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The response of avian predator populations to forest tent caterpillar (Malacosoma disstria; Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) outbreaks in Ontario, Canada
(2020)Outbreaks of insect defoliators have broad ecological effects on forested ecosystems because they can cause extensive mortality in host tree populations. They also represent peaks in the density of food for specialist ... -
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 ... -
Stage structure must inform recovery in fish populations: a case for lake sturgeon in the Namakan River, Ontario
(2018)Lake sturgeon are a large bodied, slow maturing, intermittently reproducing acipenserid native to central North America. The species is a conservation concern range-wide because of population declines during the 19th and ... -
Summer distribution, abundance, movements and diet of reintroduced elk (Cervus canadensis) in habitats created by clearcutting in the boreal forest
(2016)Ontario elk restoration program involved 443 elk (Cervus canadensis) from Elk Island National Park, Alberta, re-introduced into four areas of Ontario during 1998-2001. In Northwestern Ontario, the Lake of the Woods (LOW) ... -
Technical and technological alternatives for aerial moose (Alces alces) survey
(2017)Moose (Alces alces) aerial surveys provide the information needed for effective management only when they are accurate and precise. I aimed to identify gaps in and improve understanding of aerial moose surveys in North ... -
Testing local adaptation in five populations of Hyalella azteca in northern Alberta’s oil sands region
(2015)Canada’s oil sands hold the third largest petroleum reserves worldwide. Rapid economic growth has led to increased exploitation of the surrounding boreal forest despite limited understanding of the environmental effects ... -
Using a novel methodology to test whether group size affects foraging behaviour in elk
(2012-11-10)Group formation is one of the most striking patterns in the natural world. Elk (Cervus elaphus and C. canadensis) are well known for their social and gregarious nature, but motivations for this behaviour are not fully ... -
Using coarse-scale physical lake characteristics to model lake sturgeon (acipenser fulvescens) feeding habitat and their prey
(2012)Coarse-scale, physical lake characteristics (lake fetch, shoreline exposure, and littoral-zone slope) were investigated as to their ability to predict benthic macroinvertebrate communities and lake sturgeon feeding along ...