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Planting is a highly reliable method to ensure the establishment of target species at desired densities on reclaimed sites. It allows direct control over the species, spacing and timing of...
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This is a guide to planting trees for urban residents. Trees are important to our quality of life. They clean and freshen the air by taking in carbon dioxide, storing carbon, giving off oxygen and...
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Regeneration planning is key to ensuring the establishment of target vegetation rather than undesired competitors. Careful planning can accelerate regeneration by 5-10 years or more.
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The footprint left by infrastructure and equipment can create different challenges for establishing vegetation. The best site preparation method depends on the limiting factors present.
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Vegetation management is a critical component of a successful reclamation program. Reclamation activities following industrial disturbances can make many sites vulnerable to ingress by undesirable...
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Authors
Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nicholas Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
James Waddington
Resource Date:
January
2018
Northern peatlands are important global carbon stores, but there is concern that these boreal peat reserves are at risk due to increased fire frequency and severity as predicted by climate change...
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Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nick Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
Mike Waddington
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January
2018
This study used a combination of field measurements and modelling to assess the vulnerability of peat to smouldering in the Utikuma Region Study Area, Alberta, Canada.
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Joe Melton
Ed Chan
Koreen Millard
Matthew Fortier
Scott Winton
Javier Martín-López
Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz
Darren Kidd
Louis Verchot
Peatlands play an integral role in the global carbon and hydrologic cycles and make up 3% of the Earth’s total landscape. Despite their importance, there is a lack of accurate information on the...
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Laura Neary
Casey Remmer
Jadine Krist
Brent Wolfe
Roland Hall
Recent drawdown of the delta’s abundant shallow lakes and rivers has deteriorated vital habitat for wildlife and impaired navigation routes. Here, we report continuous measurements at ~50 lakes during...
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Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Gregory McDermid
Maria Strack
Julie Lovitt
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October
2017
Groundwater level (GWL) and depth to water (DTW) are related metrics aimed at characterizing groundwater-table positions in peatlands, and two of the most common variables collected by researchers...
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The woodland caribou is designated as a vulnerable species under the Act respecting threatened or vulnerable species. Its population, which lives in Québec’s boreal forest, is currently estimated at...
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Nick Salafsky
Robyn Irvine
Judy Boshoven
Jaclyn Lucas
Kent Prior
Jean-François Bisaillon
Becky Graham
Paul Harper
André Laurin
Amanda Lavers
Lalenia Neufeld
Richard Margoluis
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October
2021
There is currently a great deal of work being undertaken to collect, analyze, and synthesize available evidence about the effectiveness of conservation strategies. But substantial challenges still...
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Authors
Yan Boulanger
Jesus Pascual Puigdevall
Annie Claude Bélisle
Yves Bergeron
Marie-Hélène Brice
Dominic Cyr
Louis De Grandpré
Daniel Fortin
Sylvie Gauthier
Pierre Grondin
Guillemette Labadie
Mathieu Leblond
Maryse Marchand
Tadeusz Splawinski
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Evelyne Thiffault
Junior Tremblay
Stephen Yamasaki
Regional analyses assessing the vulnerabilities of forest ecosystems and the forest sector to climate change are key to consider the heterogeneity of climate change impacts but also the fact that...
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François-Nicolas Robinne
Kevin Bladon
Uldis Silins
Monica Emelko
Mike Flannigan
Marc-André Parisien
Xianli Wang
Stefan Kienzle
Diane Dupont
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April
2019
Recent human-interface wildfires around the world have raised concerns regarding the reliability of freshwater supply flowing from severely burned watersheds. Degraded source water quality can often...
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Samantha Allen
Nadine Vogt
Brian Stevens
Mark Ruder
Claire Jardine
Nicole Nemeth
Resource Date:
October
2020
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Cladonia subgenus Cladina (the reindeer lichens) can be a dominant part of terrestrial ecosystems worldwide. They are particularly abundant in arctic-alpine and boreal regions, where they are a...
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Lisa Venier
R. Walton
I.D. Thompson
A. Arsenault
B.D. Titus
Loss of global forest, and in particular forest that has little human disturbance, is a standard against which we measure progress to conserve Earth’s forests. The value of intact forest landscapes...
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Iryna Dronova
Chippie Kislik
Zack Dinh
Maggi Kelly
Recent developments in technology and data processing for Unoccupied Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have revolutionized the scope of ecosystem monitoring, providing novel pathways to fill the critical gap...
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Filip Rakic
Mathieu Pruvot
Douglas Whiteside
Susan Kutz
This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
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Authors
Samarth Kaluskara
Cheryl Ann Johnson
Agnes Blukacz-Richards
Félix Ouellet
Dong-Kyun Kim
George Arhonditsis
Resource Date:
March
2020
Study aiming to characterize year-to-year variability of Peary caribou habitat conditions across the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 2000 to 2013.