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A georeferenced digital image analysis of micro-topographic patterns within the Willamette Floodplain Research Natural Area, W. L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

Creator:: Anderson, Karen L.
Abstract:: The present day vegetation pattern of the Willamette Valley is a result of a long past of human alteration of the landscape. Beginning with aboriginal burning of the grasslands to present day land uses, the vegetation of the valley has been affected by anthropogenic activity. Wet prairie is a vanishing...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Karen L. Anderson A Research Paper submitted to The Department of Geosciences Oregon State University

Inside, Outside : Light and Dark

Creator:: Knotts, L. William
Abstract:: In a story of his life Les reflects on what he has gained and what he has lost while seeking success in the moving and shifting of military and academic life through homes and schools all over the United States. He describes himself as between races, languages, and cultures.
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: THESIS OF L. William Knotts for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, in the co

Microhabitat selection of brood-rearing sites by greater sage-grouse in Carbon County, Wyoming

Creator:: Schreiber, Leslie A.
Abstract:: Declines in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus, hereafter sage-grouse) populations could be attributed to low chick survival, which may be influenced by the availability of food and cover at sites used by females rearing broods. Habitat attributes important to broods may vary regionally; thus, it is necessary to understand factors affecting...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: , Jon W. Kehmeier4, and Nate Wojcik4 ABSTRACT.—Declines in Greater Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus

Vegetation ecology of Fraxinus latifolia communities in William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

Creator:: Heinitz, Eric Fajen
Abstract:: Composition and structure of Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) woodlands in the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon are described. Twenty stands dominated by Fraxinus latifolia were sampled with 500 m2 circular macroplots in which floristic microplot data were collected for plant community synthesis. Plant communities were identified by computer-assisted...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: WILLIAM L. FINLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, OREGON by ERIC FAJEN HEINITZ A RESEARCH PAPER submitted to

Geneticist L.C. Dunn : politics, activism, and community

Creator:: Gormley, Melinda (Melinda Brooke)
Abstract:: L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research in developmental genetics as a member of the Zoology Department at Columbia University in the City of New York. He had an accomplished scientific career researching mutations in mice, which earned him respect from other geneticists and scientists....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Mary Jo Nye L. C. Dunn (1893-1974) spent most of his scientific career conducting research

Comparing Himalayan blackberry (Rubus armeniacus) management techniques in upland prairie communities of the W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge

Creator:: Ensley, Jona L.
Abstract:: Dedicated to the preservation and promotion of many of the nation’s most threatened and endangered species, the W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is highly invested in the management of some of the last remaining upland prairies once prevalent throughout Oregon's Willamette Valley. More than a century of land fragmentation, fire...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: _____________________________________________________________________ AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Jona L. Ensley for the degree of Master of Science in

Selenoprotein W : Purification and characterization of its interaction with calmodulin

Creator:: Bauman, Andrew Thomas
Abstract:: Selenoprotein W (SeW) is a protein whose function is unknown, but potentially plays a vital role in calcium metabolism, as an indirect link has been established with white muscle disease (WMD). White muscle disease occurs in selenium deficient animals, and is characterized by the precipitation of calcium in muscle, leading...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Toxicology presented on November, 26, 2003. Title: Selenoprotein W

Vegetation and Small Mammal Responses to Western Juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) Control in Eastern Oregon

Creator:: Morozumi, Corinne N.
Abstract:: Shrub-steppe ecosystems of western North America provide habitat for many wildlife species, are important components of public and private rangelands, and offer recreational opportunities for millions of people. They are some of the most vulnerable ecosystems in the United States and have been altered by human activities such as livestock...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: (assessed in July 2014) at 10 cut trees per plot within the Phillip W. Schneider Wildlife Area, Grant

Salinity and temperature interactions and their relationship to the microbiology of the estuarine environment

Creator:: Morita, Richard Y., Jones, Larry P., Griffiths, Robert P., and Staley, Thomas E.
Abstract:: An estuary, unlike the open ocean, is a dynamic system that is continuously undergoing changes in its physical and chemical properties. Marked fluctuations in the levels and kinds of nutrients, temperature, and salinity are normally found in estuarine environments. These changes occur principally as a result of freshwater intrusions, tidal...
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding and Technical Report
Full Text:: Edited by L. HAROLD STEVENSON and R. R. COLWELL Published for the

For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

Creator:: Owens, Michael V.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetorical efforts of President George W. Bush in defending his administration's warrantless wiretapping program. Specifically, the study attempts to determine the president's underlying motives when he defended the National Security Agency in a December 2005 radio address by applying Kenneth Burke's...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: For the Purpose of Power: An Analysis of George W. Bush’s Warrantless Wiretapping Address

