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Creator:: Leary, Ryan
Abstract:: Krascheninnikovia lanata (winterfat) is a valuable forage species with an average of 10% crude protein during winter when there are few nutritious options for livestock and wildlife. However, excessive grazing throughout the west has negatively impacted survival of winterfat stands. We hypothesized that four years rest from dormant season livestock...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Catlow Valley, Oregon with winterfat communities, two 40 x 40 m plots, a control and an exclosure, were

Creator:: Matney, Casey A.
Abstract:: State-and-transition models (STMs) have been successfully used to describe ecological dynamics in woodlands, shrublands, grasslands, and several other ecosystems. Changes in vegetation and soil are measured to gauge and predict plant community dynamics within ecological states and transitions between alternative ecological states. Ecological states and their boundaries are defined by...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: exclosure study on the Silty 6-10 PZ ecological site(s) located in the Catlow Valley, Oregon (NP = Not

Creator:: Estes, Mark G.
Abstract:: The effect of seedbed preparation on the emergence and survival of winterfat (Krascheninnikovia lanata (Gueldenstaedt)) and squirreltail (Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey)) seedlings was determined, while quantifying nutritional changes through the dormant season for four range species. In November of 2004 twenty 9m x 8m plots were randomly prepared with one...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Description The project site was located in southeast Oregon in the Catlow Valley, a historical

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