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Food availability and grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) selection of post-fire and thinned forests in the mountain national parks of Canada
DownloadFall 2018
Human-caused mortality and habitat loss have led to the extirpation of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) across much of their North American range. Today, these factors continue to limit extant grizzly bear populations as productive habitats often occur in areas with elevated mortality risk creating...
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Forest floor protection during drilling pad construction and its benefits for natural regeneration of native boreal forest vegetation
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I tested forest floor protection techniques in the construction and reclamation of temporary drilling pads to restore native boreal canopy and understory cover. By covering and delineating the forest floor I hoped to reduce damage to the vegetative propagule bank, so clonal species such as aspen...
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Forest harvesting impacts on dissolved organic carbon in Alberta’s southern Rocky Mountains: implications on shallow subsurface fate and transport
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Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) is an important constituent of source water quality from forested headwaters regions that can have implications on downstream drinking water treatment. Landscape disturbances such forest harvesting are known to alter biotic and abiotic controls regulating subsurface...
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Forest Resilience to Wildfire and Harvesting: A Comparison of Microclimate & Understory Plant Diversity in Island Remnants a Decade After Disturbance
DownloadFall 2023
An important feature of ecosystem-based forest management in the boreal mixedwood of northern Alberta, Canada – and in other forests around the world - is the emulation of natural disturbances such as wildfire. Post-fire landscapes typically include unburned or partially burned patches of forest...
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Forest Tree Population Response to Climate Variability and Climate Change: Implications for Reforestation
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This dissertation aims to quantify the sensitivity and adaptive capacity of forest tree species to climate change in Canada and North America, with applications of guiding sustainable forest management through case studies focusing on Alberta. The general idea is that management interventions...