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Author:: Pierce, Andrew D
Title:: USING NEUTRAL MODELS TO EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF TOPOGRAPHY ON LANDSCAPE PATTERNS OF FIRE SEVERITY: A CASE STUDY OF LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: random forest
fire behavior modeling
vegetation dynamics
neutral model
landscape ecology
File:: Download ADPierce_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Kenneth James Davis, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member

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Author:: Scholl, Andrew E
Title:: Understanding Mixed Conifer Forests in Yosemite National Park: An Historical Analysis of Fire Regimes and Vegetation Dynamics
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: fire climate interactions
forest dynamics
vegetation change
fire history
carbon sequestration
fire suppression
File:: Download Scholl_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert P Brooks, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Eric S Post, Committee Member

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Author:: Naito, Adam Takashi
Title:: Twentieth Century Vegetation Changes and Wildlife Habitat Suitability in the Eagle Lake Ranger District, Lassen National Forest, California, USA
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Pine Siskin
Northern Goshawk
northeastern California
Lassen National Forest
California Wildlife Habitat Relationships system
wildlife habitat suitability
vegetation change
Olive-sided Flycatcher
California Spotted Owl
American marten
Fisher
File:: Download NaitoAT_MSThesis_May09.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Hychka, Kristen Carol
Title:: Characterizing hydrologic settings and hydrologic regimes of headwater riparian wetlands in the Ridge and Valley of Pennsylvania
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: wetlands
landscape setting
reach scale
hydrologic regime
headwaters
File:: Download Hychka_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Robert Brooks, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert P Brooks, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Douglas Alan Miller, Committee Member
Christopher J Duffy, Committee Member

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Author:: Metz, James Allen
Title:: Fire Disturbance and the Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of an Old-growth Jeffrey Pine Forest in the Southern Cascades, Lassen Volcanic National Park, Ca
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: fire ecology
Lassen Volcanic National Park
forest reconstruction
spatial autocorrelation
File:: Download Metz_MS_Geography_2011eThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert P Brooks, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Crisfield, Elizabeth Ann
Title:: Climate change impacts on forests: modeling relationships between static landscape patterns and dynamic vegetation responses
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: climate change
topography
migration networks
Appalachian forests
resilience
File:: Download Crisfield_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Erica A H Smithwick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan H Taylor, Committee Member
Alan Maceachren, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Committee Member

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Author:: Bernstein, Kevin Daniel
Title:: CLIMATE-GROWTH RATE RELATIONSHIPS IN CONIFERS AMONG SITES WITH SUBSTRATE MEDIATED VEGETATION HISTORIES IN THE KLAMATH MOUNTAIN FORESTS
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Climate Change
Geology
Temperature
Precipitation
Growth
Dendrochronology
Klamath Mountains
Mountain Ecosystems
Forests
Adaptation
Refugia
Ultramafic
File:: Download KDBTHESISFINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Cynthia Ann Brewer, Committee Member

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Author:: Young, Amanda Beatrice
Title:: HIGH ELEVATION DECIDUOUS FOREST STRUCTURE: A TEST OF WILLIAM BOND'S "SLOW SEEDLING HYPOTHESIS"
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: treeline
Japanese Alps
Angiosperm
Gymnosperm
Betula
Abies
Pinus
File:: Download ABY-Dissertation-Finalnew.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Outside Member

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Author:: Pawlikowski, Natalie Carmen
Title:: Post-Fire Forest Succession, Group-Gap Dynamics, and Implications for Fire Resilience in an Old-Growth Pinus ponderosa Forest
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: Forest structure
Group-Gap
Forest Development
Wildfire Resilience
Pinus ponderosa
Quercus kelloggii
File:: Download PawlikowskiNatalie_MastersThesis_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Robert P Brooks, Committee Member

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Author:: Lauvaux, Catherine Tasarla
Title:: UNDERSTANDING TRAJECTORIES OF LANDSCAPE CHANGE: THE RESPONSES OF A ROCKY MOUNTAIN FOREST-SAGGEBRUSH-GRASSLAND LANDSCAPE TO FIRE SUPPRESSION, LIVESTOCK GRAZIN, AND CLIMATE
Graduate Program:: Geography
Keywords:: fire suppression
fire history
Rocky mountains
Sawtooth National Forest
Soldier mountains
Douglas-fir
whitebark pine
sagebrush
subalpine fir
livestock grazing
tree enchroachment
vegetation dynamics
tree mortality
fire severity
File:: Download C_LauvauxDissertationSubmitted2.pdf
Committee Members:: Alan H Taylor, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alan H Taylor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Andrew Mark Carleton, Committee Member
Erica A H Smithwick, Committee Member
Margot Wilkinson Kaye, Outside Member

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