Search Results - "Sissons, Robert"
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Association Mapping and Development of Marker-Assisted Selection Tools for the Resistance to White Pine Blister Rust in the Alberta Limber Pine Populations
Published in Frontiers in plant science (15-09-2020)“…Since its introduction to North America in the early 1900s, white pine blister rust (WPBR) caused by the fungal pathogen has resulted in substantial economic…”
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Designer Niches Promote Seedling Survival in Forest Restoration: A 7-Year Study of Whitebark Pine (Pinus albicaulis) Seedlings in Waterton Lakes National Park
Published in Forests (01-08-2018)“…Designer niches in which environmental variables are controlled are useful in forest restoration to enhance survival of planted tree seedlings. Here, we…”
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Ten Years of Monitoring Illustrates a Cascade of Effects of White Pine Blister Rust and Focuses Whitebark Pine Restoration in the Canadian Rocky and Columbia Mountains
Published in Forests (14-03-2018)“…Whitebark pine forests are declining due to infection by white pine blister rust and mountain pine beetle, combined with the effects of climate change and fire…”
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Out of the Ashes: Ecological Resilience to Extreme Wildfire, Prescribed Burns, and Indigenous Burning in Ecosystems
Published in Frontiers in ecology and evolution (26-11-2019)“…Until Euro-American colonization, Indigenous people used fire to modify eco-cultural systems, developing robust Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). Since…”
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Design and Analysis of Rangeland Experiments Along Continuous Gradients
Published in Rangeland ecology & management (01-11-2008)“…Measuring the effects of grazing intensity on the structure, composition, and function of grassland ecosystems has been a perennial challenge. Space limits…”
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Restoring a forest keystone species: A plan for the restoration of whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis Engelm.) in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem
Published in Forest ecology and management (15-10-2022)“…•There is an urgent need for restoration due to whitebark pine’s precipitous decline.•A unique methodology for whitebark pine restoration planning has been…”
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