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A review of forestry’s impacts on methylmercury in aquatic ecosystems and recommendations for best management practices in Ontario’s boreal forest
(2023)
Mercury contamination in freshwater fish of Northern Ontario is exceeding
levels safe for consumption and is negatively impacting remote communities. This
literature review examines the impacts of specific forest operations ...
An overview and update of low-impact developments (LIDS) in Thunder Bay
(2023)
Climate change is accelerating at a rapid pace across the globe and with this, flooding in
urban environments is also increasing. This means that there is and will be an increasing
need for alternative methods of stormwater ...
Temporal patterns of ungulate vehicle collisions in the Thunder Bay area
(2023)
Rising road densities, higher vehicle speed limits, and increased traffic volumes, combined with
growth in the density of various deer species, have increased the risk of wildlife-vehicle
collisions across the world. The ...
A spatial analysis of the relationship between forest demographic dynamics and diversity under climate change
(2023)
Forest dynamics arise from three demographic processes simultaneously, namely recruitment,
mortality and growth, all of which are expected to accelerate for the boreal forest under future
climate change. Tree species ...
Effects of nitrogen supply on the physiological and morphological responses to elevated [CO2] in yellow birch (Betula alleghaniensis Britt.)
(2023)
Ongoing climate changes can substantially impact soil nitrogen availability through its
effects on other environmental conditions such as temperature, precipitation, and the frequency
and intensity of extreme whether ...
Barriers which preclude the formation of strong, comprehensive wildfire mitigation plans and strategies in Ontario: a knowledge gap analysis
(2023)
As occurrences of wildland-urban interface (WUI) wildfires become more frequent throughout
Ontario, there has been an increasing need for mitigative approaches towards managing wildfire on
landscapes, especially where ...
Exploring food system assessments as a contribution to sustainability and equity: a case study of the Thunder Bay + area food strategy community food system report card
(2023)
The corporate food regime has contributed to a number of negative outcomes that include
land, water, and ecosystem degradation; human health concerns; marginalization of smallholder
farmers and urban agriculture producers; ...