Larvae of the limpets Lottia digitalis and LOffia asmi, as well as larvae of the flat abalone Halioits walallensis. develop into lecithotrophic veliger larvae and settle into benthic habitat after a breif planktonic ...

Endophytic fungi live within tissues of plant hosts without causing symptoms of disease. These fungi are broadly split into the taxonomically and ecologically cohesive Clavicipitaceous endophytes, which infect grasses, and ...

Nereocystis luetkeana, bull kelp, is an ecologically and economically important species that is found along the Pacific coast. This study describes the epiphytic community associated with drifting Nereocystis in the South ...

Participatory approaches in knowledge generation have become increasingly important in understanding our environments and integrating human and natural systems. Such approaches have been used to discover new species, address ...

Cooperative, community-level approaches to environmental management are emerging in a variety of contexts, in Oregon and elsewhere. The rise of these approaches has led to a new appreciation of the possibility of watershed ...

Decision making is pervasive in nature. Organisms from across the phylogenetic spectrum take in information from the external world and pursue courses of action in an attempt to maximize their evolutionary fitness. When ...

The Dry Forest Zone (DFZ) project is a fiveyear collaborative effort to foster an integrated approach to forest stewardship and economic development in eastern Oregon and northern California. The DFZ project invests ...

Over the last fifteen years, rural communities in the Pacific Northwest have been trying to redevelop their economies to meet new federal land management priorities. Numerous state and federal agencies and nonprofit ...

Large wildfires disrupt the lives of families, workers, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Understanding the impacts of large fires can help fire managers, ...