Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: Peatlands and...
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A resource to improve understanding of wetlands in the Bow River region to promote conservation through protection and restoration. Wetlands are natural assets that have a vital role in climate change...
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Shahidur Molla
Angelina Jerome
Joyce Conley
Jesse Israel
Austin Van Loon
Students at East Three Secondary School in Inuvik discuss the importance of caribou to northern people through community stories.
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Genevieve Degre-Timmons
Emmanuelle Gendron
This artistic creation has emerged from a collaboration between a PhD candidate, Geneviève Degré-Timmons and an artist, Emmanuelle Gendron, where they explored the synergies between natural science...
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This interactive Story Map summarizes the top conservation topics of 2023 on the CCLM portal and the CCLM Knowledge Exchange program activities of 2023.
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Cassandra Andrew
Brent Wagner
Jane Harms
Emily Jenkins
Thomas Jung
Surveillance of endoparasites at the host community level is rarely reported for ungulates. Yet, changes in the composition and abundance of species in ungulate assemblages, coupled with environmental...
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Ian Best
Leonie Brown
Che Elkin
Laura Finnegan
Cameron McClelland
Chris Johnson
Context Large-scale natural disturbances are crucial drivers of ecosystem function and composition for many forested ecosystems. In the last century, the prevalence of anthropogenic disturbances has...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI), InnoTech Alberta, and Ducks Unlimited Canada have partnered on a four-year project to better understand linkages between wetland health and...
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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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Methylmercury production and export in permafrost peatland catchments of the Taiga Plains Lauren Thompson, University of Alberta Ongoing permafrost thaw in northern peatland catchments may increase...
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Environment and Protected Areas Alberta
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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Brian Eaton, Tyler Cobb, Matt Dyson, Susan Koziel
Environmental genomics is a research method that sequences DNA from samples collected from the environment (e.g. wetlands, water, soil, organisms, etc.). This method can accelerate species...
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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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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...