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Creator:: Leuthold, Niels C.
Abstract:: In the Pacific Northwest, multiple studies have found negative effects of timber harvest on stream amphibians, but the results have been highly variable and region-specific. In this collection of studies, I examined the short term effect of timber harvest using a field study, and used lab work to examine a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: on small details. My other committee member, Christian Torgersen and Arne Skaugset helped

Creator:: Cline, Brittany B.
Abstract:: Studies of avian movement ecology afford essential insights regarding species' life histories, population dynamics, habitat and resource requirements, and other ecological relationships. While it is widely recognized that events in different stages of the annual cycle have important implications for processes in avian ecology, evolution, and conservation, challenges associated with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: initiative. I am particularly indebted to M. Carper, M. Cline, K. Fehring, J. Hatt, and E. Krantz for

Creator:: Som, Nicholas A.
Abstract:: This collection of three manuscripts serves to improve methods for collecting, interpreting, and utilizing autocorrelated data from headwater stream networks. Each stream network is comprised of linear segments. These segments lie within a unique branching structure that connects the segments via flowing water, and the connectivity provided by water varies...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: my work. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Robert E. Gresswell provided data for Chapters 2 and 3. David

Creator:: Schemmel, Eva M.
Abstract:: Hatcheries whose purpose is to provide for a recreational fishery must minimize impacts on wild fishes. Management to reduce hatchery and wild interactions is especially important on river systems that contain Endangered Species Act (ESA) listed species. I examined adult hatchery summer steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss, behavior, current management and a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , and Christian Torgersen. Special thanks to Summer Peterman who worked tirelessly in the field and to

Creator:: Nesbit, Shivonne M.
Abstract:: Over the last decade, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) has documented a precipitous decline in the Crooked River redband trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) population, prompting this study to address potential factors contributing to the decline. There are two main goals to this project: (1) identify potential factors contributing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: committee members Jason Dunham and Christian Torgersen for answering my countless questions and

Creator:: Bianchi, Carlos A.
Abstract:: The number of endangered species is rapidly increasing while paucity of adequate information and resources delays establishment of conservation actions. The IUCN’s listing system is insufficient to determine conservation priorities and many species lack information even to be evaluated (i.e., “data deficient”). Here I proposed and tested the Rapid Endangered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Jonathan Ballou, Dr. Selina Heppell, Dr. Robert Mason, Dr. Christian Torgersen and Dr. J. Antonio Torres

Creator:: Moon, Hanpil
Abstract:: A firm's productivity is composed of two parts: pure technical change and location-specific (agglomeration) externalities. Regional productivity is thus an aggregation of productivity of firms producing similar goods and located in a given region. International trade can affect both components of regional productivity. First, trade openness in a closed economy...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: acknowledge Dr. Bruce A. Weber, Dr. Jeff Reimer, Dr. Christian Langpap, and Dr. Russell E. Ingham for

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