Document Type
Thesis
Date of Degree Completion
Summer 1974
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Biology
Committee Chair
Curt A. Wiberg
Second Committee Member
Edward Paul Klucking
Third Committee Member
William Dean Schmidt
Abstract
Contrasting vegetation patterns on the west side versus the east side of Washington's Cascade Mountains, due primarily to precipitation distribution, are documented on 16mm sound color film with primary emphasis upon the driest vegetation zone of eastern Washington. Interrelationships of climate, soils, vegetation patterns and animal life are shown for climax types of vegetation and those areas since altered to new habitats due to cultivation, water impoundment, fire and grazing. Emphasis is upon the importance of baseline studies of these semi-arid land habitats.
Recommended Citation
Debusschere, Phillip Robert, "Ecology of Central Washington Semi-Arid Lands a Documentary Film" (1974). All Master's Theses. 2216.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/2216
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