Hypogeous fungi are a critical component of forest ecosystems world wide. In Pacific Northwest forests, they are the base of the food chain of the threatened Northern
Spotted Owl. As part of The Forest Ecosystem Study (a interdisciplinary study designed to
increase development of suitable spotted owl habitat), diversity and...
The Demonstration of Ecosystem Management Options (DEMO) study is a large-scale, multi-year, interdisciplinary project examining the effects of various levels and patterns of green-tree retention on multiple forest features. Six retention levels and patterns were examined and replicated across six blocks of predominately Douglas-fir forested land in western Oregon and...
The objective of this research was to improve our understanding of how
changes in the environment affect ecological processes. Change detection is often
confounded by the large variation found in ecological data due to the difficulty of
finding replicates in nature. Intertidal communities were chosen for studies of biophysical
interactions...
This study was concerned with identifying the program activities
and resources believed necessary to support a districtwide, comprehensive
school health instruction program and investigated the perceptions
of an expert committee composed of persons involved in
school health instruction in the State of Washington.
A questionnaire, developed after extensive review of...