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• 1. [Article] The money doesn't deliver itself : the importance of intermediaries in ecosystem services programs

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The money doesn't deliver itself : the importance of intermediaries in ecosystem services programs Author: Davis, Emily Jane, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2013 2 pages Title: The money doesn't deliver itself : the importance of intermediaries in ecosystem services programs Author: Davis, Emily Jane, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2013 2 pages Close

• 2. [Article] From postage stamp to puzzle piece : conservation easement strategy in the interior Northwest

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: From postage stamp to puzzle piece : conservation easement strategy in the interior Northwest Author: Ellison, Autumn, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2013 2 pages Title: From postage stamp to puzzle piece : conservation easement strategy in the interior Northwest Author: Ellison, Autumn, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2013 2 pages Close

• 3. [Article] Eco-labels on the range and in the forests of the interior Northwest

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Eco-labels on the range and in the forests of the interior Northwest Author: Gwin, Lauren, Ellison, Autumn, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2013 2 pages Title: Eco-labels on the range and in the forests of the interior Northwest Author: Gwin, Lauren, Ellison, Autumn, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2013 2 pages Close

• 4. [Article] Local Growth and Land Use Intensification: A Sociological Study of Urbanization and Environmental Change

  This dissertation takes a sociological look at the relationship between urbanization and environmental change. While sociological studies on urbanization have long addressed the social dimensions of the ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Local Growth and Land Use Intensification: A Sociological Study of Urbanization and Environmental Change Author: Clement, Matthew Year: 2015 This dissertation takes a sociological look at the relationship between urbanization and environmental change. While sociological studies on urbanization have long addressed the social dimensions of the built environment, the natural environment has not been treated as a primary concept in urban sociology. Based on an analysis of local land use change across the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, this dissertation brings the built and natural environments together, recognizing both as important dimensions of urbanization. The expansion of the built environment, through deforestation and the covering up of fertile agricultural land, represents a modern form of land use change with direct and indirect impacts on the natural environment, the most severe effects of which are seen in biodiversity loss, disruption of the nitrogen cycle, and climate change. Drawing on literatures and theories in environmental, rural, and urban sociology as well as demography and human ecology, the bulk of the dissertation involves empirical analyses of overall changes in forest cover as well as the loss of forest cover and agricultural land to the built environment (i.e., the impervious structures and surfaces that cover the land), a process I refer to as land use intensification. My dissertation project uses quantitative methods to examine the demographic, economic, and social forces behind this process in contemporary America. Hypotheses are derived from the various literatures mentioned above; to test these hypotheses, I integrate county-level data from US governmental sources with satellite imagery on land cover change from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). For the years 2001-2006, I use the NLCD data to quantify three dependent variables at the county-level: overall change in the area of forest cover as well as the area of forest cover and agricultural land lost to the built environment. Results from regression analyses demonstrate that urbanization is a multidimensional process that differentially transforms the American landscape. With a focus on land use intensification, this study advances a sociological framework to address connections between urbanization and changes in both the built and natural environments. Title: Local Growth and Land Use Intensification: A Sociological Study of Urbanization and Environmental Change Author: Clement, Matthew Year: 2015 This dissertation takes a sociological look at the relationship between urbanization and environmental change. While sociological studies on urbanization have long addressed the social dimensions of the built environment, the natural environment has not been treated as a primary concept in urban sociology. Based on an analysis of local land use change across the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, this dissertation brings the built and natural environments together, recognizing both as important dimensions of urbanization. The expansion of the built environment, through deforestation and the covering up of fertile agricultural land, represents a modern form of land use change with direct and indirect impacts on the natural environment, the most severe effects of which are seen in biodiversity loss, disruption of the nitrogen cycle, and climate change. Drawing on literatures and theories in environmental, rural, and urban sociology as well as demography and human ecology, the bulk of the dissertation involves empirical analyses of overall changes in forest cover as well as the loss of forest cover and agricultural land to the built environment (i.e., the impervious structures and surfaces that cover the land), a process I refer to as land use intensification. My dissertation project uses quantitative methods to examine the demographic, economic, and social forces behind this process in contemporary America. Hypotheses are derived from the various literatures mentioned above; to test these hypotheses, I integrate county-level data from US governmental sources with satellite imagery on land cover change from the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). For the years 2001-2006, I use the NLCD data to quantify three dependent variables at the county-level: overall change in the area of forest cover as well as the area of forest cover and agricultural land lost to the built environment. Results from regression analyses demonstrate that urbanization is a multidimensional process that differentially transforms the American landscape. With a focus on land use intensification, this study advances a sociological framework to address connections between urbanization and changes in both the built and natural environments. Close

