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Creator:: Moser, Thomas J., Wigington, P.J., Schuft, Michael J., Kaufmann, Phillip R., Herlihy, Alan T., Van Sickle, John, and McAllister, Lynne S.
Abstract:: Little research has been directed toward determining the status and ecological role of riparian areas in agricultural landscapes of the Willamette Valley, Oregon. A research project has been designed to contribute to the development and evaluation of alternative future scenarios and to improve the basic understanding of the role of...
Resource Type:: Technical Report

Creator:: Adamus, Paul R.
Abstract:: Relatively little is known about wintering bird communities in lowlands of the Pacific Northwest, yet, the condition of winter habitats potentially can pose a major constraint on bird populations. I initiated a study to determine: (1) Which avian species use lowland riparian and wetland habitats in the Willamette Valley during...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Relationships of Wintering Birds with Riparian and Wetland Habitat in the Willamette Valley, Oregon Abstract

Creator:: Fierke, Melissa K.
Abstract:: Recognizing the importance of native black cottonwood-dominated riparian forests is especially important to preserve, protect, and manage for biodiversity in the Willamette River Valley. Species composition, structure, and biomass along a successional gradient from stand initiation to late succession of black cottonwood (Populus balsamfera L. subsp. trichocarpa (T. & G.)...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Riparian Plant Diversity Along a Black Cottonwood Successional Gradient, Willamette River, Oregon 74

Creator:: Wickramaratne, Siri Nimal
Abstract:: The nature and extent of niparian vegetation change from 1972 to 1981 in the Willamette River Greenway in Benton and Linn Counties, Oregon was quantitatively investigated. The study was primarily by aerial imagery analysis and associated field verification. A classification of vegetation and land cover within the study area was...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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