This thesis examines emerging commitments by local governments in Oregon to address climate change, and situates those efforts within climate policy development at the international, national, regional, and...

To determine how Pacific Northwest prairies are influenced by local site factors versus. regional climate, we studied the reproduction, plant size, and density of sixteen natural populations of four perennial...

I assessed the relationship between natural disturbances and climate in Douglas-fir forests in western North America. I quantified synchrony within disturbance types, explored the potential for synergism...