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Ecology and life history of Coccophagus gossypariae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), a parasitoid of Eriococcus spurius (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae)
DownloadSpring 2018
The American elm (Ulmus americana) is a valuable component of urban forests in Alberta. In many Alberta municipalities, the health of these trees is being heavily impacted by the invasive scale insect Eriococcus spurius (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). Biological control of scales using hymenopteran...
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Ecology of understory and below-ground communities in lodgepole pine forests under changing disturbance regimes
DownloadSpring 2013
As climate changes and disturbance regimes shift, there is a need to better understand and anticipate potential impacts of both natural and anthropogenic disturbance agents on forest ecosystems. Lodgepole pine forests in western Canada are experiencing an unprecedented mountain pine beetle (MPB)...
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Ecophysiology And Carbon Allocation Of Aspen And Balsam Poplar Seedlings In Response To Drought
DownloadFall 2012
Drought-induced forest mortality has been recorded in every forested continent. Although the effect of drought on plant growth, physiology and ecology have been extensively studied in the past, the physiological mechanism leading to plant mortality under drought conditions are far from being...
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Ectomycorrhizal functional diversity parallels fine root and leaf abundance with forest stand age
DownloadSpring 2020
The abundance of fine roots and leaves in forests is predicted to peak during mid-succession and then decline. If fine roots decline more rapidly than leaves, reductions in fine roots could contribute disproportionately to stand decline. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM), symbionts that facilitate...
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Spring 2016
The relationship between trees and ectomycorrhizal fungi is fundamental for tree growth and survival, particularly in the boreal forests of North America where low temperatures inhibit decomposition and consequently limit nutrient availability. The responses of ectomycorrhizal fungal communities...
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Edge influence from linear disturbances and recovery of understory communities in boreal forests
DownloadFall 2021
Forest fragmentation is one of the leading causes of global biodiversity loss and is only expected to increase with the continued rise of anthropogenic disturbances. An important environmental consequence of fragmentation is edge influence—the set of ecological changes which occur at the...