Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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The Peatland Ecology Research Group (PERG) was formed through the partnership of the university scientific community, the Canadian peat moss industry and federal and provincial agencies. Our common...
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Maria Strack
Shari Hayne
Julie Lovitt
Gregory McDermid
Mir Mustafizur Rahman
Saraswati Saraswati
Bin Xu
Peatlands are globally significant sources of atmospheric methane (CH4). In the northern hemisphere, extensive geologic exploration activities have occurred to map petroleum deposits. In peatlands...
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If you live in western Canada chances are you’ve seen a seismic line. Narrow corridors cut through the bush, seismic lines facilitate access for people and equipment to conduct geophysical surveys to...
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Resource Date:
January
2016
This presentation covers various best practices and new techniques that can be implemented in the planning, construction and reclamation stages of in-situ oil sands operations.
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Mapping of oil reserves involves the use of seismic lines (linear disturbances) to determine size of reserves. These linear disturbances fragment forests and in many cases fail to regenerate trees...
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Authors
Bonnie Drozdowski
Craig Aumann
Chris Powter
Report of a seminar to develop a collective understanding of the benefits and opportunities of Predictive Soil Mapping as they relate to Alberta
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Jacob Bradshaw
Chris Johnson
Carolyn Shores
Roy Rea
Resource Date:
March
2020
We investigated the effect of three forest-harvest prescriptions on the co-occurrence of caribou, sympatric ungulates, and predators: unharvested old-growth, clearcut harvesting, and group-selection..
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Chantel Markle
Paul Moore
Mike Waddington
Identifying ecosystems resilient to climate and land-use changes is recognized as essential for conservation strategies. However, wetland ecosystems may respond differently to stressors depending on...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Boreal caribou populations are declining across Alberta and much of their Canadian range. Key factors causing this decline include a warming climate along with habitat change from industrial...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Seismic lines and other linear features created by humans are thought to negatively impact woodland caribou. It is estimated that there are c. 100,000 km of conventional seismic lines in caribou...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Resource Date:
January
2020
Linear features, including seismic lines, pipelines, transmission lines, roads, railways, and trails are pervasive in Alberta’s boreal forest and have been implicated as a primary factor leading to...
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Authors
Geneviève Faille
Christian Dussault
Jean-Pierre Ouellet
Daniel Fortin
Réhaume Courtois
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Claude Dussault
Resource Date:
November
2010
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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Authors
Chris Powter
Glen Singleton
Benefits of research cooperation include reduced costs, shared expertise, ease of site access and a commitment by both parties to implementation of the results.
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Terry Macyk
Martin Fung
Ron Pauls
Syncrude Canada Ltd. produces 200,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day from its oil sands surface mining operations located 50 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The three major types of...
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Seventy-eight reclamation practitioners from government, industry, consulting, academia, and the services sector gathered in Edmonton on March 6, 2024, to highlight and discuss specific issues facing...
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Pasquia-Bog Woodland Caribou Range Plan - version as recommended to Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Secretariat.
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Ontario Regional Working Group of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement
This document records the recommendations and the voluntary contributions of the Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) signatories for a Caribou Action Plan in the Cochrane-Quebec/Kesagami caribou...
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I measured the effect of recreational trails on plant species richness, community composition, and the presence of exotic and rare species in the Castle Provincial Parks of Alberta, Canada, by...
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Authors
A.U. Mallik
Y.L. Gong
F.W. Bell
Secondary succession, which follows forest harvesting, begins with the growth of herbs, shrubs, and trees and eventually leads to a mature forest. However, young, commercially important trees are...
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Jeffrey Ball
Péter Sólymos
Fiona Schmiegelow
Samuel Hache
Jim Schieck
Erin Bayne
Understanding factors that affect the distribution and abundance of species is critical to developing effective management plans for conservation. Our goal was to quantify the distribution and...