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Creator:: Stokely, Thomas D.
Abstract:: Intensive forest management (IFM, dense conifer plantings and herbicide applications) may alter the characteristics of early seral plant communities that function as major habitat resources for a host of wildlife species, including cervid herbivores such as Cervus elaphus and Odocoileus hemionus. Such large herbivores can also substantially affect plant community...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Walstad, John D.
Abstract:: This PowerPoint presentation contains selected images pertaining to reforestation and vegetation management in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Viewers are welcome to use this PowerPoint or any images contained therein. The material has been assembled during much of the author’s career, so proper attribution would be appreciated...
Resource Type:: Presentation

Creator:: Yildiz, Oktay
Abstract:: Effects of partial understory removal on belowground and aboveground ecosystem properties were investigated in 5 and 15 yr old Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesll (Mirb.) Franco) experimental plantations in western Oregon. Seedling survival was not affected by understory removal at age 5 yr. But through age 15 yr, understory removal increased seedling...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Nabel, Mark R.
Abstract:: Forest managers of public lands in western Oregon and Washington have become increasingly interested in creating additional conifer cohorts in young, even-aged, second-growth Douglas-fir stands. The purpose of our research was to assess the establishment, survival, and growth of naturally-regenerated and underplanted conifers 10-13 years after overstory thinning and understory...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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