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Can Plant or Lichen Natural Abundance 15N Ratios Indicate the Influence of Oil Sands N Emissions on Bogs?
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The 140,329 km 2 Athabasca Oil Sands Administrative Area (OSAA), which contains 8982 km 2 of bogs. Since the late 1970s, N emissions from oil sands development in the OSAA have steadily increased...
CEMA Resources Available Online
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The Cumulative Environmental Management Association (CEMA) was a leading multi-stakeholder group operating in the heart of Canada’s boreal forest - the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, Alberta...
Comparison of Woodland Caribou Calving Areas Determined by Movement Patterns Across Northern Ontario
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Current State of Knowledge and Research on Woodland Caribou in Canada
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Abstract Caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer that lives in the tundra, taiga, and forest habitats at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere, including areas of Russia and Scandinavia...
Evaluating Indices of Nutritional Condition for Caribou (Rangifer tarandus): Which are the Most Valuable and Why?
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Body composition studies are critical for evaluating the accuracy of nutritional condition indices for predicting body components. We evaluated >40 indices of nutritional condition for caribou (...
High-Resolution Minirhizotrons Advance our Understanding of Root-Fungal Dynamics in an Experimentally Warmed Peatland
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Mycorrhizal fungi enable plants to thrive in the cold, waterlogged, organic soils of boreal peatlands and, with saprotrophic fungi, largely contribute to the sequestration of atmospheric carbon in...
Kevin A. Solarik
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Director of Forestry Research, Canada and Northeastern/Northcentral US
Kirsten Vice
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Vice President, Sustainable Manufacturing and Canadian Operations
Research as Reciprocity: Northern Cree Community-Based and Community-Engaged Research on Wild Food Contamination in Alberta’s Oil Sands Region
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In this paper, the author suggests that it is possible to participate in research as an act of reciprocity; when a community asks a researcher for help on a specific topic, the application of that...
Scott Ketcheson
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Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Hydrological Sustainability
Seasonal Patterns in Nutritional Condition of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in the Southern Northwest Territories and Northeastern British Columbia, Canada
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Study sampled three measures of nutritional condition of adult female caribou, evaluated the effect of calf-rearing on condition and developed an annual profile of nutritional condition.
State-dependent Foraging by Caribou With Different Nutritional Requirements
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A 14-page academic paper that examines the connection between the physiological state of caribou and how they feed. The paper says, "Foraging time by caribou was partially state-dependent...
Video - The Potential Importance of Nutrition in Habitat Conservation Programs for Caribou
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At the 14th North American Caribou Workshop in September 2012, John Cook presented some results from ongoing research done by a team from the US, Ontario and BC that looked at the role of nutrition in caribou survival and the implications for habitat conservation programs.
Warming Response of Peatland CO2 Sink is Sensitive to Seasonality in Warming Trends
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Webinar - Towards Understanding the Influence of Headwater Catchments on Water Availability in the Athabasca River Basin
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This presentation highlights the importance of northern Alberta’s “mountains” and wetlands on sustaining water flows in local streams and regional rivers in the Athabasca River Basin.