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- 1Hahn, Aria S
- 1Hebb, Christina C
- 1Kazemi, Sina
- 1Mamun, Muhammad
- 1Mayor, Stephen J
- 1Bindiganavile, Vivek (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Boutin, Stan (Biological Sciences)
- 1Cahill, James J.F. Jr. (Biological Sciences)
- 1Dr. Evelyn Merrill, Biological Sciences
- 1Dyck, Miles (Department of Renewable Resources)
- 1Hernandez-Ramirez, Guillermo (Department of Renewable Resources)
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Spring 2014
The worldwide biodiversity crisis has intensified the need to better understand how biodiversity and human disturbance are related. Yet this relationship lacks both consensus in theoretical expectations and consistency in observed empirical patterns. I present one of the largest extent studies...
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Fall 2015
Alpine glaciers have been retreating since the Little Ice Age, leading to exposure of foreland soils. Microorganisms are the primary below ground biological influence on nutrient cycling in recently deglaciated soil and are linked to down valley vegetation colonization. Previous studies...
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Persistence of subsoiling effects on the soil physical and hydraulic properties in a reconstructed soil
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Surface mining is one of the most significant forms of anthropogenic disturbance to natural and managed ecosystems. In Alberta, mining disturbs large areas in the Mixedwood Boreal natural region and recovery is often slow because of poor soil quality, specifically the high degree of compaction....
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Spring 2012
Microbial communities are responsible for biogeochemical processes in soils such as nutrient cycling and organic matter formation, which are essential to the establishment of vegetation and ecosystem sustainability. Phospholipid fatty acid analysis, microbial respiration and enzymatic activities...
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Spring 2018
Macro-mechanical behaviour of a material in response to applied loads is governed by its microstructural characteristics. The relative volume fraction of the constituent phases, their connectivity and interface are some of the microstructural features that have significant impact on the load...
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Spring 2012
Montane grasslands play a key role in supporting wintering elk in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. To document change in grassland extent and patch sizes, I analyzed repeat aerial photography at 4 sites in the upper Red Deer River drainage between 1952 and 2003. Excluding the Ya Ha Tinda,...
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Fall 2017
In Southwestern Yukon, alpine ice patches are rapidly retreating with climate warming. Ice patch forelands form unique alpine wetlands, creating critical habitats for diverse flora and fauna over millennia. A major component of the ice patch flora are bryophytes, which are critical to alpine...