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2023 ANPC Workshop – “How Plants Inspire Us”
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Event Date and Time
April 22nd, 2023 at 9:00am MST to April 22nd, 2023 at 5:00pm MST
, AB
Organization
We are excited to announce the upcoming 35th Alberta Native Plant Council Hybrid Workshop will be held on Saturday, April 22, 2023. This year we will be hosting an in-person workshop at the Cattail...
A Carbon Source in a Carbon Sink: Carbon Dioxide and Methane Dynamics in Open-Water Peatland Pools
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Peatlands store organic carbon available for decomposition and transfer to neighboring water bodies, which can ultimately generate carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) emissions. The objective of...
ANPC Webinar - Forging Unexpected Alliances to Save Native Plants
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Event Date and Time
April 17th, 2024 at 12:00pm MST to April 17th, 2024 at 1:00pm MST
Organization
Native plant advocate Blake McNeill shares some of the innovative salvage projects the group has undertaken to rescue native flowers and grasses from roadways and development sites prior to demolition...
Assessing the Cumulative Impacts of Forest Management on Forest Age Structure Development and Woodland Caribou Habitat in Boreal Landscapes: A Case Study from Two Canadian Provinces
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The Canadian boreal forest biome has been subjected to a long history of management for wood production. Here, we examined the cumulative impacts of logging on older forests in terms of area...
Botany Alberta: Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park
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Event Date and Time
June 21st, 2024 at 12:00am MST to June 23rd, 2024 at 12:00pm MST
Slave Lake, AB
Organization
Botany Alberta will be held Friday June 21st to Sunday June 23rd, 2024 at Lesser Slave Lake Provincial Park near Slave Lake, Alberta. Email botanyab@anpc.ab.ca to register. The event will include: An...
Bryophytes in Peatland Restoration - Alberta Native Plant Council Plant Study Group Webinar Series
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Organization
Although we will not be able to meet in person this fall and winter for Plant Study Groups, we are pleased to announce that we will be hosting an online Webinar Series. The webinars will run biweekly...
Climate Change Alone Cannot Explain Boreal Caribou Range Recession in Quebec Since 1850
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Abstract The contraction of species range is one of the most significant symptoms of biodiversity loss worldwide. While anthropogenic activities and habitat alteration are major threats for several...
Demographic Responses of Boreal Caribou to Cumulative Disturbances Highlight Elasticity of Range-specific Tolerance Thresholds
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Drivers of Vegetation Regrowth on Logging Roads in the Boreal Forest: Implications for Restoration of Woodland Caribou Habitat
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
Ecosystem Management in Paludified Boreal Forests: Enhancing Wood Production, Biodiversity, and Carbon Sequestration at the Landscape Level
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Canada’s boreal forest represents an important contributor of the world’s wood supply industry. However, maintaining or increasing productivity of the boreal forest may be challenging in areas...
Global Change Risks a Threatened Species due to Alteration of Predator–prey Dynamics
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Although global change can reshape ecosystems by triggering cascading effects on food webs, indirect interactions remain largely overlooked. Climate- and land-use-induced changes in landscape cause...
Increasing Contributions of Peatlands to Boreal Evapotranspiration in a Warming Climate
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The response of evapotranspiration (ET) to warming is of critical importance to the water and carbon cycle of the boreal biome, a mosaic of land cover types dominated by forests and peatlands. The...
List of Plants that Occur in Wetlands - History and Current Use in Alberta
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Event Date and Time
February 8th, 2022 at 12:00pm MST to February 8th, 2022 at 1:00pm MST
Organization
The National List of Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands has been in use since the 80's and has evolved in many ways. Lists originally generated for use in the United States have been adapted for use...
Management-mediated Predation Rate in the Caribou–Moose–Wolf System: Spatial Configuration of Logging Activities Matters
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Landscape complexity can determine the population dynamics of interacting predators and prey. Yet, management plans are commonly developed from aspatial predictive models. This oversight may result in...
Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems Workshop
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Event Date and Time
March 20th, 2021 at 9:00am MST to March 20th, 2021 at 4:30pm MST
ONLINE,
Organization
The Alberta Native Plant Council’s 2021 virtual spring workshop, Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems, will be held on Saturday March 20, 2021. We will feature presentations from 8 panelists on...
Recent Climate Change has Driven Divergent Hydrological Shifts in High-latitude Peatlands
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High-latitude peatlands are changing rapidly in response to climate change, including permafrost thaw. Here, we reconstruct hydrological conditions since the seventeenth century using testate amoeba...
REGISTER: Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems Workshop
Event
Event Date and Time
March 20th, 2021 at 9:00am to March 20th, 2021 at 4:30pm
ONLINE,
Organization
The Alberta Native Plant Council’s 2021 virtual spring workshop, Northern Native Plants and Ecosystems, will be held virtually on Saturday March 20, 2021. Feature presentations from 8 panelists on...