Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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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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Recovery and Resistance: Restoring the wetland plant community after invasive reed control PRESENTER: DR. REBECCA ROONEY, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO For established invasions, like European common reed...
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Emily Ann Jones
Laura Elizabeth Chasmer
Kevin John Devito
Christopher Dennis Hopkinson
Climate change in northern latitudes is increasing the vulnerability of peatlands and the riparian transition zones between peatlands and upland forests (referred to as ecotones) to greater frequency...
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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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D. Meidinger
K.A. Baldwin
The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
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Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
Benoit-St-Hilaire
In light of the many potential benefits of Sphagnum farming and interest from the Canadian horticultural peat industry, some research projects to test small-scale Sphagnum farming approaches were...
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Patricio A. Pacheco-Cancino
Rubén F. Carrillo-López
Armando Sepulveda-Jauregui
Marcelo A. Somos-Valenzuela
Mosses of the genus Sphagnum are the dominant vegetation in most pristine peatlands in temperate and high-latitude regions. They play a crucial role in carbon sequestration, being responsible for ca...
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The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) recognizes the critical need to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of the world’s ecosystems. Effective...
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Forest Pest Leaflets are a series of about eighty publications dealing with insects, tree diseases, and other problems affecting the growth, survival, and general health of forests. Each leaflet...
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Amanda Koltz
David Civitello
Daniel Becker
Sharon Deem
Aimée Classen
Brandon Barton
Maris Brenn-White
Zoë Johnson
Susan Kutz
Matthew Malishev
Parasitic infections are common, but how they shape ecosystem-level processes is understudied. Using a mathematical model and meta-analysis, we explored the potential for helminth parasites to trigger...
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Meredith E. Theus
Nicholas E. Ray
Sheel Bansal
Meredith A. Holgerson
Shallow freshwaters release large amounts of greenhouse gases. These shallow waterbodies are often dominated by submersed plants, yet the role these plants have in affecting greenhouse gas release is...
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L. Archambault
J. Morissette
In Quebec, the bioclimatic zone of balsam fir-yellow birch covers an area of 94,768 km 2. Some of the forest cover types in the area, such as balsam fir-yellow birch, are among the most productive in...
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Michael Ryan
David Fraser
Valin Marshall
Fangliang He
Six chronosequences were established on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to address the concerns regarding the potential loss of species diversity and increased risk to rare or old-growth...
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The SFM Toolkit links to various modules on specific knowledge, tools and cases related to putting Sustainable Forest Management into practice.
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K.A. Baldwin
K. Chapman
D. Meidinger
P.W.C. Uhlig
L. Allen
S. Basquill
D. Faber-Langendoen
N. Flynn
C. Kennedy
W. Mackenzie
M. Major
W.J. Meades
C. Morneau
J.-P. Saucier
The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural vegetation communities in Canada. It provides a framework for describing patterns of vegetation at...
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Gunnar Jansson
Jon Kehlet Hansen
Matti Haapanen
Harald Kvaalen
Arne Steffenrem
Resource Date:
October
2016
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Darya Anderson
James D Ford
Robert G Way
Resource Date:
November
2020
Abstract The traditional subsistence activities of Indigenous communities in Canada's subarctic are being affected by the impacts of climate change, compounding the effects of social, economic and...
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Maria Strack
Scott Davidson
Takashi Hirano
Christian Dunn
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Annabel Arnott
Lakshman Galagedara
Raymond Thomas
Mumtaz Cheema
Jean-Marie Sobze
Land degradation as a result of unregulated mineral exploration and mining, negatively impacts local communities and vulnerable ecosystems.
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This annual report offers a national snapshot of the social, economic and environmental status of forests and forestry in Canada. The theme of this edition is “Canada’s forests: adapting to change”...