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2020-01-01
Hurley, Ryan C., Hogan, James D.
The Army Research Office funded an invitation-only workshop entitled “Identifying Mathematical Challenges Associated with Failure of Brittle Materials” at the Johns Hopkins University, Maryland on May 20–21, 2019. The workshop brought together mathematicians, statisticians, and mechanics of...
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Using drilled-undrilled shell damage analysis to estimate crushing predation frequencies in modern marine gastropod assemblages
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Predation is a frequently studied subject, but estimating crushing predation in mollusk communities is challenging. Shells record successful attacks, but it is not always possible to identify attacks on an individual basis. Repair scar frequency is a common proxy for crushing mortality, but shell...
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2012
Han, D., Chenlei, Z., Fan, X., Hindle, Abram, Wong, K., Stroulia, E.
The fragmentation of the Android ecosystem causes portability and compatibility issues within the entire Android platform, which increases developer workload, delays application deployment, and ultimately disappoints users. This subject is discussed in the press and in scientific publications but...
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Fall 2011
In the Rocky Mountain foothills of Alberta, Canada, activities of the forestry and energy sectors have resulted in the installation of tens of thousands of stream-crossing structures. In fifteen Athabasca River basins I found that culverts impeded upstream movements of non-sportfish species...
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The Paradox of Fragmentation in Regional Resource Management: Implications for Cumulative Effects Assessment in Alberta
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Cross-jurisdictional natural resource management at global and regional scales is increasingly struggling with issues of fragmentation. Within the context of regional resource management and governance, fragmentation is a term to broadly describe the interaction of numerous jurisdictions within a...
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The Health of Animals Act and Regulations: an example of how Canada has failed to protect farmed animals
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Abstract Farmed animal welfare is an increasingly pressing issue both in Canada and abroad. This thesis surveys the current laws Canada has in place to protect farmed animal welfare. It looks at the Health of Animals Act and regulations as an example of why laws that should protect farmed animals...
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Fall 2017
The domestication of animals holds a crucial role in the development of societies worldwide. The production-based handling practices of livestock agriculture are a main area of inquiry for those who seek to improve animal husbandry and the treatment of animals implicated in agriculture. This...
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2017-01-01
Goddard, Ellen, Hartmann, Monika, Klink-Lehmann, Jeanette
The use of antibiotics in livestock production has repeatedly been in the dock over the last few years. However, reducing antibiotic treatments without increasing the suffering of animals requires changes in animal husbandry practices which will likely come at a cost. The objective of the paper...
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Nest predation on forest songbirds in a western boreal forest landscape altered by energy sector linear features
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Nest predation is a major source of reproductive failure for many species of songbirds. Habitat fragmentation by human land use creates edge habitat that can alter predator-prey dynamics, create ecological traps, and reduce the amount of high quality habitat available for sustaining bird...
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Movement Patterns of Adult Male Ovenbirds during the Post-Fledging Period in Fragmented and Forested Boreal Landscapes
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Bayne, Erin M., Hobson, Keith A.
Movement of forest songbirds among isolated forest patches following breeding represents an important but poorly understood component of landscape ecology and metapopulation theory. Using radio-telemetry, we followed 44 male Ovenbirds (Seiurus aurocapillus) during the post-fledging period to...