Towards social arboriculture: Arborists’ perspectives on urban forest labour in Southern Ontario, Canada

Time-resolved measurements of black carbon light absorption enhancement in urban and near-urban locations of southern Ontario, Canada

In this study a photoacoustic spectrometer (PA), a laser-induced incandescence instrument system (LII) and an Aerosol Mass Spectrometer were operated in parallel for in-situ measurements of black carbon (BC) light absorption enhancement. Results of a thermodenuder experiment using ambient particles in Toronto are presented first to show that LII measurements of BC are not influenced by the pres...

LiDAR Sampling Density for Forest Resource Inventories in Ontario, Canada

Over the past two decades there has been an abundance of research demonstrating the utility of airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) for predicting forest biophysical/inventory variables at the plot and stand levels. However, to date there has been little effort to develop a set of protocols for data acquisition and processing that would move governments or the forest industry towards co...

Regional Economic Development Agencies in Canada: Lessons for Southern Ontario

Community General Pediatricians' Perspectives on Providing Autism Diagnoses in Ontario, Canada: A Qualitative Study

OBJECTIVE Community general pediatricians (CGPs) are a potential resource to increase capacity for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnostic assessments. The objective of this study was to explore factors influencing CGPs' perspectives on and practices of providing ASD diagnoses. METHODS This qualitative study used a constructivist modified grounded theory approach. Participants included CGPs...

Tree diversity in southern California's urban forest: the interacting roles of social and environmental variables

1 Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA, 2 Department of Geography, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 3 Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA, 4 Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA, 5 Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Uni...