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White-breasted nuthatch density and nesting ecology in oak woodlands of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: Viste-Sparkman, Karen
Abstract:: Habitat loss causes a reduction in available resources for wildlife, alters the configuration of remaining habitat, and may isolate wildlife populations. White-breasted nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) are experiencing long-term population declines in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, where they are historically associated with oak woodlands. As secondary cavity-nesters, white-breasted nuthatches may...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Baskett Slough NWR, and the 2004 crew at William L. Finley NWR provided field assistance. I would

Disciplining the reception of Darwin : the botanical and sociological work of Lester Frank Ward

Creator:: Zimmerman, Katharine
Abstract:: The publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, truly a synthesized work of natural history, coincided with the emergence of specialized disciplines in the 19th century. This thesis aims to explore the relationship between the specialization of knowledge, in the form of disciplinization, and the reception of new...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Press, 1982), Mary Jo Nye, Before Big Science: The Pursuit of Modern Chemistry and Physics, 1800-1940

Alternative shore protection strategies : Innovative options and management issues

Creator:: Dare, Jennifer Lyne
Abstract:: This paper aims to present a comprehensive review of the selected coastal protection alternatives in a form most useful for coastal mangers. It is not intended to serve as a technical review of the engineering design of shore protection schemes. The concept, design, and application of each method are reviewed....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: William Curtis of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for providing me with reports on beach dewatering

From the encoded to the explicit in the 20th Century Irish romance : a study of Elizabeth Bowen's The last September and Edna O'Brien's The country girl's trilogy

Creator:: Breeden, Shobana L.
Abstract:: This thesis uses both feminist and new historic theories to argue that the women's romance novels The Last September (1929) by Elizabeth Bowen and The Country Girl's Trilogy (1960, 1962, 1964) by Edna O'Brien are tragic bildungsroman that subvert and challenge the Irish patriarchal marriage expectations of their respective time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: nationalist agitation” after independence that continued on into the 1940’s and 50’s (xx). Lois’ prospects

Disturbance and landscape history as a reference for evaluating forest management effects at a regional scale : examples from the Coast Range of Oregon, USA

Creator:: Nonaka, Etsuko
Abstract:: History is an invaluable source of information to understand and evaluate management influences on contemporary ecosystems and landscapes. The first two chapters (Chapters 2 and 3) explored the concept of historical range of variability (HRV) in landscape structure and stand structure using a stochastic fire simulation model to simulate presettlement...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . William Ripple, Frederick Swanson, and John Hayes for their review of the chapters included in this

Theoretical physics takes root in America : John Archibald Wheeler as student and mentor

Creator:: Christensen, Terry M.
Abstract:: John Archibald Wheeler (09 July 1911- ) is a familiar name to physicists and historians of physics alike. Among his many contributions to the corpus of knowledge, in 1939 John Wheeler and Niels Bohr co-authored the first paper on the generalized mechanism of nuclear fission. Beyond that seminal work, Wheeler...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , William Robbins, Lisa Sarasohn and Jeffrey Sklansky. A subset of this group, Ron Doel, Paul Farber, and

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Creator:: Schweickert, Tina K.
Abstract:: Understanding the impact of humans on the environment has long been a topic of scholarly interest and debate. As environmental problems mount, accounts of historic ecological conditions and the factors of change become increasingly useful. This study considers competing schools of interpretation about human impacts on ecological landscapes and develops...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Richard White, William Cronon—together referred to as “the gang of four.”18 The new interpretive

Classifying and cataloguing system and procedure for costume, textile, and slide collections

Creator:: Deforge, Rose Diane
Abstract:: The purpose of the study was to develop a system and procedure for classifying and cataloguing the textile, costume, and slide collections of the Clothing, Textile, and Related Arts (CTRA) Department at Oregon State University. Investigation was made by letter, personal visit, interview with faculty and curators, and literature research...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Effects of logging on the spawning bed environment in two Oregon coastal streams

Creator:: Ringler, Neil Harrison
Abstract:: The effects of two patterns of logging on the intragravel environment were studied in three Oregon coastal streams between June 1968 and June 1969. The watershed of one stream (Needle Branch) had been clearcut, and that of a second stream (Deer Creek) cut in staggered settings in 1966. A third...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Many faculty members at Oregon State University, including Drs. William J. McNeil and George W. Brown

The economic feasibility of off-stream water and salt to reduce grazing pressure in riparian areas

Creator:: Stillings, Amy M.
Abstract:: Properly functioning riparian systems are vital to the health of watersheds and provide an important forage and habitat resource for livestock and wildlife. Riparian grazing management strategies that are economically feasible and achieve environmental goals are needed by resource managers and livestock producers. The objective of this thesis was to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: developed in the 1940's to find optimal solutions for these types of constrained problems. The necessary

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White-breasted nuthatch density and nesting ecology in oak woodlands of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Disciplining the reception of Darwin : the botanical and sociological work of Lester Frank Ward

Alternative shore protection strategies : Innovative options and management issues

From the encoded to the explicit in the 20th Century Irish romance : a study of Elizabeth Bowen's The last September and Edna O'Brien's The country girl's trilogy

Disturbance and landscape history as a reference for evaluating forest management effects at a regional scale : examples from the Coast Range of Oregon, USA

Theoretical physics takes root in America : John Archibald Wheeler as student and mentor

Nature in chains : the effects of Thomas Jefferson’s rectangular survey on a Pacific Northwest landscape

Classifying and cataloguing system and procedure for costume, textile, and slide collections

Effects of logging on the spawning bed environment in two Oregon coastal streams

The economic feasibility of off-stream water and salt to reduce grazing pressure in riparian areas

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