respond rapidly to alternative management practices. Such practices included winter cover cropping, which was implemented at two experimental research stations and several grower fields throughout the Willamette Valley. The goal of this thesis was to identify the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: hogged all the file cabinets. To Tracy Mitzel, for her candy and computer help. Lastly, I am grateful

Creator:: Diedhiou, Sire
Abstract:: Piliostigma reticulatum and Guiera senegalensis are two native shrubs that coexist with row crops in parkland systems of the Sahel of Africa. Although permanently green all year around in soil depleted in nutrients and dry for a nine-month period, these shrubs have been largely overlooked. Conventional management of these shrubs...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: gratitude goes to Joan Sandeno, for her input on this work, and for her assistance in many ways. To Tracy

Creator:: Wanzek, Thomas
Abstract:: Soils have a critical role in global carbon (C) cycling, containing one of the largest fast-cycling carbon stocks on earth. Robust representation of soil organic matter dynamics in Earth System Models is critical for future climate prediction. Current C cycling models assume that all C cycling in non-hydric (i.e. ‘upland’)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Miller, Suzanne C. McKenzie
Abstract:: Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc) bacteria reside in soil, plant rhizospheres, and water, but the prevalence of Bcc in outdoor environments is not clear. In this study, we sampled a variety of soil and rhizosphere environments with which people may have contact: playgrounds, athletic fields, parks, hiking trails, residential yards and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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