@mastersthesis {38611,
	title = {Site Selection by Migratory Shorebirds in Oregon Estuaries Over Broad and Fine Spatial Scales},
	year = {2012},
	note = {{\textquotedblleft}My goal in this research was to identify environmental features or habitat characteristics that predict shorebird abundance in Oregon estuaries{\textquotedblleft} (p.72).  The author found differences in preferred habitat between spring and fall migrations.  In the spring, shorebirds have a relatively narrow window in which to make it to their Arctic breeding grounds.  In this intensely social time, the birds preferred larger estuaries.  On the other hand, in the fall, shorebird preference was more strongly influenced by habitats.  Marsh habitats and grasslands for roosting sites were good fall density predictors.  Estuarine channels were preferred feeding sites.  In Oregon, the Coquille River estuary, Coos Bay and Siletz Bay were the preferred fall sites.  This most interesting and enlightening work can help wildlife managers better understand the relative importance of various habitats. },
	pages = {79 p.},
	school = {Portland State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M. S.},
	chapter = {Environmental Science and Management},
	address = {Portland, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea Bay, birds, Columbia River estuary, Coos Bay, Coquille River estuary, Dowitcher = Limnodromus spp., Dunlin = Calidris alpine, feeding behavior, food availability, habitats, Humboldt Bay, Least sandpiper = Calidris minutilla, Necanicum River, Necanicum River estuary, Nehalem Bay, Nestucca Bay, Netarts Bay, San Francisco Bay, Sand Lake, Sanderling = Calidris alba, Siletz Bay, Siuslaw River estuary, spatial distribution, temporal distribution, theses, Tillamook Bay, western sandpiper = Calidris mauri, Willapa Bay, Yaquina Bay},
	url = {https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/443/},
	author = {Miller, Aileen Kilpatrick}
}
@mastersthesis {52161,
	title = {Habitat Classification and Characteristics of Small Mammal and Amphibian Communities in Beaver-Pond Habitats of the Oregon Coast Range},
	year = {1992},
	note = {{\textquotedblleft}During 1988-1989, stream habitat variables were compared between beaver-dam sites and noccupied-stream sites to identify variables that may have been important for beaver (Castor canadensis) in selecting dam sites in the streams of the Drift Creek basin, Lincoln County, Oregon.{\textquotedblright} (from the Abstract) In addition to examining the habitat preferences of beavers, the author takes an interesting look at habitat preferences for small mammals and amphibians in Oregon{\textquoteright}s Coast Range, and how beaver activity intersects with these preferences. Nice capsule descriptions of various species. Major professor was William C. McComb.},
	pages = {91 p.},
	school = {Oregon State University},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife, Wildlife Science},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Alsea River Basin, aquatic mammals, Ayer{\textquoteright}s Lake, Bear Creek, Cape Horn Creek, Creeping Vole = Microtus oregoni, Deer Creek, Drift Creek, Flynn Creek, food availability, geographic distribution, Gopher Creek, habitats, Horse Creek, human impacts, Long-tailed vole = Microtus longicaudus, Meadow Creek, North American beaver = Castor canadensis, North Fork Drift Creek, Pacific jumping mouse = Zaphus trinotatus, Pacific shrew = Sorex pacificus, Peromyscus maniculatus = deer mouse, Rough-skinned newt = Taricha granulosa, South Fork Drift Creek, theses, Townsend{\textquoteright}s Vole = Microtus townsendii, Trowbridge{\textquoteright}s shrew = Sorex trowbridgii, Vagrant shrew = Sorex vagrans, Western redback salamander = Plethodon vehiculum},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/73666903m},
	author = {Suzuki, Nobuya}
}
@mastersthesis {17866,
	title = {Food Habits of Smolt Steelhead Trout, <i>Salmo gairdneri gairdneri</i> Richardson, in the Alsea River, Oregon},
	year = {1958},
	note = {This work describes a study of the feeding habits of steelhead trout smolts conducted from April 19 to June 1, 1957 in the Alsea River Basin. Wild steelhead feeding habits were contrasted with hatchery steelhead. Interestingly, smolts on the North Fork of the Alsea consumed twice as much food as smolts on the South Fork, and three times as much as steelhead in Fall Creek. Hatchery smolts on the Lower Alsea ate much less food than wild smolts in that area. Concludes that smolts on different tributaries feed on similar organisms with different degrees of intensity. Major professor was Carl E. Bond.},
	pages = {42 p.},
	school = {Oregon Agricultural College},
	type = {Masters Thesis},
	edition = {M.S.},
	chapter = {Dept. of Fish and Game Management},
	address = {Corvallis, Or.},
	keywords = {Fall Creek, feeding behavior, food availability, hatchery salmonids, juvenile fish, life history information, Lower Alsea River, North Fork Alsea River, South Fork Alsea River, steelhead trout=Oncorhynchus mykiss, theses, Tobe Creek, wild salmonids},
	url = {https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/p2676z42r},
	author = {Messersmith, James David}
}
