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How does environmental variation effect fitness of density-dependent habitat selectors? / by Jody T. MacEachern.
(2010)
The spatial distribution of animals can arise through a variety of habitat-selection strategies. It is unclear which habitat characteristics lead to the evolution of one of these strategies over another. Thus I use an ...
Functional niche differentiation in co-occurring congeneric plants / by Md Saiful Islam Khan.
(2014)
"Niche differentiation is argued as one of the mechanisms explaining species coexistence. Despite their sessile nature, similar resource needs and traits to acquire and utilize resources closely related plant species ...
Biogenic lead levels in human skeletal remains from the cemetery of the British Royal Navy hospital (1793-1822CE) at English Harbour, Antigua West Indies
(2015)
Though lead has been known to be a cause of human poisoning since ancient times, it
was a widely used metal. The relationship between ancestry or age and lead exposure in the Colonial period of Antigua, West Indies was ...
The impact of golf courses on nutrient dynamics from developed areas
(2017)
Proper management strategies aimed at reducing the export of excess nitrogen and phosphorus to water bodies are fundamental for resolving nutrient pollution and eutrophication. Golf courses are more intensely managed than ...
Zooplankton community dynamics in the Trent Seven Waterway along Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching
(2017)
The Trent Severn Waterway (TSW) is a 386km channel that connects Lake Ontario to Georgian Bay. There is a lack of information on the water quality in the nearshore region of the TSW specifically in regards to the planktonic ...
Phytochemical analysis of boreal forest flora of Northwestern Ontario, Canada
(2017)
The following research document has been written in the format of a thesis by publication. As such, there is an introductory and concluding chapter to provide addition information and context to the scope of the study, ...
Asian-American variant of human papillomavirus 16 E6 promotes the Warburg effect and hypoxia-inducible factor 1 signalling under hypoxia / by Sean Cuninghame.
Infection with high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for nearly all cases of cervical cancer, as well as a significant fraction of other ano-genital and head and neck cancers. Specifically, HPV type 16 (HPV ...
Effect of periphytic Escherichia coli and lake water bacterial population on the biofilm establishment of a Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 strain
(2015)
Biofilm studies Escherichia coli (E. coli) have typically focused on 0157:H7 in
defined, laboratory medium. While there is value in such studies, they offer little in the
way of explaining the behaviour and interactions ...
Biofilm formation of environmental and enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli / by Stefan Moreira.
(2010)
Sample sites : Boulevard Lake & Chippewa Park, Thunder Bay ; Billy Lake, Dorion (Northwestern Ontario).
Protease production and in vitro growth of Sarracenia purpurea
(2011)
Prey digestion in the insectivorous plant Sarracenia purpuero was investigated with
consideration of three sources of proteolytic enzymes self-digestion by the prey, bacteria in the
plant pitcher, and enzymes produced ...