Search
Now showing items 81-90 of 395
Edge effects of road material and compaction on the regeneration of jack pine in the English River Forest
(2018)
There is potentially a considerable proportion of harvestable forest area experiencing road edge effects. It may be important to understand these effects and how trees respond to them to improve forest growth modeling ...
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 ...
A preliminary study on regional variation in skull morphometrics of Vulpes vulpes in Thunder Bay, ON
(2018)
The purpose of this study was to identify whether morphological differences occur between subsets of Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes L.) from different areas in Thunder Bay district. The goal was to examine the statistical output ...
An examination of the effectiveness of MYKE® on growth of potted American elm seedlings under greenhouse conditions
(2018)
This thesis is an examination of the commercial mycorrhizal additive known as MYKE®, and the impact upon growth that it has on American elm seedlings grown under greenhouse conditions.
Seedlings of American elm were grown ...
Effects of species composition and season change on fine root length increase with stand development in Northwest Ontario
(2018)
The root length is an important indicator to reflect the growth characteristics of the tree, but the root length is difficult to obtain through direct measurement, and the root as a sensitive organ of plants can indirectly ...
A review of engineered wood products in Canada
(2018)
Engineered wood products, such as Glulam, Laminated Veneer Lumber, Oriented Strand lumber and Cross Laminated Timber, are increasingly being utilized for construction purposes both domestically and abroad. Mass timber ...
Effects of mechanical site preparation on the growth of Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana)
(2018)
The boreal forest in Canada provides a large volume of timber for Canadians and other countries year after year and effective silviculture is the key to sustainable harvesting. Site preparation can be a critical step in ...
Using controlled water treatment on understory plant species to determine the effects of climate change on the boreal forest
(2018)
Climate change poses a big threat to boreal forest managers. We have set out to test how different precipitation levels will affect a number of boreal understory species across the three forest types commonly found in the ...
An economic analysis of an American ginseng growing operation in a woodlot in Janetville, Ontario
(2018)
American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) has been valued for centuries as a medicine, particularly in Asian cultures. It is highly valuable, and as a result it has been poached to endangered levels throughout much of its ...
eFRI and Growth & Yield in Ontario: A Literature Review
(2018)
The forests of Ontario are a vast resource owned by the Crown that has been subjected to many methods of forest management since the beginning of Ontario as a province. The forest resource was thought of as inexhaustible ...