• IMPROVING SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION IN HAZELNUT ORCHARDS THROUGH THE USE OF NATIVE COVER CROPS AND CONVENTIONAL MECHANICAL TREATMENTS 

  MARISSA, LANE-MASSEE (University of Oregon, 2020-12)

  The purpose of this study is to understand how hazelnut orchards in the Willamette Valley, Oregon retain soil moisture throughout the spring and summer months, and how orchard floor treatments can be used to improve soil ...
• NITROGEN FIXING SYMBIONTS: LEGUME SURVIVAL AND COEXISTENCE UNDER DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA GRASSLANDS 

  Kataoka, Natalie Catherine (University of Oregon, 2022-05)

  For the past 200 years, non-native species have been anthropogenically introduced in California grasslands, reducing native species abundance and diversity. Trifolium hirtum is a non-native legume commonly used for cattle ...
• Does the nutritional state of jellyfish vary with season along the Pacific Northwest Coast? 

  Li, Ya Lin (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Cnidarian jellyfish are ubiquitous predators of pelagic communities, but little is known about their phenology and how food availability affects their nutritional status. Starved medusae tend to decrease somatic growth ...
• BAYESIAN BIOGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF SQUIRREL EVOLUTION SUGGESTS AN ASIAN ORIGIN 

  Banks, Anna (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Squirrels have an incredibly diverse lineage with a global distribution and have dispersed over millions of years from a common ancestor approximately 40-50 MYA. The assumption since the 1980’s has been that squirrels ...
• Social Representations in the Meat Industry and Influence on Diet 

  Leonard, Francesca Anne (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Meat has been ingrained into American culture since the birth of the nation—holidays that center around traditional meat dishes, experiences that almost always pair with some form of meat consumption, and the presence ...
• INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN SANDBERG BLUEGRASS (POA SECUNDA)’S RESISTANCE TO ANNUAL GRASS INVASION 

  Cook, Emily (University of Oregon, 2021-06)

  Exotic species pose a threat to many ecosystems within the western U.S. The annual grass species known as cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum) is a prevailing invader in the Great Basin. Cheatgrass invasion in combination with ...
• The Effects of Fire and Logging on Montane Forest Soils in Southern Oregon 

  Katz, Sydney (University of Oregon Libraries, 2021-06)

  Climate change is expected to increase the frequency and severity of forest fires and drought across the Pacific Northwest (PNW) of the United States. Due to increasingly variable temperature and precipitation patterns, ...
• BIOMAGNIFICATION AND BIOACCUMULATION OF POLLUTANTS AND HOW THEY DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT THE PEOPLE OF “CANCER ALLEY” 

  Gyetvai, Abigail M. (University of Oregon, 2020-06)

  This honors thesis examines the environmental, sociopolitical, and socioeconomical aspects of Cancer Alley, Louisiana, United States of America. Cancer Alley is a name dubbed to an eighty-five-mile-long corridor in ...
• Disney as Eco-Literature: The Need for Accessible Environmental Narratives 

  Sebring, Hannah (University of Oregon, 2021)

  We are at a moment in time where environmental crises continue to worsen and impact every aspect of life around the globe. The way people learn about, understand, and respond to the environment is of critical importance. ...
• "Beef: It's What's For Dinner:" An Analysis of Beef-Driven Powerlessness As It Relates to Food Insecurity, Climate Change, and Advertising in the United States 

  Grimaldi, Allison (University of Oregon, 2021)

  This thesis explores power and powerlessness with regard to food insecurity, food deserts and food swamps, climate change and methane production, and advertising as they relate to beef and the beef industry. This thesis ...
• Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements: A Review of International Environmental Governance Theory 

  Adamczyk, Brendan (University of Oregon, 2020-05)

  All countries face numerous environmental problems, from air and ocean pollution to the existential threat posed by climate change and many more. In response, many nations have negotiated and joined international environmental ...
• Thao: Expanding the Horizons of the Food Justice Movement Through Storytelling 

  Kim, Ashley Meghan (University of Oregon, 2020)

  Food justice is an emerging movement that works to combat food insecurity via sustainable, affordable, and culturally appropriate means. However, most initiatives within the movement emphasize sustainability and affordability ...
• Water Conflict in the Klamath: How a River Shapes the Land and the Community 

  Angel, Lydia Gilbert (University of Oregon, 2020)

  The Klamath River Basin (KRB) is a community located in southern Oregon and norther California that relies heavily on the water from the Klamath River to sustain a number of different lifestyles. These stakeholder groups ...
• Nitrogen Composition in Native and Invasive Plants in Relation to Ant Mounds in Serpentine Grasslands 

  Baach, Elizabeth (2019-06)

  Serpentine grasslands are unique ecosystems that, due to their soil composition, prove to be areas where plant growth is difficult for most. With this particular soil composition having low levels of essential nutrients, ...
• Assessing the Ecological Consequences of Domestic Pig Grazing on the Understory Vegetation of an Oak Woodland 

  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 ...
• Displacement in Place: The Delegitimization of Indigenous Sovereignty Through Media Framing and Erasure in Environmental Conflict 

  Plummer, Dylan (2018)
• Mercury Concentration and Speciation in Sediments Throughout the Watershed Affected by Black Butte Mine in Oregon 

  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 ...
• Effect of Plant Community on Soil Organic Carbon in the Chewaucan River Basin 

  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 ...
• Disproportionate Environmental Impacts and Recovery Related Group Homes 

  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 ...
• Understanding Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane in a Climate-Manipulated Northern Peatland 

  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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