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Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

Creator:: Richards, Linda Marie
Abstract:: The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Science presented on May 1, 2014. Title: Rocks and Reactors: An Atomic Interpretation of Human Rights

Vegetation and animal responses to grazing crested wheatgrass at three intensities and two seasons in southern Idaho

Creator:: Sharp, Lee Ajax
Abstract:: Land useable for livestock grazing in the western United States is diminishing because of spreading municipalities, irrigation developments, highway construction, recreational demands and withdrawals. Concurrently, the demand for livestock and livestock products is increasing because of a rapidly growing population. As a result, production from the grazing land that remains...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: section of this dissertation. Thanks and appreciation are extended to the University of Idaho for

Vegetation-soil relations as a basis for resource management on the Ochoco National Forest of central Oregon

Creator:: Hall, Frederick C.
Abstract:: The study was conducted on the Ochoco National Forest in central Oregon. Vegetation-soil relationships were evaluated for the following objectives: 1. Develop a sound ecological foundation on which total land management decisions may be based. 2. Evaluate forest succession, stocking, and growth to improve management. 3. Develop accurate range condition...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: poses problems for development of range and forest management guides. In most cases, correlation

Characterizing the Spread and Consequences of Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae on Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) in the Northern Basin and Range Ecosystem

Creator:: Spaan, Robert S.
Abstract:: North American bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) have experienced significant declines and population extirpations due to novel pathogens such as Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae. This disease continues to limit the population restoration of bighorn sheep. Therefore, understanding the demographic consequences of pathogen presence and the risk of contact between bighorn populations and potential...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences Dean of the Graduate School

The Influence of Wildfire and Invasive Vegetation on Mule Deer

Creator:: Schuyler, Elizabeth
Abstract:: The western United States has experienced large-scale degradation due to land use and land cover changes, invasion of annual grasses, and expansion of woody plants into grass and shrublands and the resultant altered fire regimes. These landscape-scale changes have coincided with declining mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) populations, making habitat loss...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Schuyler for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Science presented on June 4, 2020. Title

Effects of seeding and grazing on a clearcut-burn in a mixed-coniferous forest stand of the Wallowa mountain foothills

Creator:: Pettit, Russell Dean
Abstract:: Research was conducted in a mixed-coniferous forest stand that was clearcut, burned, and seeded in order to study early plant succession, grazing influences on native and introduced species, big game use, and environmental relationships vegetation, animal, and environmental research was carried out from 1965 to 1967 in three, five-acre exclosures...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: forestry, range rnanagernent, and wildlife rnanagernent disciplines. To reach this goal a concentrated

Vegetation changes of communities containing medusahead (Taeniatherum asperum (Sim.) Nevski) following herbicide, grazing, and mowing treatments

Creator:: Turner, Robert Bruce
Abstract:: Studies were conducted from 1962 to 1966 to investigate the effectiveness of several practices in manipulating medusahead (Taeniatherum asperum (Sim. ) Nevski) infested and/or dominated ecosystems by releasing competition in favor of perennial grasses. Several herbicide treatments were evaluated for selective control of medusahead and cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L. )...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: River hills of eastern Oregon. On foothill range in western Oregon, sheep grazing and mow- ing

Ecology of bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC) in the Silver Lake Deer Winter Range, Oregon

Creator:: Segura-Bustamante, Mariano
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of absence, the PacificNorth- west Forest and Range Experiment Station, and the Computer Center at

Native American programs as socio-cultural adaptive mechanisms to the college environment : a case comparison of the University of Oregon and Oregon State University

Creator:: McComb, Marlin Richard
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: mechanisms to the college environment : a case comparison of the University of Oregon and Oregon State

The influence of geology and timber harvest on channel morphology and salmonid populations in Oregon coast range streams

Creator:: Hicks, Brendan J.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: morphology and salmonid populations in Oregon coast range streams AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Brendan J

The use of remote sensing for characterizing forests in wildlife habitat modeling

Creator:: Vogeler, Jody C.
Abstract:: Spatially explicit maps of habitat relationships have proven to be valuable tools for conservation and management applications including evaluating how and which species may be impacted by large scale climate change, ongoing fragmentation of habitat, and local land-use practices. Studies have turned to remote sensing datasets as a way to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: forest wildlife habitat (the use of lidar data and the creation of spatially explicit habitat

