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  • Patterns of carbon storage within a mature northern highbush blueberry production system

    Creator:
    Nemeth, Denise Alexandra
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    The objectives of this study were to: 1) determine how organic matter (incorporated vs. surface mulch) and nitrogen fertilization rate impact northern highbush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) plant biomass, carbon accumulation, plant losses and allocation, and mycorrhizal infection in mature plants, and 2) determine the magnitude of carbon fluxes (carbon...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Denise

  • Enzyme Supplementation of Broiler Chicken Diets Containing Whole Flax Seed as a Means to Increase n-3 Fatty Acids in Human Diets

    Creator:
    Apperson, K. Denise
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    Flax seed is a rich source of alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). Feeding broiler birds flax seed can increase n-3 fatty acids (FA) in meat tissues and can increase human intake of n-3 FA. However, non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) in flax seed decrease digestibility of lipids and proteins and have a negative impact...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF K. Denise Apperson for the degree of Master of Science in Animal

  • Visualization in environmental science

    Creator:
    Winters, Kirsten M.
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    The VISualization of Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems (VISTAS) software development project began with the proposition that visualization would increase the ability of scientists to explore and communicate their data, especially complex datasets that span multiple spatial and temporal scales. A case study of VISTAS articulates how and why scientists intend...
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    Dissertation
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach The VISualization of

  • Social Learning and Adaptive Capacity in Collaborative Watershed Partnerships

    Creator:
    Calvert, Daniel T.
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    This dissertation examines learning driven adaptations in salmon recovery efforts and water resources management in Oregon. The case study utilizes a framework highlighting the connections between human and natural systems. Semi-structured interviews are used to analyze interactions between rural riparian landowners and watershed council staffs living and working in Oregon’s...
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    Dissertation
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    approved:____________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach Abstract This

  • Organizational Shifts Within the U.S. Forest Service: A Case Study of Senior Willamette National Forest Employees

    Creator:
    Bolick, Zachary L.
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    The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to adapt to numerous changes over the last three decades. These include a dramatic reduction in workforce, a declining budget, and controversial lawsuits. Moreover, recent agency wide studies suggest that within the Forest Service a new resource management paradigm has emerged that differs...
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    Capstone Project
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    Abstract Approved: Denise Lach The U.S. Forest Service has been forced to adapt to numerous

  • Diagnosing barriers to climate change adaptation Oregon state agencies

    Creator:
    Dello, Kathie D.
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    Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental issues, Oregon has struggled to adequately prepare for the current and future impacts of climate change. Oregon faces barriers and limits to understanding, planning, and implementing climate adaptation that can be examined and quantified. Climate change makes for an additional...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach Despite a history of leadership and creative approaches to environmental

  • Acceptability of market-based approaches to water management : an analysis of the Deschutes Groundwater Mitigation Program

    Creator:
    Lieberherr, Eva K.
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    Growing urbanization, shifting water uses, and a focus on ecosystem health in the Deschutes River Basin in Central Oregon led to experimentation with new voluntary market-based approaches to water management in the last decade. To meet groundwater demands while maintaining instream flows and upholding prior water allocations, the Oregon Water...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : __________________________________________________________________ Denise Lach Growing urbanization, shifting water uses, and a focus on ecosystem health in

  • Co-producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization

    Creator:
    Zanocco, Chad
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    Environmental scientists, land managers, and policy actors are increasingly presented with high-stakes high-uncertainty problems stemming from human-ecosystem interactions. To help address these problems, scientists frequently use models that produce enormous geospatial and temporal datasets that are constantly modified and often seek input from communities outside their discipline. To assist scientists—as...
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    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach Environmental scientists, land managers, and policy actors are increasingly

  • An analysis of the prerequisites for landowner participation in conservation oriented programs in the Wood River Valley, Oregon

    Creator:
    Thomas, Kelley A.
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    Before 2002, almost all of the approximately 40,000 acres of land in the Wood River Valley, Oregon were used for intensive, flood-irrigated summer cattle grazing, as it had been for over 100 years. Conservation activity in the valley was limited to a couple of wealthy landowners. But a year after...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Abstract approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Denise H

  • Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking

    Creator:
    Freeman, Misty
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    The state of Oregon is divided in important ways along rural and urban lines, including the way people make a living, individual and group relationships with the natural world, political ideologies, and personal values. This rural-urban divide has assisted policymakers in making decisions that balance the needs of Oregonians on...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Denise H. Lach, Major Professor The state of Oregon is divided in important ways along