Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Françoise Cardou
Alison Munson
Laura Boisvert-Marsh
Madhur Anand
André Arsenault
Wayne Bell
Yves Bergeron
Isabelle Boulangeat
Sylvain Delagrange
Nicole Fenton
Dominique Gravel
Benoît Hamel
François Hébert
Jill Johnstone
Bright Kumordzi
Ellen Macdonald
Azim Mallik
Anne. McIntosh
Jennie McLaren
Christian Messier
Bill Shipley
Luc Sirois
Nelson Thiffault
Isabelle Aubin
Intraspecific trait variability (ITV) provides the material for species' adaptation to environmental changes. To advance our understanding of how ITV can contribute to species' adaptation to a wide...
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To promote the establishment of vegetation, modified humic substances were added to gold mine tailings in rates of 2 g C kg -1, 3 g C kg -1 and 4 g C kg -1 tailings as an amendment. Growth chamber and...
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Marc-André Parisien
Denyse Dawe
Carol Miller
Christopher Stockdale
Bradley Armitage
Wildland fire scientists and land managers working in fire-prone areas require spatial estimates of wildfire potential. To fulfill this need, a simulation-modelling approach was developed whereby...
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With climate change, current research predicts an increase in forest fires in the wildland-human interface or WHI; several inhabited areas will be more at risk in the years to come. Despite this...
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Loius Archambault
J. Morissette
In Quebec, the bioclimatic zone of balsam fir-yellow birch covers an area of 94,768 km 2. Some of the forest cover types in the area, such as balsam fir-yellow birch, are among the most productive in...
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Thomas Woodcock
Peter Kevan
Andrea McGraw-Alcock
In the summer of 2009, planning and research began at Waynco Ltd. (a subsidiary of Nelson Aggregate Co.) in Cambridge, which was nearing the final stages of rehabilitation. Although the soil hasn't...
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Abstract: White-tailed deer have become increasingly common within caribou range in northern Alberta, and have been linked with an increase in wolf densities. Previous studies have speculated that...
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Geneviève Degré-Timmons
Ruth Greuel
Abstract: Increased fire activity due to climate change may impact the successional dynamics of boreal forests, with important consequences for caribou habitat. Early successional forests have been...
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Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada
In the summer of 2021, PDAC completed their Caribou Management Strategies: Best Practices for the Mineral Industry study, to analyze the impact of exploration and mining activity on caribou...
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Daniel Miller
Ivan Scales
Michael Mascia
Resource Date:
January
2023
DESCRIPTION Groundbreaking book that examines the essential contribution of the social sciences to understanding and conserving biodiversity across the globe Authored by leading scholars at the nexus...
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Resource Date:
December
2020
A mesocosm study was undertaken to support the development of end pit lake technology. The mesocosms were exposed to OSPW (Oil Sands Process affected Water) and dFFT (densified Fluid Fine Tails).
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Resource Date:
October
2018
This study utilized mesocosms to investigate the effects of oil sands process water (OSPW) and densified fluid fine tails (dFFT) on aquatic ecosystems to support development of end pit lake technology
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With climate change, current research predicts an increase in forest fires in the wildland-human interface or WHI; several inhabited areas will be more at risk in the years to come. Despite this...
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Alice Noble
Alistair Crowle
David Glaves
Sheila Palmer
Joseph Holden
Resource Date:
August
2019
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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Resource Date:
October
2009
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 glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.
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Jonas Mortelmans
Anne Felsberg
Gabriëlle De Lannoy
Sander Veraverbeke
Robert Field
Niels Andela
Michel Bechtold
The Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system, even though originally developed and calibrated for an upland Jack pine forest, is used globally to estimate fire danger for any fire environment. However...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
In this 31st edition of The State of Canada’s Forests, the theme is Canada’s forests provide solutions to a changing world. The report highlights how the integrated social, environmental and economic...
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Paul Pickell
Sarah Gergel
Nicholas Coops
David Andison
The accelerated development of energy resources around the world has substantially increased forest change related to oil and gas activities. In some cases, oil and gas activities are the primary...
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Guillaume Moreau
Catherine Chagnon
Alexis Achim
John Caspersen
Loïc D’Orangeville
Martina Sánchez-Pinillos
Nelson Thiffault
We reviewed recent literature to identify the positive and negative effects of thinning on both stand- and treelevel resistance and resilience to four stressors that are expected to increase in...