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Spring 2023

Vaziriyeganeh, Maryamsadat

Although many aspects of salinity tolerance in plants have been thoroughly researched, some of the fundamental aspects of plant water relations remain unclear. The main objective of my thesis research was to examine the role of aquaporin-mediated water transport in salinity tolerance of three...

Spring 2022

Yihan Zhao

Coal is mined for energy generation around the world, resulting in extensive disturbances to soil health and vegetation, and producing large amounts of waste. Heavy metals enter the environment through coal industry activities before being transmitted to the food chain. Reclaiming post mining...

Spring 2013

Turner, Elizabeth Lenore

This study quantified environmental parameters to develop reclamation strategies for phosphogypsum stacks. Research was conducted on phosphogypsum stack experimental plots established in 2006 (6 soil cap depths, 5 vegetation treatments), and soil capped slopes seeded in 1998. Significant root...

Fall 2022

Schaefer, Elena A.

In hot and arid environments, trees may be particularly carbon-limited. In addition to supporting their own growth and activities, trees also lose carbon to associate with mycorrhizal fungi. Most trees form associations with either ecto- or arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and these fungi can have...

Spring 2018

Olivier, Samantha

Oil sands extraction and refining can cause many negative environmental impacts and because these activities usually take place in the forest region, the Government of Alberta requires that, after mine sites are closed, the companies perform reclamation. The properties of reclaimed oil sands...

1999

Genoway, Pola Theresa.

1998

Erickson Harmon, Denise Sigrid Christina.

1999

Schaefer, James William.

Spring 2017

Kukka, Piia M.

Wolverines (Gulo gulo) are harvested for fur in Yukon, Canada, but little is known about the sustainability of their harvest. In the absence of population data, harvest management relies on harvest data to assess the efficacy of regulations and harvest sustainability. I examined the...

Spring 2015

Taft, Spencer

The secondary compounds of pines (Pinus) can strongly affect the physiology, ecology and behaviour of bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) that feed on host sub-cortical tissues. Jack pine (Pinus banksiana) has a wide distribution range in North America and thus variations in its...