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Baseline stream chemistry and soil resources for the Hinkle Creek Research and Demonstration Area Project

Creator:: George, Robert Lance
Abstract:: This research addressed the opportunity to obtain baseline data for both stream chemistry and soil resources for an intensively managed forest watershed, encompassed by the North and South Forks of Hinkle Creek Watershed Research and Demonstration Area Project near Sutherlin, Oregon. A solid representative database for both stream and soil...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Robert Lance George for the dual degrees of Master of Science in Forest Science and Forest Engineering

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Creator:: Blanchard, Nicholas
Abstract:: By 1900 domestication was a promising, if somewhat vexed, subject in biology. Volumes had been written about domestication, but little serious scientific inquiry was directed toward the phenomenon. Expertise lay with practical men, primarily breeders and fanciers. The bulk of scientific commentary on domestication came from anthropologists who derived theories...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: - BlanchardDissertationCompleteMike'sRevisions.docx AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Nicholas Blanchard for the degree of Doctor of

Debris flows in glaciated catchments : a case study on Mount Rainier, Washington

Creator:: Legg, Nicholas T.
Abstract:: Debris flows, which occur in mountain settings worldwide, have been particularly damaging in the glaciated basins flanking the stratovolcanoes in the Cascade Range of the northwestern United States. This thesis contains two manuscripts that respectively investigate the (1) initiation processes of debris flows in these glaciated catchments, and (2) debris...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: on Mount Rainier, Washington AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Nicholas T. Legg for the degree of

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

Creator:: Read, Richard Thomas
Abstract:: In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914 AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Richard Thomas Read for the

Forms of Life: Goethe’s Impact on Twentieth-Century Anglophone Botany and Morphology

Creator:: Hahn, Andre M.
Abstract:: This dissertation examines the impact of the German naturalist and literary figure Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ideas on twentieth century Anglophone plant morphology and biology. Goethe interpreted the organ forms of flowering plants as metamorphoses of each other. His literary, historical, and philosophical writings suggest themes of alienation from and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Goethean scientists George Adams and Olive Whicher used projective geometry to integrate Goethe’s

Oregon biography index

Creator:: Brandt, Patricia A. and Guilford, Nancy
Abstract:: Oregon Biography Index is intended to serve primarily as a starting point in locating biographies of Oregonians. We have indexed 47 historical volumes which are either entirely devoted to biographies or have large self-contained biographical sections. The profiles in the books vary widely in accuracy and detail. Birth dates of...
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: , George Elmer Good 283-4 Anderson, George N. Gaston 2:711 Anderson, Glenn G. (1870) Gaston 4:918-21

One methodology for the incorporation of entomological material in the discipline of historic archaeology using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) as a test subject

Creator:: Kellar, Brenda M.
Abstract:: Using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) this thesis shows that entomological information and material can be retrieved using current historical archaeological methods. Historical archaeology has the ability to uncover connections between arenas as varied, and seemingly isolated, as the honey bee, the environment, and human cultures. By focusing on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: single-subject book on honey bees was published in America: George Cooke's The Complete English Farmer

California condors in the Pacific Northwest : integrating history, molecular ecology, and spatial modeling for reintroduction planning

Creator:: D'Elia, Jesse
Abstract:: Reintroduction programs are increasingly being used to save animals from extinction and aid in their recovery. The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus), one of the most endangered birds in the world, is a remarkable example of how reintroduction programs can help rapidly increase a species' population numbers and range following a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: samples (n = 67) and genetic founders of the captive population (n =14) revealed 18 haplotypes in the

Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

Creator:: Purdy, Sarah E.
Abstract:: For centuries humans have been searching for precious metals. The search for gold has greatly changed the landscape of the American West, beginning in the 1850s and continuing today. Various gold rushes around the country created mining colonies in remote areas, thereby connecting the frontier with the rest of America...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Elk City Township (T. 29 N., R. 8 E.) of North Central Idaho. Dredge mining leaves behind a mark on

OSU theses and dissertations : 1960-1965

Creator:: Brandt, Patricia A.
Abstract:: A departmental and author index of 1,388 Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations accepted by the Graduate School, Oregon State University.
Resource Type:: Book
Full Text:: Revision at Hermiston, Oregon. 1964 - Masters 68. Halter, George Alen. A Program of Studies for Amity

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Baseline stream chemistry and soil resources for the Hinkle Creek Research and Demonstration Area Project

Second nature : domestication as experiment and metaphor in 20th century American psychobiology

Debris flows in glaciated catchments : a case study on Mount Rainier, Washington

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

Forms of Life: Goethe’s Impact on Twentieth-Century Anglophone Botany and Morphology

Oregon biography index

One methodology for the incorporation of entomological material in the discipline of historic archaeology using the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) as a test subject

California condors in the Pacific Northwest : integrating history, molecular ecology, and spatial modeling for reintroduction planning

Analysis of dredge tailings pile patterns : applications for historical archaeological research

OSU theses and dissertations : 1960-1965

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