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Honors Theses (Environmental Studies Program)
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Tavernier, Austyn
(University of Oregon, 2024-06)
Climate change is predicted to alter interannual precipitation patterns and increase drought
severity and frequency. Although plant ecologists are actively investigating the impacts of
climate change, we still lack robust ...
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Rosa-O'Hayer, Lyric
(University of Oregon, 2024-05)
The climate crisis is no secret, and extreme weather events - a clear, visual manifestation
of the climate crisis - are known to bring destruction in their wake. However, it is unclear how
extensive of an impact they ...
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MARISSA, LANE-MASSEE
(University of Oregon, 2020-12)
The purpose of this study is to understand how hazelnut orchards in the Willamette Valley,
Oregon retain soil moisture throughout the spring and summer months, and how orchard floor treatments
can be used to improve soil ...
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Kataoka, Natalie Catherine
(University of Oregon, 2022-05)
For the past 200 years, non-native species have been anthropogenically introduced in
California grasslands, reducing native species abundance and diversity. Trifolium hirtum is a
non-native legume commonly used for cattle ...
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Li, Ya Lin
(University of Oregon, 2021-06)
Cnidarian jellyfish are ubiquitous predators of pelagic communities, but little is known
about their phenology and how food availability affects their nutritional status. Starved medusae
tend to decrease somatic growth ...
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Banks, Anna
(University of Oregon, 2021-06)
Squirrels have an incredibly diverse lineage with a global distribution and have dispersed
over millions of years from a common ancestor approximately 40-50 MYA. The assumption
since the 1980’s has been that squirrels ...
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Leonard, Francesca Anne
(University of Oregon, 2021-06)
Meat has been ingrained into American culture since the birth of the nation—holidays
that center around traditional meat dishes, experiences that almost always pair with some form
of meat consumption, and the presence ...
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Cook, Emily
(University of Oregon, 2021-06)
Exotic species pose a threat to many ecosystems within the western U.S. The annual grass species
known as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a prevailing invader in the Great Basin. Cheatgrass
invasion in combination with ...
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Katz, Sydney
(University of Oregon Libraries, 2021-06)
Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of forest fires and drought across the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States. Due to increasingly variable temperature and precipitation patterns, ...
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Gyetvai, Abigail M.
(University of Oregon, 2020-06)
This honors thesis examines the environmental, sociopolitical, and socioeconomical
aspects of Cancer Alley, Louisiana, United States of America. Cancer Alley is
a name dubbed to an eighty-five-mile-long corridor in ...
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Sebring, Hannah
(University of Oregon, 2021)
We are at a moment in time where environmental crises continue to worsen and impact every aspect of life around the globe. The way people learn about, understand, and respond to the environment is of critical importance. ...
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Grimaldi, Allison
(University of Oregon, 2021)
This thesis explores power and powerlessness with regard to food insecurity, food deserts and food swamps, climate change and methane production, and advertising as they relate to beef and the beef industry. This thesis ...
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Adamczyk, Brendan
(University of Oregon, 2020-05)
All countries face numerous environmental problems, from air and ocean pollution to the existential threat posed by climate change and many more. In response, many nations have negotiated and joined international environmental ...
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Kim, Ashley Meghan
(University of Oregon, 2020)
Food justice is an emerging movement that works to combat food insecurity via sustainable, affordable, and culturally appropriate means. However, most initiatives within the movement emphasize sustainability and affordability ...
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Angel, Lydia Gilbert
(University of Oregon, 2020)
The Klamath River Basin (KRB) is a community located in southern Oregon and norther California that relies heavily on the water from the Klamath River to sustain a number of different lifestyles. These stakeholder groups ...
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Baach, Elizabeth
(2019-06)
Serpentine grasslands are unique ecosystems that, due to their soil composition, prove to be areas where plant growth is difficult for most. With this particular soil composition having low levels of essential nutrients, ...
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Donahue, Drew
(2019-03)
This study addresses the effects of domestic pig (Sus scrofa domestica) grazing on understory vegetation of an oak woodland adjacent to a hazelnut orchard. Oregon white oaks (Quercus garryana) are associated with filbertworms ...
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Cleveland, Rachael
(2018-06)
The history of mining in Oregon has left a legacy of contaminated and abandoned sites
that threatens environmental and human health. The goal of this research is to better understand
mercury (Hg) cycling within an Oregon ...
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Lefore, Aaron
(2018-06-04)
Variation in plant community composition has been shown to alter the concentrations of soil organic carbon (SOC) within the soil. Climate change, and anthropogenic disturbances have altered dominant plant communities across ...
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