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Evaluating the Efficacy of Online Field-Based Courses: Methodological Insights

Creator:: Gibson, Yvette
Abstract:: Oregon State University (OSU) is a leader in delivering online education, including several natural science field-based programs and dozens of courses with field-based aspects. Natural science field-based learning teaches students to observe, analyze, and outline management actions for broad and complex land areas and natural resources issues. To effectively do...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: January 2022 Evaluating the Efficacy of Online Field-Based Courses: Methodological Insights

Effective Signage to Manage Recreation at OSU’s Research Forests

Creator:: Walters, Corinne A.
Abstract:: This thesis focuses on creating effective signage for the Oregon State University College of Forestry Research Forests (OSU Research Forests). The OSU Research Forests are a unique setting because they offer space for research, class field trips, active timber harvest, and public recreation. The public interface requires the management at...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: for research, class field trips, active timber harvest, and public recreation. The public interface

Recreational mountain biking: A case study of sustainable trail development at Boggs Demonstration State Forest, Cobb, California

Creator:: Claussen, Lauren N.
Abstract:: This study identifies contemporary research in the field of recreation ecology focusing on ecological impacts of mountain biking and establishing best management practices for sustainable trail development and management. A site analysis at Boggs Mountain Demonstration State Forest (BMDSF) takes existing knowledge and research on sustainable trail development and applies...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: me through this process. Dr. Ashley D’Antonio, thank you for opening my eyes to the field of

The Impacts of Voluntourism in a Rural Community in Nepal

Creator:: Hamby, Taylor R.
Abstract:: Voluntourism is a field of service work that combines volunteer work and leisure travel. With its increase in popularity in recent years, research concerning the impacts of voluntourism in developing countries is lacking. This study aims to discover the impacts that volunteers have on communities, specifically in Nepal. Using a...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: :_____________________________________________________ Dave Kovac Voluntourism is a field of service work that combines volunteer work and

WiFO: A hybrid communication network based on integrated free-space optical and WiFi femtocells

Creator:: Liverman, Spencer, Wang, Qiwei, Chu, Yu-Jung, Borah, Anindita, Wang, Songtao, Natarajan, Arun, Wang, Alan X., and Thinh Nguyen
Abstract:: Developments in smart home technology and the Internet of Things have significantly increased the demand for high-speed indoor wireless links. Although the majority of the research conducted in this area is still focused on the efficient usage of radio frequency (RF) spectrum, free-space optical (FSO) networks have also been explored...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: a rate of 50 Mbps over a distance of up to three meters with a field-of-view of ±15◦, while still

Timing of Volcanism in Central Oregon: Dating Tam McArthur Rim Volcano

Creator:: Landoni, Katherine G.
Abstract:: The Tam McArthur Rim is a volcanic center located within the Tumalo Volcanic Field (TVF), approximately 25 km west of Bend, OR. The rim comprises of shallowly dipping bedded sequences of intermediate and silicic flows with minor tephra interbedding capped by a rhyodacite dome. Glacial activity has exposed significant portions...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: . Hill, B. E., & Scott, W. E. (1990). Field trip guide to the central Oregon High Cascades Part 2

Biodiversity and ecology of lichens of Katmai and Lake Clark National Parks and Preserves, Alaska

Creator:: McCune, B., Arup, U., Breuss, O., Di Meglio, E., Di Meglio, J., Esslinger, T. L., Magain, N., Miadlikowska, J., Miller, A. E., Muggia, L., Nelson, P. R., Rosentreter, R., Schultz, M., Sheard, J. W., Tonsberg, T., and Walton, J.
Abstract:: We inventoried lichens in Lake Clark (LACL) and Katmai (KATM) National Parks and Preserves. We assembled the known information on lichens in these parks by combining field, herbarium, and literature studies. Our results provide baseline data on lichen occurrence that may be used in resource condition assessments, vulnerability assessments, long-term...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: on lichens in these parks by combining field, herbarium, and literature studies. Our results

Pillaging Bloodwood: An Exploratory Examination of Illegal Deforestation in Guinea-Bissau Through Forest Disturbance Algorithms and Unsupervised Clustering Techniques

Creator:: Walters, Alexander E.
Abstract:: Environmental crime around the world, such as trafficking in illegal timber, is directly related to political instability. Traffickers exploit weak, fragile, and chaotic political circumstances to illegally extract high-value commodities, challenging the extent to which conservation goals are achievable in resource rich developing countries. Rosewood is the largest traded endangered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: extraction identified during field research conducted in April to May 2019. Interviews conducted with

Internship Experience Summary Report: Surveying Community Perception of Veterinary and Human Health: Pursuing the One Health Mission in Ometepe, Nicaragua

Creator:: Hagen, Bethany, J.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: scholarships, and planning of the annual service trip to Nicaragua. Their goal is to promote opportuniMes for

River Restoration to Achieve a Stage 0 Condition: Summary of a Workshop Held November 5-6, 2020

Creator:: Behan, Jeff, Fetcho, K., Davis, R., and Gaines, L.
Abstract:: Restoration to achieve Stage 0 is a valley-scale, process-based (hydrologic, geologic and biological) approach that aims to reestablish stream depositional environments to maximize longitudinal, lateral, and vertical connectivity at base flows and facilitate development of dynamic, self-formed and self-sustaining wetland-stream complexes. The term Stage 0 originally described complex multi-channel conditions...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: for future workshops, field trips, project updates, new publications etc. • Summaries of existing

Evidence of age-related improvement in the foraging efficiency of Adelie penguins

Creator:: Lescroel, Amelie, Ballard, Grant, Massaro, Melanie, Dugger, Katie, Jennings, Scott, Pollard, Annie, Porzig, Elizabeth, Schmidt, Annie, Varsani, Arvind, Gremillet, David, and Ainley, David
Abstract:: Age variation in reproductive performance is well-documented but the mechanisms underlying this variation remain unclear. Foraging efficiency is likely to be a key source of demographic variation as it determines the amount of energy that can be invested in fitness-related activities. Evidence of age related changes in the foraging efficiency...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: field based on extensive observations over the lifetimes of the individuals, comparing relative size of

The role of allochrony in influencing interspecific differences in foraging distribution during the non-breeding season between two congeneric crested penguin species

Creator:: Green, Cara-Paige, Ratcliffe, Norman, Mattern, Thomas, Thompson, David, Lea, Mary-Anne, Wotherspoon, Simon, Borboroglu, Pablo Garcia, Ellenberg, Ursula, Morrison, Kyle W., Pütz, Klemens, Sagar, Paul M., Seddon, Philip J., Torres, Leigh G., and Hindell, Mark A.
Abstract:: Mechanisms promoting coexistence between closely related species are fundamental for maintaining species diversity. Mechanisms of niche differentiation include allochrony which offsets the peak timing of resource utilisation between species. Many studies focus on spatial and temporal niche partitioning during the breeding season, few have investigated the role allochrony plays in...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: provided support in the form of salaries and/or by covering the costs of field work for authors KP, PGB

Compliance of ScholarsArchive@OSU with requirements for quality research data repositories

Creator:: Key, Cara and Llebot, Clara
Abstract:: Oregon State University Libraries and Press is invested in providing high quality research data repository services through the OSU institutional repository, ScholarsArchive@OSU. As the product owner for ScholarsArchive@OSU and the lead of the OSULP Research Data Services program, respectively, we present the following report assessing that quality based on widely...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ://uit.oregonstate.edu/infosec/infosec-guidebook/data-classification-data-element 17 https://uit.oregonstate.edu

“A Fool For His Client:” Religion, Law, and Insanity in Nineteenth-Century America

Creator:: Reck, Logan A.
Abstract:: When Charles Guiteau killed U.S. President James Garfield, he claimed that God had ordered him to do so. During his trial, Guiteau’s lawyers plead not guilty by reason of insanity, and the question of Guiteau’s innocence or guilt quickly became a question about the very nature of insanity itself. In...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: was within this realm of scientific — and pseudoscientific — medicine that the field of psychiatry

A Prototype of Structured Decision Making with Ecological Modeling for Tribal Agricultural Resource Management Plans

Creator:: Ciocco, Anthony
Abstract:: Agriculture Resource Management Plans (ARMPs) are the primary programmatic-level planning document for the management of tribal rangelands in North America. This project compares a standard ARMP product with a prototype ARMP developed through a Structured Decision Making (SDM) approach for the Navajo Partitioned Lands. The SDM approach provided increased transparency...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: in ARMP decision making. 4 | P a g e Not shown here are the Navajo Regional Field Offices

Discrete-Event Simulation of Ground-Based Timber Harvesting Operations

Creator:: She, Ji, Chung, Woodam, and Kim, David
Abstract:: Operational studies are necessary to support production and management decisions of forest industries. A time study (TS) approach is widely used in timber harvesting operations to understand the performance of individual harvesting machines as well as the entire system. However, several limitations of the TS approach include the use of...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: system [2]. In general, the field-collected data are used to model the productivity of individual

We Hear You Now

Creator:: Roe, Philip
Abstract:: An analysis on the work of Tim O'Brien's "The Things They Carried" and his ability to create powerful imagery and contextualize the unknown of war for the those who have never taken part. --Vietnam Experience Final Paper
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: carry that weight. We begin to relate to it, Roe 3 as if on a hiking trip. There is no

Creation of At This Point, an undergraduate-focused science podcast

Creator:: Puoci, Victor (Tori) M.
Abstract:: At This Point, an undergraduate-focused science podcast, works to expand the accessibility of science by exploring topics that, at this point, may seem too complex to understand. This thesis project describes the process of creating At This Point and demonstrates how the podcast fulfills the criteria of effective science communication....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: a lab bench or out in the field with non-specialists. In 2003, Burns et al. introduced a detailed

Productivity and Costs of Two Beetle-Kill Salvage Harvesting Methods in Northern Colorado

Creator:: Han, Hee, Chung, Woodam, She, Ji, Anderson, Nathaniel, and Wells, Lucas
Abstract:: Two ground-based timber harvesting methods have been commonly used for beetle-kill salvage treatments after a bark beetle epidemic in northern Colorado. A lop and scatter method uses a mobilized stroke delimber to delimb and buck trees at the stump, leaving tree tops and limbs on the forest floor, while a...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: ). During field data collection, we recorded the delay-free cycle times of all machine operations using

Banks, Gardens and Bees: Enhancing Community Resilience in West Africa

Creator:: Polasky, Sophia
Abstract:: International development programs are often implemented with the goal of building community resilience, but without a clear articulation of how this goal will be met, or any consideration of if or why the effort was successful after it has concluded. This thesis considers three different activities implemented by the U....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Sometimes we take them in stride; sometimes they trip us up” (Walker and Salt 2006, p. 1). As they

Management controls and pressure groups: the mediation of overflows

Creator:: Jollands, Stephen, Akroyd, Chris, and Sawabe, Norio
Abstract:: Purpose Organisations produce effects that go beyond the economic framing within which they operate, referred to as overflows in this paper. When an organisation comes under pressure to address these overflows they must decide how to respond. Previous research has placed social and environmental reporting as an important tool organisations...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , revenue management practices, and some of the overflows related to their operations. The field was

The Use of Effectiveness Monitoring and Reporting for Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration Within the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program 2010-2018

Creator:: Kitayama, Eileen K.
Abstract:: The Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program (CFLRP) is a collection of large-scale restoration projects across the United States that are striving to improve many economic, social, and ecological sustainability issues, including the condition of fish and wildlife habitat. Effectiveness monitoring is a specific type of monitoring that is critically important...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: changes in indicators, and qualitative data collection methods (such as field trip reviews) may be

Response of Prochilodus nigricans to flood pulse variation in the central Amazon

Creator:: Bayley, Peter B., Castello, Leandro, Batista, Vandick S., and Fabre, Nidia N.
Abstract:: The influence of the flood pulse on fish populations has been posited, but infrequently tested or quantified. Here, we tested the effect of habitat on population size, using Prochilodus nigricans as a case study species. Floodplain habitat was based on the littoral zone area occupied by P. nigricans to feed....
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: fishery data to estimate annual population size by age class and a combination of field samples and remote

Analyzing the deeper motivations for nature-based tourism facility demand: a hybrid choice model of preferences for a reindeer visitor center

Creator:: Lindberg, Kreg, Veisten, Knut, and Halse, Askill Harkjerr
Abstract:: Wildlife interpretive centers may increase the attractiveness of natural areas for visitors, provide local employment and income, and channel visitors to reduce wildlife disturbance. However, interpretive center success depends on understanding visitor preferences. This is facilitated by integrated analysis of individual characteristics, such as attitudes and demographic factors, and situational...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: current study contributes to the field of nature-based tourism interpretive centers by integrating

"You're Really Gonna Kick Us All Out?" Sustaining Safe Spaces for Community-Based HIV Prevention and Control among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men

Creator:: Garcia, Jonathan, Parker, Caroline, Parker, Richard G., Wilson, Patrick A., Philbin, Morgan M., and Hirsch, Jennifer S.
Abstract:: Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) experience among the highest rates of HIV infection in the United States. We conducted a community-based ethnography in New York City to identify the structural and environmental factors that influence BMSMs vulnerability to HIV and their engagement with HIV prevention services. Methods...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: BMSM. For instance, researchers with the Translating Research into Practice (TRIP) Project recently

The Effects of Structure and Volcanic Stratigraphy on Groundwater and Surface Water Flow: the Hat Creek basin Case Study, California, USA

