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Spring 2013
The Rocky Mountain apollo butterfly, Parnassius smintheus, and its host-plant Sedum lanceolatum, are endemic to open alpine meadows threatened by the encroachment of trees. I explore variability in interactions between P. smintheus and S. lanceolatum relative to the treeline-delimited meadow...
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Responses in butterflies to loss and fragmentation of boreal forests from in situ oil sands
DownloadSpring 2019
Anthropogenic loss and fragmentation of habitat are a threat to biodiversity, while increasing demands for energy have made the provision of fossil fuels an important source of disturbance to habitats around the globe. In Alberta, Canada, the extraction of a 142,000 km2 oil sands reserve is...
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Stream Crossings in the Western Boreal Forest: Assessing Impacts and Prioritizing Restoration for Native Freshwater Fishes
DownloadFall 2015
Growing anthropogenic development in response to rising demands for natural resources is a major concern for freshwater fish, particularly in resource rich regions such as Canada’s boreal forest. Expanding networks of industrial resource roads has led to the installation of hundreds of thousands...