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Fall 2017
American black bears (Ursus americanus) and grizzly bears (U. arctos) have similar habitat requirements, relying on seasonally available grasses, forbs, fruiting shrubs and trees, and neonate ungulates. To avoid aggressive encounters with grizzly bears, black bears partition habitats spatially...
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Black-tailed prairie dog declines in northwestern Mexico: species-habitat relationships in a changing landscape
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One of the three largest systems of black-tailed prairie dog (BTPD) colonies is located in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. During the last two decades, the area occupied by these colonies has been highly reduced and fragmented. Previous studies suggested that agriculture, poisoning, cattle...
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Spring 2018
Understory protection is a harvesting approach that seeks to protect understory conifers during hardwood harvesting in mixedwood forests. While understory protection harvesting has been implemented for over a decade in Alberta, there has been no study of its ecological value to birds. We surveyed...
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Branchial Ionoregulatory Mechanisms of Sodium Regulation in Freshwater Salmonids with Conservational Implications for Arctic Grayling (Thymallus arcticus)
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This thesis on fish osmoregulation focuses particularly on the mechanisms utilized by freshwater salmonids to absorb Na+ ions from dilute hypotonic environments and at the same time, their capacity to make necessary changes in order to tolerate higher saline environments. In this thesis, I...
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Bridging the gap between pest control and conservation through effective management of Columbian ground squirrels Urocitellus columbianus in a national park
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Infrastructure development can displace wildlife and lead to human-wildlife conflict, which typically requires non-lethal solutions when it occurs in protected areas. The Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus) is a small burrowing mammal that is prevalent in the mountain parks near...