Creator:: Marcelli, Marina F.
Abstract:: Hydrogeologic systems in the southern Cascade Range develop in volcanic rocks where volcanic morphology, stratigraphy, extensional structures and attendant basin geometry play a central role in groundwater-flow paths, groundwater/surface-water interactions, and spring discharge locations. High-volume springs (> 3 m3/s) flow from young (< 1 Ma) volcanic rocks in the Hat...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: who took time out of their day to help me in the field or to understand the datasets I’ve been using

Impacts of Policy and Environmental Change: Understanding Factors of Vulnerability and Resilience in the Face of Change in Oregon Fishing Communities

Creator:: Strawn, Astrea
Abstract:: Commercial fisheries are coupled human-natural systems that cross state borders and integrate private, public, academic sectors and interests. These systems integrate complicated relationships between coastal socioeconomics, resource management and environmental realms. Previous findings from West Coast-based studies have identified aging trends in commercial fisheries participation, commonly referred to as the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . The traineeship acts as both a one-year fellowship and a minor that includes a field camp, minor

The Disruption and Product Life Cycle of the Vacation Rental Management Market in Sunriver, Oregon: A Microcosm into the Changing Industry

Creator:: Harley Coldiron
Abstract:: This research project dives deep into the life cycle and multiple disruptions of the vacation rental management industry as whole, and specifically in Sunriver, Oregon. It uses primary research through interviews of dozens of professionals in the industry along with secondary research to outline the markets life cycle and disruption....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Sex matters: Otolith shape and genomic variation in deacon rockfish (Sebastes diaconus)

Creator:: Vaux, Felix, Rasmuson, Leif K., Kautzi, Lisa A., Rankin, Polly S., Blume, Matthew T. O., Lawrence, Kelly A., Bohn, Sandra, and O'Malley, Kathleen G.
Abstract:: Little is known about intraspecific variation within the deacon rockfish (Sebastes di‐ aconus), a recently described species found in the northeast Pacific Ocean. We in‐ vestigated population structure among fish sampled from two nearshore reefs (Siletz Reef and Seal Rock) and one offshore site (Stonewall Bank) within a <50‐km2 area...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: annual catch limits for each stock or stock complex, harvest guidelines, trip or bag limits, area and

Death, Disorder, and Other Human Terrors

Creator:: Gollihugh, Breanna M.
Abstract:: Storytelling has been a key societal element for hundreds of years. Over time it has evolved from tales spread by word-of-mouth, to printed words, and most recently to worldwide digital platforms. Stories, and their ability to be both shared and coveted, make them a truly unique aspect of the human...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: everything going for him. He was studying a field he loved and had family connections that would pave the

Headwater Streams and Wetlands are Critical for Sustaining Fish, Fisheries, and Ecosystem Services

Creator:: Colvin, Susan A. R., Sullivan, S. Mazeika P., Shirey, Patrick D., Colvin, Randall W., Winemiller, Kirk O., Hughes, Robert M., Fausch, Kurt D., Infante, Dana M., Olden, Julian D., Bestgen, Kevin R., Danehy, Robert J., and Eby, Lisa
Abstract:: Headwater streams and wetlands are integral components of watersheds that are critical for biodiversity, fisheries, ecosystem functions, natural resource-based economies, and human society and culture. These and other ecosystem services provided by intact and clean headwater streams and wetlands are critical for a sustainable future. Loss of legal protections for...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: $60–160 per trip, generating $70–200 million annually (Dorison 2012). Recent estimates of freshwater

Examining the Effects of Artisanal, Small-scale Gold Mining on Livelihood Assets in Kedougou, Senegal

Creator:: Zoch, Grant L.
Abstract:: The frontlines of climate change adaptation will occur in rural, impoverished regions of the world where households engage in climatically dependent livelihoods, such as peasant agriculture or pastoralism. As changing climate and changing markets affect the suite of household livelihood assets (environmental, social, and economic) which enable a household to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on at least one field, receive food out of a common store and eat from a single pot” (as cited in

Online language teaching research : pedagogical, academic and institutional issues

Creator:: Sanz-Sánchez, Israel, Rivera-Mills, Susana V., and Morin, Regina
Abstract:: With the growth of Internet technologies, online-based foreign language curricula are being introduced at large numbers of institutions internationally. This peer-reviewed volume, geared towards a broad audience, presents innovative research on online language teaching, with chapters by highly engaged scholars and practitioners from the U.S. and Europe, with a strong...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: comprehensible input for their students. Ironically, the field of second-language acquisition has long since

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