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Economic analysis of vegetation management alternatives in Ontario
(2014-01-22)Vegetation management practices have become an integral component of forest management. Economics of alternative vegetation management treatments were analyzed in this thesis on the basis of two journal papers. Six research ... -
Manual tending is a viable alternative to herbicide application in the Lake Nipigon forest
(2021)This thesis explores the viable alternative to tending crop plantations by implementing manual tending instead of herbicide application in the Lake Nipigon Forest. The thesis provides a comparative analysis between manual ... -
Modeling the woody biomass supply chain for energy production in northwestern Ontario
(2014-01-22)Efficient procurement and optimal utilization of woody biomass for bioenergy production requires a good understanding of biomass supply-chain management. The general objective of this research is to develop decision support ... -
New generation of dispersants by grafting lignin or xylan
(2017)Synthetic dispersants are commonly used in the stabilization of various colloidal suspensions. However, their non-biodegradable and toxic natures hamper their industrial use. The use of natural polymers as dispersants for ... -
Phenology, growth and physiological responses to photoperiod and elevated [CO2] of boreal white birch (Betula papyrifera Marsh): implications to climate change-induced northward migration
(2019)With the increase in average global temperature due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration ([CO2]), rapid shifts of climate envelopes are expected to lead to norward migration for boreal tree species. As a ... -
Pre-harvest lumber value recovery modeling: integrating sawline laser-scanning with an enhanced forest inventory
(2012-11-10)Supply chain management research in forestry is becoming increasingly important in the forest sector worldwide. Predicting lumber value recovery from pre-harvest forest inventory forms an important aspect of forestry supply ... -
Supply chain management of the Canadian Forest Products industry under supply and demand uncertainties: a simulation-based optimization approach
(2016)The Canadian forest products industry has failed to retain its competitiveness in the global markets under stochastic supply and demand conditions. Supply chain management models that integrate the two-way flow of ... -
Techno-economic analysis and supply chain design for a forest biorefinery to produce value-added bio-based products from lignin
(2019)By far, several commercial projects for production of lignin-based chemicals started operations around the world. For instance, the LignoBoost process was installed by Domtar in 2013 in the United States, and in 2015 by ... -
Using Remote Sensing for Quantity Analysis of Chip Pile Inventory in Mill Yards
(2016)An integral part of proper wood chip inventory management is the ability to accurately monitor wood chip quantities. This thesis examines the use of a new method of capturing the volume of mill yard wood chip piles through ... -
Variation in vessel diameter and leaf area of white birch (Betula papyrifera) along moisture gradients in Canada
(2010)One of the key hypotheses of this research is that white birch that has evolved in wet areas will have larger vessels than those trees that evolved in dry areas. Since the wet areas are less likely to experience drought ...
