Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Wehtje, Morgan, Thesis advisor (ths): Bowman, Jeff, Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis, Degree committee member (dgc): Fortin, Marie Josee, Degree committee member (dgc): Wilson, Paul, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University Abstract: <p>Range contractions and expansions are important ecological concepts for species management decisions. These decisions relate not only to rare and endangered species but to common and invasive species as well. The development of the broad spatiotemporal extent models that are helpful in examining range fluctuations can be challenging given the lack of data expansive enough to cover the… more Full Text: NEW INTERPRETATIONS FROM OLD DATA: CHANGES IN EXTENT OF OCCURRENCE AND AREA OF OCCUPANCY FOR CANADA LYNX AND SNOWSHOE HARE FROM FUR HARVEST AND MUSEUM RECORDS A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the …
Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>I assessed how organisms having multiple biotic attributes may have conflicting niche determinants, and whether the realized niche reflects single or multiple attributes. All-female salamanders engage in two biotic states: hybridism and reproductive parasitism. Hybrids should occupy areas transitional to those used by parental species, whereas parasites that engage in competition with… more Full Text: Complex niche determinants in terrestrial salamanders: Does hybridism or reproductive parasitism explain large-scale patterns of distribution? A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree …
