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Filtering by: Creator Vaitkus, Milda R. Non-Academic Affiliation Oregon State University. Graduate School Subject Steppe ecology -- Oregon, Eastern

Resource Selection and Space Use of Western Long-eared Myotis (Myotis evotis) in a Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) Woodland of Central Oregon

Creator:

Anthony, Christopher R.

Abstract:

Identifying habitat and spatial requirements of wildlife species across multiple spatial scales is a challenging, yet crucial component of wildlife management. Habitat use of bats is particularly difficult to study, and managing habitat to conserve bats is especially challenging because bats are highly vagile organisms that exploit several different types...

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Masters Thesis

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Christopher R
Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Creator:

Miwa, Christopher

Abstract:

Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) cover has more than doubled within the last century and currently occupies over 9 million acres in the Intermountain West. Encroachment has altered the spatial distribution of soil nutrients and plants in these systems, forming nutrient enriched 'resource islands,' under tree canopies. The purpose of this...

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Masters Thesis

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in treated juniper plots has been more rapid in other studies (Vaitkus and Eddleman, 1987; Evans