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Creator:: Burton, Douglas Harlow
Abstract:: The objective of this study was to determine the feeding habits of the Mazama pocket gopher (Thomomys mazama Merriam) in the pine region of south-central Oregon. Damage caused by pocket gophers to conifer regeneration was a major incentive for this research. A permanent reference collection, consisting of epithelial tissue from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Anderson, R. J.
Abstract:: Reduction of pocket gopher damage to conifer seedlings is important to successful reforestation in many regions of the Pacific Northwest. The objective of this study was to determine the factors that influence the local distribution of the northern pocket gopher (Thomomys talpoides Richardson) in a forested region of south-central Oregon....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Macdonald, Catherine A.
Abstract:: I used field experiments to study how plants in two grassland communities colonized soil mounds made by the Camas pocket gopher, Thomomys bulbivorus (Richardson). I identified potential mound colonizers in each source of colonization (buried propagule bank, seed rain, and established vegetation) and then measured species specific rates of colonization...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Camas pocket gopher, Thomomys bulbivorus (Richardson). I identified potential mound colonizers in each

Creator:: Smoluk, Alexis
Abstract:: Spatial variation in the diet of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) influences owl home ranges, and understanding this relationship will aid managers in forest management prescriptions that influence spotted owl recovery. This study describes the spatial variation in owl diet based on 4183 prey collected at 114 owl...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mountain (red site in SFMK) was like FALL because it had red tree voles and only 1 pocket gopher. (2

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