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The effects of two fuel reduction treatments on chaparral communities in southwest Oregon

Creator:

Sikes, Kendra G.

Abstract:

Fuel reduction treatments are being applied to public lands, affecting significant acreage at considerable expense. This study compares the short term effects on a chaparral plant community of two different fuel reduction methods, brush mastication and "hand piling and burning" (HPB). Ceanothus cuneatus dominated the southwestern Oregon study sites where...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis