Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 25-27). Also available via Humboldt Digital Scholar.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-145). Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

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Protected forests need to be a representative selection of the natural proportion of forest types, including distribution of productivity levels, age classes and nature types This is important for the possibility to preserve biodiversity. In addition, the protected areas has to be of sufficient size and not isolated from each other, to function as effective biodiversity preservers. The question is, how does it look in reality? The objective with this study was to get an overall picture of the current forest protection situation in Östergötland, Sweden, and how it has changed the last 60 years. Are all ecologically relevant forest habitat types represented in appropriate proportions in protected forests? To evaluate where the protected areas are located in relation to each other, a connectivity index was calculated for each patch of protected area. Together with a value for size, a value index was created and applied to all protected areas, and it turns out that the protected areas of Östergötland is not totally representative when it comes to nature types, age classes and levels of productivity.For example, there is an underrepresentation of both pine and spruce forests on high-productivity soils. However, areas with higher productivity levels have been protected over time. The age distribution seems to be skewed towards older forests in protected areas. There are some underrepresented nature types, as well as overrepresented ones in nature reserves, a small overrepresentation of unproductive impediments, and only spruce and mixed forests seems well connected in the landscape. The greatest differences in protected and unprotected forests is the productivity level, were focus should be on protecting higher productivity areas in order to succeed in preserving the biodiversity of forests as intended.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:30:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2005-02-25Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:01:09Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 manzatto_ag_dr_rcla.pdf: 670572 bytes, checksum: 214e3956624d3fad7ce979a8133dfb58 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / As alterações na estrutura e na composição florística de um fragmento de floresta estacional Semidecidual foram descritos para o período de 14 anos (1989 - 2003). Esse fragmento, denominado Mata da Fazenda São José (MFSJ), apresentou para o período de estudo um aumento na densidade arbustivo-arbórea, entretanto houve uma diminuição da área basal total para a comunidade. A composição florística apresentou grande dinamismo, registrando a perda de 42 espécies e o ingresso de 38. As espécies dominantes apresentaram variações nos seus valores de densidade relativa, demonstrando que a estrutura fitossociológica é dinâmica, alterando-se ao longo do tempo. As análises multivariadas da vegetação indicaram a presença de quatro grupos vegetacionais relacionados aos quatro subgrupos edáficos identificados na área de estudo. As análises quantitativas e qualitativas da estrutura da comunidade demonstraram diferenças em cada um destes subgrupos, os quais apresentaram, ao longo do período de estudo, diferenças referentes às suas alterações na estrutura e na substituição das espécies. Essa característica tem modulado ao longo do tempo e projetado uma comunidade altamente diversificada, apresentando peculiaridades quanto às áreas que constituem o mosaico sucessional. / Changes in the structure and composition in the tropical semideciduous forest were described in 14-year-period. The studied fragment called Mata da Fazenda São José (MFSJ) presents under the studied period an increasing scrubs and trees density rate, however there was a decreasing rate on its total community basal area. The floristic composition showed great dynamism, indicating 42 species loss and 38 species gain. The main species presented variability on its relative density, demonstrating that the phytosociological structures is dynamic and changes as time passes by. The multivariate analysis of vegetation indicated four vegetation groups, related to the four different soil subgroups found on the study area. The quantitative and qualitative analysis over the community structures, presented differences on each of these groups which presented, along the studies period, differences related to its structure changing and species substitution. This characteristic has modulated and projected a highly diversified community showing different characteristics on the fields compounding the succession patch.

The primary objective of this study was to develop a prediction system for the occurrence of law violations on the Ogden Ranger District, Weber County, Cache National Forest, Utah, whereby the existing manpower and equipment may be used as effectively as possible. In an attempt to develop the prediction system, 13 variables were chosen that were felt to be related to the occurrence of law violations. These variables consisted on nine weather variables and four use related variables, Of the original 13 variables, 12 variables were significant. The most significant variables that accounted for the greatest portion of the variability of the occurrence of law violations were directly related to the level of use. The prediction system developed in this study is not a usable tool for the resource managers of the Ogden Ranger District because it accounted for little more than chance alone.