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 ...

Nutrient resorption (NuR) prior to developmental senescence allows for nutrient conservation in plants, driven primarily by genetics, development stage, climate and soil fertility, and litterfall is the vector for the ...

This thesis aims to enable Canadian wood pellet producers with the opportunity to offer competitive pricing through optimization of their value chains and supply chains, by employing an operational-level decision support ...

To tackle climate change, reduce air pollution and promote development of renewable energy, the Ontario government is investing in the conversion of the coal-based Atikokan Power Generating Station (APGS) in Atikokan, ...

To demonstrate the pattern of adaptive variation of Populus tremuloides (Michx.) to northwestern Ontario climate conditions, a statistical analysis was completed of growth and phenology variables from 26 provenances. ...

Urban forestry is a concept applied to many cities, municipalities, and communities around the world. It is the practice of managing the interface between urban infrastructure and environmental green spaces. An invasive ...

The objectives of this thesis are to explore and identify: 1) the causative factors for extreme endpoints in freshwater chemistry, specifically eutrophication and acidification, and 2) the convergence of anthropogenic ...

Plant diversity and composition in boreal black spruce understory communities was assessed 15 years after the application of three harvest disturbance treatments on loam, sand and peat site types. The study was carried out ...