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Theses - University of British Columbia
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The UBC Theses and Dissertations collection promotes open and comprehensive access to a significant body of unique knowledge created by graduate students to support further research and for private...
Trophic Consequences of Terrestrial Eutrophication for a Threatened Ungulate
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Conservation actions directed at the proximate cause of caribou decline have been more successful in the near term than those directed further along the trophic chain.
"Two-Eyed Seeing": An Indigenous Framework to Transform Fisheries Research and Management
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Increasingly, fisheries researchers and managers seek or are compelled to “bridge” Indigenous knowledge systems with Western scientific approaches to understanding and governing fisheries. Here, we...
Using Perceptions as Evidence to Improve Conservation and Environmental Management
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The conservation community is increasingly focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of management, governance, ecological, and social considerations as part of a broader move toward adaptive...
Video - Assessment of forest attributes using airborne and terrestrial LiDAR
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This presentation discusses the different ways that LiDAR data can be effectively used in forestry management applications.
Video - Ecological Resiliency
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This introductory lecture at the seminar on Resiliency of Reclaimed Boreal Forest Landscapes discusses the two sides of the coin, ecosystem resilience and engineering resilience.
Video - The TRIA Project: Genomics of the Mountain Pine Beetle system
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This presentation discusses the TRIA Project and it's use related to mountain pine beetle populations, physiological genomics and risk modeling.
Video - Too Much and Too Little Water, Adaptation Strategies for Municipalities
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This presentation discusses explains how climate change and land use changes impact water supply and how we can adapt.
Weaving Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Western Sciences in Terrestrial Research, Monitoring and Management in Canada: A Protocol for a Systematic Map
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Human activities and development have contributed to declines in biodiversity across the globe. Understanding and addressing biodiversity loss will require the mobilization of diverse knowledge...
Webinar - Application of Integrated Population Models for Conservation of at-risk Caribou Populations
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Population monitoring can take many different forms, and monitoring elusive and endangered species frequently involves a variety of sparse data from different sources. Small populations are often hard...
Webinar - Effectiveness of Population-based Recovery Actions for Threatened Southern Mountain Caribou
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May 16th, 2024 at 2:00pm EST to May 16th, 2024 at 3:00pm EST
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Recovery actions have steered southern mountain caribou away from extinction, but we still have a long way to go. Researchers pooled data from over fifty years to follow the fate of 40 caribou herds...
Webinar - Habitat alteration or climate: What drives the densities of an invading ungulate?
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May 14th, 2024 at 2:00pm EST to May 14th, 2024 at 3:00pm EST
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In today's fast changing world, one of the most pressing issues facing ecologists is disentangling the relative effects of habitat alteration and climate change on species declines, complicated by the...
Webinar - Managing Temporary Suspended Sediment Releases for River Construction
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River construction is a common practice in built environments near rivers, such as cities, pipeline or highway crossings, or other structures within river channels. These activities will disturb fine...
Webinar - Wildlife Camera Project: Multispecies Responses to Landuse and Management
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February 14th, 2023 at 9:00am MST to February 14th, 2023 at 10:00am MST
Gonçalo Curveira-Santos and Solène Marion, postdocs from the WildCo lab (UBC), who will be presenting the outcomes of their research into mammal response to recreation pressure in the foothills of...
Where Will Northern Boreal Caribou Live as the Climate Changes?
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The information in this infographic is based on an academic paper, Climate-informed forecasts reveal dramatic local habitat shifts and population uncertainty for northern boreal caribou.
Will this Umbrella Leak? A Caribou Umbrella Index for Boreal Landbird Conservation
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Conservation approaches that efficiently protect multiple values, such as the umbrella species concept, have been widely promoted with expected dramatic ecosystem changes. Due to its social and...
Wolves use trails created by humans for convenient hunting and easier access to prey
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Zoom in and explore the northern boreal forests of western Canada on Google Earth and you’ll see long straight lines making their way through the forest. These lines are cleared trails through the...