Plant succession on two Artemisia habitat types in southeastern Oregon

Creator:: Tueller, Paul T., 1934-
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: association with Dr. Donald N. Hyder and Mr. Forrest Sneva of the Squaw Butte Experimental Range. Their

Roosevelt elk habitat use in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Witmer, Gary William
Abstract:: Daily and seasonal habitat use by Roosevelt elk was investigated in the Oregon Coast Range on managed, public forestland. Over 3,700 locations of 6 radio-collared cow elk were recorded during 12 consecutive months. Two elk formed part of a north band and 4 elk were part of a south band....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Witmer for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries and Wildlife presented on June 9, 1981 Title

Population and behavioral responses of small mammals to silviculture and downed wood treatments in the Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: Waldien, David L.
Abstract:: Forest managers are challenged to provide timber revenues and other resources for society while protecting and enhancing components of biodiversity that are often associated with older forests or older forest structure, such as dead wood. We examined small mammal response to timber harvest in stands 8-10 years following group-selection, two-story,...
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Full Text:: . APPROVED: Major Profes Head of the Department ffisheries and Wildlife r, represei4 Wildlife Science

Numerical classification of range vegetation and statistical analysis of its ecology

Creator:: Pyott, William Tucker, 1936-
Abstract:: The purpose of the research was to computerize mathematical procedures for the analysis of range vegetation and environmental data. The specific objectives were as follows: 1. to develop and apply computer techniques to the classification of vegetation in order to provide a phytosociological framework within which to investigate the ecology...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of range resource analysis developed and used at Oregon State University (Culver and Poulton, 1968

Effects of thinning on forest-floor vertebrates and analysis of habitat associations along ecological gradients in Oregon coastal Douglas-fir forests

Creator:: Suzuki, Nobuya
Abstract:: Thinning has the potential to increase structural diversity of managed forests for wildlife. During 1994-1996, I conducted experimental and observational studies using pitfall trapping to assess short-term and potential long-term effects of thinning on abundance and reproduction of forest-floor vertebrates in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menzeisii) forests of the Oregon Coast Range....
Resource Type:: Dissertation

The great fires : Indian burning and catastrophic forest fire patterns of the Oregon Coast Range, 1491-1951

Creator:: Zybach, Bob
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land management practices of Indian communities prior to contact with Europeans and the nature or character of subsequent catastrophic forest fires in the Oregon Coast Range. The research focus is spatial and temporal patterns of Indian burning across the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Station, Kermit Cromack of the Oregon State University Department of Forest Sciences, and George Taylor

Early-successional vegetation dynamics and microsite preferences following post-fire forest restoration in southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Kayes, Lori J.
Abstract:: Reforestation-based restoration of severely burnt plantations is one of the primary management activities following wildfire on U.S. federal lands. Restoration effects on early-seral plant and cryptogam communities have not been documented. The objectives of this study were, in severely burnt plantations two to four years post-fire, to examine the: (1)...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with additional support Oregon State University College of Forestry. Logistical support was provided

A critical analysis of wildlife conservation in Oregon

Creator:: Rymon, Larry Maring
Abstract:: This analysis is the study of Oregon's wildlife resources from the period prior to white settlement up to the present time, including critical projections, based on present trends and expected conditions for both human and wildlife populations in the state up to the year 2010. Prior to white settlement Oregon...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: SCIENCE (Major) Title: (Degree) presented on'ifitn ate) A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

The Influence of Scale in a Structured Decision Making Framework for Chinook Salmon Management

Creator:: McDonnell, Kevin N.
Abstract:: The goal of my dissertation was to explore how scale influences stream restoration prioritization strategies for an anadromous species and identify influential uncertainties that exist at different scales. My objectives were to (1) produce a comprehensive review of the Chinook salmon management challenges in California’s Central Valley and identify the...
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Full Text:: Fisheries Science Head of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Dean

A historical study of business education and secretarial science at Oregon State University

Creator:: Bowman, Vernon Leonard
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to provide a history of the Business Education and Secretarial Science departments at Oregon State University. The historical-documentary method of research was used. Extensive use was made of interviews with those involved in the school's history. The chronology of history was divided into segments...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: HISTORICAL STUDY OF BUSINESS EDUCATION AND SECRETARIAL SCIENCE AT OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY Redacted for

