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Characteristics of soil organic matter in two forest soils

Creator:

Crow, Susan E.

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Soil organic matter (SOM) is the terrestrial biosphere's largest pool of organic carbon (C) and is an integral part of C cycling globally. Soil organic matter composition typically can be traced directly back to the type of detrital inputs; however, the stabilization of SOM results as a combination of chemical...

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Dissertation
The great fires : Indian burning and catastrophic forest fire patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951

Creator:

Zybach, Bob

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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The research focus is spatial and temporal patterns of Indian burning across the...

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Dissertation

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permanent effects on the biology and ecology of American peoples, forests, and grasslands, and--according
Vegetation composition and response to fire of native Willamette Valley wetland prairies

Creator:

Pendergrass, Kathy L. (Connelly)

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Fires set by Native Americans were important in shaping and maintaining Willamette Valley prairie plant communities. With fire exclusion after Euro-American settlement in the 1840's, composition of the remaining prairies shifted toward shrub and tree dominance with a concomitant decline in endemic prairie plant populations. I hypothesize that by restoring...

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Masters Thesis

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contained fossil evidence of marine mollusks, crabs, and sharks of a tropical environment (Orr et al. 1992