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Fall 2023

Campos Ruiz, Rodrigo T.

Wildfires are the most common disturbances occurring in the Canadian boreal forests. Their incidence and characteristics are controlled by different factors at different temporal and spatial scales. At every scale, vegetation is an essential factor fueling fires. Despite its importance, some...

Fall 2018

Valek, Erika Rovena

Forest reclamation sites are often located in areas not suited for agriculture and therefore have poor soil conditions. To assist in the rehabilitation of forests on these types of sites, organic amendments can be used. Close to large urban centers, compost derived from municipal organic waste...

Fall 2023

Schneider, Marcel E

An important feature of ecosystem-based forest management in the boreal mixedwood of northern Alberta, Canada – and in other forests around the world - is the emulation of natural disturbances such as wildfire. Post-fire landscapes typically include unburned or partially burned patches of forest...

Fall 2024

Stack, Andrew P

The relationship between increasing forest density and increasing wildfire behaviour is well established. However, in the unique case of initial attack wildfire operations, traditional data collection methods to measure forest density are both impractical and unsafe. As an alternative approach,...

Fall 2022

Xu, Kun

Abstract Global change of environment and human activity has profoundly impacted boreal forests in structure, dynamics and function, imposing serious challenges for maintaining forest growth and yield in Canada. In this thesis, I address three questions important for understanding and predicting...

Spring 2024

Lanti-Traikovski, Alexander A.

Climate change is increasing the frequency of droughts and wildfires, reducing tree recruitment, and altering post-fire species composition. In Canada’s western boreal forests, postfire recruitment, particularly of drought-intolerant coniferous species like black spruce, has declined in recent...