Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Language
eng
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Copyright for all items in the Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
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Environmental structure, morphology and spatial ecology of the five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) at high latitude range limits

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Feltham, Joshua V, Thesis advisor (ths): Nocera, Joseph J, Degree committee member (dgc): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Detecting relevant and meaningful patterns from the complex, interconnected network of relationships between organisms and their environment is a primary objective of ecology. Ecological patterns occur across multiple scales of space and time. In this dissertation, I examine aspects of environmental structure that influence a species' distribution and are expressed in that species… more

Interpretation of forest harvest recovery using field-based and spectral metrics in a Landsat time series in Northwestern Ontario

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Williams, Griffin, Thesis advisor (ths): Franklin, Steven E, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Gibson, Carey, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The forestry sector has a well-developed history of using remote sensing to identify structural characteristics of forests and to detect and attribute changes that occur in forested landscapes. Monitoring the recovery of disturbed forests is an important factor in long term forest management. However, forest that is recovered spectrally may not be recovered when considered in terms of a… more

White-Tailed Fear: The Human-Created Landscape of Fear and its Effect on White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Behaviour.

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Munro, Keith, Thesis advisor (ths): Patterson, Brent R, Thesis advisor (ths): Pond, Bruce A, Degree committee member (dgc): Schaefer, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Bowman, Jeff, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The primary method used to maintain white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations at densities that are ecologically, economically, socially, and culturally sustainable is hunter harvest. This method considers only the removal of animals from the population (the direct effect) and does not conventionally consider the costs imposed on deer as they adopt hunter avoidance… more