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Clipping and Watering Effects on Caespitose and Rhizomatous Grasses: Implications for Grazing Management
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Recent experimental evidence suggests that rotational grazing, despite strong perceptions to the contrary, does not promote plant community productivity relative to continuous grazing on rangelands. However, clipping studies from tame pastures of Alberta’s Aspen Parkland show clear plant...
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Evaluating Consumer Behaviour, Attitudes, and Emotions Surrounding Environmental Aspects of the Canadian Animal and Plant-based Dairy Industries
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Across Canada, there are approximately 3 million people that identify as vegan or vegetarian. Though reasons for this diet vary across individuals and groups, a major motivator found in recent research is that consumers are concerned about their environmental footprints and are seeking diets and...
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Exploring dimensions of place-power and culture in the social resilience of forest-dependent communities
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Over the last decade, the forest industry in Canada has been severely impacted by post-Fordist shifts in economic, political and land-tenure regimes, as well as ecological impacts related to climate change. Because of these impacts, many forest-based communities have lost mills and jobs and have...
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Spring 2014
Hybrid poplar plantations have the potential to produce large amounts of biomass for the forest industry, but the young trees are sensitive to competition. This research attempted to quantify the influence of factors regulating competition in hybrid poplar plantations under four years old. The...
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Spring 2023
As global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, there is a growing focus on low-carbon initiatives, specifically renewable alternatives to conventional fossil fuels for energy production. Transitions to renewable energy sources may occur across scales, including community-scale energy...
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Spring 2012
Populations of feral horses have been increasing in the Alberta foothills and pose a concern to the conservation of native grasslands. Sustainable management of feral horses requires information on their habitat use. I utilized spatial data from radio-collared mares to assess seasonal habitat...
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Fall 2012
In this study, representatives (n=18) from Alberta agri-food institutions were interviewed to understand the institutional learning practices that were employed following the outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in May, 2003. Based on theoretical frameworks derived from reflexive...
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Investigating Cultures of Food Security: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Gender in Rural Kongwa, Tanzania
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This thesis examines two cultural components of food security in rural Tanzania, specifically gendered mobilities and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the District of Kongwa. Drawing on critical and focused ethnographic principles, intra-household data was collected from 27 households in...
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Legume-grass forage mixes for maximizing yield and competitiveness against weeds in early establishment
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A field experiment from 2003 to 2005 at two sites examined the impacts of forage species and legume proportion on forage sward production. Grasses generally established rapidly and out-yielded swards high in legume content, although legumes did improve forage quality. Alfalfa was retained at...
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Spring 2013
Culture provides a lens through which to increase our understanding of community responses that both contribute to and detract from a population’s food security. This qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, observations and visual methodology identifies how culture is manifested...