Land Management Search Results
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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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Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Gregory McDermid
Maria Strack
Julie Lovitt
Resource Date:
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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There is a need to define a common approach to wetland stewardship in the Yukon. The Policy for the stewardship of Yukon’s wetlands (“the policy”) represents the Government of Yukon’s approach to...
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V.F. Haavisto
J.W. Fraser
C.R. Mattice
Viability of black spruce ( Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) seeds after dispersal in nature or by man may be a crucial factor affecting regeneration of the species on boreal forest seedbeds. Some...
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Between 1960 and 1966, 21 planting and 14 seeding trials were established to convert aspen stands to spruce-aspen mixedwoods in three Manitoba Forest Management Sections. Scalped strips, varying in...
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Martin LeClerc
Mathieu Leblond
Christian Dussault
Mael Le Corre
Steeve Côté
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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This study examines the relationship between seed production, soil scarification and seedling establishment in balsam fir ( Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.) and white spruce ( Picea glauca [Moench] Voss)...
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P. Salonius
K. Beaton
B. Roze
This study examined the effects of nursery rearing in an array of 51 individual fabricated frames that supported a range of six growing cell sizes at 11 plant spacings in all possible combinations. A...
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John Senyk
Don Craigdaillie
A wet weather ground-based yarding operation was studied to determine the impacts of skidders equipped with low ground pressure and conventional tires on soil physical and chemical properties and...
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Ellen Macdonald
Richard Rothwell
The impacts of different methods of mechanical site preparation (MSP) treatments on foliar nutrients of planted plug+ 1 white spruce seedlings were examined at two mixed-wood boreal forest sites (Judy...
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Beavers, Canada's national animal, provide many valuable ecosystem services including storage of water during droughts and flooding, creation of habitat for a variety of species, and improvement of...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre explains how to collect seeds from berry producing plants species. NTSC staff demonstrate protocols for handling and processing berries to...
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G.R. Hillman
J.D. Johnson
S.K. Takyi
Three experimental forest drainage sites were established in Alberta’s boreal forest to determine the effects of lowered water tables on soils, local hydrology, ground vegetation composition and tree...
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Kirsten Lees
Tristan Quaife
Rebekka Artz
Myroslava Khomik
Joanna Clark
Resource Date:
February
2015
Peatlands store large amounts of terrestrial carbon and any changes to their carbon balance could cause large changes in the greenhouse gas (GHG) balance of the Earth's atmosphere. There is still much...
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Iuliia Burdun
Michel Bechtold
Valentina Sagris
Annalea Lohila
Elyn Humphreys
Ankur Desai
Mats Nilsson
Gabrielle De Lannoy
Ülo Mander
Resource Date:
September
2020
The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) is a physically-based approach for remote soil moisture estimation. OPTRAM is based on the response of short-wave infrared (SWIR) reflectance to vegetation water...
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This publication is intended to be a source for plant identification and seed collection and is available to all who wish to use it. We aimed to make the information in this guide illustrative for...
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This technical note summarizes the feasibility of on-site interim storage of bare root black spruce tree seedlings, details snow-cache construction, and notes the costs and savings associated with the...
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David Olefeldt
Mikael Hovemyr
McKenzie Kuhn
David Bastviken
Theodore Bohn
John Connolly
Patrick Crill
Eugénie Euskirchen
Sarah Finkelstein
Hélène Genet
Guido Grosse
Lorna Harris
Liam Heffernan
Manuel Helbig
Gustaf Hugelius
Ryan Hutchins
Sari Juutinen
Mark Lara
Avni Malhotra
Kristen Manies
David McGuire
Susan Natali
Jonathan O'Donnell
Frans-Jan Parmentier
Aleksi Räsänen
Christina Schädel
Oliver Sonnentag
Maria Strack
Suzanne Tank
Claire Treat
Ruth Varner
Tarmo Virtanen
Rebecca Warren
Jennifer Watts
Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of...
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The various applications of Ducks Unlimited Canada’s wetland inventories play a critical role in wetland conservation. They serve as key planning tools, helping people who live and work in the boreal...
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In order to protect boreal wetlands, we must first know where they are. This 6-minute video will show you how Ducks Unlimited Canada uses satellite data and remote sensing techniques to map wetlands...