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Filtering by: Subject Landscape ecology -- Oregon -- Crook County Degree Name Master of Science (M.S.)

Linking greater sage-grouse habitat use and suitability across spatiotemporal scales in central Oregon

Creator:

Freese, Mark T.

Abstract:

Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat research has historically focused on fine-scale (0.007 - 0.032 ha) vegetation structure and composition immediately surrounding sites selected by birds. However, little work has evaluated vegetation attributes important for Greater Sage-grouse at a landscape-scale or identified landscape attributes that influence habitat use patterns. Habitat use...

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Masters Thesis

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...................................................................................... 7 Landscape Ecology and Greater Sage-grouse
Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Creator:

Zophy, Kelley T.

Abstract:

Juniper is a native species to Oregon and confers ecological benefits to wildlife when it is at savannah and transitional densities. Its range and extent have fluctuated with climatic change, but the current range expansion is unprecedented in its extent. The range expansion has been associated with the degradation of...

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Masters Thesis

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landscape (chapter 3). 1.4 Study location The study location is located in Crook County, Oregon