Birds both promote and prosper from forest restoration. The ecosystem functions birds perform can increase the pace of
forest regeneration and, correspondingly, increase the available habitat for birds and other forest-dependent species. The
aim of this study was to learn how tropical forest restoration treatments interact with landscape tree cover...
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address: Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, OregonState University, Corvallis, Oregon, United
The cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) is one of the most serious insect pest species to evolve resistance against many insecticides from different chemical classes. This species has evolved resistance to the pyrethroid insecticides across its native range and is becoming a truly global pest after establishing in South America...
Most of the policy debate surrounding the actions needed to mitigate and adapt to anthropogenic climate change has been framed by observations of the past 150 years as well as climate and sea-level projections for the twenty-first century. The focus on this 250-year window, however, obscures some of the most...
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1College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, OregonState University, Corvallis
This Practical Guide is a companion to the video program Communication Strategies for Fire Management: Creating Effective Citizen-Agency Partnerships. The video is designed to assist land management personnel in working collaboratively with citizens for community fi re and fuel reduction strategies. The DVD uses real world examples from successful agency...
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Ryan Gordon
Department of Forest ResourcesOregonState University
A companion to the video program
Aim The hypothesis that habitat fragmentation negatively influences biodiversity stems from island biogeography and metapopulation theory which predict negative impacts of decreasing patch size on richness and distribution patterns. Empirical support of this idea is weak in terrestrial systems, though tests of fragmentation effects are typically confounded with landscape composition...