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Fall 2012

Lambert Koizumi, Catherine M S

Assessing the impact of predators on a prey population is inherently challenging, a fortiori in remote ecosystems. With this thesis, I studied the interactions between a recently declining Dall sheep (Ovis dalli dalli) population and two predators: grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) and wolves (Canis...

Fall 2016

Gilhooly, Patrick S

Transportation networks are expanding rapidly to meet increasing global demands to move people and cargo. These networks are essential to connect societies and economies but have several negative effects on wildlife populations including collisions with vehicles. Growing incidences and increasing...

Spring 2011

Barker, Oliver

The Mackenzie Delta region, NWT, has a short growing season and highly seasonal climate, and brown bears (Ursus arctos) there face many challenges obtaining their nutritional requirements. Consumption of meat by brown bears is linked to increases in population density, fecundity, growth and body...

Spring 2013

Cristescu, Bogdan

Industrial development is transforming Alberta's landscapes, with largely unquantified effects on wildlife species. Open-pit mining is occurring on vast expanses, most notably for bitumen but also extensively for coal in a rich seam that traverses the province. Major concerns have developed over...

Fall 2010

Joseph, Northrup

Because most grizzly bear mortalities occur near roads, the Province of Alberta plans to implement gated access management. Little is known about how grizzly bears will respond to road closures because the effects of roads are confounded by habitat and human use. I examined mechanisms...

Spring 2019

Pollock, Sonya Z

Linear features such as roads and railways threaten wildlife directly through collisions with vehicles. Although the adverse effects of roads on wildlife have been extensively studied resulting in widespread mitigation measures (e.g. fencing and highway crossing structures), far less attention...