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Climate change implications for distribution, phenology and conservation of Olive-sided Flycatchers (Contopus cooperi) and Western Wood-Pewees (C. sordidulus) in northwestern North America
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Northwestern North America is predicted to experience some of the world’s greatest human-caused climate change. Understanding the impacts of associated changes will be imperative to the conservation and management of northern-breeding birds. In particular, long distance migrants and aerial...
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Data associated with "Vegetative growth drives the negative effects of an invasive species on resident community diversity and is not limited by plant-soil feedbacks: a temporal assessment"
Data associated with "Vegetative growth drives the negative effects of an invasive species on resident community diversity and is not limited by plant-soil feedbacks: a temporal assessment"
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Holden, Emily M, Salimbayeva, Karina, Brown, Charlotte, Stotz, Gisela C., Cahill, James F.
Many pathways of invasion have been posited, but ecologists lack an experimental framework to identify which mechanisms are dominant in a given invasion scenario. Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are one such mechanism that tend to initially facilitate, but over time attenuate, invasive species’...
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Data associated with "Vegetative growth drives the negative effects of an invasive species on resident community diversity and is not limited by plant-soil feedbacks: a temporal assessment"
Data associated with "Vegetative growth drives the negative effects of an invasive species on resident community diversity and is not limited by plant-soil feedbacks: a temporal assessment"
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Holden, Emily M., Salimbayeva, Karina, Brown, Charlotte, Stotz, Gisela C., Cahill, James F.
Many pathways of invasion have been posited, but ecologists lack an experimental framework to identify which mechanisms are dominant in a given invasion scenario. Plant-soil feedbacks (PSFs) are one such mechanism that tend to initially facilitate, but over time attenuate, invasive species’...
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Detection probability of the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus): Implications for developing habitat use models
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As old-growth forest ecosystems become increasingly scarce in North America, the need to accurately and efficiently survey, monitor, and model old-growth specialists and keystone species, such as the Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), becomes increasingly important. Little is known about...
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Effects of clear-cutting and wildfires on succession of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages in western Alberta
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I studied how carabid beetle assemblages in lodgepole pine stands have responded after clear- cut harvest and wildfires on an actively managed landscape ~20 km south of Hinton, Alberta. This work builds on and expands the focus of a previous study (Niemelä et al. 1993) conducted 23-24 years...
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Evidence-based tool surpasses expert opinion in predicting probability of eradication of aquatic non-indigenous species
Download2015-01-01
Drolet, David, Locke, Andrea, Lewis, Mark A, Davidson, Jeff
The main objective of evidence-based management is to promote use of scientific data in the decision-making process of managers, with data either complementing or replacing expert knowledge. It is expected that this will increase the efficiency of environmental interventions. However, the...
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Spring 2023
Polar bear conservation faces significant challenges under Arctic warming, especially with respect to habitat loss and the resulting impacts on their seasonal energetic uptake and maintenance. Polar bears rely on sea ice for hunting, mating, denning, and rearing of offspring, and the availability...
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Post-fire regeneration of endangered limber pine (Pinus flexilis) at the northern extent of its range
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Limber pine (Pinus flexilis), an ecologically important species of the montane and subalpine regions of western Canada and the United States, is endangered in Alberta. Limber pine is thought to regenerate following fire, due to its relationship with a bird, the Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga...
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Prairie plant species at risk in Southern Alberta: identification of critical habitat at the microsite level for Halimolobos virgata (Nutt.) O.E. Schulz and determination of set back distance between pipeline disturbance and Halimolobos virgata and Cryptantha minima Rydb.
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Little is known about the effect disturbances such as pipelines can have on prairie plant species at risk and their critical habitat in Alberta. Halimolobos virgata appears to be a ruderal, disturbance evolved species that occupies a unique rim niche. This habitat around the rim of depressional...
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Sulfur Speciation and Curation Considerations for the Carbonaceous Chondrite Tagish Lake and Other Meteorites
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Carbonaceous chondrites contain significant abundances of sulfur components such as sulfide, sulfate, elemental sulfur (S0), and organosulfur compounds. These are significant because questions remain regarding the role of S in the origin of life. Chondrites and all other meteorites are out of...