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- 1Alexander, Katharine
- 1Aurelian, Virgiliu Marius
- 1Ball, Ronald Aaron
- 1Bergeron, Colin
- 1Biittner, Katie
- 6Department of Biological Sciences
- 5Department of Anthropology
- 5Department of Renewable Resources
- 5Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology
- 4Department of Secondary Education
- 3Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- 4Willoughby, Pamela (Anthropology)
- 3Glanfield, Florence (Secondary Education)
- 2Marcoul, Philippe (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 2Simmt, Elaine (Secondary Education)
- 2Vinebrooke, Rolf (Biological Sciences)
- 1Adamowicz, Vic (Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta)
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Fire history, landscape biodiversity and indicators for sustainable management of the boreal mixedwood forest
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I examined the response of invertebrate assemblages to the forest mosaic established by past fire events, and tested the performance of trees as biodiversity surrogates in accurately reflecting relationships between fire history and invertebrate assemblages. Over 80 % of the studied landscape...
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Fall 2017
Poor households may face various risks, especially in countries with limited access to public safety nets. In order to cope with these risks, poor households can implement ex ante risk-reducing strategies or rely on risk-coping system such as inter-household transfers. These transfers, which are...
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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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Spring 2014
This research compared the variability/diversity of spectral information captured with spectrometers at the airborne, field, and leaf level to tree species diversity. Airborne measurements were made over the North Saskatchewan River Valley while field and leaf measurements were done with...
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Fall 2017
Bees are a key component of terrestrial ecosystems and provide valuable ecosystem services to both natural and agricultural landscapes. It estimated that 87.5% of native plants benefit from pollination, including 1/3 of global food crops. Additionally, pollination by bees provides maximized...
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Investigating Cultures of Food Security: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Gender in Rural Kongwa, Tanzania
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This thesis examines two cultural components of food security in rural Tanzania, specifically gendered mobilities and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the District of Kongwa. Drawing on critical and focused ethnographic principles, intra-household data was collected from 27 households in...
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Spring 2012
The Mlambalasi Rock Shelter in the Iringa Region of southern Tanzania has a rich archaeological record that spans the Later Stone Age (LSA), Iron Age, and historic period. Excavations in 2002, 2006, and 2010 yielded fragmentary, commingled human remains from at least four individuals. There are...
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Spring 2011
In this dissertation, I examine the representation of projectile points in the Middle Stone Age (MSA) and Later Stone Age (LSA) of Tanzania, and the way in which such tools were used over time and space. This study reviews the different strategies used to produce points during the MSA and LSA. It...
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Monitoring insect diversity and parasitism levels in alfalfa seed production fields in western Canada
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Alfalfa, Medicago sativa (L.) (Fabales: Fabaceae), is an excellent source of high protein feed for livestock. Canada is the second largest producer of alfalfa seed (4.2 M kg/year) in the world, with the vast majority of production concentrated in the province of Alberta. The productivity of these...