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Natural regeneration of Douglas-fir in uneven-aged stands in southwest Oregon

Creator:: Gerstein, Jared M.
Abstract:: The response to various levels of stand density by natural Douglas-fir regeneration, shrub and sprouting hardwood species was studied in the mixed-evergreen-forests of southwest Oregon. Partial-cut old growth (harvested 22-31 years prior) and thinned evenaged (harvested 9-17 years prior) stand types were used as surrogates for intentionally managed uneven-aged stand...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Interactive visualization of Douglas fir forest growth using 3-PG

Creator:: Thompson, Allison
Abstract:: Forests are important to Oregon for their beauty as well as economic value, and Douglas fir trees are among the most common and important in the state. Managing and monitoring Oregon’s forests is imperative to ensure they can remain healthy and productive. One tool that helps forest scientists to understand...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Interactive Visualization of Douglas Fir Forest

Simulating Effects of Genetic Tree Improvement on Growth and Yield of Coastal Douglas-fir

Creator:: Joo, Sukhyun
Abstract:: Estimating volume gains in genetically improved stands at rotation age is challenging because first-generation progeny tests in Douglas-fir were typically established to measure the relative growth performance of individual trees from open-pollinated parent trees. The overall goal of this dissertation research was to improve growth simulation of genetically improved Douglas-fir...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Title: Simulating Effects of Genetic Tree Improvement on Growth and Yield of Coastal Douglas-fir

The impact of microclimate variation on budburst phenology within a mature Douglas-fir tree (Pseudostuga menziesii)

Creator:: Miller, Rebecca A.
Abstract:: Budburst, the initiation of annual growth in plants, is sensitive to climate variation and is therefore used to monitor physiological responses to climate change. Budburst timing can vary between regions of an individual tree, but this phenomenon it is unaccounted for in current monitoring efforts and may contribute to the...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis

Fungi associated with Douglas-fir seed during cone development, seed processing, and storage

Creator:: Gordon, Lewin Roland
Abstract:: The Pacific Coast form of Douglas-fir in natural forest succession is an intermediate species thriving in the Coast Range and Cascade Mountains of the Pacific Northwest. This species constitutes 26 percent of the standing timber in the United States, and 24 percent of the nation's annual timber harvest. Characteristics of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Fungi Associated with Douglas-Fir Seed During Cone

A review of the present methods of measuring stand density and a presentation of new research on the application of Crown Competition Factor to Douglas-fir

Creator:: Hicks, Thomas Harney
Abstract:: It is the purpose of this paper to explore the possible application of this relatively new method to second-growth Douglas-fir stands.
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

The occurrence of abscisic acid in the dormant shoots of Douglas-fir [Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco]

Creator:: Webber, John Edinburgh
Abstract:: Methanolic extracts of the dormant Douglas-fir shoots (buds, leaves, and stems) were fractionated by solvent partitioning (sodium bicarbonate-diethyl ether). The acidic portion of the extract was subjected to column (Sephadex LH-2O, Silica Gel and Polyvinylpyrrolidone), preparative thick-layer and gas-liquid chromatography. Fractions collected from chromatographic separations were collected and tested for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Micropropagation of Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) in a double-phase culture medium

Creator:: Gross, Leah M.
Abstract:: The timber and Christmas tree industries are important components of the Pacific Northwest economy. A goal of both industries is to produce high quality trees with high growth rates. Accomplishing this requires increased genetic quality of the trees grown. Tissue culture provides the most promise for propagating these superior genotypes....
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis

Managing Douglas-fir Mortality: Case Studies from Western Oregon

Creator:: Campbell, Lewis
Abstract:: An increase in frequency and severity of hot, dry summers has been associated with a dramatic shift in the coniferous forests of western Oregon’s valleys, especially on the privately-owned properties along the low-elevation edges of these valleys. Various conifer species, including Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), are declining in these forests, leaving...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Title: Managing Douglas-fir Mortality: Case Studies from Western Oregon Abstract approved

Douglas-fir hydraulic architecture and relationships among xylem properties at multiple scales via a Bayesian analysis

Creator:: Dunham, Sonya M.
Abstract:: This study investigated variation in xylem anatomy, hydraulic properties, and the relationship between anatomy and properties within Douglas-fir trees at multiple scales. The hierarchical scales in the study included fertilization treatments (fertilized and unfertilized), trees within the treatments, and positions within the trees. Tracheid diameter, tracheid length, percent latewood, number...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2006. Title: Douglas-fir Hydraulic Architecture and Relationships Among Xylem Properties at Multiple

The starch content of roots and the osmotic concentration of expressed xylem sap as predictors of Douglas-fir seedling quality