The relationship of personal factors and reading performance to academic achievement of selected Oregon State College students

Creator:: Eppley, Mary Vineita
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Franklin R. Zeran for the unique opportunity of teaching and studying college students; to Professor

Spatial and temporal dynamics of sediment and wood in headwater streams in the central Oregon Coast Range

Creator:: May, Christine L.
Abstract:: Channels that were scoured to bedrock by debris flows provided unique opportunities to calculate the rate of sediment and wood accumulation, to make inferences about processes associated with input and transport of sediment, and to gain insight into the temporal succession of channel morphology following disturbance. In an intensive investigation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Management, Oregon State University, and the Oregon Department of Forestry. Financial support was also

Fire severity and vegetation response to fire in riparian areas of the Biscuit and B&B Complex Fires, Oregon

Creator:: Halofsky, Jessica E.
Abstract:: Fire is the dominant disturbance process in western U.S. forests, and although effects of fire in upland forests are relatively well-studied, there is little information about fire effects on riparian forests, critical areas of the landscape for both habitat and water quality. This dissertation examines different aspects of fire effects...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC), Oregon State University (OSU), the Bureau of Land Management

Essays on the economics of wildlife management

Creator:: Rashford, Benjamin S.
Abstract:: Wildlife managers are on the front lines of the effort to conserve wildlife and are required to do so cost-effectively. This dissertation consists of three manuscripts that integrate economics and ecology to inform cost-effective wildlife management. The first and second manuscripts focus on identifying cost-effective wildlife management plans. The third...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Agricultural and Resource Economics presented on August 9, 2006. Title: Essays on the Economics of Wildlife

Small mammal and bird abundance in relation to post-fire habitat succession in mountain big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata ssp. vaseyana) communities

Creator:: Holmes, Aaron L.
Abstract:: Fire is an important disturbance mechanism in big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) communities, yet little is known about wildlife population dynamics during post-fire habitat succession. I estimated the abundance of small mammals and birds in relation to fire history in mountain big sagebrush (A.t. spp. vaseyana) communities on the Sheldon National...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , representing Wildlife Science Chair of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife

Building capacity for systemic change : episodes of learning in the first year of a grant-funded change project at a land grant university

Creator:: McMurray, Janice K.
Abstract:: Demands for increasingly more responsive education systems have caused some higher education institutions to reconsider their original missions and envision new futures. This is particularly true with land grant institutions whose mandate it is to be the people's university. The purpose of this study was to explore the first year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . University Paradigms, Old and New 86 7. Learning Rhythm National Symposium (3-days) 151 8. Evolution of

Effects of vegetation and disturbance on fungal communities in the western Cascades of Oregon

Creator:: Kageyama, Stacie Ann, 1967-
Abstract:: The use of high throughput molecular methods that allow for the study of bacterial communities in environmental samples is commonplace in microbial ecology. Until recently, fungal community ecology has focused on isolation, collection of sporocarps, or collection of ectomycorrhizal roots. The techniques used to extract and amplify DNA from environmental...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the Minority Pipeline Fellowship. The department of Crop and Soil Science provided me with a

Community college and university degree partnership programs : A qualitative study of the student experience

Creator:: Balzer, Jacqueline
Abstract:: Community college and university degree partnership programs allow students to tailor their educational experiences to fit personal goals and preferences while transitioning back and forth seamlessly between a community college and four-year university. This qualitative research study, telling the stories and lived experiences of six students participating in a community...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experiences of six students participating in a community college and university degree partnership program

The use of relaxation to solve harvest scheduling problems with flow, wildlife habitat, and adjacency constraints

Creator:: Torres-Rojo, Juan Manuel
Abstract:: Lagrangean relaxation is presented as a solution technique to solve flow constrained area-based harvest scheduling problems. The best set of multipliers in the Lagrangean approach is obtained through the subgradient method. Guidelines to set some parameters to compute the step size in the subgradient algorithm are provided. An additional procedure...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: with flow, wildlife habitat, and adjacency constraints AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Juan M. Torres

Riparian and adjacent upslope beetle communities along a third order stream in the western Cascade Mountain Range, Oregon

