Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Each year, the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) provides estimates of the amount of carbon in our managed forests and the changes in these amounts over time. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)...
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Globally, forests play a significant natural role, as they absorb and sequestrate carbon that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. This carbon sequestration mitigates the phenomenon commonly...
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Annosus root and butt rot was first reported in Quebec in 1989. The causal fungus enters a pine stand by colonizing the surface of freshly cut stumps. The disease spreads through contact between the...
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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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Choo Li
Hugh Barclay
Bernard Roitberg
Bob Lalonde
Shangming Huang
Dasvinder Kambo
Jeff Fera
This fibre fact provides an overview of what forest compensatory growth is and how the TreeCG model can be used to detect and plan for compensatory growth within a forest stand.
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N. Kingsbury
A. Lewis-Gibbs
(Fast Tests for Rating and Amelioration of Conifer) – A collaboration among CWFC researchers, academia, government and industry transforms traditional tree breeding programs by improving genetic...
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Forest Pest Leaflets are a series of about eighty publications dealing with insects, tree diseases, and other problems affecting the growth, survival, and general health of forests. Each leaflet...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Forests are part of a living system where carbon is continually captured from and emitted to the atmosphere. Calculating the impact of human actions on forest carbon is a complex, but critically...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Canada has committed to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40 to 45 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Each year...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Each year, the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) provides estimates of the amount of carbon in our managed forests and the changes in these amounts over time. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)...
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S. Konkolics
Melanie Dickie
Robert Serrouya
Stan Boutin
To examine the effects of forest fires on woodland caribou, we collected GPS location data on five caribou ranges in northeastern Alberta.
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Global warming may cause photosynthesis to start earlier. As the climate warms, spring arrives earlier and fall ends later. This change in temperature affects how trees grow. Gretta Goodine of the...
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Sylvie Gauthier
L. De Grandpré
C.H. Ung
D. Paré
Topics covered: A silvicultural approach more suited to boreal forests Defining old-growth forests within boreal forests Do ecological region and drainage have an impact on the site quality index of...
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Isabelle Duchesne
Marie Deslauriers
David Paré
Christian Hébert
Richard Hamelin
Topics covered: Impact of planting density on stem shape in jack pine. The role of gravity in the development of white spruce. Taking heath and moss into account in the management of black spruce...
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Globally, forests play a significant natural role, as they absorb and sequestrate carbon that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere. This carbon sequestration mitigates the phenomenon commonly...
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What is the major threat hanging over eastern white pine? White pine blister rust, which is caused by an exotic fungus, has been present in North America since the beginning of the 20th century. By...
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This brochure encompasses current knowledge stemming from research in genomics and climate change as it relates to the 2 Billion Trees Program. This knowledge is presented based on an integrated...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Forests are part of a living system where carbon is continually captured from and emitted to the atmosphere. Calculating the impact of human actions on forest carbon is a complex, but critically...
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Woodpecker activity on ash trees in the winter may not seem worrisome; however, it may be a sign that a beetle is hiding under the bark. Could it be the emerald ash borer?
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S. Gauthier
L. De Grandpré
C.H. Ung
D. Paré
Topics covered: A silvicultural approach more suited to boreal forests Defining old-growth forests within boreal forests Do ecological region and drainage have an impact on the site quality index of...