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Spring 2013

Clare, Shari L

The province of Alberta adopted a wetland policy in 1993 to manage wetlands in the central and southern regions of the province. Despite a stated commitment to review the policy every five years, to date, no policy evaluation has been conducted. Consequently, little is known about whether wetland...

Fall 2021

Hawkshaw, Kevin

Species interactions are thought to underlie the stability of ecosystems, and nowhere is studying such interactions more important than the rapidly changing Arctic. The foraging behaviour of generalist consumers is influenced by the abundance of multiple resources, and generalists are thought to...

Spring 2010

Lappin, Kerri Lynne

To aid in reclamation planning for the Genesee Coal Mine in Alberta, I qualified the pre-mined state of wetlands and measured land use and land cover (LULC) change between 1982 and 2007. A generalized linear model (GLM) was developed to explain the presence of wetlands on the pre-mined...

Fall 2009

Avila-Flores, Rafael

One of the three largest systems of black-tailed prairie dog (BTPD) colonies is located in northwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. During the last two decades, the area occupied by these colonies has been highly reduced and fragmented. Previous studies suggested that agriculture, poisoning, cattle...

Spring 2013

McGregor, Andrea M

The potential for walleye (<i>Sander vitreus</i>) restoration at Lac la Biche, Alberta, Canada is a social-ecological question that requires understanding of changes to ecosystem integrity and historical fidelity resulting from disturbance. This study explored variability in fisheries-induced...