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Correlation between structural heterogeneity and arthropod biodiversity : implications for management of Pacific Northwest forests

Creator:

Madson, Stephanie Lee

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The "old-growth controversy" in the Pacific Northwest recognized thinning as the primary silvicultural practice for land managers to produce wildlife habitat while continuing to produce timber. For the foreseeable future, forest stands will be harvested to produce forest gaps and a patchwork of trees of different ages. In order to...

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Masters Thesis

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Stephanie Lee Madson for the
Influence of dwarf mistletoe (Arceuthobium americanum) on stand structure, canopy fuels, and fire behavior in lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests 21-28 years post-mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) epidemic in central Oregon

Creator:

Agne, Michelle C.

Abstract:

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) forests are widely distributed throughout western North America. However, the lodgepole pine forests of central Oregon are ecologically unique to the region, with a mixed severity fire regime, low cone serotiny, and their occasional presence as a climax species. Most of the research conducted regarding the...

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Masters Thesis

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Monica Queijeiro Bolaños and Stephanie Pickert assisted with data collection in the field for this