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Cascade Head
Experimental Forest and Scenic Research Area (excluding
The Nature Conservancy Preserve) |
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Project
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Duration of Study |
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Describing
the cycle of nitrogen in soil microbes, plant tissues and decomposing organic
matter (EF) |
2000-ongoing |
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Identification
of root decomposing fungi causing white- and brown-rot at three locations in
Oregon (EF) |
2000-ongoing |
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Baseline
sampling of disturbed and undisturbed soils (EF) |
2000 |
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Retranslocation
and recyling of nutrients within canopies of Douglas fir and western hemlock
as a function of age/height and site nitrogen availability (EF) |
2000-2002 |
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Seasonal
patterns of sapwood temperature; seasonal growth patterns of trees; soil CO2
efflux in different forest types (EF) |
2000-ongoing |
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Effect of
land use and land cover on movement, form and timing of nitrogen into Salmon
River Estuary (EF, SRA) |
2000-onging |
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Old-growth
forest characteristics across the northern Oregon Coast Range (EF, SRA) |
1998 |
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Structure
and development of late-successional forests across the northern Oregon Coast
Range (EF, SRA) |
1998 |
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Quantifying
fine litter production for use in modeling changes in climate, CO2, and
nitrogen deposition. (EF) |
1998-ongoing |
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Functional status
of salt marsh restoration for juvenile salmon rearing habitat in the Salmon
River Estuary (SRA) |
1997-ongoing |
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Hydrogen and oxygen
isotopic composition of tree ring cellulose to determine historical patterns
of seasonal water use by trees (EF) |
1996-1997 |
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Population dynamics
of Sidalcea hirtipes in an
abandoned pasture on the Oregon coast (SRA) |
1996-ongoing |
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Predicting
decomposition dynamics of woody detritus of forest ecosystems (EF) |
1996-2006 |
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Sampling of
decaying logs to create a decay class system (EF) |
1996 |
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Lithostratigraphic and
biostratigraphic study of rapid sea-level change during the past 4000 years
in the lower salmon River estuary, Lincoln County, OR (SRA) |
1995-1996 |
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Microbial
assimilation of nitrate controls nitrogen loss from forest ecosystems (EF) |
1995-1996 |
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Estimating harvestable
moss biomass on hardwood trunks and shrub stems (EF) |
1995 |
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Carbon storage
potential of various forest types in the Pacific Northwest (EF) |
1995-ongoing |
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Small mammal
abundance at the Salmon River estuary, central Oregon Coast (SRA) |
1994 |
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Fungal diversity of
old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest (EF) |
1994
ongoing |
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Assessments of
biological nitrogen fixation associated with large woody residues of Oregon
coastal forests (EF) |
1994 |
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Monitoring
distribution of marbled murrelets
(EF) |
1989-ongoing |
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Burning to create
habitat for the silver spot butterfly (SRA) |
1986-ongoing |
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Modeling of
individual tree survival (EF) |
1986 |
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Relationship
between density-dependent and density-independent mortality in forest stands
(EF) |
1986 |
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Crown structure and
its relationship to the tolerance of trees
(EF) |
1986 |
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Ecological
studies of the endangered Oregon silverspot butterfly (SRA) |
1986-ongoing |
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Use of AVHRR and TM
data for the estimation of key biogeochemical cycling indices of coniferous
forests in the western United States |
1986-1990 |
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Disturbance and
persistence of Picea sitchensis in
coastal rain forests of the Pacific Northwest |
1985-1987 |
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Sensitivity of
forest ecosystems to changes in climate and land use patterns |
1985 |
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Role of riparian
vegetation in retention of small organic debris during flood events |
1985-1988 |
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Acidification of
forest soils |
1985-1988 |
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Intra and
interspecific interactions in red alder and Douglas-fir |
1985-ongoing |
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Pullout
resistance of stump anchors |
1984 |
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Sapling
population change and mortality rates in a 140-year-old spruce-hemlock forest |
1983-ongoing |
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Commercial thinning
of 30-year old Sitka spruce-western hemlock stands |
1983-ongoing |
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Logging methods and
scar damage in 30-year old Sitka spruce-western hemlock stands |
1983-ongoing |
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Biomass dynamics,
mortality and disturbance, Neskowin Crest Research Natural Area |
1979-ongoing |
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Population
distribution and nocturnal pollination of Silene
douglasii |
1983-ongoing |
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Restoration
of diked salt marsh, Salmon River Estuary |
1979-ongoing |
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Study of shell
polymorphism in Thais emarginata |
1979 |
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Phytosociological
and dynamic structure of spruce forest in the Oregon Coast Range |
1979-1981 |
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Litterfall
and foliage chemistry in forests |
1979-1981 |
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Mating and
foraging characteristics of winter wrens |
1979-1981 |
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Role of nurse
logs in regeneration of Sitka spruce and western hemlock |
1979-1981 |
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Overstory/understory
interactions in young Sitka spruce-western hemlock stands |
1979-ongoing |
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Understory
and tree reproduction in the Picea
sitchesis-Tsuga heterophylla forest of the Neskowin Crest Research
Natural Area |
1978-1980 |
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Red alder
provenance study |
1977-1989 |
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Pre- and
post-dike removal survey of birds and mammals on the Salmon River |
1978-1979 |
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Eradication of
tansy ragwort using biological control |
1978-ongoing |
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Effects of initial
spacing on growth of Sitka spruce and western hemlock |
1961-ongoing |
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Growth and
mortality of Douglas-fir forest |
1935
ongoing |
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Growth and
mortality of Sitka spruce-western hemlock forest |
1935-ongoing |
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Red alder/Douglas
fir interactions |
1935-ongoing |
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