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Spring 2017

Gizaw, Mesgana Seyoum

Climate change could significantly alter precipitation and water availability in different parts of the world. Moreover, during the course of the 21st century, climate change impact can potentially enhance the severity and frequency of extreme precipitation and also increase prolonged drought...

Fall 2013

Isaac-Renton, Miriam G

Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco) is one of the most ecologically and economically important tree species in both its native range in North America and in its introduced range in Europe. The aim of this research is to inform the European Douglas-fir reforestation strategy under...

Spring 2014

Dassanayake, Wijaya Kumar

This thesis investigates three areas under the theme of household structure, climate change and livelihoods in southern Africa. The use of female-headship to identify vulnerable subgroups and to direct poverty-alleviation policies is a contentious issue in the literature. In the first paper of...

Fall 2019

Thompson, Craig E.

Within the Boreal Plains of north-central Alberta, catchments situated within low permeability glacial terrain are composed of a mosaic of landscape units including ponds, peatlands, and upland aspen forest ecosystems within a sub-humid climatic zone where water deficit conditions are frequent. ...

2010

Sustainable Forest Management Network

SFM Network Research Note Series No. 76

Spring 2021

Hynes, Ashley

Climate change may cause reduced forest productivity and higher tree mortality due to water deficits that result from increased evapotranspiration. Such limitations may occur in some areas of the North American boreal forest, where precipitation is low and warming trends are high. This thesis...

Fall 2016

Thayer, Donnette

Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens Rafinesque 1817) have experienced population declines throughout their range. In Alberta, low density age-class distributions, irregular recruitment, critically low spawning potential ratios and other factors led to a 2007 designation of “Threatened” for this...

2020-04-01

Kim, Amy M., Li, Huanan

Historically an important transportation corridor in the Northwest Territories, climate change has shortened the duration of the Mackenzie River’s navigational season. Communities rely increasingly on airlift as the growing volatility affects barging operations, leading to higher overall freight...

Spring 2024

Mirhadi, Seyed Nima

Canada experiences a significant number of landslides each year, posing substantial risks to safety, infrastructure, economic activities, and the environment. Over the last two and a half centuries, Canada has witnessed approximately 800 fatalities attributed to landslides, which has made...

2013-01-01

Kayal, Walid El, Cooke, Barry J., Linsky, Jean, Arango-Velez, Adriana, Galindo González, Leonardo M., Cooke, Janice E.K., Meents, Miranda J., Lusebrink, Inka

Conifers exhibit a number of constitutive and induced mechanisms to defend against attack by pests and pathogens such as mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) and their fungal associates. Ecological studies have demonstrated that stressed trees are more susceptible to attack by...