Land Management Search Results
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L.D. Yeates
R.F. Smith
S.I. Cameron
J. Letourneau
Methods for greenhouse propagation of rooted cuttings of Canada yew ( Taxus canadensis) are described. Specific details on the collection and handling of cuttings, greenhouse culture, and post-rooting...
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Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before...
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T.J.R. White
S.W.J. Dominy
D.J. Allen
Afforestation, the planting of trees on abandoned or under-utilized agricultural lands, has occurred to varying degrees in Ontario since the turn of the 20th century. Knowledge of plantation...
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Steve Hrudey
Richard Nelson
The literature on tainting of fish by petroleum-derived compounds has been reviewed for information specifically relevant to the potential for tainting of fish in the Athabasca River
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Surya Acharya
Barbara Darroch
Reinhard Hermesh
Jay Woosaree
Alpine bluegrass [Poa alpina L.] and slender wheatgrass [Elymus trachycaulus (Link.) Gould ex Shinners] accessions from alpine and subalpine regions of the Canadian Rocky Mountains and eastern...
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Because natural resources development causes landscape disturbance, post-development site restoration requires an in-depth knowledge of previous conditions. What did the landscape look like before...
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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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The literature is reviewed with the aim of consolidating silviculturally important information about interactions between root system development and soil properties; a complementary objective is to...
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 1 of this manual is a background and explanatory section that describes the terminology used in soil surveys and presents the assumptions and conventions upon which the interpretations are based
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 2 presents typical data and interpretations for each soil series in Alberta. The interpretations were made by applying the guidelines in Part 1, and checking the results against experience
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This maintenance schedule outlines the care that trees need in each season. It can be used as a checklist year after year. You can adapt it to your local area and the specific needs of your project.
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Jean-François Côté
Olivier van Lier
Dasvinder Kambo
This fibre fact demonstrates that fine-scale structural information derived from t-lidar and new modeling techniques can improve wood fibre attribute predictions.
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Richard Sims
Maureen Kershaw
Gregory Wickware
This report provides information on the general autecology of 12 common tree species occurring in the North Central (NC) Region of Ontario.
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Philippe Tanguay
Richard Hamelin
In the era of molecular biology, DNA barcoding is being used to fill gaps in taxonomy and confirm findings obtained through traditional approaches based on morphological differences between species...
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L.M. McKinnon
A.K. Mitchell
A. Vyse
In forestry, the purpose of site preparation is to ameliorate environmental conditions which limit tree seedling survival and growth. In subalpine and boreal forests, low soil temperature in...
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Trees are constantly exposed to a multitude of micro-organisms, but only a few are capable of causing disease. When trees come under attack from micro-organisms, their primary line of defence is a...
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Krystyna Klimaszewska
Yill Park
Jan Bonga
Modern forest management relies on extensive breeding and reforestation programs to support the sustainability of forest productivity and conservation of natural forests. Plantation forestry, with its...
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Roy Brooke
Sara Jane O'Niell
Stephanie Cairns
Resource Date:
February
2018
This Project Overview document outlines the findings of, and lessons learned by, six local governments as they investigated how natural assets are benefiting their communities.
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Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers
Marcel Kok
Over fifty years of global conservation has failed to bend the curve of biodiversity loss, so we need to transform the ways we govern biodiversity. The UN Convention on Biological Diversity aims to...
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K.C. Mackenzie Associates Limited
General purpose of this report is to examine various constraints, resulting from human settlement patterns, which will affect the selection of a route for the proposed oil sands pipeline corridor.