PhD - Doctor of Philosophy in Rangeland Ecology and Management

Oregon State University's Department of Rangeland Ecology and Management offers the Ph.D. degree. The Department is accredited by the Society for Range Management who is recognized throughout the country as one of the leading institutions of rangeland management. Upon completion of the degree, the graduate should have a fundamental and comprehensive understanding of rangeland ecology and management. This understanding will be achieved by study with professors who have specific knowledge and unique perspectives on the many facets of rangeland science. Graduate work leading to degrees may involve research on domestic or wild animals, range nutrition, community ecology, physiology of range plants, range improvement, range watershed and riparian zone management, rangeland restoration, utilization and management, agro forestry, and range economics Students have access to greenhouses, field plots, pastures, ranges, and animal facilities on campus, at the Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center at Union and Burns, Oregon, and on private ranches. Areas of Concentrations Agro forestry Ecology of rangelands Physiology of range plants Range improvement Range nutrition Restoration ecology Riparian zone management Watershed management