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Creator:: West, Tyler T.
Abstract:: A supply and demand model for the sweet cherry industry in Wasco County, Oregon and two investment valuation models are used to value and assess the risk of investments in high-density sweet cherry orchard establishment and production from the producer perspective. The supply and demand estimation finds the cherry price...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Wasco County, Oregon, from the producer’s perspective. The process estimates a supply and demand

Creator:: Elnaggar, Abdelhamid A.
Abstract:: Conventional soil maps represent a valuable source of information about soil characteristics, however they are subjective, very expensive, and time-consuming to prepare. Also, they do not include explicit information about the conceptual mental model used in developing them nor information about their accuracy, in addition to the error associated with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Malheur Counties, Oregon and accessing their consistency. A retrieved soil-landscape model from a

Creator:: Hash, Sarah Jane
Abstract:: Soil surveys provide essential information for making land use and management decisions on publicly-owned lands in the semi-arid Great Basin. Soil maps produced with conventional mapping techniques are time-consuming, costly, and do not explicitly document the soil scientist's mental soil-landscape model. Predictive soils mapping using decision tree analysis (DTA) can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Soils Mapping and Implementation on the Malheur County, Oregon Initial Soil Survey by

Creator:: Ray, Grace L.
Abstract:: Rangelands span over 50% of the globe and approximately 70% of the United States. Although livestock production is an important use of rangelands, the benefits of rangelands are highly diverse. Humans find intrinsic value in protecting these unique and variable landscapes for wildlife, vegetation, and recreation enthusiasts. Woodland plant encroachment...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: watersheds located in central Oregon. This study specifically examined vegetation composition, soil water

Creator:: Meehan, Nathan Andrew
Abstract:: Growing societal demand for forest products is pressuring managers to increase productivity from a finite land area, and it is expected that increased supply will come mostly from expansion of intensively managed stands. The USDA Forest Service and numerous collaborators created the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) network of research sites...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: soil properties and functions in western Oregon and Washington. It quantifies how harvest intensity

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