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  • Bioterrorism : a survey of western United States hospital response readiness

    Creator:
    Phillips, Margaret J.
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    A study to evaluate the level of hospital preparedness to respond to a bioterrorist attack such as smallpox or anthrax, in the western United States (Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington) was conducted from May to September 2000. A survey questionnaire was mailed to 300 randomly selected hospitals. A...
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    Dissertation

  • Understanding Public Perceptions of Post-Wildfire Landscape Recovery

    Creator:
    Kooistra, Chad M.
    Abstract:
    Forest disturbances, such as wildfires, pine beetle outbreaks, and floods are important features of many landscapes and ecosystems. Many disturbances are increasing in size, frequency, and intensity due to changing climates and land management decisions. The changing ecological and aesthetic conditions following a disturbance can lead to negative short- and...
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    Dissertation
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    climates and land management decisions. The changing ecological and aesthetic conditions following a

  • Citizen-agency interactions : an investigation of postfire environments

    Creator:
    Olsen, Christine Shaw
    Abstract:
    Wildfire management has grown increasingly complex in recent years, particularly in the West and in the Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) where a steady population growth has resulted in greater risk to people and property. Recent trends suggest the process of recovering from large fires (>100,000 acres) will become increasingly important to...
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    Abstract approved: Bruce A. Shindler Wildfire management has grown increasingly complex in

  • Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) ecology and management with emphasis on prescribed burning

    Creator:
    Champlin, Mark R. (Mark Randolph)
    Abstract:
    Four studies were conducted. First, mountain big sagebrush communities were burned at Lava Beds National Monument, California, and The Crooked River National Grassland, Oregon. In two years at Lava Beds, basal cover of Idaho fescue in one community and Thur- ber's needlegrass in one of three communities did not recover....
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    management with emphasis on prescribed burning AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Mark R. Champlin for the

  • Analysis of semi-volatile organic contaminants and their accumulation in remote aquatic ecosystems of the western US

    Creator:
    Ackerman, Luke K.
    Abstract:
    Many pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic. These semi-volatile organic compounds (SOCs) can undergo atmospheric transport and deposition in cold, remote ecosystems. A better understanding of their accumulation in the fish of these ecosystems is important to better predict...
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    Dissertation
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    phases at equilibrium, such as air and water (Kaw), octanol and water (Kow), or air and pure liquid