Riparian areas connect terrestrial and aquatic environments. The objectives of this research were to compare the vegetation community composition and structure eight years after harvesting and to explore successional trends among buffer widths at year eight after disturbance and in a chronosequence. A series of small clearcuts were harvested in 1998 in a 70 year old second growth stand at the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest and 0m, 10m and 30m reserve zones were established adjacent to the streams. Each treatment was replicated 3 times and 3 unharvested streams were identified as controls. Overstory and understory vegetation was measured annually from the year of harvest. Canopy density was measured using a densiometer. For comparative purposes, four vegetation plots were added in riparian areas within an 1868 and an old-growth stand during the summer of 2006. Eight years after harvesting, understory vegetation development is affected by buffer width due to higher light levels, and species richness in the 10m and 0m buffers is higher than in the 30m buffer and control. Shrubs and deciduous trees dominate the 0m and 10m buffer treatments. Proximity to the stream does not affect the composition and abundance of species with the exception of herbs and mosses. In the 10m and 30m buffer treatments, up to 15% overstory trees were windthrown in the first 2 years after harvest producing large canopy gaps. Consequently, the understory development in the 10m and 30m buffers is more like that in the 1868 and old-growth stands than in the controls, but these treatments still lack the very large trees and microsite heterogeneity of the older stands. In the unharvested controls, self-thinning continues and there has been 30% mortality of mostly smaller trees over the past 8 years. However, overstory density remains high. The 0m buffer was quickly colonized by shrubs and ferns and within the last 2 years has become dominated by juvenile deciduous trees. Overall, the 10m buffer balances timber production with the maintenance of overstory and understory structure dynamics. The combined effect of light from the edge and partial windthrow is accelerating succession towards a more mature or ‘old-growth’ condition.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Rochester, 1957. / Appendix: Charts, leaves 197-223. Supplement: Hanson, Howard. Symphony No. 2. Arr. for one piano, four hands, by John Elliott Webb. (M209.H251s.2W) NRU-Mus Bibliography: leaves 194-196. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/5349

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 45-48).

Thèse (D. en études et pratiques des arts)--Université du Québec à Montréal, 2005. / Le v. 2 est constitué de notations musicales. Titre de disque compact: Marc Landry Live. En tête du titre: Université du Québec à Montréal. Bibliogr.: f. 166-173. Publié aussi en version électronique.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Queensland, 2002. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Contents of accompanying CD-ROM and VCD are the same; contents of accompanying CDs are the same. Copy held in Special Collection lacks accompanying CD-ROM, VCD and CDs. Also available online.

Thesis (DCA)--University of Wollongong, 2005. / Typescript. Bibliographical references: leaf 78-81.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 68-11, Section: A, page: 4697. Adviser: Peter Mortensen. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 199-213) Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 45-46) Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2002. / Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 24, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Music, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2002; thesis submitted 2001. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.