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Creator:: Impara, Peter C.
Abstract:: Fire history and fire regime were interpreted from tree ring analysis of 4320 stumps at 178 sites in a 25 by 55 km area in the central Oregon Coast Range. A total of 27 fire episodes were identified in a 516 year period, with sizes estimated at 18 to 544...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: thank my other committee members, Drs. Steven Garman, Jon Kimerling, and Kerry Ahearn, for their advice

Creator:: Jodice, Patrick G. R., 1961-
Abstract:: Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) are threatened seabirds that are prone to disturbance both at sea and at old-growth forest nesting areas. I examined murrelet behavior and activity patterns in forest and marine ecosystems of Oregon. Diving behavior was studied during the 1995 and 1996 breeding seasons and was compared to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , Fisheries and Wildlife), Steven L. Garman (Forest Science), Robert L. Jarvis (Fisheries and Wildlife

Creator:: Cummings, Dian Lyn
Abstract:: Tropical forests are of global importance with respect to their influence on biogeochemical cycles, climatic patterns, and as large reservoirs of biodiversity. Yet, few studies have quantified their structure, biomass, and carbon pools; basic information necessary to better understand the global function of tropical forests. The RADAMBRASIL project was conducted...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Chen, Hua
Abstract:: Controls of substrate quality, temperature, and moisture on woody root decomposition in the Pacific Northwest were explored using chronosequences, time series, laboratory incubations, and simulation modeling approaches at three sites: Cascade Head (CAH), H. J. Andrews (HJA), and Pringle Falls Experimental Forests (PRF). In the chronosequence study, a structural component-oriented...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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