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Creator:: Austin-Bythell, Suzanne H.
Abstract:: I studied developmental rates in a suite of temperate and tropical passerine bird species from the New World to test the hypothesis that tropical passerines exhibit slower patterns of growth and development than temperate birds. I also investigated how the expression of several developmental rates varied with life history traits...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: throughout this process. Thanks to my committee, Dr. Daniel D. Roby and Dr. Robert E. Ricklefs, for their

Creator:: Kim, Dong Yeob
Abstract:: Two case studies of 5 ecosystems were used to examine the nitrogen fixation rate of red alder (Alnus rubra Bong.), varnishleaf (Ceanothus velutinus var. laevigatus (Hook.) T. & G.), deerbrush (C. i ntegerrimus H. & A.), and snowbrush (C. velutinus var. velutinus Dougl. Ex Hook). The first case study assayed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: from the other committee members, Drs. David E. Hibbs, David D. Myrold, and Russell E. Ingham. I

Creator:: Cross, Alison
Abstract:: Tree species directly and indirectly affect soil nutrient cycles. I sought to characterize soils and foliage associated with four common canopy tree species (Douglas-fir, western hemlock, western redcedar, and bigleaf maple) in mixed-species old-growth forests of the Oregon Coast Range and to determine whether and how soils differ among the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) and often western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don.) as well. Succession

Creator:: McFarlane, Karis J., 1979-
Abstract:: Belowground carbon (C) storage and quality of soil organic matter (SOM) in forest soils have implications for sustainable forest management and C sequestration, but how these pools change in response to management is poorly understood. I investigated whether fertilization and competing vegetation control, applied alone or in combination early in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , representing Forest ~ n ~ $ Head ofihe ~ e ~ a r t m $ n t of Forest Engineering Dean of the Graduate

Creator:: Murray, Mary K.
Abstract:: A number of researchers view farmers’ markets as an appropriate vehicle for re-embedding food markets into communities (O’Hara & Stagl, 2001, Feenstra, 2002, Lyson, 2005). Amidst astounding growth in the number of farmers’ markets in the United States in recent decades, many markets struggle and fail. Recent research suggests that...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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