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Filtering by: Subject Plant succession -- Washington (State) -- Lyman Glacier Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Primary succession on a receding glacier forefront : with special emphasis on root-colonizing fungi

Creator:

Jumpponen, Ari

Abstract:

Plant succession is among the fundamental concepts in ecology. Studies addressing plant recruitment, successional mechanisms, and the role of root-colonizing fungi with focus on dark-septate endophytes (DSE) were conducted in the laboratory and on the forefront of receding Lyman Glacier (North Cascade Range, Washington, U.S.A.). Primary successional studies primarily focus...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Mycorrhizal fungi and their relationship to plant succession in subalpine habitats

Creator:

Cazares, Efren

Resource Type:

Dissertation

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Botany and Plant Pathology Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331 SUMMARY Lyman glacier
A landscape-scale analysis of vegetation recovery at Mount St. Helens

Creator:

Lawrence, Rick L.

Abstract:

I used satellite remote sensing to examine the key factors controlling the natural revegetation of Mount St. Helens since its eruption in 1980. The study required three stages: determining the amount of vegetation present; characterizing vegetation change; and analyzing the influence of factors affecting vegetation change. To determine the amount...

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Dissertation