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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
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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...