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Fall 2023

Kapil, Rudraksh

Forests provide immense economic, ecological, and societal values, making forest health monitoring (FHM) a crucial task for guiding conservation and management of these essential ecosystems. Drones have seen increased popularity in this domain due to their ability to collect high-resolution,...

Spring 2019

Beck, Jackson, L

Disturbances are frequent events across the Canadian boreal forests and can affect both below and above ground ecosystem processes at various temporal and spatial scales. We have limited understanding of how changes in the below ground fungal communities affect above ground plant communities....

Spring 2021

Rodriguez Ramos, Jean Carlos

Novel disturbance regimes have impacted boreal forest with unknown consequences for belowground communities and underlying ecological processes. Soil fungi are an integral component of belowground communities and are particularly sensitive to disturbances. In the Canadian boreal forest, common...

Spring 2020

Aziz Ullah, .

Plants generally show large chemotypic variations in susceptibility to phytophagous insects and pathogens. Plant chemical defenses, or secondary compounds, are important components of plant resistance to pest organisms. Among plants, coniferous trees produce complex oleoresins that contain toxic...

Fall 2012

Najar, Ahmed

The interactions between biotic and abiotic stresses and their influence on plant reserves in non-photosynthetic tissues (i.e., roots and stems) and the role of plant reserves in tree defenses are poorly understood. Aspen seedlings grown under different conditions (light, fertilizer) were grouped...

Spring 2020

Dettlaff, Margarete

Plant secondary chemicals are fundamental mechanisms by which plants interact with their environments, including defending against herbivores, attracting pollinators, altering neighbouring plant fitness or facilitating plant-plant communication. Yet our understanding of the extent to which...

Fall 2024

Celen, Fatma

Drought has an adverse effect on ecosystems, communities, and economies globally, making itdifficult to manage water resources. It is vital to comprehend the dynamics of drought and surfacewater extent in Alberta, Canada, where water resources are essential for maintaining ecosystemfunctions and...

Spring 2018

Mader, Caitlin E

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...

Fall 2024

Zaman, Rashaduz

Environmental factors such as elevated levels of CO2 and O3 are increasingly affecting forest trees globally. Changes in climate have led to shifts in the geographic distribution of pests and pathogens associated with forests, with predictions of more native and invasive pests in the future. In...

Spring 2019

Wang, Fuai

Mountain pine beetle (MPB) has recently expanded its host range to novel jack pine forests in Alberta. Invasion success of MPB may depend on the outcome of interactions between its primary symbiotic fungus Grosmannia clavigera with other organisms sharing the same host. Among resources-sharing...