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Population genetics of caribou in the Brightsand range of Ontario
(2022)
Boreal woodland caribou are listed as threatened in Ontario. This thesis examined whether the genetic diversity of boreal woodland caribou in the Brightsand Range differs comparing populations in portions of the range with ...
Interactive effects of elevated CO2 and temperature, nutrition, and ectomycorrhizas on morphological traits and summer shoot formation in jack pine
(2022)
Understanding the responses of trees, ectomycorrhizal fungi (ECM) and their association to
climate change can be challenging due to their interactions with multiple environmental factors.
The combined impacts of elevated ...
Is the identification of moose emphasis areas well maintained in Ontario's sustainable forest licences?
(2022)
Ontario’s Ministry of Mines, Northern Development, Natural Resources and Forestry is
responsible for wildlife data collection to support forest management throughout the province.
Moose aquatic feeding areas (MAFAs) are ...
How to achieve meaningful consultation/accommodation with First Nation communities: The need/benefits for community-led forest management plans in Ontario’s forest industry
(2022)
The inherent Aboriginal and treaty rights of First Nations people continue to be infringed
upon in Ontario’s forest industry. The province of Ontario continues to abuse its colonially
obtained Section 92 powers and has ...
Herpetofauna in Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada: comments on sample methodology and forest disturbance
(2022)
Habitat selection in herpetofauna in Rondeau Provincial Park (RPP) around roads and
human structures in built areas were described alongside recommendations on cover
board material for their survey. The first objective ...
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 ...
Assessing the feasibility of low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle data collection and automatic tree detection to determine silviculture stand stocking status in BC
(2022)
The objective of this research was to evaluate the capabilities and limitations of low-cost UAV-collected silviculture data derived from Digital Aerial Photogrammetric point clouds. Four regenerating forest stands with a ...
Wildfire mitigation strategies for increased wildfire resilience in wildland-urban interface communities
(2022)
Historic wildfire management strategies across the North American boreal forest
have resulted in fire deficit forests. These landscapes are characterized by an unnatural
build-up of wildland fuel, forest densification ...
The importance of container material in stored water quality
(2022)
Water is one of the primary resources to sustain human life. The quality of good
water and air are important factors to protect human health and the environment. The
impact of container material on stored water quality ...
Advanced separation and anaerobic digestion technologies for value-added bioproducts and biofuel from pulp and paper mill wastes
(2022)
In the first research project, the extraction of hemicellulose from the process water and synthetic
hydrolyzate using liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) was examined. Specifically, the effects of the main
experimental variables ...