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Innate behavioral responses to extirpated mammalian apex predators : can fear be utilized to manage populations and protect sensitive habitats

Creator:: Ruch, Zachary
Abstract:: I conducted a field study using gray wolf and mountain lion urine to investigate white-tailed deer and mesopredator behavioral responses to novel predator cues in a natural setting and to see if any changes in wildlife activity correspond to changes in the local biodiversity of a wetland environment. I created...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Zachary Ruch A PROJECT submitted to Oregon State University

Benefits and Trends of Sustainable Building Initiatives in Parks and Protected Areas

Creator:: Shelow, Zachary
Abstract:: Ensuring sustainable development is a growing societal concern, providing rationale to examine the current role and efforts towards implementing sustainable building initiatives within the United States. Sustainable building initiatives refer to the design, operation, and maintenance of a building while considering its conservation efforts and pollution reduction performance. These initiatives...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Initiatives in Parks and Protected Areas by Zachary Shelow A PROJECT submitted to Oregon

Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

Creator:: Gondor, Anne
Abstract:: The Altar Valley is an important working landscape that supports biodiversity and vulnerable species in Pima County, Arizona (Huckelberry 2000). This semi-desert grassland, alluvial valley and 713,807-acre watershed composed of 39 subbasins serves as an aquifer to a portion of southwestern Tucson. This region of Southern Arizona has been identified...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: ………………………………………….40 Figure 4.0.0 A-J. Summarized Maxent Results by Functional Group and Climate Scenario Time

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Detection of Native Lampreys in Central Valley California: A Starting Point

Creator:: Parker, Christina M.
Abstract:: Native lamprey species in the Central Valley of California serve important ecological roles in rivers and tributaries and face similar conservation challenges as salmonids. Concerns of declining lamprey populations have led to collaboration of tribes, local, state, and federal agencies to increase understanding of ecology and life history. Pacific Lamprey...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Eugene Residents Risk Perceptions of Water Scarcity

Creator:: Leitermann, Lily
Abstract:: Potential water scarcity and drought conditions are predicted in and around Eugene, Oregon due to decreased snowpack and subsequent decreased snowmelt in the Western Cascade Mountains. This phenomenon was triggered by a long-term trend of warmer winters scientifically linked to global climate change patterns (Dalton et al. 2013). Numerous stakeholders,...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Fish out of Water: Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis) in the Santa Clara River, Utah

Creator:: Siefken, Sarah N.
Abstract:: River ecosystems throughout the arid southwestern U.S. are imperiled. Water management infrastructure, climate change, unsustainable water use, and political conflict harm the region's aquatic and riparian ecosystems. This case study surveys one such desert river, an endemic fish species, and conservation efforts in southwestern Utah. The analysis focuses on the...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Quantifying the Geomorphic Response of Stage 0 Stream Restoration: A Pilot Project on Whychus Creek

Creator:: Scagliotti, Alex
Abstract:: It is generally accepted in stream ecology that habitat heterogeneity and patchiness at multiple scales increases ecosystem resilience through niche diversification. Heterogeneous stream habitats include a complex mosaic of hydraulic features, large woody debris, anabranches, substrata and channel forms - this complexity tends to increase as streams progress towards later...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Comparison of transect call-point and acoustic sampling of white-headed woodpeckers (Dryobates albolarvatus) within mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forest types

Creator:: Gaylord, Marie A.
Abstract:: We used occupancy modeling to compare the detection probabilities of white-headed woodpeckers using transect call-point versus ARU surveys. We then used the estimated detection probability for each survey method to evaluate the number of surveys needed to infer white-headed woodpeckers absence under different levels of certainty.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Research Station Bioacoustics Laboratory including Dr. Damon Lesmeister and Zachary Ruff; and Wildlife

Sugar Maple Decline: Climate Change Effects on Acer Saccharum and Subsequent Impacts on New York

Creator:: Cohn, David Andrew
Abstract:: Intensifications in seasonal temperature variation, attributed to increased greenhouse gas concentrations, are having an adverse effect on the forest composition of the northeastern United States. New York’s temperate broadleaf forests are undergoing alterations including a decline of the native sugar maple (Acer saccharum), as the species’ population begins to decrease...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

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Innate behavioral responses to extirpated mammalian apex predators : can fear be utilized to manage populations and protect sensitive habitats

Benefits and Trends of Sustainable Building Initiatives in Parks and Protected Areas

Grassland Restoration and Climate Change: Altar Valley, Arizona Case Study

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Detection of Native Lampreys in Central Valley California: A Starting Point

Eugene Residents Risk Perceptions of Water Scarcity

Fish out of Water: Virgin Spinedace (Lepidomeda mollispinis) in the Santa Clara River, Utah

Quantifying the Geomorphic Response of Stage 0 Stream Restoration: A Pilot Project on Whychus Creek

Comparison of transect call-point and acoustic sampling of white-headed woodpeckers (Dryobates albolarvatus) within mixed-conifer and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) forest types

Sugar Maple Decline: Climate Change Effects on Acer Saccharum and Subsequent Impacts on New York

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