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Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis) response to energy development and inclement weather in southern Alberta
DownloadSpring 2021
Growing global energy demand is projected to increase by nearly 30% in coming decades. As such, wildlife is increasingly required to persist in altered landscapes resulting from energy-related changes and development. In breeding birds, anthropogenic structures are often used as perches and, in...
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Improving passive acoustic monitoring methods for anuran amphibians in northern Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2019
The global decline of amphibian populations has been documented since the 1960’s. As such, amphibian monitoring programs are becoming increasingly important, in order to inform conservation strategies. Passive acoustic monitoring, i.e. recording the vocalizations produced by animals to detect...
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Influence of Anthropogenic Development on Burrowing Owl Habitat Selection, Survival, and Reproductive Success
DownloadFall 2015
Anthropogenic development may influence the choices animals make and their resulting reproductive success and survival. If such choices are maladaptive, the impact of changes to their habitat could be catastrophic to populations that are small or declining. The Canadian prairies have changed...
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Measuring wildlife response to seismic lines to inform land use planning decisions in northwest Canada
DownloadFall 2012
Development of hydrocarbon resources across northwest Canada has spurred economic prosperity but also generated concerns over impacts to biodiversity. To balance these interests, comprehensive land use plans have been used to match targeted management strategies to ecological components deemed...
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Nest predation on forest songbirds in a western boreal forest landscape altered by energy sector linear features
DownloadFall 2013
Nest predation is a major source of reproductive failure for many species of songbirds. Habitat fragmentation by human land use creates edge habitat that can alter predator-prey dynamics, create ecological traps, and reduce the amount of high quality habitat available for sustaining bird...
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Fall 2018
For male breeding songbirds, song rate varies throughout the breeding season and tends to be correlated with breeding-cycle stages. Although these patterns have been well documented, to our knowledge, this relationship has not been used to predict a bird’s breeding status through acoustic...
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Spring 2014
Lankau, Hedwig Erika Gertraude
I investigated how songbirds respond to seismic lines as the vegetation cover on lines regenerates and how long seismic line effects on songbirds persist. I found that line age was poorly correlated with natural vegetation recovery and that after an initial increase in recovery after 20 years the...
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The potential influence of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) control harvesting on grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) food supply and habitat conditions in Alberta
DownloadFall 2012
In response to the mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) threat in Alberta, forest companies plan to surge harvest 75% of susceptible (mature) lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) stands over 20 years. To assess potential changes to grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) habitat, I projected food...
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The use of citizen science to identify the factors affecting bird-window collisions at residential houses
DownloadSpring 2016
Every year a large number of birds die when they collide with windows. The actual number however is difficult to ascertain. Previous attempts to estimate bird-window collision rates in Canada relied heavily on a citizen science study that used memory-based surveys which may have potential biases....
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Use of an Acoustic Location System to Understand Songbird Response to Vegetation Regeneration on Reclaimed Wellsites in the Boreal Forest of Alberta
DownloadFall 2017
Limited information exists on the recovery of different ecosystem components following reclamation of oil and gas wellsites in the boreal forest of Alberta. Songbird response to wellsite reclamation efforts in the boreal forest was previously unexamined, despite the abundance of wellsites,...