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Fall 2021
The field of animal personality, the study of adaptive among-individual behavioural differences in animal populations, has both exploded in popularity in the last few decades and come under heavy scrutiny by behavioural ecologists. The sudden interest in the field stems from the widespread...
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Defining roles for SHORT VEGETATIVE PHASE/AGAMOUS-LIKE 24-like (SAL) genes in the activity-dormancy transitions of white spruce (Picea glauca) terminal buds
DownloadSpring 2018
An important part of the annual growth cycle of white spruce (Picea glauca [Moench.] Voss; Pg) trees is the transition from active growth to dormancy, which confers protection against the potentially destructive environmental elements of winter. Terminal bud formation and cessation of meristemic...
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Resources and Reproductive Trade-offs Affect Fitness, Life History Traits, and Sexual Selection in Red Squirrels
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Animals face trade-offs throughout life between competing functions, such as between self-maintenance, reproduction, and survival. Resource allocation between these competing functions leads to different patterns of life history traits, changes in investment in reproductive effort, and different...
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The Short-term Impacts of Aspen Clear-cutting on Upland Groundwater RechargeClear-cutting Impacts on Groundwater Recharge
DownloadSpring 2011
The impacts of aspen clear-cutting on upland groundwater recharge are presented based on two years (2007-2008) of the five year (2005-2009) HEAD2 NSERC-CRD paired-catchment experiment. Research was conducted at the Utikuma Region Study Area (URSA), 370 km north of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in...