Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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About the Northern Caribou Canada: Who This is a project of the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board in collaboration with the organizations, governments, and agencies listed on the bottom of the page...
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This report provides the details of the construction and application of a set of population and harvest models for boreal caribou in two Wildlife Management Zones and six other areas of interest in...
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Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources is requesting that hunters hand over caribou, moose, and white-tailed deer heads to facilitate monitoring for Chronic Wasting Disease. A $50...
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Authors
Katherine Parker
Perry Barboza
Michael Gillingham
Resource Date:
January
2009
1. Nutrition influences most aspects of animal ecology: juvenile growth rates and adult mass gain, body condition, probability of pregnancy, over-winter survival, timing of parturition, and neonatal...
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The ability of many species to adapt to the shifting environmental conditions associated with climate change will be a key determinant of their persistence in the coming decades. This is a challenge...
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Authors
Mariano Feldman
Marc Mazerolle
Louis Imbeau
Nicole Fenton
As resource extraction moves north across the globe, wetland ecosystems in Canada are increasingly degraded because of disturbances associated with anthropic activities, including timber harvesting...
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Authors
Craig Mahoney
Joshua Montgomery
Stephanie Connor
Danielle Cobbaert
Abstract Boreal wetlands within the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada, are subject to natural and anthropogenic pressures, resulting in the need for monitoring these sensitive ecosystems to ensure...
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Authors
Quinn Webber
Jack Hendrix
Alec Robitaille
Eric Vanderwal
During fieldwork on 30 May 2017, we observed an unmarked adult male caribou swim between two smaller islands, a distance of 470 m, which took approximately 9 minutes. Given that swimming is...
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Global News article by Allison Jones and Liam Casey The Canadian Press. Ontario is failing to effectively protect some of the critical habitat for boreal caribou, Environment Minister Steven...
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The Ontario government recently committed $29 million over four years to support boreal caribou habitat restoration, protection, and monitoring. The funding is intended to complement the recently...
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Ottawa will not resume negotiations with Quebec on species at risk until the strategy for protecting the habitat of woodland and mountain caribou is tabled. Federal Minister Steven Guilbeault...
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A proposal for a captive breeding program designed to support woodland caribou recovery efforts in Jasper National Park has received approval from a scientific review panel. The program, which will...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Caribou Monitoring Unit
To address the issue of increased caribou predation, the ABMI’s Caribou Monitoring Unit (CMU) is currently involved in testing an experimental caribou recovery project, south of Fort McMurray. The CMU...
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An undated two page fact sheet from the Government of Nunavut, in English and Inuktitut. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou Canada website. To find more related resources...
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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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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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In the boreal biome of North America, large wildfires usually leave behind residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed refugia, which can strongly affect post-fire ecosystem processes. While...
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Authors
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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Authors
Stephen Moran
Mark Trudell
Terry Macyk
Daphne Cheel
The first phase of the study, which was completed in 1984, included characterization and instrumentation of two study areas: the Battle River study area, which included Diplomat, Vesta and Paintearth...
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Research completed by the University of Saskatchewan in collaboration with a consortium of industry and government partners. Research included a multi-faceted program on the population dynamics and...