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Resource Selection, and Demographic Rates of Female Greater Sage-Grouse Following Large-Scale Wildfire

Creator:: Foster, Lee
Abstract:: Understanding the effects of habitat disturbance on a species' habitat selection patterns, and demographic rates, is essential to projecting the trajectories of populations affected by disturbance, as well as for determining the appropriate conservation actions needed to maintain those populations. Greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) is a species of conservation concern...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Following Large-Scale Wildfire Abstract Approved: Katie. M. Dugger, Christian A. Hagen

Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science

Creator:: Filotas, Elise, Parrott, Lael, Burton, Philip J., Chazdon, Robin L., Coates, K. David, Coll, Lluis, Haeussler, Sybille, Martin, Kathy, Nocentini, Susanna, Puettmann, Klaus J., Putz, Francis E., Simard, Suzanne W., and Messier, Christian
Abstract:: Complex systems science provides a transdisciplinary framework to study systems characterized by (1) heterogeneity, (2) hierarchy, (3) self‐organization, (4) openness, (5) adaptation, (6) memory, (7) non‐linearity, and (8) uncertainty. Complex systems thinking has inspired both theory and applied strategies for improving ecosystem resilience and adaptability, but applications in forest ecology...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: ,9 AND CHRISTIAN MESSIER1,13 1Centre for Forest Research, Department of Biological Sciences

Reallocating resources, rebuilding community : the Klamath Basin agreements and the emergence of adaptive governance

Creator:: Chaffin, Brian C.
Abstract:: The concept of "adaptive governance" represents a spectrum of hybrid approaches to environmental governance employed to guide management of complex social-ecological systems under conditions of high uncertainty. While the concept of adaptive governance has benefited from over a decade of theoretical development, empirical examples of transitions towards adaptive governance are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Morphological characteristics of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine regeneration nine years after stand density reduction at three sites in central Oregon

Creator:: Michel, Alexa K.
Abstract:: Without the natural occurrence of fire in ponderosa pine forests of the western US, lodgepole pine has started to dominate regeneration in many forest stands and may be gradually replacing ponderosa pine over time. This development, however, conflicts with recent efforts in this region to restore old-aged, open ponderosa pine...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . the memorable stay in a cabin along the Deschutes River), and from work opportunities with Christian

Recovery of High-graded Nothofagus Forests: Building Resilience Through Theory and Practice

Creator:: Soto, Daniel P.
Abstract:: The increasing human demands on natural resources, in combination with uncertainties about ecosystem dynamics due to global change, has led the scientific community to conclude that new approaches in understanding of ecological systems are needed to tackle environmental issues in an efficient manner. One development that has received more attention...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: colleagues, Pablo Donoso, Pato Romero, Raul Bertin, Christian Salas, Karina Martin, Rodrigo Mujica, Karla

Contributions of Epicormic Branches and Delayed Adaptive Foliage in Coastal Douglas-fir under Variable Density Management Regimes

Creator:: Punches, John W.
Abstract:: The contribution of delayed adaptive reiteration to crown maintenance was explored across a wide range of adjacent open space conditions in early-mature (approximately 60 year old) Douglas-fir located on the eastern slope of Oregon’s Coast Range. The stands had experienced uniform thinning in 1964-65 and 1980-81 to release dominant and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Brizendine, and Dr. Christian Kuehne, for assistance with data collection; • Dr. Jim Johnson, for isotope

Sugar Maple Decline: Climate Change Effects on Acer Saccharum and Subsequent Impacts on New York

Creator:: Cohn, David Andrew
Abstract:: Intensifications in seasonal temperature variation, attributed to increased greenhouse gas concentrations, are having an adverse effect on the forest composition of the northeastern United States. New York’s temperate broadleaf forests are undergoing alterations including a decline of the native sugar maple (Acer saccharum), as the species’ population begins to decrease...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Using Satellite Imagery to Count Nesting Albatross from Space

Creator:: Dolliver, Jane E.
Abstract:: One fundamental concern in conservation biology is species abundance. For many taxa, however, these data are costly to obtain via direct observation and thus limited in geographic or temporal scope. Very high-resolution satellite imagery provides a means to address these limitations and provide remotely-sensed counts of large, colonial species. We...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: interns: Ana Medina, Alayna Lawson, Denisse Silva, Isabel Justiniano, Christian Cortez, Melanie Birch

Management Strategies for Small, Structurally Diverse & Income-Generating Forests

Creator:: Geisel, Julian
Abstract:: Parcellization of the rural landscape threatens the provision of social, ecological and economic benefits to society due to loss of economies of scale. A continued provision requires new approaches to forest management for multiple, interconnected goals. I used interviews, archival records and field measurements to learn how select, experienced owners...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Patty Vega-Gutierrez, Christian Buesch and Gabriel Schwarzmann for making life in windowless RH 163 a

Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

Creator:: Pakenham Stevenson, Anna
Abstract:: One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited water resources. In recognition of localized responses to natural resource challenges, there has been considerable work in the area of adaptive capacity and collaborative governance to help understand a community’s capacity to manage change. This study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Resource Selection, and Demographic Rates of Female Greater Sage-Grouse Following Large-Scale Wildfire

Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science

Reallocating resources, rebuilding community : the Klamath Basin agreements and the emergence of adaptive governance

Morphological characteristics of ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine regeneration nine years after stand density reduction at three sites in central Oregon

Recovery of High-graded Nothofagus Forests: Building Resilience Through Theory and Practice

Contributions of Epicormic Branches and Delayed Adaptive Foliage in Coastal Douglas-fir under Variable Density Management Regimes

Sugar Maple Decline: Climate Change Effects on Acer Saccharum and Subsequent Impacts on New York

Using Satellite Imagery to Count Nesting Albatross from Space

Management Strategies for Small, Structurally Diverse & Income-Generating Forests

Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

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