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  • Factors influencing nest success of greater sandhill cranes at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, Oregon

    Creator:
    Ivey, Gary L.
    Abstract:
    I developed a priori hypotheses and used logistic regression to model Greater Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis tabida) nest success in relation to weather, habitat and management variables for cranes breeding at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (MNWR) in southeast Oregon. My primary interest was to investigate the effects of habitat conditions...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Katie Dugger and Dr. Chad Boyd for their service as committee members. I am indebted to Carroll D

  • Effects of environmental variables and grazing on planted willow (Salix boothii Dorn) cuttings

    Creator:
    Lowson, Katherine L.
    Abstract:
    The influence of streambank location and timing of herbivory on success of planted Booth's willow (Salix boothii Dorn) cuttings along a Rosgen C5-type stream in an eastern Oregon meadow was determined. Willow cuttings were planted on two morphological locations (i.e. point bar and floodplain) in May of 2002 and 2003....
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    Masters Thesis
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    VARIABLES Katherine L. Lowson, John C. Buckhouse, Tamzen K. Stringham, and Chad S. Boyd 10 Abstract

  • Experiences of medical students on a rural health track : a narrative inquiry

    Creator:
    Mitchell, Phillip
    Abstract:
    The shortage of physicians serving rural communities is well documented. To address the rural shortage, medical schools have developed extracurricular programs, called rural health tracks, with an intent to foster medical students’ interest in serving rural communities. While there has been some research about the effects of these tracks, almost...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    retain workers (Ziller, 2014). Hempel et al.’s (2015) systematic review of 59 studies found that rural

  • Breeding qualitative and quantitative traits for potatoes in the Columbia Basin

    Creator:
    Graebner, Ryan C.
    Abstract:
    The cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is one of the world’s most important staple crops, ranked fourth after maize, rice, and wheat. While the potato’s success is due largely to its high yield, it also benefits from its broad global acceptance, and its ability to be used by the consumer...
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    Dissertation
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    fifteen clones from S. hougasii, one clone from S. bulbocastanum, and one clone from S. stenophyllidium