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Creator:: Hacker, Amy L.
Abstract:: I investigated the population attributes and habitat selection of mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa) recolonizing clearcuts in the Coast Range mountains of Polk and Lincoln counties, Oregon between June 1989 and August 1990. The population characteristics of colonizing mountain beaver were evaluated in 12 stands of 3 types: 1-year-old clearcuts assumed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Steidl and Bill Noble provided comic relief, companionship, and sound advice during many long days and

Creator:: Evans-Peters, Graham, R.
Abstract:: The Wetland Reserve Program (WRP) is one conservation tool that mitigates national wetland loss and a primary goal for the program includes optimizing wildlife habitat by restoring wetland functions and values. Few studies have evaluated the WRP, which limits our understanding of its impact on wildlife populations. I assessed the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ). The Wetland Reserve Program (WRP), established by the 1990 Farm Bill, is a volunteer-based federal

Creator:: Sanzenbacher, Peter M.
Abstract:: Avian movement behavior provides insight on patterns of regional and local fidelity, habitat and resource requirements, the scale at which individuals perceive the landscape, and the relative influence of the spatial array of resources. Shorebirds (suborder: Charadrii) are a diverse and mobile group of wetland associated species. Large numbers of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: searching for missing birds. This included but was not limited to Joe and Kathi Jenks, Roger Koos, Bill

Creator:: Creech, Tyler G.
Abstract:: Landscape characteristics can strongly influence demographic and genetic processes in wildlife populations. Climate change and human land use are causing many landscapes to change rapidly, and the effects on wildlife populations must be understood to properly manage these threats and design effective conservation strategies. In this dissertation, I explored the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: allowed me to expand the scope of Chapters 3 and 4. Bill Monahan provided helpful advice on climate

Creator:: Taft, Oriane Williams
Abstract:: Understanding how wetland birds use habitat is pivotal to developing successful and beneficial conservation strategies. Although it has been an ardent topic in forest research for some time, how species interact with the spatial patterning of habitat across a landscape (i.e., landscape structure) has been more or less neglected in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sorted hundreds of invertebrate samples in the lab. Bill Gerth helped with invertebrate identification

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