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An Interdisciplinary approach towards understanding late Pleistocene ice sheet change

Creator:: Cuzzone, Joshua K.
Abstract:: The results presented in this dissertation address a number of questions regarding late Pleistocene and Holocene ice-sheet and climate interactions, spanning disciplines involving paleoclimatology and atmospheric science. These studies use various techniques in geochemistry, climate modeling, and ice-sheet modeling to address ice- sheet response to climate and the attendant interactions...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: graduate student. Peter Clark, my advisor has guided me through the rigorous steps in becoming a PhD

Carnivore Competition: Spatial and Dietary Implications of Gray Wolf Recolonization for Cougars in Northeast Oregon

Creator:: Orning, Elizabeth Kari
Abstract:: After a 40-year absence from Oregon’s landscape, expanding gray wolf (Canis lupus) populations are reestablishing elements of interspecific competition with sympatric large carnivores, like cougars (Puma concolor). This presents new challenges for management of large carnivores and their ungulate prey populations (e.g., elk, Cervus canadensis nelsoni; mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: will be forever grateful. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Dr. Katie M. Dugger and Dr. Darren A. Clark

The Influence of Alternate Life History Strategies and Natal Conditions on the Reproductive Performance of Adélie Penguins Breeding on Ross Island, Antarctica

Creator:: Kappes, Peter J.
Abstract:: A fundamental objective of ecology and population biology is to identify factors that drive population dynamics and determine the population-level consequences of their interaction with the environment. Studies of reproductive performance can illuminate population dynamic processes, including the links between organismal biology, the environment, and life history theory. A central...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Katie M. Dugger A fundamental objective of ecology and population biology is to identify

Thermal Ecology and Population Dynamics of Female Greater Sage-Grouse Following Wildfire in the Trout Creek Mountains of Oregon and Nevada

Creator:: Anthony, Christopher R.
Abstract:: The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus; hereafter, sage-grouse) is a ground nesting gallinaceous bird that requires large contiguous patches of sagebrush. Sage-grouse populations have declined, especially in the Great Basin where changes in wildfire regimes and the invasion of annual grasses have contributed to habitat loss and fragmentation. During the last...
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Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Katie M. Dugger Christian A. Hagen The greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus

Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

Creator:: Johnson, Kristin Renee
Abstract:: Karl Jordan (1861-1959) was an extraordinarily productive entomologist who influenced the development of systematics, entomology, and naturalists' theoretical framework as well as their practice. He has been a figure in existing accounts of the naturalist tradition between 1890 and 1940 that have defended the relative contribution of naturalists to the...
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Full Text:: Clark A. Elliott, eds., "Commemorative Practices in Science: Historical Perspectives on the Politics of

Foraging ecology of barred owls where they are outcompeting the threatened northern spotted owl

Creator:: Baumbusch, Ryan C.
Abstract:: Following European-American colonization of North America and associated landscape changes, barred owls (Strix varia) underwent a dramatic expansion of their historical range. The barred owl expanded across the previously tree-less Great Plains that had limited their distribution, and into the forests along the west coast. In these western forests they...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Yackulic, P. F. Doherty, L. Bailey, D. A. Clark, S. H. Ackers, L. S. Andrews, B. Augustine, B. L. Biswell

Specific loading protocols to promote bone mineral density in young women

Creator:: LaRiviere, Jane A.
Abstract:: Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mineral density (BMD), bone fragility, and an increased risk of osteoporotic fracture. The disease is systemic in nature but potential solutions include exercises prescriptions that target the clinically relevant sites of osteoporosis (hip and spine) to improve bone mass. The aim of this dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: in young women AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Jane A. LaRiviere for the degree of Doctor of

Late Pleistocene and Holocene glacier and climate change

Creator:: Marcott, Shaun Andrew
Abstract:: This dissertation presents results from three studies that address major scientific questions in glacial geology and paleoclimatology for the late Pleistocene and Holocene using relatively new geochemical and statistical techniques. Each of the studies attempts to answer a longstanding question in the respective field using geochemical or statistical methods that...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: plays a causal role (Clark et al., 2007). Using trace metal (Mg/Ca) and stable isotope (!18O

Constraints of the origin of the middle Pleistocene transition from the glacial sedimentary record of the north-central United States

Creator:: Roy, Martin
Abstract:: This dissertation focuses on the role of ice sheets in the transition during the middle Pleistocene (-1.2 Ma) from 41-kyr glacial cycles to 100-kyr glacial cycles. This research evaluates the hypothesis that the middle Pleistocene transition (MPT) was related to the glacial erosion of a regolith mantle and the subsequent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Past climate variability in southwestern Oregon and relationships with regional and hemispheric climate

Creator:: Ersek, Vasile
Abstract:: This dissertation presents the results of three studies that assessed climate variability on short and long timescales in western United States. The growth of carbonate formations in caves (speleothems) is used to infer the timing and amplitude of past climate variability. We first assess the controls on speleothem growth for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ Peter U. Clark This dissertation presents the results of three studies that assessed

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An Interdisciplinary approach towards understanding late Pleistocene ice sheet change

Carnivore Competition: Spatial and Dietary Implications of Gray Wolf Recolonization for Cougars in Northeast Oregon

The Influence of Alternate Life History Strategies and Natal Conditions on the Reproductive Performance of Adélie Penguins Breeding on Ross Island, Antarctica

Thermal Ecology and Population Dynamics of Female Greater Sage-Grouse Following Wildfire in the Trout Creek Mountains of Oregon and Nevada

Karl Jordan : a life in systematics

Foraging ecology of barred owls where they are outcompeting the threatened northern spotted owl

Specific loading protocols to promote bone mineral density in young women

Late Pleistocene and Holocene glacier and climate change

Constraints of the origin of the middle Pleistocene transition from the glacial sedimentary record of the north-central United States

Past climate variability in southwestern Oregon and relationships with regional and hemispheric climate

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