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Giant gartersnake spatial ecology in agricultural and constructed wetlands

Creator:: Valcarcel, Patricia M.
Abstract:: The spatial ecology of a species is a vital component of informed management and restoration plans, yet little is known about how animals use restored or constructed habitat. We assessed home ranges, core areas, and habitat selection of the federally threatened Giant Gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) using rice agricultural habitat and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF Patricia M. Valcarcel for the degree of Master of Science in Wildlife Science presented

Bird Abundance and Microhabitat Associations with Oak Mistletoe in Willamette Valley Oak Woodlands

Creator:: Pritchard, Kyle R.
Abstract:: In the last 200 years there have been significant declines in the amount and structural complexity of oak-dominated forests and savannahs in the Pacific Northwest. Restoring oak systems often involves selectively thinning stands of oaks in order to reduce competition for sunlight. In choosing which trees to cut, land managers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: study design, writing and editing of all chapters. Dr. Daniel Rosenberg contributed to the editing of

Factors affecting within-season and between-season breeding dispersal of burrowing owls in California

Creator:: Catlin, Daniel H.
Abstract:: Dispersal is integral to our understanding of the life history and population biology of many vertebrates, but difficulties in detecting long distance movements have complicated its study. Moreover, studies of factors affecting dispersal are often unable to determine the relative contributions of variables such as nesting success, mate fidelity, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Habitat selection, reproductive success, and site fidelity of burrowing owls in a grassland ecosystem

Creator:: Ronan, Noelle A.
Abstract:: I used a comparative and experimental approach to examine nest habitat selection, reproductive success, and nest site fidelity of burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) in a large, non-fragmented grassland in southwest California. In 1999, I compared habitat characteristics between nest sites (n = 31) and randomly selected, unoccupied burrows (n =...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: with distance from the call survey transect (D. Rosenberg and N. Ronan, unpubl. data), 500 m on either

Conserving avian diversity in agricultural systems : the role of isolated Oregon white oak legacy trees

Creator:: DeMars, Craig A.
Abstract:: Over one third of the earth’s land surface has been modified to some extent for agricultural purposes. The large global footprint of agriculture, combined with the knowledge that existing reserve networks are likely insufficient for long-term conservation of native biodiversity, has necessitated that agricultural systems contribute to conservation of native...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Daniel K. Rosenberg Over one third of the earth’s land surface has been modified to some extent for

Master Negotiators and Creative Problem Solvers: A Survey of South African Women & Water-Use Case Studies

Creator:: Kirwan, Christina E. M.
Abstract:: Through a desk-top analysis, this research shows that South African women have gained and utilize specialized skills, behaviors, and adaptations through their daily activities which are useful when applied to water resource management. Further, South African women are shown to build and draw on social capital as a way to...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Arribada nesting of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at La Escobilla, Mexico

Creator:: Ocana, Melissa Ann S.
Abstract:: Olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) present an interesting case study of the conservation of wildlife species that aggregate in high densities and have served as resources for human consumption. Ridleys exhibit synchronized mass-nesting behavior, during events called "arribadas," where thousands of females lay eggs together in a small area...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: funding and providing an amazing wildlife graduate program. Thank you to Dan Rosenberg for assistance

Baseline Wilderness Character Monitoring Assessment for the Ochoco National Forest

Creator:: Deibel, Jenna K.
Abstract:: Wilderness character monitoring (WCM) is an interagency strategy created in 2008 in collaboration between the four federal land management agencies that manage designated wilderness (Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service and Bureau of Land Management) and other contributors (Landres et al. 2008a). The reports created from this...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Transferability of models to predict selection of cover by coastal cutthroat trout in small streams in western Oregon, USA

Creator:: Andersen, Heidi V.
Abstract:: We assessed use and selection of cover by coastal cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii clarkii) in six headwater streams in three watersheds in western Oregon, USA during the summer low flow period from 1 August and September 30, 2007. We tagged 1037 coastal cutthroat trout (>100 mm) with passive integrated transponder...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Dan Rosenberg for helping me along the way with study design, answering questions, and general

Effects of body size on the survival and timing of emigration of newly metamorphosed Northern Red-legged frogs

Creator:: Chelgren, Nathan D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the survival and movements of newly metamorphosed Northern Red-legged frogs (Rana aurora aurora) as they emigrated from two ephemeral breeding ponds. Quantifying survival and movement rates will be important to our understanding how changes to terrestrial and aquatic systems affect behavior and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Daniel K. Rosenberg Selina S. Heppell The purpose of this study was to investigate the survival

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Giant gartersnake spatial ecology in agricultural and constructed wetlands

Bird Abundance and Microhabitat Associations with Oak Mistletoe in Willamette Valley Oak Woodlands

Factors affecting within-season and between-season breeding dispersal of burrowing owls in California

Habitat selection, reproductive success, and site fidelity of burrowing owls in a grassland ecosystem

Conserving avian diversity in agricultural systems : the role of isolated Oregon white oak legacy trees

Master Negotiators and Creative Problem Solvers: A Survey of South African Women & Water-Use Case Studies

Arribada nesting of olive ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) at La Escobilla, Mexico

Baseline Wilderness Character Monitoring Assessment for the Ochoco National Forest

Transferability of models to predict selection of cover by coastal cutthroat trout in small streams in western Oregon, USA

Effects of body size on the survival and timing of emigration of newly metamorphosed Northern Red-legged frogs

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