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This report is the first stage of a larger study to determine how factors that determine wood quality and quantity change with time-since-death, including the rate of tree fall. The type of wood...
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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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Diesel invert wastes are one of the more difficult types of drilling mud wastes to dispose of due to the presence of hydrocarbons and salts. In 1989 a joint research program funded by the Alberta...
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The current infestation of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) is having a significant effect on the lodgepole pine forests of Interior British Columbia. By 2004, 7 million hectares had...
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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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Scleroderris canker, a disease caused by the European strain of the fungus Gremmeniella abietina, is highly virulent in red pine ( Pinus resinosa) plantations. When nothing is done to eradicate the...
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Daniel MacIsaac
Graham Hillman
P.A. Hurdle
Since 1995, the Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada has conducted collaborative research with Tolko Industries Ltd. to study alternative silviculture systems as a means of improving...
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Alberta Soil Science Workshop
This is a compilation of historical public presentations given during the Alberta Soil Science Workshop (ASSW) meetings over several decades and made available in digital format as sets of pdf files...
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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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Scleroderris canker, a disease caused by the European strain of the fungus Gremmeniella abietina, is highly virulent in red pine ( Pinus resinosa) plantations. When nothing is done to eradicate the...
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A pilot scale constructed wetland was built at the Strachan Gas Plant to evaluate its ability to treat dissolved phase hydrocarbons in groundwater. The overall objective was to assess the feasibility...
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J.E. Hurley
J.A. Loo
P. DesRochers
H.E. Hirvonen
Highlights Invasive alien insect and disease species are of increasing concern to the health and economic viability of the forest ecosystems within the ecozone. Brown spruce longhorn beetle, an alien...
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E.A. Allen
R.W. Garbutt
H.E. Hirvonen
H. Pinnell
Highlights In 2003, mountain pine beetle infested an area of over 4 million ha within British Columbia. Almost all of this infestation occurred within the pine forests of the Montane Cordillera...
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Jay Woosaree
Brij Verma
Byron James
Phytoremediation, the use of plants to remove, degrade or stabilize sites contaminated with organic or toxic chemicals is gaining in popularity as an alternative and economical technique in...
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Paul Jefferson
Paul McCaughey
Ken May
Jay Woosaree
Linden McFarlane
The utilization of native grass species for potential biomass feedstocks of the emerging ethanol industry requires more information about their cellulose and hemicellulose concentration. Ten native...
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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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Marieke Heemskerk
Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman
Karen Wilson
This paper suggests that researchers can improve interdisciplinary science through the use of conceptual models as a communication tool. The authors share lessons from a workshop in which...
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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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Paul Jefferson
Paul McCaughey
Jay Woosaree
Linden McFarlane
There is renewed interest in re-seeding native grasses in the prairie region of western Canada but there is limited information on their forage quality for fall grazing. We evaluated forage quality in...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This pamphlet is about old-growth forests in Canada. It includes a map that shows the Forest Regions of Canada and provides examples of different old-growth forest types in some of these regions.