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Addressing Seedling Production Challenges for Hispaniolan Pine and Snowberry

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St. John, Christina M.

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The use of native plants in restoration and afforestation has increased worldwide as their benefits to habitat quality, ecosystem services and local community well-being become widely known. In many restoration and afforestation sites, the most cost-effective and efficient way to establish plants is to use seedlings. Unfortunately, there is a...

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Masters Thesis

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nurseries know the most effective propagation methods. Many native plant seeds are dormant and will not
Comparison of the water relations characteristics of woody plants in western Oregon

Creator:

Davis, Kent J.

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I studied the water relations traits, twig conductivity, C'3 isotopic composition, and wood density of three conifer and five angiosperm species in western Oregon. This study took place from spring 2002 to fall 2003 on four sites. Species were selected to represent the diversity of drought tolerance of woody plants...

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Masters Thesis

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Master of Science in Botany and Plant Pathology presented on April 22, 2005. Title: Comparison of the
Introducing and validating a high-throughput bud break sensor

Creator:

Kleinknecht, George J.

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Bud break is a key adaptive trait that can help us understand how plants respond to a changing climate from the molecular to landscape scale. Despite this, acquisition of bud break data is currently constrained by cost, scale, and a lack of information at the plant scale on the environmental...

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Masters Thesis

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processes in natural woody plant populations. Since it is difficult to control the environment in forests