The loss of pristine forest landscapes due to intensive management has altered forest carbon dynamics and caused a decline in biodiversity. The carbon balance of unmanaged forests is insufficiently known due to a lack of repeated measurements. Moreover, the links between the conservation of threatened species and forest carbon dynamics are poorly explored. We examined the carbon balance of boreal unmanaged forests based on thr...

In order to investigate how shellfish culture in the intertidal zone may serve as a means of conferring resilience prior to subtidal deployment for commercial grow-out, a common garden experiment was carried out with juvenile Pacific oysters. Individuals were cultured under intertidal or subtidal conditions for one year, following which intertidal animals were transplanted to the subtidal site and both treatment groups were cu...

Constructed water quality wetlands, designed to accept tile drainage and surface runoff, are a promising solution for reducing surface water nutrient loading from agricultural systems. In addition to their water quality benefits, these systems may also offset losses of migratory waterbird stopover sites resulting from historical and future agricultural drainage modernization. To assess this possibility, we developed spatially...

Rhizobia and legumes form a symbiotic relationship resulting in the formation of root structures known as nodules, where bacteria fix nitrogen. Legumes release flavonoids that are detected by the rhizobial nodulation (Nod) protein NodD, initiating the transcriptional activation of nod genes and subsequent synthesis of Nod Factors (NFs). NFs then induce various legume responses essential for this symbiosis. Although evidence su...

Anthropogenically induced changes to the natural world are increasingly exposing organisms to stimuli and stress beyond that to which they are adapted. In aquatic systems, it is thought that certain life stages are more vulnerable than others, with embryos being flagged as highly susceptible to environmental stressors. Interestingly, evidence from across a wide range of taxa suggests that aquatic embryos can hatch prematurely,...

Crop models can provide insights into the impacts of climate and management on crop growth and yield, but most currently are limited by overly simplistic assumptions about phenological development and response to water stress. We assessed winter wheat growth and yield performance of three crop models with lineage to the EPIC crop submodel. SWAT adopted the EPIC approach with few modifications, WEPS added new biomass accumulati...

In recent years, Pacific oyster growers in British Columbia (BC), Canada have experienced devastating losses due to summer mortality syndrome. While anecdotal evidence suggests that intertidally-grown oysters may fare better during mass mortality events than deep-water counterparts, there remains a lack of research examining how different culture conditions may influence severity. To address this, we compared growth, condition...

Engineering signalling between plants and microbes could be exploited to establish host‐specificity between plant‐growth‐promoting bacteria and target crops in the environment. We previously engineered rhizopine‐signalling circuitry facilitating exclusive signalling between rhizopine‐producing ( RhiP ) plants and model bacterial strains. Here, we conduct an in‐depth analysis of rhizopine‐inducible expression in bacteria. We ch...