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Juvenile survival and birth-site selection of Rocky Mountain elk in northeastern Oregon

Creator:: Rearden, Spencer N.
Abstract:: With declining populations and low calf recruitment in northeastern Oregon, much interest has been generated to study the survival rates and causes of mortality of Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus elaphus nelsoni). I investigated the causes of elk calf mortality and the effects of predation risk on birth-site selection by cow...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: I sincerely thank Drs. Robert G. Anthony and Bruce K. Johnson, the co- principal investigators of

Beyond oil : Managing hazardous material spills in Puget Sound

Creator:: Heimowitz, P. J. (Paul J.)
Abstract:: Past disasters such as mercury poisoning in Minimata, and new problems such as tributyltin impacts on shellfish have maintained public concern about problems caused by chronic discharges of hazardous materials into marine waters (Clark, 1986; U.S. Congress, 1987). However, hazardous chemical spills in coastal waters typically escape public attention. Unlike...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Date Created:
Full Text:: comments and support from my advisor Bill Pearcy and committee members Jim Good and Earle Buckley. Special

General Equilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Farm Bill

Creator:: Weerasooriya, Senal A.
Abstract:: The vast majority of U.S. farm bill spending goes to nutrition assistance, on the one hand, and farm safety net programs, on the other. Although these programs are a major part of federal government expenditures, controversial and governed by a common bill, they have rarely been quantitatively analyzed together. To...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: November 7, 2017. Title: General Equilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Farm Bill Abstract

Building Economically Resilient Rural Communities

Creator:: Sorte, Bruce Michael
Abstract:: Rural communities will continue to be disproportionately shocked by economic fluctuations. Market forces are likely to lead to the decline of many rural communities and they will need to be economically resilient to survive. This thesis draws on several social sciences and the natural sciences to develop ideas that communities...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bruce Michael Sorte for the degree

Integrated Pest Management Plan Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

Creator:: DeRango, Bethany
Abstract:: Each NWR within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS) provides landscapes that contribute to conservation of wildlife and the habitats they depend on at local, regional, and national levels. The Integrated Pest Management Plan (IPMP) for a given refuge is a guide to how...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: BILL WILLIAMS RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE by Bethany DeRango A PROJECT

Identification of in-service personnel development needs in career awareness for Portland and Seattle elementary schools

Creator:: Syhlman, Bill Duane
Abstract:: The main objective of this research was to determine the professional in-service development needs of fourth, fifth, and sixth grade teachers in the metropolitan school districts of Portland and Seattle. The primary objectives for conducting this research investigation were as follows: 1. To determine the professional in-service development needs of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: career awareness for Portland and Seattle elementary schools AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF BILL

Numerical modeling of the global semidiurnal tide in the present day and in the last glacial maximum

Creator:: Egbert, Gary D., Ray, Richard D., and Bills, Bruce G.
Abstract:: A hydrodynamic model incorporating a self‐consistent treatment of ocean self‐attraction and loading (SAL), and a physically based parameterization of internal tide (IT) drag, is used to assess how accurately barotropic tides can be modeled without benefit of data, and to explore tidal energetics in the last glacial maximum (LGM). M2...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA Richard D. Ray and Bruce G. Bills1

President Clinton's health care rhetoric : the role of anecdotal evidence in promoting identification

Creator:: Dahl, Nicholas D.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to illuminate the presence and rhetorical effect of anecdotes in President Clinton's major health care address. It is the health care debate that shows most clearly how Clinton tries to direct a multi-level campaign that attempts to identify his interests (passage of the Health...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the pathos of anecdotes to pass a health care bill, which will be analyzed according to Kenneth

Comparative wintering ecology of two subspecies of sandhill crane : informing conservation planning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region of California

Creator:: Ivey, Gary L.
Abstract:: California's Central Valley agricultural landscapes provide several important wintering regions for Pacific Flyway sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) populations; however, the value of those regions is being compromised by urban expansion, other developments, and conversions to incompatible crop types. Greater (G. c. tabida) and lesser sandhill cranes (G. c. canadensis) both...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : . Bruce D. Dugger California’s Central Valley agricultural landscapes provide several important

Policy Shifting at the Federal Reserve Bank: A Punctuated-Equilibrium Perspective

Creator:: Campbell, Michael
Abstract:: A considerable amount of research and literature exists that attempt to explain the policymaking processes of central banks and, in particular, the Federal Reserve Bank (FRB). As with those studies, the purpose of this study is to explain FRB policymaking in order to understand FRB policy shifts during financial crises....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: . Campbell presented on May 28, 2010 APPROVED: Professor Bruce McGough, representing

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Juvenile survival and birth-site selection of Rocky Mountain elk in northeastern Oregon

Beyond oil : Managing hazardous material spills in Puget Sound

General Equilibrium Analysis of the U.S. Farm Bill

Building Economically Resilient Rural Communities

Integrated Pest Management Plan Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge

Identification of in-service personnel development needs in career awareness for Portland and Seattle elementary schools

Numerical modeling of the global semidiurnal tide in the present day and in the last glacial maximum

President Clinton's health care rhetoric : the role of anecdotal evidence in promoting identification

Comparative wintering ecology of two subspecies of sandhill crane : informing conservation planning in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta region of California

Policy Shifting at the Federal Reserve Bank: A Punctuated-Equilibrium Perspective

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