Creator:: Forry, Keith R.
Abstract:: The goal of this study was to evaluate the ability of two seedling quality evaluation methods to predict the field survival of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) seedlings. The starch reserves in seedlings have been suggested as a possible predictor of seedling quality. Starch reserves have been shown to decrease during cold...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Roots and the Osmotic Concen- tration of Expressed Xylem Sap as Predictors of Douglas-Fir Seedling

Influence of spacing and crown recession on wood quality of intensively-managed young-growth Douglas-fir

Creator:: Robbins, James M.
Abstract:: Intensive management of young-growth Douglas-fir plantations has emphasized volume growth over wood quality. A better understanding of the variables that affect wood quality is needed so that wood quality and stand yield can be systematically combined into a silviculture program. This experiment utilized two separate experiments to establish the relationship...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Influence of Spacing and Crown Recession on Wood Quality of Intensively-Managed Young-Growth Douglas-fir

Stiffness of Douglas-fir lumber : effects of wood properties and genetics

Creator:: Vikram, Vikas
Abstract:: Wood stiffness is one of the most important properties of lumber and veneer. We studied wood stiffness (modulus of elasticity, MOE), wood density, microfibril angle, and knots in a 25 year-old wind pollinated progeny test (50 families, ~ 373 trees) of coastal Douglas-fir to understand the potential for genetically improving...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Stiffness of Douglas-fir Lumber: Effects of Wood Properties and Genetics. Abstract approved

Identifying candidate genes associated with cold adaptation in Douglas-fir using DNA microarrays

Creator:: Howe, Dana Kathryn
Abstract:: In forest trees from temperate and boreal regions, cold acclimation is an important adaptive trait that involves changes in gene expression and physiology. Genecological, quantitative genetic, and QTL studies have been used to study the genetics of cold acclimation in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), but the genes responsible for...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , 2006. Title: Identifying Candidate Genes Associated with Cold Adaptation in Douglas-fir using DNA

Early genetic selection for wood stiffness in juvenile Douglas-fir and western hemlock

Creator:: Urhan, Oguz S.
Abstract:: Wood modulus of elasticity (MOE), also known as wood stiffness, is one of the most important wood properties. Wood stiffness is a measure of the resistance to deflection, and is important because some products such as laminated veneer lumber, plywood, and dimension lumber require stiff and strong wood. Incorporating wood...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Douglas fir and Western Hemlock. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Oguz S. Urhan for the degree of

Introduction to conifer release [2014]

Creator:: Huff, Tristan, Cloughesy, Mike, Duddles, Ralph E., and Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Successful regeneration of forest stands often requires that crop trees be released from competing vegetation. This publication provides basic information on how to determine if release is necessary and methods for release.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: ponderosa pine, western larch, or westside Douglas‑fir. More shade‑tolerant species (grand fir, western

Estimating spatial changes in acoustic velocity in felled Douglas-fir stems

Creator:: Dowding, Bodie
Abstract:: To compete with other building materials, the wood products industry must find a way to increase value and lower costs. Wood stiffness is important for most wood uses. Value can be increased and costs can be lowered by sorting logs for stiffness in the woods using acoustic devices mounted on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Douglas-fir Stems Abstract approved: Glen Murphy To compete with other building materials

Structure and hydraulic function of xylem in two tree species with contrasting amounts of sapwood, Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus ponderosa

Creator:: Domec, Jean-Christophe
Abstract:: Every wood anatomist knows that the wood near the center of a tree (juvenile wood) differs from the wood laid down at some distance from the pith (mature wood), and that the wood produced during the spring (earlywood) differs from the wood produced during the summer (latewood). There is a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Interactions Between Wild Bee Communities and Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae) Populations in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsugae menziezii) Forests of the Intermountain West

Creator:: Foote, Gabriel G.
Abstract:: This work combines both applied and basic research regarding previously undescribed relationships between two ecologically and economically important insect groups in coniferous forests, bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) and wild bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) communities in Western North America. Across the continent, native bark beetle outbreaks are key drivers of structural...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Interactions Between Wild Bee Communities and Douglas-fir Beetle (Dendroctonus pseudotsugae

Simulating Wood Properties in the Context of a Growth and Yield Model for Planted Douglas-fir

Creator:: Osborne, Nathaniel L.
Abstract:: Forest growth and yield models are critical to supporting decision making in forestry, but often lack considerations for wood properties. The feasibility of simulating wood properties in the context of a Douglas-fir individual tree growth and yield model was evaluated. This assessment explored the effect of predicted sapwood width, stem...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Context of a Growth and Yield Model for Planted Douglas-fir Abstract approved

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