Browsing Undergraduate theses by Title
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Factors influencing mechanical properties of OSB
(2020)With more and more buildings built around the world, OSB is an important building material. Learning about its properties can help people make use of the OSB panel effectivity. In this paper, the author will examine the ... -
Factors influencing trail use into lakes with tourism values
Tourism establishments that are only accessible by float plane are a vital component to northern Ontario‟s economy. The remote nature of the lakes where these establishments are located can be compromised through introduced ... -
Feasibility of utilizing wood debris for biofuels in Northwestern Ontario
(2017)In recent years’ production of transportation biofuels generated from forest residues have grown rapidly on a global scale. Converting to advanced biofuels is enticing because they can help reduce dependence on oil; mitigate ... -
Finding a natural alternative from forest resources for plastic single use utensils
(2019)The use of plastics by society has increased tremendously due to the high durability of the product and low cost of production. High production has changed many products being made of natural materials such as wood to ... -
Flight distances from nests and behaviours of the olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)
(2017)The Olive-sided Flycatcher is a migratory species currently facing a dramatic population decline. The species is listed as threatened in Canada under the Species at Risk Act. The purpose of this study was to describe the ... -
Forest harvesting impacts on forested wetland forest ecosystem function – biogeochemical cycling
(2020)The wetland ecosystem is located at the interface of the atmospheric, terrestrial and water system. It is one of the most biologically diverse ecological landscapes on earth and one of the most important environments for ... -
Forest road location modelling with Dijkstra’s shortest path and ArcGIS
(2019)Road network modelling has great potential to reduce forest road construction and planning costs. Forest roads are the essential means to access forest resources and are one of the most expensive factors in forest ... -
Forest stand type and forest diversity affect on above ground carbon biomass in Ontario's boreal forest
(2023)Biomass is a renewable organic material that is the living and recently dead organic material synthesized by plants and other organisms (Battles 2015). Quantifying forests and determining their value is an increasingly ... -
A framework for assessing skills training programs for building Indigenous capacity in natural resource development
(2019)Indigenous participation in natural resource development has become an integral part of the advancement of major projects both in Ontario and across Canada. This participation until the most recent decades was limited by ... -
Fungi associated with the emerald ash borer on urban green ash
(2018)The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is an invasive beetle recently introduced from Asia. It has quickly spread throughout much of eastern North America causing death of millions of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in both natural ... -
The genetic diversity of eastern North American tree species as related to the extent of their spatial distribution during the Last Glacial Maximum
(2020)The distribution of boreal and temperate species during the last glacial maximum (LGM) in Eastern North America can have a significant effect on the genetic diversity of present day populations. Here, I modelled the LGM ... -
A geospatial analysis and comparison of snow leopard and mountain lion habitat: implications for conservations and research
(2022)Big cats form an integral part of landscape ecosystem management and are vital to the persistence of natural habitats. Global change, alongside human interactions has severely harmed populations of these predators, often ... -
Grazing intensity and carbon pools in soils, roots and forage plants on the Thunder Bay community pasture
(2020)This thesis explores carbon (C) storage in the forage plants found on the Thunder Bay Community Pasture (TBCP). Plant tissues, roots and shoots, were collected from the TBCP and analyzed at Lakehead University using a ... -
Habitat composition and spatial response of white-tailed deer to forestry treatments in moose range, Grand Portage Indian Reservation, Minnesota
(2020)Moose (Alces alces L.) have long been an important subsistence species are of great cultural value to the Ojibwe peoples. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Z.) have been implicated in negatively impacting ecosystems ... -
Harvest productivity analysis based on stand boundary length of Weyerhaeuser’s Pembina Timberlands
(2022)Harvest productivity can be influenced by many different factors within a harvest block and knowing the impact of those factors allows harvest efficiency to be maximized. This thesis explored the effect that stand boundary ... -
Health and management of trees planted in tree pits in Thunder Bay’s downtown north core
(2024)A survey of Thunder Bay’s downtown north core (formerly known as Port Arthur) examined 276 trees in an attempt to correlate the size and health condition of the trees with the size of the planting site. The largest and ... -
Heavy metal pollution control technology - phytoremediation in China
(2017)As a worldwide problem, soil heavy metal pollution has a huge impact on human production and life. The world has invested a lot of manpower and material resources for environmental governance. Environmental pollution ... -
The history of deforestation in Southwestern Ontario and methods used in afforestation of old agricultural fields – a literature review
(2022)The forests of southwestern Ontario were logged in the 1700’s for use by the British and French navies as ship masts, spars and hulls. Early settlers cleared the forests to make way for agriculture and settlements. The ... -
How does aquatic invertebrate community structure and abundance relate to brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) habitat quality?
(2019)Sixty-seven streams located south-west of Lake Nipigon, Ontario, were sampled for brook trout and macroinvertebrate orders. Sixteen orders were used to determine if their community structure significantly changed in different ... -
How Ontario’s managed forest tax incentive program (MFTIP) works, why it is useful, and its benefits to private landowners and the environment
(2021)The vast majority of Ontario’s forest is owned by the Province. However, most of the deciduous and Great Lakes- St. Lawrence forest is privately owned. Government has very little control over private land. To encourage ...