Creator:: Brenner, Gregory John
Abstract:: Monitoring wildlife habitats has become important to forest ecosystem management because it provides valuable information about the response of forests and their species to harvest practices, impacts from recreational use, conservation efforts, and natural and human-caused disturbances. Monitoring is a complex task that requires a variety of abiotic and biotic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Western Cascade Mountain Range, Oregon. Introduction Monitoring of wildlife and wildlife habitats has

A study of the effectiveness of using distance education to present training programs to Extension Service Master Gardener trainees

Creator:: Rost, Robert C.
Abstract:: Despite the availability of distance education technology, Oregon State University Extension Service educators have made limited use of this equipment for delivery of educational programs to clients of the state's 36 county Extension Service offices. Some Extension educators may be hesitant to use distance technology because they are unsure whether...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: college, and university, are increasingly relying on distance education in the delivery of course work

Characterizing early-seral competitive mechanisms influencing Douglas-fir seedling growth, vegetation community development, and physiology of selected weedy plant species

Creator:: Dinger, Eric J.
Abstract:: Three studies were conducted to characterize and present early-seral competition between Douglas-fir seedlings and the surrounding vegetation communities during Pacific Northwest forest establishment. The first experiment served as the foundation for this dissertation and was designed to quantify tradeoffs associated with delaying forest establishment activities by introducing a fallow year...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experiences of life. I am indebted to the many incredible College of Forestry students who worked so hard

Short-term relationship of timber management and Pacific giant salamander populations, and the response of larval stream amphibian to predators under differing sediment levels

Creator:: Leuthold, Niels C.
Abstract:: In the Pacific Northwest, multiple studies have found negative effects of timber harvest on stream amphibians, but the results have been highly variable and region-specific. In this collection of studies, I examined the short term effect of timber harvest using a field study, and used lab work to examine a...
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Full Text:: Science Head of the Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society Dean of the Graduate

Aspects of the Nature of Engineering for K-12 Science Education : A Delphi Study

Creator:: Hartman, Brian D.
Abstract:: Recent state and national standards have increased the interest in engineering at the K-12 level. Science standards, in particular, have begun to make the case for including engineering throughout the K-12 scope of study. Despite the increased attention to engineering, the characteristics and uniqueness of the field of engineering are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to the faculty of Oregon State University and my family for their support during the last four

Wildlife Health in Managed Forests : Immunity and Infectious Diseases in Wild Rodents of Oregon

Creator:: Hanselmann, Rhea
Abstract:: With continual and worldwide human population growth, our impact on the natural environment expands and intensifies every day. We consume natural resources, burn fossil fuels, and release toxic compounds into the air, water, and earth. We build roads that fragment the landscape, construct new settlements, and develop agricultural lands in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: University of Health Sciences; Matt Betts, Tom Manning, and Jim Rivers at OSU’s Department of Forest

Implications of cougar prey selection and demography on population dynamics of elk in northeast Oregon

Creator:: Clark, Darren A.
Abstract:: Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus hemionus) and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis nelsoni; hereafter elk) populations in northeast Oregon have declined in the past 10 to 20 years. Concurrent with these declines, cougar (Puma concolor) populations have apparently increased, leading to speculation that predation by cougars may be responsible for declining...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Wildlife Science presented on March 18, 2014. Title

Restoration of Columbian sharp-tailed grouse into northeastern Oregon

Creator:: Snyder, Jeffrey W.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: a B. A. degree in biology from Berea College, an M. S. degree in wildlife and fisheries science

Contemporary regional forest dynamics in the Pacific Northwest

Creator:: Reilly, Matthew J. (Matthew Justin), 1975-
Abstract:: Recent climatic warming trends and increases in the frequency and extent of wildfires have prompted much concern regarding the potential for rapid change in the structure and function of forested ecosystems around the world. Episodes of mortality in wildfires and insect outbreaks associated with drought have affected large areas and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: swing dancing. The faculty in the College of Forestry and Oregon State University provided

Heterogeneous thermal habitat for northeast Oregon stream fishes

Creator:: Ebersole, Joseph L.
Abstract:: Discrete coldwater patches within warm streams provide potential thermal refuge for coldwater fishes during periods of heat stress. This analysis focused on heterogeneity in stream water temperatures as influenced by local influx of cooler subsurface waters. Using field thermal probes and recording thermistors, we identified and characterized coldwater patches potentially...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Wildlife School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent collection of

