Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Boreal peatlands store approximately one third of the earth’s terrestrial carbon, locked away in currently waterlogged and frozen conditions. Peatlands of boreal and arctic ecosystems are affected...
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The Galena Hill Ecosystem Map (GHEM) was initially developed to provide information about existing plant communities and their growth conditions to guide upcoming reclamation efforts at the historical...
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Resource Date:
March
2011
... conducted 20 interviews with holders of Gwich’in traditional knowledge and searched the digital archives of GSCI for relevant primary and secondary data to obtain TK about [woodland caribou].
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A 30-page report from 2012 on the Yukon portion of the herd’s range. It includes discussion of the potential impacts of forest fires. This resource and others can be found on the Northern Caribou...
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Resource Date:
March
2022
In the discontinuous permafrost zone, thermokarst lakes and thermal erosion are widespread and common permafrost thaw-related phenomena. Thermokarst features are indicative of thaw sensitive...
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National Tree Seed Centre
Resource Date:
April
2022
Session one of the Scaling Up Seed Supply webinar series presented by the National Tree Seed Centre. This session focuses on the equipment needed to collect, clean, and store tree and shrub seeds...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre focuses on tree and shrub species that produce seed in the autumn and how to predict if they will produce a good seed crop. Species discussed...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre explains how to collect seeds from berry producing plants species. NTSC staff demonstrate protocols for handling and processing berries to...
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National Tree Seed Centre
Resource Date:
April
2022
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre focuses on tree and shrub species at risk and how to properly and effectively collect and store their seeds for maximum reforestation potential...
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National Tree Seed Centre
This webinar presented by the National Tree Seed Centre teaches the skills and practices needed for collecting seeds from tree species which produce seeds in the spring. NTSC staff discuss maples...
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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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As Canadians, our forests permeate our lives, and Canada’s forest sector is an essential economic engine and major employer of Canadians, including in Indigenous and rural communities. The theme of...
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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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Gabrielle Coulombe
Libby Ehlers
Jim Herriges
Torsten Bentzen
Mike Suitor
Kyle Joly
Mark Hebblewhite
A 1:45 video compilation of video taken from collared caribou in the fortymile herd showing a variety of behaviors including foraging, birthing, and nursing.
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Christopher Evans
Vincent Gauci
To reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, conservation and restoration of wetlands play a key role. This report outlines the contribution of wetlands to global methane output; differences between...