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Spring 2023

Odell, Rosanise

As forested ecosystems are put under compounding stresses due to the effects of climate change and demand for resources, forest managers must develop innovative ways to utilize natural resources in less-impactful ways. In the boreal forests of Alberta, Ecosystem Based Forest Management (EBFM) is...

Spring 2023

Weber, Tien L.

Cattle production contributes to the largest portion of livestock agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada, mainly in the form of methane (CH4). Therefore, there is interest in the modification of livestock diet composition to try and reduce the emission of CH4, resulting in a...

Fall 2023

Daly, Erin

Despite their paramount importance, modern, high-input agroecosystems used for annual grain production are often characterized as degraded systems with substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, namely nitrous oxide (N2O), a GHG 273x more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) on a mass basis....

Fall 2023

Souliere, Christopher Michael

Large-scale disturbances can shift the distribution, abundance, and quality of animal food resources, which in turn, can influence how habitat is used by individuals. This not only increases competition among conspecifics, but can also lead to lower survival since individuals are more likely to...

Fall 2023

Thompson, Lauren

Ongoing permafrost thaw in northern peatland catchments may increase the production and downstream delivery of neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg) across the terrestrial-aquatic continuum. Peatlands in boreal-Arctic regions have large stocks of mercury (Hg) in frozen soils, accumulated through...

Fall 2023

Scaria, Francis

Alberta’s forest industry is predicted to be impacted by a short to medium-term decline in timber supply. Intensive silviculture tools, such as pre-commercial thinning, have been shown to increase individual tree growth, shorten rotation lengths and improve stand merchantability in important...

Spring 2023

Elliott, Kyle G

Fire weather indices used to forecast fire behaviour provide valuable information for wildland fire prevention, preparedness, and suppression. The primary index used in Canada, the Fire Weather Index System, provides qualitative fuel moisture and fire behaviour indices. However, the indices used...

Spring 2023

Fermaniuk, Coral

Assimilated non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) can be stored as reserves in plants and remobilized during periods of asynchrony between carbon acquisition and carbon demand to fuel essential metabolic functions and growth. However, the framework of NSC allocation to reserves and their...

Spring 2023

Boyce, Scott Samuel David

The drastic and immediate reduction of global greenhouse gases (GHG) is vital if humanity is to avoid the moderate to severe effects of a changing climate. To successfully lower these emissions, it is necessary to integrate and harmonize GHG reduction policies across horizontal and vertical...

Spring 2023

Franklin, James

As part of reclaiming landscapes mined for bitumen, ecosystems must be revegetated to restore self-sustaining ecosystems in the boreal forest of western Canada. Current reclamation practices can involve the construction of large landforms, sometimes from overburden containing up to 8%...