The forest industry has been performing forest road reclamation to regenerate forests after harvest, to maintain wildlife habitat and to limit forest access by the public, all to help maintain large, contiguous wild forests. ...

This project portfolio explores how, by improving teacher efficacy and enhancing collaborative professionalism, there are accompanying gains in student learning. The project is based around Ontario’s Policy and Program ...

Ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) are a useful bioindicator group in forests in almost every part of the world. This thesis studied the biodiversity of carabid beetles in old and young age trembling aspen (Populus ...

In the summer of 2018, an outbreak of Phylonorycter nipigon, commonly known as the balsam poplar leaf blotch miner, was identified on the Lakehead University campus in Thunder Bay, Ontario. All balsam poplar and trembling ...

China has the fourth largest area of wetland in the world. China has many types of wetland, but because of the environmental damage, many wetland areas were lost or converted to other land use such as farmland. As the ...

Unmanned aerial vehicles are a growing market within the forestry industry. They provide opportunities for enhancement of data collection, monitoring of wildlife, forest fire detection and monitoring, compliance monitoring ...

Effective renewal of harvested stands in Ontario is mandated in the Crown Forest Sustainability Act (CFSA 1994). Properly prescribed silviculture leads to forested stands that are regenerated successfully, have predictable ...

Research and data collection on the issues surrounding mechanized harvesting in mixed hardwood stands was gathered within the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region. The silviculture prescription for the stands studied ...

1. Fine roots (< 2 mm) play a key role in terrestrial ecosystem processes. Species diversity loss has been recognized as one of the primary global change drivers that can have profound negative effects on ecosystem ...

Social anxiety is characterized by the powerful fear of negative evaluation from others and a high level of self-focused attention (SFA). In addition, socially anxious individuals often engage in a variety of anxiety-related ...