A survey of the status and the needs opinion of science education in Oregon during the 1973-74 school year, grades K-12

Creator:: Thompson, Thomas Edward
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: A survey of the status and the needs opinion of science

A study of current practices in technical vocational curriculum development in community colleges of the western states

Creator:: Boss, Richard Dale, 1922-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the practices of curriculum development in the community colleges of the western states and make recommendations for guidelines that can be used to plan, implement, and evaluate technical vocational programs in the community colleges. The various functions of other organizations concerned with...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: college and state department of education of- ficials before a new course or curriculum can be offered

An economic evaluation of the range improvements administered by the Bureau of Land Management in the Vale District of Oregon

Creator:: Godfrey, E. Bruce
Abstract:: The federal government has spent considerable sums of money to rehabilitate range lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These investments have had varying effects on the production and utilization of forage on these lands. One of the most surprising results, according to BLM officials, of the investments...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: been of interest to economists and range managers for a number of years. Furthermore, the use of

An economic analysis of the demand for graduate education

Creator:: Khan, Ahmad Saeed
Abstract:: This study is an economic analysis of enrollment demand for graduate education at Oregon State University as well as in the United States. For the analysis of Oregon State University data on new graduate enrollment, data were obtained for 27 academic departments with 10 observations per department. The most important...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: various disciplines at Oregon State University, 1966-1975 88 3. Size of graduate tuition and minimum

The use of burned forest by breeding birds following the Biscuit Fire in southwest Oregon

Creator:: Donaghy Cannon, Michelle M.
Abstract:: Fire severity is hypothesized as an important driver of bird responses to wildfire. For those species that typically respond negatively to increasing severity, Accessibility of high-severity burned forest may be dependent on the proximity of unburned or low-severity burned forest to meet all of the needs of breeding bird species...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Cannon for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Forest Science and Wildlife Science presented on May

Computer simulation of a biomanagement system : the Mendocino County deer population in California

Creator:: Anderson, Frank M.
Abstract:: Management of deer populations is directed toward multiple objectives. Deer populations on public and private lands belong to the public and thus management is a political process. Four components for an effective management system for deer populations are identified. These are the set of objectives relating to the resource, the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: applicable to other deer populations and other -wildlife species. Computer Simulation of a Biomanagement

Drivers and Impacts of a Recent Annual Grass Invasion: Ventenata dubia and Fire in the Inland Northwest

Creator:: Tortorelli, Claire M.
Abstract:: Biological invasions threaten native biodiversity, alter ecosystem function, and are a major cause of economic losses across the planet. The most impactful invaders alter disturbance regimes and initiate state shifts to outside the historical range of variability of the ecosystem. Concern for ecological and economic losses has prompted a rapid...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: impactful invaders alter disturbance regimes and initiate state shifts to outside the historical range of

Relationships between work values and job satisfaction amoung college student personnel workers

Creator:: Maples, Mary F.
Abstract:: This study was undertaken to examine the relationships which exist between the work values and job satisfaction characteristics of college student personnel workers in the states of Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Work values are viewed as characteristics desired on an ideal job and job satisfaction characteristics are those factors...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: values and job satisfaction characteristics of college student personnel workers in the states of Oregon

Climate change impacts on mountain snowpack presented in a knowledge to action framework

Creator:: Sproles, Eric A.
Abstract:: Throughout many of the world’s mountain ranges snowpack accumulates during the winter and into the spring, providing a natural reservoir for water. As this reservoir melts, it fills streams and recharges groundwater for over 1 billion people globally. Despite its importance to water resources, our understanding of the storage capacity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Who's in place, who's out of place : examining the politics of natural resource collaboration

Creator:: Cheng, Antony S.
Abstract:: A qualitative research approach composed of three strategies was employed to systematically examine the politics of natural resource collaboration. First, using the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds as a case study, the behavioral assumptions of natural resource policy instruments enabling collaboration were uncovered and analyzed. Three key assumptions emerge:...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Political Science, University of Oregon), and Eric Hansen (Forest Products, Oregon State University), for

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