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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Assessing Ecosystem Productivity Through the Integration of Micrometeorology and Optical Remote Sensing
DownloadSpring 2020
The main goal of this thesis is to contribute to the growing body of scientific work by exploring mechanisms of ecosystem productivity through the integration of remote sensing and micrometeorological data. This was done throughout by (i) identifying the environmental mechanisms affecting...
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Assessing the Capabilities of a Multispectral Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at the Santa Rosa Environmental Monitoring Super Site, Costa Rica
DownloadFall 2018
The main objective of this thesis was to assess the capabilities of an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) equipped with a multispectral camera at the Santa Rosa Environmental Monitoring Super Site, Guanacaste, Costa Rica (SR-EMSS). Nowadays, available solutions for processing UAS multispectral imagery...
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Carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions in a tropical dry forest and a pre-alpine Bavarian grassland
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The present thesis contains three studies, all of which follow the main trend of quantification and assessment of carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions. The main objectives of the first study “Dynamics of carbon sequestration in tropical dry forests along two successional gradients under...
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REMOTE SENSING TOOLS FOR DETECTING AND QUANTIFYING LIANAS AND TREES AT THE TROPICAL DRY FOREST
DownloadSpring 2021
Lianas are woody thick-stemmed climbers that use host trees to reach the forest canopy. Studies have shown a remarkable increase in liana abundance in the last two decades, while others have shown that liana abundance is associated with detrimental effects on forest dynamics. Liana abundance...