Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Annie He
Gregory McDermid
Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Maria Strack
Saraswati Saraswati
Bin Xu
Resource Date:
September
2018
This study develops allometric equations for three dominant genera found in boreal fens: Alnus spp. (alder), Salix spp. (willow) and Betula pumila (bog birch).
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
This report is part of a larger endeavor to develop a monitoring program capable of detecting changes in the biological diversity of Alberta’s forested region.
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Alberto Aleman
Marcel Dorken
Aaron Shafer
Tulsi Patel
Polina Volkova
Joanna Freeland
A critical knowledge gap in freshwater plant research is the lack of genetic tools necessary to answer fundamental questions about their demographic histories, adaptation and phylogenetic...
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Jason Clark
Ken Tape
Latha Baskaran
Clayton Elder
Charles Miller
Kimberley Miner
Jonathan O'Donnell
Benjamin Jones
Beaver engineering in the Arctic tundra induces hydrologic and geomorphic changes that are favorable to methane (CH 4) production. Beaver-mediated methane emissions are driven by inundation of...
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation provides an overview of the Ducks Unlimited Canada Enhanced Wetland Classification System, including current and potential uses for wetland conservation and management.
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The National Boreal Program of Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC) has over 20 years of experience working with governments, Indigenous Peoples, and industry to develop comprehensive, science-based solutions...
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Anna Dabros
Jaime Pinzon
David Langor
Research poster presented at the NAIT 7th Seminar on Linear Disturbance Impacts on Boreal Wetland Ecosystems.
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI), InnoTech Alberta, and Ducks Unlimited Canada have partnered on a four-year project to better understand linkages between wetland health and...
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Jessica Hudson
Çağdaş Kera Yücel
Amanda Schoonmaker
Jean-Marie Sobze
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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Ashlee Dawn Mombourquette
Wetlands comprise 65% of the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (AOSR) surface mineable area and thus support diverse flora (approximately 400 species in Alberta). Due to increased anthropogenic land...
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Eleanor Stern
Federico Riva
Scott Nielsen
Resource Date:
August
2018
Forest fragmentation threatens forest biodiversity and ecosystem function. One of the concerns relates to increases in edge effects, which among other things affects the forest microclimate that...
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Xiaoyu Li
Julie Talbot
James King
Meng Wang
Resource Date:
October
2023
Dust deposition can fertilize nutrient-limited peatlands and affect their plant assemblages and ecosystem functions, but the effects of local road dust on peatlands have seldom been studied. Here, we...
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The Emend for Schools: 360° Video EMEND Tour Teachers Resource is a full lesson plan and 360 immersive and interactive video teaching tool, including a teacher lesson plan and student workbook aligned...
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Ducks Unlimited Canada has been leading the effort to provide detailed and accurate wetland maps for large areas of the western boreal forest. These mapping products have become the cornerstone of DUC...
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Alexander Tøsdal Tveit
Andrea Kiss
Matthias Winkel
Fabian Horn
Tomáš Hájek
Mette Marianne Svenning
Dirk Wagner
Susanne Liebner
Resource Date:
December
2020
Northern peatlands typically develop through succession from fens dominated by the moss family Amblystegiaceae to bogs dominated by the moss genus Sphagnum. How the different plants and abiotic...
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J.P. Verschuren
L. Wojtiw
Point measurements of maximum depth showed that over 50% of the rainstorms occur in June and July, with only a small percentage in April (5.6) and September (10. 1).
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Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Gregory McDermid
Julie Lovitt
Maria Strack
Bin Xu
This research poster covers a study using photogrammetric remote sensing to determined water table depth in a disturbed bog. Presented at the NAIT 7th Seminar on Linear Disturbance Impacts on Boreal...
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Ruth Errington
Ellen Macdonald
Natalka Melnycky
Jagtar Bhatti
Climate warming in the North could lead to lichen decline within critical woodland caribou habitat. We used repeat measurements of sixty-nine plots over ten years (2007–2008 and 2017–2018) to assess...
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Chris Powter
Richard Dixon
Nicolas Mansuy
Based on 115 respondents, the survey highlights that the R&R economy in Alberta is robust, with 2 056 employees working at least part-time and 1 488 fulltime equivalent positions.
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Heather Tokay
Chris Powter
Bin Xu
Bonnie Drozdowski
Dean MacKenzie
Simone Levy
Need for clear direction on information required to support professional justification which describes why specific deficiencies will not have long term adverse environmental impacts and/or affect ELC