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Overstory density and disturbance impacts on the resilience of coniferous forests of western Oregon

Creator:

Neill, Andrew R.

Abstract:

A trait based approach was used to assess impacts of overstory density and thinning on understory vegetation components related to wildlife habitat. The relationship between overstory basal area and understory vegetation for species grouped by traits, such as production of flowers, fleshy-fruit and palatable leaves, was characterized in thinned and...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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seven Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) forests in western Oregon six years following
Effects of thinning on forest-floor vertebrates and analysis of habitat associations along ecological gradients in Oregon coastal Douglas-fir forests

Creator:

Suzuki, Nobuya

Abstract:

Thinning has the potential to increase structural diversity of managed forests for wildlife. During 1994-1996, I conducted experimental and observational studies using pitfall trapping to assess short-term and potential long-term effects of thinning on abundance and reproduction of forest-floor vertebrates in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menzeisii) forests of the Oregon Coast Range....

Resource Type:

Dissertation