• 5. [Article] Amazon Rainforest Microbial Observatory Metagenomes

  79 files of metagenomic DNA sequence data, README file, OTU tables (community matrices), and metadata file for relating sequence files to original samples. NOTE: sequence data is available at http://...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Amazon Rainforest Microbial Observatory Metagenomes Author: Bohannan, Brendan J. M., Meyer, Kyle M., Klein, Ann M., Rodrigues, Jorge L. M., Nusslein, Klaus, Tringe, Susannah G., Mirza, Babur S., Tiedje, James M. Year: 2016, 2010 79 files of metagenomic DNA sequence data, README file, OTU tables (community matrices), and metadata file for relating sequence files to original samples. NOTE: sequence data is available at http://lib-vm-rdmi.uoregon.edu/data/21993/ Title: Amazon Rainforest Microbial Observatory Metagenomes Author: Bohannan, Brendan J. M., Meyer, Kyle M., Klein, Ann M., Rodrigues, Jorge L. M., Nusslein, Klaus, Tringe, Susannah G., Mirza, Babur S., Tiedje, James M. Year: 2016, 2010 79 files of metagenomic DNA sequence data, README file, OTU tables (community matrices), and metadata file for relating sequence files to original samples. NOTE: sequence data is available at http://lib-vm-rdmi.uoregon.edu/data/21993/ Close

• 6. [Article] Sowing the Seeds of Resistance: Agrarian Reform, Political Violence, and Popular Mobilization in the Aguán Valley of Honduras

  The agrarian conflict in the Aguán Valley of Honduras is among the most violent and distressing in contemporary Latin America. It has roots in both local and global political economic processes, including ...

  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Sowing the Seeds of Resistance: Agrarian Reform, Political Violence, and Popular Mobilization in the Aguán Valley of Honduras Author: Wolford, Heather Year: 2014 The agrarian conflict in the Aguán Valley of Honduras is among the most violent and distressing in contemporary Latin America. It has roots in both local and global political economic processes, including structural adjustment and the proliferation of neoliberal economic policies in the region. In particular, the Ley de Modernización y Desarrollo del Sector Agrícola, or Law of Modernization and Development of the Agricultural Sector, drastically altered the landscape in rural Honduras, both literally and figuratively. An analysis of this policy reveals much about the nature of the current conflict, as well as that of the campesino (small farmer) movements that have organized to regain their land. This thesis seeks to shed light on the interconnectedness of economic policy, political violence, and popular resistance in the Aguán Valley and to examine the ways in which campesino movements frame their struggles and assert themselves as legitimate actors in the policy realm. Title: Sowing the Seeds of Resistance: Agrarian Reform, Political Violence, and Popular Mobilization in the Aguán Valley of Honduras Author: Wolford, Heather Year: 2014 The agrarian conflict in the Aguán Valley of Honduras is among the most violent and distressing in contemporary Latin America. It has roots in both local and global political economic processes, including structural adjustment and the proliferation of neoliberal economic policies in the region. In particular, the Ley de Modernización y Desarrollo del Sector Agrícola, or Law of Modernization and Development of the Agricultural Sector, drastically altered the landscape in rural Honduras, both literally and figuratively. An analysis of this policy reveals much about the nature of the current conflict, as well as that of the campesino (small farmer) movements that have organized to regain their land. This thesis seeks to shed light on the interconnectedness of economic policy, political violence, and popular resistance in the Aguán Valley and to examine the ways in which campesino movements frame their struggles and assert themselves as legitimate actors in the policy realm. Close

• 7. [Article] Community diversity and wildfire risk : an archetype approach to understanding local capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from wildfires

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Community diversity and wildfire risk : an archetype approach to understanding local capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from wildfires Author: Carroll, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen), Paveglio, Travis, Ellison, Autumn, Abrams, Jesse, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2014 20 pages Title: Community diversity and wildfire risk : an archetype approach to understanding local capacity to plan for, respond to, and recover from wildfires Author: Carroll, Matthew S. (Matthew Stephen), Paveglio, Travis, Ellison, Autumn, Abrams, Jesse, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2014 20 pages Close

• 8. [Article] Community experiences with wildfire : actions, effectiveness, impacts, and trends : results from two surveys in counties and communities affected by wildfire

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Community experiences with wildfire : actions, effectiveness, impacts, and trends : results from two surveys in counties and communities affected by wildfire Author: Ellison, Autumn, Knapp, Melanie, Abrams, Jesse, Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Paveglio, Travis, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015 24 pages Title: Community experiences with wildfire : actions, effectiveness, impacts, and trends : results from two surveys in counties and communities affected by wildfire Author: Ellison, Autumn, Knapp, Melanie, Abrams, Jesse, Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Paveglio, Travis, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015 24 pages Close

• 9. [Article] The economic impacts of Oregon's south coast restoration industry

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: The economic impacts of Oregon's south coast restoration industry Author: Sundstrom, Shiloh, Davis, Emily Jane, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2011 3 pages Title: The economic impacts of Oregon's south coast restoration industry Author: Sundstrom, Shiloh, Davis, Emily Jane, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2011 3 pages Close

• 10. [Article] Federal investment in natural resource-based economic development in Oregon

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  Citation × Citation Citation Abstract Copy Title: Federal investment in natural resource-based economic development in Oregon Author: Davis, Emily Jane, Sundstrom, Shiloh, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2012 2 pages Title: Federal investment in natural resource-based economic development in Oregon Author: Davis, Emily Jane, Sundstrom, Shiloh, Moseley, Cassandra Year: 2015, 2012 2 pages Close