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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
111

Locomotor Performance and Behaviour: Covariance at the Among-Individual and Residual Level, and the Impact of Motivation

Agnani, Paul 22 January 2024 (has links)
One of the main objectives of evolutionary biology is to understand the reasons behind the maintenance of individual differences in a multitude of traits that influence fitness such as locomotor performance and behaviour. Because locomotor performance sets an "envelope" within which behaviour is expressed, it is likely that a multitude of co-adaptations exists between these two suites of traits. In recent years, a growing number of studies have identified associations of different strength and directions between performance and behaviour. Two main hypotheses have received support, on one hand locomotor performance could be "co-specialized" with behaviour in a manner that behaviour reduces predation risk, such that shyer, less active, less explorative animals should be the best sprinters and the most endurant. On the other hand, locomotor performance could "compensate" for behaviours that lead to increased predation risk, in a way that bolder, more active and explorative animals should be able to sprint faster and for longer. In my thesis I provide a review of published studies that successfully identify associations between locomotor performance and behaviour and classify each association as supporting the co-specialization or compensation hypothesis respectively. I further elaborate on the importance of using repeated measurements and (co)variance partitioning when studying correlations between labile traits. I also discuss one of the main challenges that comes with studying locomotor performance, namely the importance of the variation in motivation, both methodologically, by using different performance tests, but also physiologically, by using blood corticosterone measurements as indicators of such variation.
112

Covariance estimation and application to building a new control chart

Fan, Yiying January 2010 (has links)
No description available.
113

The nexus of observing and modeling methane emissions from inland water bodies

Morin, Timothy H. 08 August 2017 (has links)
No description available.
114

RECOVERING SPARSE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO HIGH-DIMENSIONAL COVARIANCE MATRICES

ALHARBI, YOUSEF S. 19 July 2017 (has links)
No description available.
115

Nonparametric Covariance Estimation for Longitudinal Data

Blake, Tayler Ann, Blake 25 October 2018 (has links)
No description available.
116

Measurements of Evaporation and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes over a Coastal Reef using the Eddy-Covariance Technique

Rey Sanchez, Andres Camilo 26 December 2018 (has links)
No description available.
117

Judgement post-stratification for designed experiments

Du, Juan 07 August 2006 (has links)
No description available.
118

An Empirical Bayesian Approach to Misspecified Covariance Structures

Wu, Hao 25 October 2010 (has links)
No description available.
119

Effects of thinning on carbon dynamics in a temperate coniferous forest

Trant, Janelle S. 04 1900 (has links)
<p>Forest ecosystems are a significant component of the global carbon (C) cycle. Afforestation is considered a cost-effective and ecologically viable means to sequester atmospheric carbon. However, afforestation requires intensive management practices, including thinning, to maintain and enhance the carbon sequestration capability of the forest. This study examines thinning effects on forest carbon dynamics using eddy covariance (EC) methods. In January 2012, a 74-year-old white pine (<em>Pinus strobus</em>) plantation located in southern Ontario was selectively thinned. Approximately 30% of trees, equating to 2308 m<sup>3</sup> of wood (sawlogs and pulpwood), were removed to improve light, water and nutrient availability for remaining trees. Fluxes of energy, water, carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) as well as meteorological variables were measured throughout the year following thinning and compared to data from the previous 9 years to evaluate effects of thinning on forest carbon dynamics. Mean annual net ecosystem productivity (NEP), gross ecosystem productivity (GEP) and ecosystem respiration (RE) from the 9 years prior to thinning were 290, 1413 and 1118g C m<sup>-2</sup><strong>,</strong> respectively. Post-thinning NEP, GEP and RE were 154, 1509 and 1350 g C m<strong><sup>-</sup></strong><sup>2</sup><strong> </strong>year<sup>-1</sup>, respectively. Post-thinning NEP was significantly less than pre-thinning at the annual time scale due to higher RE, however post-thinning fluxes were still within the range of interannual variability. At this site, approximately 20% of interannual variability in NEP, GEP and RE was explained by environmental conditions. Effects of extreme weather events, particularly heat and drought stress, were demonstrated to negatively impact NEP. Biotic responses to environmental drivers explained the remaining 80% of interannual variability in fluxes. Thinning did not significantly impact these responses. Further, results suggest that thinning may improve tolerance to drought stress by improving water availability for remaining trees. Therefore, thinning has the potential to effectively reduce resource competition and stimulate growth and carbon sequestration in temperate coniferous forests.</p> / Master of Science (MSc)
120

THE EFFECTS OF LONG-TERM WATER TABLE MANIPULATIONS ON PEATLAND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, AND MOISTURE STRESS

Moore, Paul 24 September 2014 (has links)
<p>Northern boreal peatlands represent a globally significant carbon pool that are at risk of drying through land-use change and projected future climate change. The current ecohydrological conceptualization of peatland response to persistent water table (WT) drawdown is largely based on short-term manipulation experiments, but where the long-term response may be mediated by vegetation and microtopography dynamics. The objective of this thesis is to examine the changes to peatland evapotranspiration, soil physical properties, and moisture stress in response to a long-term WT manipulation. The energy balance, hydrology, vegetation, and soil properties were examined at three adjacent peatland sites in the southern sub-boreal region which were subjected to WT manipulations on the order of ±10 cm at two treatment sites (WET, and DRY) compared to the reference site (INT) as a result of berm construction in the 1950s.</p> <p>Sites with an increasing depth to WT were found to have greater microtopographic variation and proportion of the surface covered by raised hummocks. While total abundance of the major plant functional groups was altered, species composition and dominant species of vascular and non-vascular species within microforms was unaltered. Changes in vegetation and microtopography lead to differences in albedo, surface roughness, and surface moisture variability. However, total ET was only significantly different at the WET site. Transpiration losses accounted for the majority of ET, where LAI best explained differences in total ET between sites. Surface moisture availability did not appear to be limiting on moss evaporation, where lab results showed similar moisture retention capacity between microforms and sites, and where low surface bulk density was shown to be a strong controlling factor. Modelling results further suggested that, despite dry surface conditions, surface moisture availability for evaporation was often not limited based on several different parameterizations of peat hydraulic structure with depth.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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