Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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An investigation on the occurrence of the pathogen Sirococcus conigenus infecting natural and planted red pine at the Hogarth Plantation
(2020)Sirococcus conigenus is a pathogen common in forests of the northern temperate zone and is the causal agent of deertail disease or Sirococcus shoot blight on red pine. This disease has been present on red pine at the ... -
Agglomeration, adsorption and polymerization of hydrolysate components
(2020)Biomass utilization has been drawn attention of governments and industries, as it is renewable resource. Pulp and paper industry depend on woody biomass utilization system to get multiple products. However, it is also ... -
Feature learning boosts network performance
(2020)Features are an important part of machine learning. Features are often the reduced-dimensional representation of input data, feature calculation, extraction, and fusion directly affect the final result of the network. ... -
Student and teacher perspectives on choice theory as transformative education: an alternative secondary school context
(2020)Alternative education suffers from a bad reputation. Many people see these programs and schools as places where students who are considered to be “disruptive” or otherwise “deficient” in the eyes of mainstream education ... -
Mighty Girl: Empowering girls through leadership development
(2020)Many girls face a significant decline in their self-esteem during adolescence. However, there is a connection between the skills girls can develop in order to improve their self-esteem, and the development of a leadership ... -
Long range ecological restoration plan for the Lake of the Woods using waterbird guilds as indicator species
(2020)This thesis explores a long-term ecological restoration plan for the Lake of the Woods area using waterbird guilds as indicator species to plan, adjust and minimize climatic affects in the future. In a time of rapid ... -
Grazing intensity and carbon pools in soils, roots and forage plants on the Thunder Bay community pasture
(2020)This thesis explores carbon (C) storage in the forage plants found on the Thunder Bay Community Pasture (TBCP). Plant tissues, roots and shoots, were collected from the TBCP and analyzed at Lakehead University using a ... -
Effects of past grazing and trampling on soil nutrients at Stanley Hill Bison, Kakabeka Falls, Ontario
(2020)Global studies indicate that ungulates can have negative influences on soil quality and directly affect soil nutrient availability. This thesis examines the effects of past cattle grazing and current bison grazing on ... -
A comparison between the sustainable management plans: The Menominee Forest vs. Algonquin Provincial Park
(2020)This is a comparison between the sustainable management plans of the Menominee Forest and Algonquin Provincial Park. The importance of this thesis is to underline the importance of the attaining the most sustainable means ... -
The effects of competition on underplanted juvenile white spruce in fill blocks in northern Alberta
(2020)This paper examined the effects of competition on juvenile white spruce growth planted in the understory of lodgepole pine on a mixedwood boreal site. Growth and success of planted white spruce seedlings were investigated ... -
Towards marine tourism management recommendations for the wrecks of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror National Historic Site, Nunavut, Canada
(2020)Over the last 25 years, climate change-induced increases in open water have led to a dramatic environmental and social transformation in the Canadian Arctic (Dawson, Pizzolato et al., 2018; Johnston, Viken et al., 2012). ... -
Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in Canada
(2020)Agroforestry is a land management system which integrates forest management practices with agriculture, often using high-value tree species planted alongside crops to increase profits. Agroforestry has the potential to ... -
Relationship between glacial refugial range and genetic diversity in eastern North American conifer species
(2020)The aim of this thesis is to relate genetic diversity to the extent of glacial refugia in several important North American conifer species. Refugial locations were hindcasted using MaxEnt software with occurrence points ... -
Determining genetic resistance to jack pine budworm defoliation in jack pine from different geographic seed sources across Ontario
(2020)Jack pine budworm is an outbreak insect that defoliates jack pine forests across Canada. While it is a native species, the outbreaks can have severe economic impacts, such as loss of timber volume and increased risk of ... -
Ecotypic variation of black spruce in northwestern Ontario
(2020)The success of reforestation can be improved by selecting the appropriate seed source for the site type. However, not much is known about the differences in using upland versus lowland black spruce seed sources when ... -
Assessing data accessibility and quality: predicting the effect of impervious surfaces on water quality in urban centres on the west coast of Lake Superior
(2020)This research will critically examine the difference in data quality and accessibility between two cities through an analysis of predicting the effect of impervious surfaces on water quality. Through using the Impervious ... -
Post-secondary education: a bridge out of criminality
(2020)This project portfolio provides a proposed educational program for women transitioning out of criminality. By providing criminalized women with access to post-secondary education, this program seeks to remedy the injustice ... -
Properties Of Fire-Salvaged Woody Biomass In Northern Ontario And Potential Utilization
(2020)Due to the suppression of forest fires and lack of implementation of management tools such as prescribed burning, there has been a change in the fire regime of Northern Ontario. This has led to larger, more intense fires ... -
Butterflies of Verde Sumaco, Ecuador during late December
(2020)This thesis explores the different Lepidopteran species that were found around the community of Verde Sumaco, Ecuador, in December of 2018. The objective of this thesis was to determine if there is a difference in ... -
Site condition effects on beech leaf disease symptom severity in southwestern Ontario hardwood forests
(2020)The health of American beech (Fagus grandifolia Ehrh.) is threatened in North America due to its susceptibility to various pathogens, including beech leaf disease. Little is known about beech leaf disease, and forest ...
