Browsing by Subject "adaptation"
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Examining community adaptation readiness to climate change in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Northwest Territories [graduate project].
(2015-11-23)The current rate of anthropogenic driven climate change is unprecedented and threatening the social, cultural and ecological characteristics of many Arctic communities. The Government of the Northwest Territories, Inuit ... -
The Genomic Basis and Spatial Scale of Variation in Thermal Responses of Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua)
(2021-05-05)The thesis investigates the genomic basis and spatial scale of variation in thermal responses of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), with the over-arching aim of improving our understanding of plastic and evolutionary responses ... -
Neuronal Adaptation and Formant Transition Direction in Vowels: An MMN Study
(2014-04-02)Examined was whether the mismatch negativity (MMN) varied predictably in response to changes in the direction of frequency-modulated tone glides and equivalent second formant transitions in vowels (e.g., /ɪ/ as in “bit” ... -
The Phylogeographic History and Contemporary Evolution of the Invasive Species Avena barbata Pott ex Link in California
(2014-10-22)Understanding the factors that precipitate a successful colonization of a new geographic region is a major goal in both ecology and evolution. In my doctoral thesis, I examined evolutionary patterns (Ch. 2), ecological ... -
Visual Adaptation in Mouse Primary Visual Cortex
(2014-12-11)Studying vision in mice is a relatively recent endeavor, with most research dating within the last 10 years. One goal of this research is to examine similarities and differences between the mouse visual system and more ...