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Restoring Ponderosa Pine: Understanding Individual Tree Defenses, Disturbance Responses, and Resilience

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Johnson, Christal

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The aim of this research was to provide forest managers and researchers with a better understanding of individual tree defenses and tree responses to disturbances, within a Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program area. Forest restoration often aims to increase stand-level resistance to uncharacteristic changes, and stand-level resistance begins with tree-level...

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Johnson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Forest Management presented on June 15
Genomic Resources for Phylogenetics, Species Delimitation, and Geographic Localization of Neotropical Tree Species Cedrela odorata L. (Meliaceae)

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Finch, Kristen N.

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Biodiversity loss is of global concern, and is due in part to deforestation and high consumer demand for wood and wood products. The neotropical tree species Cedrela odorata (“Spanish cedar” or “cedro”) is economically valuable for its wood and faces threats of overexploitation. Due to strong similarities in wood features...

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2010). Mature trees of this species grow 45-60 m in height with cylindrical boles, making them ideal