Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Hans Skatter
Micheal Charlebois
Simon Coats
The federal recovery strategy for woodland caribou identifies wildfires within the last 40 years and anthropogenic disturbance visible at a scale of 1:50,000, including a 500-m buffer, as disturbed...
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Kendrick Brown
Andre Arsenault
A video exploring the methods that researchers use to access ecological changes in Western Canada (including wildfires). A PDF of the PowerPoint can be found here.
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Environment and Protected Areas
In October 2020, Alberta and Canada signed the Agreement for the Conservation and Recovery of the Woodland Caribou in Alberta to facilitate woodland caribou recovery in Alberta. Alberta is committed...
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Melanie Dickie
Robert Serrouya
Marcus Becker
Craig DeMars
Michael Noonan
Robin Steenweg
Stan Boutin
Adam Ford
Anthropogenic habitat alteration and climate change are two well-known contributors to biodiversity loss through changes to species distribution and abundance; yet, disentangling the effects of these...
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Rebecca Taylor
Micheline Manseau
Sonesinh Keobouasone
Peng Liu
Gabriela Mastromonaco
Kristen Solmundson
Allicia Kelly
Nicholas Larter
Mary Gamberg
Helen Schwantje
Caeley Thacker
Jean Polfus
Leon Andrew
Dave Hervieux
Deborah Simmons
Paul Wilson
High intra-specific genetic diversity is associated with adaptive potential, which is key for resilience to global change. However, high variation may also support deleterious alleles through genetic...
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Jonas Mortelmans
Anne Felsberg
Gabriëlle De Lannoy
Sander Veraverbeke
Robert Field
Niels Andela
Michel Bechtold
The Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system, even though originally developed and calibrated for an upland Jack pine forest, is used globally to estimate fire danger for any fire environment. However...
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Indigenous-led environmental firms are at the forefront of blending Indigenous knowledge with contemporary environmental science, crafting innovative solutions for conservation, resource management...
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Wetland Knowledge Exchange
Taking the permafrost’s pulse – Insights from seven years of a simulated permafrost thaw resource pulse. Dr. Catherine Dieleman, University of Guelph Northern peatland soils are important long-term...
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The scientific community, forest managers, environmental organizations, carbon-offset trading systems and policy-makers require tools to account for forest carbon stocks and carbon stock changes. In...
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J. D. White
D. Ahrén
L. Ström
J. Kelly
L. Klemedtsson
B. Keane
F. J. W. Parmentier
An increased frequency of droughts due to anthropogenic climate change can lead to considerable stress for soil microorganisms and their functioning within northern peatlands. A better understanding...
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Video lecture highlighting how GHGs are modelled for the 2BT program - with a particular emphasis on afforestation and reforestation. A PDF of the PowerPoint presentation can be found here.
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Millicent Gaston
Andrew Barnas
Rebecca Smith
Sean Murray
Jason Fisher
Many large carnivores, despite widespread habitat alteration, are rebounding in parts of their former ranges after decades of persecution and exploitation. Cougars (Puma concolor) are apex predator...
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Wildlife conservation and management are in a state of crisis. On the basis of nearly 50 years as a field wildlife biologist, researcher and manager, I identify issues that impact on wildlife. These...
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Colin McCarter
Stephen Kaufman
Brian Branfireun
James Waddington
Despite their importance in carbon cycling and catchment runoff dynamics, the hydrology of temperate peat swamps in response to changing hydrometeorological conditions is largely understudied. We...
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Joshua F. Dean
Michael F. Billett
T. Edward Turner
Mark H. Garnett
Roxane Andersen
Rebecca M. McKenzie
Kerry J. Dinsmore
Andy J. Baird
Pippa J. Chapman
Joseph Holden
Peatlands are globally important stores of soil carbon (C) formed over millennial timescales but are at risk of destabilization by human and climate disturbance. Pools are ubiquitous features of many...
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Jessie Lavallee-Whiffen
Kristyn Mayner
Chantelle Abma
Video series from Ducks Unlimited Canada, discussing the fascinating and ecologically important dynamics of carbon in Canada’s peatlands, and our role in maintaining these crucial ecotypes. Part 1...
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PlantR is an interactive tool that can be used to restore multiple ecosystem functions and services in human-impacted ecosystems. Dr. Isabelle Aubin has already presented a lecture to the Canadian...
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PlantR is an interactive tool that can be used to restore multiple ecosystem functions and services in human-impacted ecosystems. Dr. Isabelle Aubin has already presented a lecture to the Canadian...
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Canada can leverage nature as an important tool towards reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by increasing the protection of key ecosystems, such as: northern peatland complexes in the Hudson...
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James Maltman
Nicholas Coops
Gregory Rickbeil
Txomin Hermosilla
Cole Burton
Habitat disturbance is a major driver of the decline of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Canada. Different disturbance agents and regimes negatively impact caribou populations to...