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Comparing lodgepole pine defence responses against mountain pine beetle and Grosmannia clavigera
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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins; MPB) is a bark beetle that poses a significant threat to pine species in western North America. This threat is evident in the ongoing MPB epidemic, which has resulted in significant losses of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta var. latifolia)...
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Spring 2024
Boreal caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) populations are declining across their range and the direct cause is predation. Black bears (Ursus americanus) can be significant predators of caribou neonates, but at high black bear densities in the boreal forest only a small proportion of bears could...
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Modelling Mountain Pine Beetle Abundance and Distribution in Novel Hosts and Changing Climate
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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae, Hopkins 1902), an invasive bark beetle native to North America, has expanded its habitat from central British Columbia to Northern Alberta. This expansion poses an immediate threat to jack pine forests, which extend from Alberta to Nova Scotia....
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Examining the Effects of Cytoplasmic Tail Splicing Event in Goldfish (Carassius auratus) Leukocyte Immune-type receptors
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The innate immune system is important in clearing infections and maintaining homeostasis. Across vertebrates, innate immunity is capable of executing potent effector responses through the actions of highly specialized cells. Effector responses, such as phagocytosis and cytokine secretion, are...
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Uptake of waterborne selenite, and its toxic effects, in the water flea (Daphnia magna), Westslope cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
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Selenium is an essential element, playing an important role in many physiological processes. However, it possesses a narrow margin between essentiality and toxicity. In aquatic systems, selenium is increasingly identified as a trace element of major concern with levels exceeding regulatory...
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Exploring the potential of Methylomicrobium album BG8 as a platform for the bioconversion of methane and methanol to isoprenoids
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Methane and methanol are inexpensive and sustainable carbon feedstocks for bioconversion to value-added products. Methane being a greenhouse gas, its conversion has the added benefit of mitigating emissions that affect climate change. Methanotrophic bacteria consume methane and methanol as sole...
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Spring 2024
This dissertation is concerned with the parameter estimation problem for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes and Vasicek models and the product formula for multiple Itˆo integrals of L´evy processes. In the first part of the thesis, we study the parameter estimation for Ornstein- Uhlenbeck processes...
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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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Characterization of the Copper Starvation Response in the pMMO-Obligate Methanotrophic Bacterium Methylomicrobium album strain BG8
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Studies on copper as a critical nutrient in methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) have mostly focused on the well-characterized “copper switch” in species with dual methane monooxygenase (MMO) variants (Takeguchi & Okura, 2000, Knapp et al., 2007, Kenney et al., 2016). Copper availability dictates...
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Spring 2024
Ancient philosophers observed and documented fever as an increased body temperature in response to infection. Nowadays, fever is regarded as a symptom of infection and inflammation and therefore is often supressed by NSAID drugs. A common hypothesis for the benefits of a fever is that the rise in...