A Motion-Stabilized W-Band Radar for Shipboard Observations of Marine Boundary-Layer Clouds

Creator:: Moran, Ken, Pezoa, Sergio, Fairall, Chris, Williams, Chris, Ayers, Tom, Brewer, Alan, de Szoeke, Simon P., and Ghate, Virendra
Abstract:: Cloud radars at X, Ka and W-bands have been used in the past for ocean studies of clouds, but the lack of suitable stabilization has limited their usefulness in obtaining accurate measurements of the velocity structure of cloud particles and the heights of cloud features. A 94 GHz (W-band) radar...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: 10.1007/s10546-011-9674-5 ARTICLE A Motion-Stabilized W-Band Radar for Shipboard Observations of Marine

Characterizing spin-orbit torques in β-W/Ta/CoFeB/MgO devices

Creator:: Allen, Shane R.
Abstract:: Materials with a strong spin Hall effect and Rashba-Edelstein effect have the potential to improve the efficiency of solid-state magnetic memory technologies and other magnetic logic devices. Heavy metals have been identified as having these properties, including the beta crystal phase of tungsten. In this work, we determine the strength...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: Characterizing Spin-Orbit Torques in β-W/Ta/CoFeB/MgO Devices. Abstract approved

The role of competition, community, and priority in the discovery of the tau lepton

Creator:: Swanner, Leandra
Abstract:: This study examines the interactions between the scientific communities of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the discovery of the tau lepton by physicist Martin Perl between 1973- 1977. Perl became interested in searching for heavy leptons through positron-electron collision experiments using the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: skepticism over the existence of a third generation of matter, see Martin L. Perl, “The Discovery of the Tau

Physical and chemical factors controlling the distribution of the major phytoplankton classes at the Antarctic Polar Front, 170 °W

Creator:: Mengelt, Claudia
Abstract:: This study was part of the Antarctic Environment and Southern Ocean Study (AESOPS) program, whose main goal was to investigate the role of the biota in the carbon flux from the atmosphere to the interior of the ocean. We quantified the abundance of the major phytoplankton classes and examined the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Antarctic Polar Front, 170 ·w. Abstract approved: -----r----..-------------- Mark R. Abbott This study

Archips podana (Duponchel) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in N. W. Washington, an Old World Tree-fruit Pest, New to the United States

Creator:: LaGasa, E. H.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: .), and essentially identical to another common introduced leafroller in the area, Archips rosana (L.) In

A comparative study of the isozymic proteins and the effect of metachemogenesis in the tissues of Periplaneta americana (L.)

Creator:: Beckendorf, Gerald Walter
Abstract:: An attempt was made to demonstrate isozymic forms of esterase, MDH, LDH and GPDH and the variation in enzyme pattern with increasing age in the thoracic muscle, appendage muscle and hemolymph of the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Sampled specimens of both sexes were aged one through seven days, two weeks...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Metachemogenesis in the Tissues of Periplaneta americana (L.) Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy W. P

Pear, seasonal control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), with Imidan

Creator:: Kreowski, W. Brian and Riedl, Helmut W.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: , Cydia pomonella (L.) - Pear W. Brian Kreowski and Helmut Riedl Oregon State University Mid-Columbia

Apple, control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.), with horticultural spray oils, 1992

Creator:: Kreowski, W. Brian and Riedl, Helmut W.
Resource Type:: Conference Proceeding
Full Text:: , Cydiapomonella (L.) - Apple W. Brian Kreowski and Helmut Riedl Oregon State University Mid-Columbia Agricultural

Stabilization of landslides along the Oregon Coast

Creator:: Prestedge, Gordon Kendall
Abstract:: The northern Oregon coast suffers extensive loss of land as a result of landslides which constitute the primary mechanism of coastline recession. Both real property and structures along the coast have been destroyed and this destruction will continue. In certain instances, it may be feasible to protect property by engineered...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Orb Web Vibrations: Modeling, Localization, and Measurement

Creator:: Otto, Andrew W.
Abstract:: The orb web is a multipurpose structure---serving as a home for its inhabitant spider, as a prey capture device, and as a physical extension of the spider’s sensing abilities. Biologists are particularly interested in the spider’s ability to locate prey trapped in its web by sensing the vibrations induced from...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Spider Webs Using Frequency-Based Dynamic Substructuring Andrew W. Otto, Damian O. Elias, and Ross L

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