Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
As of 2015, 29.2% of Alberta is under human footprint, up from 25.7% in 1999—that’s an average increase of about 0.22%, or around 1450 km2 (560 sections) per year.
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Kelly Hokanson
Paul Moore
Max Lukenbach
Kevin Devito
Nicholas Kettridge
Richard Petrone
Carl Mendoza
James Waddington
Resource Date:
January
2018
Northern peatlands are important global carbon stores, but there is concern that these boreal peat reserves are at risk due to increased fire frequency and severity as predicted by climate change...
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Nick Salafsky
Robyn Irvine
Judy Boshoven
Jaclyn Lucas
Kent Prior
Jean-François Bisaillon
Becky Graham
Paul Harper
André Laurin
Amanda Lavers
Lalenia Neufeld
Richard Margoluis
Resource Date:
October
2021
There is currently a great deal of work being undertaken to collect, analyze, and synthesize available evidence about the effectiveness of conservation strategies. But substantial challenges still...
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Dennis Cook
Jerald Jacobson
Study designed to develop an analysis model which would produce statistically reliable estimates of visibility bias and total population
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purpose of this project is to determine the population size of moose in the survey area with regard given to sex and age ratios and distribution according to habitat and seasonal climatic features
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Aaron Sekerak
Gordon Walder
Maps showing fish collection locations, photos and details of the physical characteristics of nine streams within five watersheds (Firebag, Muskeg, Steepbank, MacKay, and Ells) in AOSERP study area
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Aneta Spyra
Anna Cieplok
Mariola Krodkiewska
Beaver-created ponds constitute an important element of small water retention in forest catchments and preserving biodiversity as breeding sites for vertebrates and invertebrates. In many areas, these...
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Jesse Tigner
Erin Bayne
Stan Boutin
Resource Date:
January
2014
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:
August
2021
With the support of Alberta Environment and Parks, the Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute has become the trusted source for data about habitat, species, and the human footprint.
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Renewable Resources Consulting Ltd.
Control rodent damage by: (1) Planting trees and shrubs when rodent numbers are at the low or declining phase of their cycle, and (2) Manipulating rodent numbers by manipulating vegetative cover.
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Lauren Thompson
McKenzie Kuhn
Johanna Winder
Lucas Braga
Ryan Hutchins
Andrew Tanentzap
Vincent St. Louis
David Olefeldt
Resource Date:
January
2023
Permafrost thaw may increase the production of neurotoxic methylmercury (MeHg) in northern peatlands, but the downstream delivery of MeHg is uncertain. We quantified total mercury (THg) and MeHg...
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James Saracco
Peter Pyle
Danielle Kaschube
Monica Kohler
Christine Godwin
Kenneth Foster
Habitat loss and disturbance from industrial resource development may be contributing to declines in boreal bird populations. We applied hierarchical multi-species models to data from 31 bird species...
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Martin LeClerc
Mathieu Leblond
Christian Dussault
Mael Le Corre
Steeve Côté
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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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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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Stephanie Jean
Brad Pinno
Scott Nielsen
Resource Date:
March
2020
Research Highlights: Black spruce ( Picea mariana Mill.) and trembling aspen ( Populus tremuloides Michx.) both regenerated vigorously after wildfire. However, pure semi-upland black spruce stands are...
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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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Robert Serrouya
Bruce McLellan
Harry van Oort
Garth Mowat
Stan Boutin
Using an adaptive management experiment, we tested the hypothesis that reducing moose to historic levels would reduce apparent competition and therefor recover caribou populations.
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Alice Noble
Alistair Crowle
David Glaves
Sheila Palmer
Joseph Holden
Resource Date:
August
2019
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S. Couturier
Aaron Dale
Jennifer Mitchell Foley
J. Snook
B. Wood
Formal report of the results of the 2014 aerial survey of the Torngat Mountains caribou herd.