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Boreal peatland restoration through partial removal of an oil and gas well pad Murdoch McKinnon, University of Waterloo Peatlands cover over 30% of the landscape on Canada’s Western Boreal Plains...
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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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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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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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Tyler Rudolph
Doug MacNearney
Laura Finnegan
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October
2019
Abstract The gap between research and its implementation is an impediment to conservation of the environment. Translating science into actionable management and policy requires effective communication...
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Jessica Allan
Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
Line Rochefort
David Douglas
Jan Axmacher
Resource Date:
October
2023
Abstract The provision of critical ecosystem services like carbon sequestration by peatlands has been degraded around the globe. Peatland restoration represents an opportunity to tackle the twin...
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Resource Date:
September
2023
Although peatlands cover only 3% of the world's land, they store about twice as much carbon as in the biomass of all the world's forests combined. Thus, they are incredibly important especially for...
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Anna Dabros
Matthew Pyper
Guillermo Castilla
Resource Date:
February
2018
The oil and gas industry has grown significantly throughout the boreal and arctic ecosystems of North America. A major feature of the ecological footprint of oil and gas exploration is seismic lines...
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This thesis investigates the effectiveness of machine learning algorithms for automatic detection of coniferous seedling data along Boreal seismic lines. In order to obtain a survival assessment and...
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Colette Shellian
Julia Linke
Gregory McDermid
Michael Cody
Scott Nielsen
Seismic lines in western Canada's boreal region are linear disturbances that affect the habitat of threatened woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou). To hasten the return of forest cover and...
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Understanding how populations are structured and how they use natural and anthropogenic spaces is essential for effective wildlife management. A total of 510 barren-ground ( Rangifer tarandus...
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Presented by Kimberly Kleinke from the University of Waterloo The boreal forest of western Canada is fragmented by seismic lines created for oil and gas exploration. These linear disturbances have...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: International bog...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Short-term...
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Paige Olmsted
Sonia Patel
Infrastructure is the underlying structure that helps a country and its economy function. While most people think of infrastructure as concrete structures like bridges and ports, wetlands are also...