Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Reconstructed soils representing different materials handling and replacement techniques were characterized and variability in chemical and physical properties was assessed
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Authors
K. Kong
J.D. Lindsay
Bill McGill
Physical, chemical, and microbiological properties of stored materials were compared with those of fibric moss peat, mesic moss peat, and mesic fen peat samples from undisturbed sites
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Authors
Al Arsenault
C.E. Smith
C. Hunnie
J. Daisley
D. West
C. Miller
G. Vaadeland
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) undertook an assessment of the Pasquia-Bog area to characterize the range using best available science and information.
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Authors
Christopher Shank
Amy Nixon
This report provides a broad overview of how Alberta species are likely to be affected by climate change by the 2050s. Amphibians were consistently found to be the most vulnerable to climate change
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Salix interior Rowlee (INT) is a wide-ranging North American willow from the small taxonomic group Salix section Longifoliae, notable for its ability to form multi-stemmed vegetative stem colonies...
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Forest fire is the primary natural disturbance process influencing the distribution and abundance of terrestrial lichens across ranges of woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou), including the...
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Julien Prunier
Alexandra Carrier
Isabelle Gilbert
William Poisson
Vicky Albert
Joelle Taillon
Vincent Bourret
Steeve Côté
Arnaud Droit
Claude Robert
Rangifer tarandus has experienced recent drastic population size reductions throughout its circumpolar distribution and preserving the species implies genetic diversity conservation. To facilitate...
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Alex Schumacher
Reinhard Hermesh
Antoine Bedwany
The study involved an examination of the vegetation and spoils on five mine locations in the central Parkland of Alberta. These five locations represented different spoil types, and methods of mining...
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Forest floor mineral soil mix had significantly greater soil microbial functional diversity than peat mineral soil mix. CWD increased microbial biomass and microbial functional diversity in both soil
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Project Description: Beginning in 2003, moose populations were intentionally reduced by increased hunting pressure as an indirect way of reducing wolf numbers — fewer moose on the landscape means...
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Authors
Harald Thimm
G.J. Clark
G. Baker
The construction of a wastewater evaporation lagoon at the Quirk Creek Gas Plant a number of years ago resulted in the creation of a six acre area of overburden consisting of heavy clay, gravel and...
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Chris Powter
Brent Scorfield
Brent Lakeman
Shane Patterson
The development of integrated geomatics and remote sensing technologies for environmental management holds promise to meet economic diversification and effective environmental management.
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Project Description: Due to sharply decreasing populations, boreal woodland caribou are an animal of concern for Canadian and Indigenous peoples. In north-central Saskatchewan, Indigenous and non...
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Authors
Leonard Leskiw
T.B. Zeleke
The primary target of land reclamation in the Athabasca Oil Sands (AOS) region of Canada is to re-create ecosystems which are similar to the pre-disturbance ecosystems. The main objective of this...
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Resource Date:
November
2018
Future human land use and climate change may disrupt movement behaviors of terrestrial animals, thereby altering the ability of individuals to move across a landscape. Some of the expected changes...
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Authors
Terry Macyk
Bonnie Drozdowski
This report identifies and summarizes reclamation practices that have been used in the mineable Oil Sands region and coal mining industry over the last 40+ years.
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Our goal is to improve conifer seedling survival and growth so that planted seedlings will reach the "free to grow" stage sooner. It is at this stage when the exponential growth trajectory towards...
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Project Description: Cold Lake First Nations (CLFN) is working with all levels of government across two provinces, industry, National Defence, and research groups to develop and implement caribou...
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Authors
Justina Ray
Deborah Cichowski
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Chris Johnson
Stephen Petersen
Ian Thompson
Based on declines, future developments and current recovery effects, we offer the following recommendations: 1) where recovery actions are necessary, commit to simultaneously reducing human intrusion into caribou ranges, re-storing habitat over the long term, and conducting short-term predator control, 2) carefully consider COSEWIC’s new DU structure for management and recovery actions, especially regarding translocations, 3) carry out regular surveys to monitor the condition of Northern Mountain caribou subpopulations and immediately implement preventative measures where necessary, and 4) undertake a proactive, planned approach coordinated across jurisdictions to conserve landscape processes important to caribou conservation
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Authors
Ronnie Drever
Chantal Hutchison
Mark Drever
Daniel Fortin
Cheryl Ann Johnson
Yolanda Wiersma
Resource Date:
April
2019
Assessment of the focal/umbrella value of boreal caribou for conservation of mammalian and avian richness, based on evaluation of co-occurrence and conducting systematic conservation planning.