Knowledge of the pelagic organisms in vast areas of the open ocean is very limited. This is particularly true of the small nekton or swimming forms such as fishes, squid, prawns and euphausiids, which are important as intermediate animals in the food chain and are preyed upon by species such...
Summarizes a series of comprehensive reports on the silviculture of lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, mixed conifer, and spruce-fir timber types. Includes what is known, what can be recommended, and what additional information is needed for each timber type.
Oxford: 614. Keywords: Silviculture; forest regeneration; growth-yield; Abies lasiocarpa, A. lasiocarpa var....
Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Western Orchard Pest and Disease Management Conference, held January 10-12, 1979 at the Imperial Hotel in Portland, Oregon.
In this report, a response is given to the charge of this study. Volume I: Summary Report includes a synopsis of the technical considerations followed by the main findings and recommendations. The full technical background for these summary statements is given in detail in Volume II: Technical Background Report, and...
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...
In this expanded new edition of Living with Earthquakes, Robert Yeats, a leading authority on earthquakes in California and the Pacific Northwest, describes the threat posed by the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a great earthquake fault which runs for hundreds of miles offshore from British Columbia to northern California. New research...