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Argo, Kathryn L., 1985-
(2007-06-07)
The extent to which precipitation has an impact on annual ring-growth of Douglas-fir trees and how that impact differs between stands of different age classes has been a little-studied topic, particularly in the Pacific ...
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Hughes, Nick
(University of Oregon, 2014)
This essay will explore
the food schemes of two countries: Israel and Ethiopia. Potential environmental and
political threats exist which may affect either of the two nations food production (or the
production of the ...
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Shepherd, Makenzie
(University of Oregon, 2014-12)
The goal of this project is to cross-walk the forty-six lessons with a Language Arts focus from the Project Learning Tree (PLT) Environmental Education Activity Guide to the concepts and practices expressed in the five ...
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Schandl, Maria
(University of Oregon, 2015)
Puget Sound can be found nestled in the northwestern corner of the United States. Puget
Sound is the only home I have ever known. It is a place of expansive natural heritage with its
evergreen forests, mountain ranges, ...
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Ly, Alicia
(University of Oregon, 2015-06)
Xylaria is a genus of Ascomycete fungi that is comprised of an estimated 400 species.
These species are important to the ecosystems in which they inhabit, because they contribute to
the decomposition of wood, which ...
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Robins, Adrian
(University of Oregon, 2015-06)
The practice of seed saving has the potential to play a critical role
in enhancing the adaptive capacity of the U.S. agricultural system through
the protection the crop genetic resource base. It is therefore of value ...
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Martin, Wade
(University of Oregon, 2015-06)
Prior to Euro-American settlement in the Willamette Valley, the Kalapuya indigenous group conducted prairie burning to incite annual subsistence rounds of native prairie resources. However, the frequency of fire declined ...
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Gleason, Megan
(University of Oregon, 2015-06)
Over the last two decades, frustration with government inaction on climate change has catalyzed a surge of litigation to prompt policy action. Although climate change litigation is constrained by justiciability doctrines ...
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Fuller, Hannah
(University of Oregon, 2015-06)
Since global warming came to the international stage in the 1980s, mass media, scientists, politicians, and other public figures have avoided addressing the problem for a multitude of reasons—the first being the social and ...
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Pearce, Eliza
(University of Oregon, 2015-09)
Recent studies about Rapa Nui (Easter Island) have shed a new light upon the
movement of the island's giant statues ( moai) and platforms ( ahu) showing that they
were purposeful projects created by small communities ...
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Wesengberg, Zoie Noelle
(University of Oregon, 2016-06)
Food waste in the United States is a large-scale issue that impacts international and
national food systems. The core consequences of food waste are environmental
damages, economic losses and exacerbating social costs ...
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Trush, Sadie
(University of Oregon, 2016-06)
Commonly overlooked in the numerous narratives of Easter Island's mystery is
the most critical resource to human beings: freshwater. Recent field research on the
Island focused on sea ramps and puna (archaeological well ...
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Cumming, Scott
(University of Oregon, 2017-04)
Environmental justice research has shown that different marginalized populations in the United States have been disproportionately impacted by environmental harms. Most of the research and policy has focused on ethnic ...
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Culman, Justin
(University of Oregon, 2017-06)
Coral reefs serve as an important component of tropical marine ecosystems' functionality and composition. However, coral cover in the Caribbean reefs continues to decline due to climate changes. Corals are adapted to thrive ...
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Nock, Kathryn M.
(University of Oregon, 2017-06)
Descartes’s famous declaration, “I think therefore I am,” is one of the most referenced statements from the Scientific Revolution in 16th-17th century Europe. His words mark a turning point in science by exposing a new ...
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Brunik, Kaitlin
(University of Oregon, 2017-06-01)
Although peatlands cover < 3% of the Earth’s surface, they are among the most important terrestrial ecosystems partially because they are responsible for roughly 10% of global methane (CH_4) flux. The consumption of CH_4 ...
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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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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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