This paper reports the findings from a study made of the potential financial returns from nine alternative silvicultural prescriptions applied to four case-study stands of second growth in coastal British Columbia. The objectives were to compare prescriptions based on partial cutting with conventional clear-cutting and to explore the effects of...
The hop looper, Hypena humuli Harris, is a reemergent pest of hop that often requires
treatment to mitigate crop damage. In 4 yr of field trials, plots treated with fungicides were observed
to sustain less hop looper defoliation compared with nontreated plots. Further investigation revealed that
abundance of hop looper...
Coarse woody debris (CWD, comprised of snags and downed logs) is an important component of the structure and function of forest ecosystems, one which both influences the availability of fuel for wildfires and can be a result of wildfires. We studied snag persistence, and changes in mass of CWD in...
This paper introduces a new perspective/direction on assessing and encouraging creativity in concept
design for application in engineering design education and industry. This research presents several
methods used to assess the creativity of similar student designs using metrics and judges to determine
which product is considered the most creative. Two...
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Published October 1970. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog