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Biotic soil crusts of Oregon's shrub steppe

Creator:: Ponzetti, Jeanne M.
Abstract:: This research examines the community composition of biotic soil crusts at nine sites in central and eastern Oregon, U.S.A. At each site, data were collected in one pair of livestock-grazed and excluded transects. Variables recorded included: cover of biotic soil crusts and vascular plant species, soil surface pH, electrical conductivity,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Seed bank response to juniper expansion in the semi-arid lands of Oregon, USA

Creator:: Duncan, Corinne M.
Abstract:: Expansion of Juniperus occidentalis into the sagebrush steppe has resulted in significant changes in understory composition. A consequence of increased J. occidentalis dominance may be a depletion of the seed bank. The potential for depletion is problematic because a reduction in the amount of species available from the seed bank...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thresholds based on seed density. Two eastern Oregon sagebrush steppe sites where chosen to represent the

Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Creator:: Miwa, Christopher
Abstract:: Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) cover has more than doubled within the last century and currently occupies over 9 million acres in the Intermountain West. Encroachment has altered the spatial distribution of soil nutrients and plants in these systems, forming nutrient enriched 'resource islands,' under tree canopies. The purpose of this...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: steppe systems the distribution of 3 soil organic matter (SOM) and nutrient pools is at a much

Yield responses of invasive grasses to carbon doses

Creator:: Brunson, Jessi L.
Abstract:: The sagebrush steppe ecosystem of the northern Great Basin is severely degraded and continues to decline due in large part to the invasive, non-native annual grasses Bromus tectorum L. (cheatgrass) and Taeniatherum caput-medusae (L.) Nevski (medusahead). Restoration of invasive-dominated areas is difficult, but can be enhanced by adding a carbon...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : David A. Pyke Patricia S. Muir The sagebrush steppe ecosystem of the northern Great Basin is

Range Field Day annual report, 1997 : the Sagebrush Steppe : sustainable working environments

Creator:: Oregon State University. Agricultural Experiment Station, Oregon State University. Department of Rangeland Resources, and United States. Agricultural Research Service
Abstract:: Published June 1997. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
Resource Type:: Technical Report
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Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Creator:: Zophy, Kelley T.
Abstract:: Juniper is a native species to Oregon and confers ecological benefits to wildlife when it is at savannah and transitional densities. Its range and extent have fluctuated with climatic change, but the current range expansion is unprecedented in its extent. The range expansion has been associated with the degradation of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: been associated with the degradation of the sagebrush steppe ecosystem in central Oregon. In the

Soil community dynamics in sagebrush and cheatgrass-invaded ecosystems of the northern Great Basin

Creator:: DeCrappeo, Nicole M.
Abstract:: Sagebrush steppe ecosystems in the Great Basin have become increasingly threatened by the proliferation of cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), an invasive annual grass. Diverse sagebrush and perennial bunchgrass landscapes can be converted to homogenous cheatgrass grasslands mainly through the effects of fire. Although the consequences of this conversion are well...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ) trained me to identify biological soil crust species, and Bruce McCune (Oregon State University) taught

Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on plant establishment during restoration of invaded shrub-steppe

Creator:: Schantz, Merilynn C.
Abstract:: Biological plant invasions are diminishing the ecological integrity and function of ecosystems worldwide. A primary example of this is in the Great Basin of the United States, where invasive annual grasses, like cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.) and medusahead (Taeniatherum caput-medusae L. Nevski), are dominating many sagebrush-steppe ecosystems. In these invaded...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: experiments that were evaluated on seeded annual grass invaded sagebrush-steppe ecosystems in eastern Oregon

Nature of interlayer material in silicate clays of selected Oregon soils

Creator:: Singleton, P. C.
Abstract:: A study was conducted to investigate the nature of hydroxy interlayers in the chlorite-like intergrade clays of three Oregon soils with respect to kind, amount, stability, and conditions of formation. The clays of the Hembre, Wren, and Lookout soils, selected to represent weathering products originating from basaltic materials under humid,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Oregon researchers have indicated that the presence of inter - grade clay in soil samples may lead to

Cation retention and solute transport related to porosity of pumiceous soils

Creator:: Doak, William Herman, 1941-
Abstract:: Previous studies of pumiceous soils in Oregon indicated that their physical and chemical properties were strongly related to the porous nature of the pumice matrix. Soils developed on air-fall pumice from the eruption of Mt. Mazama (Crater Lake, Oregon) had low thermal conductivities and low volumetric heat capacities. Values for...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Oregon should reflect these soil chemical and physical properties . Cation Retention and Solute

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Biotic soil crusts of Oregon's shrub steppe

Seed bank response to juniper expansion in the semi-arid lands of Oregon, USA

Persistence of western juniper resource islands following canopy removal

Yield responses of invasive grasses to carbon doses

Range Field Day annual report, 1997 : the Sagebrush Steppe : sustainable working environments

Spatial and age class analysis of managed western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) woodlands in central Oregon

Soil community dynamics in sagebrush and cheatgrass-invaded ecosystems of the northern Great Basin

Role of propagule pressure and priority effects on plant establishment during restoration of invaded shrub-steppe

Nature of interlayer material in silicate clays of selected Oregon soils

Cation retention and solute transport related to porosity of pumiceous soils

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