Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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The Assessment of Potential Threats to Eastern Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) in Southern Ontario

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Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Mitchell, Emily, Thesis advisor (ths): Freeland, Joanna, Thesis advisor (ths): Dorken, Marcel, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Chris, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>In Canada, eastern flowering dogwood (Cornus florida L.) is an endangered tree that occurs only in the Carolinian forest of southern Ontario. Threats to this species include habitat fragmentation and the fungal pathogen dogwood anthracnose (Discula destructiva). I conducted a population genetic analysis using seven nuclear microsatellite markers to determine if fragmented populations are… more
Full Text: THE ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL THREATS TO EASTERN FLOWERING DOGWOOD (CORNUS FLORIDA) IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of …

Assessing the Cost of Reproduction between Male and Female Sex Functions in Hermaphroditic Plants

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Year: 2021, 2021
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): West, Catherine Lorraine, Thesis advisor (ths): Dorken, Marcel, Degree committee member (dgc): Shafer, Aaron, Degree committee member (dgc): Friedman, Jannice, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p> The cost of reproduction refers to the use of resources for the production of offspring that decreases the availability of resources for future reproductive events and other biological processes. Models of sex-allocation provide insights into optimal patterns of resource investment in male and female sex functions and have been extended to include other components of the life history,… more
Full Text: Assessing the Cost of Reproduction between Male and Female Sex Functions in Hermaphroditic Plants A Thesis Submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts …