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Journal and newspaper articles relating to the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

File contains facsimiles of newspaper articles relating to the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle infestation of Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Otto Wettstein's draft report "On breeding Tetropium fuscum" (for Public Works and Government Services Canada), S. Balazy's draft "The fungus Cephalosporium (Acrostalagmus) lecanii Zimm. as a pathogen of beetle larvae", L.M. Hanks's "Influence of the larval host plant on reproductive strategies of cerambycid beetles", Zenon Capecki's "The occurrence of Tetropium Kirby (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera) and their parasites in Poland", J. Sweeney, L. Humble, and E. Allen's "Assessment of the Bruks chipper for phytosanitary production of chips free of live Tetropium spp. and other insects", Christopher Majka and Jan Klimaszewski's "Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species", and other Brown spruce longhorn beetle reports and articles.

McNab's Island Christmas bird counts

File contains handwritten and typed research notes compiled by Freedman and others, documenting bird counts at McNab's Island, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, between the years 1995 and 2012. File also contains correspondence.

Other studies on Point Pleasant Park and the Brown spruce longhorn beetle : [manuscripts and other materials]

File contains manuscript reports dealing with the health of Point Pleasant Park and the containment of the Brown spruce longhorn beetle. File contains the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources "1994/95 Spruce Beetle Damage Survey" (Mike LeBlanc and Bob Guscott), the "Point Pleasant Park Forest Health Survey, June 8-10, 2000" (Guscott), two draft manuscripts of "Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle" (Plant Health Risk Assessment Unit, Science Division; September 1999 and June 2000), the Halifax Regional Municipality "Point Pleasant Park, Park and Urban Forest Master Plan" (November 18, 1998), and other fact sheets (Friends of Point Pleasant Park and Environment Canada) and presentation drafts.

Deception Bay wharf reconstruction project, Raglan Mine, Falconbridge Limited : [draft manuscript and correspondence]

File contains a draft report written by Freedman for Jacques Whitford consulting, about the reconstruction of the Deception Bay wharf at the Raglan Mine operated by Falconbridge Limited, near Katinniq in northern Quebec. File also includes correspondence, facsimile aerial photographs, and an inventory of plants at the Kattiniq site.

Correspondence related to the lending and valuation of the Labrador duck specimen held in the collection of the McCulloch Museum, Dalhousie University : [correspondence]

File contains correspondence related to the valuation and lending of the very rare Labrador duck specimen held at the McCulloch Museum, Dalhousie University, Halifax. Includes Freedman's unofficial valuation, as well as facsimiles of earlier correspondence between the National Museum of Natural Sciences and the Dalhousie University Department of Biology,

Effects of habitat on variations of phenology and nutrient concentration among four common plant species of the Alexandra Fiord lowland : [draft manuscript and correspondence]

File contains the draft manuscript written by E.J. Woodley and J. Svoboda, for the Freedman-edited volume "Ecology of a Polar Oasis". File also contains correspondence from Freedman, outlining "extensive modifi[cations]" made by Freedman to the draft.

Ecology of a high Arctic lowland oasis, Alexandra Fjord (78 53'N, 75 65'W), Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada : 1980 and 1981 progress reports : [manuscript]

File contains the manuscript reports edited by Freedman and Josef Svoboda, documenting the 1980 and 1981 progress of the Alexandra Fjord Lowland Ecosystem Study. Freedman contributes to two articles in the 1980 report: "Ecology of a high arctic lowland oasis on Ellesmere Island. An overview" (with J. Svoboda) and "Populations of breeding birds" (with J. Svoboda), and five articles in the 1981 report: "Seed banks and seedling occurrence in a high arctic oasis" (with Nick Hill, Josef Svoboda, and Greg Henry), "Populations of breeding birds at Alexandra Fiord, compared with other high arctic localities" (with Josef Svoboda), "Regional survey of plant communities" (with Josef Svoboda), "Birds of Alexandra Fiord and vicinity", and "Mammals of Alexandra Fiord and vicinity".

Two manuscripts by Olga Kukal about Gynaephora groenlandica at Alexandra Fiord : [draft manuscripts]

File contains two manuscripts written by Olga Kukal, and with edits by Freedman. Manuscript one is titled "The effect of parasitoids on the survivorship of the high Arctic Woolly-bear caterpillar, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae)" (co-written with Peter G. Kevan); manuscript two is titled: "Experimental evidence of cold hardiness in the larvae of Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae)". Both manuscripts address the caterpillar's hardiness at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island. Kukal contributed a later draft of this research to the Freedman-edited "Ecology of a Polar Oasis".
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