Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Thirty Years of Local Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) Population Dynamics in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada: A Long-Term Study on Factors Influencing the Rate of Population Change Over Time

Year: 2024, 2024

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Brown, Andrew, Thesis advisor (ths): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Davy, Christina, Degree committee member (dgc): Catlin, Daniel, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>I used 31 years of Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus) population data to assess the effects of vital rates on a local breeding population of plovers in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. I used three similar Bayesian Integrated Population Models (IPMs), with the last a coupled IPM population viability analysis (PVA) approach to predict the impact of changing spring temperatures on… more

Movement patterns, food availability, and fungal diets of sympatric flying squirrels in the Kawartha Highlands

Year: 2024, 2024

Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

Name(s): Creator (cre): Persad, Rebekah, Thesis advisor (ths): Bowman, Jeff, Degree committee member (dgc): Nol, Erica, Degree committee member (dgc): Davy, Christina, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University

Abstract: <p>Northern flying squirrels (NFS) are mycophagous specialists (fungi-dominated diet) thatmay be displaced with southern flying squirrel (SFS) range expansion, thereby limiting
fungal dispersal in forest communities. To understand the implications of squirrel
species turnover on mycophagy, we investigated the home ranges of both flying squirrel
species who are living in stable sympatry. We… more