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Interactions between the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) and whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelmann)
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I compared life history traits between mountain pine beetles (MPB) utilizing whitebark pine and lodgepole pine to better understand how host use could affect MPB impact in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. Neither host was obviously better in terms of quality for or susceptibility to the...
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Investigating fine-scale movement patterns and comparative swimming performance of the newly identified and threatened Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Cottus sp.) across its Canadian distribution
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Cumulative anthropogenic impacts to the riverscape, including hydrologic alteration, have contributed to an escalated number of freshwater fish species at risk in North America. Species dispersal is an important mechanism underlying many ecological processes. Understanding the scale at which...
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Investigating Fire as a Silvicultural Tool for Regeneration of Mountain Pine Beetle-killed Serotinous Pine of Northern Alberta
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Serotinous pine forests in Western Canada are threatened by a record-breaking mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae; MPB) outbreak - the largest recorded in Western North America. Forest managers are concerned with whether these closed-cone MPB-killed forests will successfully regenerate....
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Fall 2012
Intra and inter-plant signalling was investigated in jack pine (Pinus banksiana) seedlings in response to jack pine budworm (Choristoneura pinus, Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) feeding. Defoliation was followed by a fungal inoculation by blue stain fungus (Grosmannia clavigera) to assess resistance....
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Laboratory-Measured Soil Organic Carbon Mineralization in Soil Samples from Six Long-Term Crop Rotations in Alberta as a Function of Sample Disturbance
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Soil organic carbon (SOC) plays a dual role in soil; as a key compound determining the function and performance of agricultural soils and as the main terrestrial pool of carbon. The carbon content of cultivated soils has been found to depend on management practices. This laboratory incubation...