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Silviculture Treatments Hasten Seedling Growth on Seismic Disturbances in Boreal Treed Fens
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Seismic lines in western Canada's boreal region are linear disturbances that affect the habitat of threatened woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou). To hasten the return of forest cover and...
Soil Microbiology in Land Reclamation. Volume I – Soil Microbial Development
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Soil microorganisms and their activities are the major vectors in the decomposition of plant litter and the subsequent transformation and flow of such essential plant nutrients as nitrogen and phospho
Soil Microbiology in Land Reclamation. Volume II – Mycorrhizae
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Effects of amendments on growth of trees and grasses and establishment of mycorrhizae in coal and oil sands reconstructed soils
Soil Physical Properties in Reclamation
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To provide coordinated direction for reclamation research in Alberta, the need to review the current understanding and the role of soil physical properties in soil disturbance related activities was...
Soil Reconstruction Design for Reclamation of Oil Sand Tailings
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The objective of the study was the definition of physical and chemical soil properties required to support the forest ecosystems which are the targets of oil sands tailings reclamation research
Soil Series Information for Reclamation Planning in Alberta: Volume 1
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Part 1 of this manual is a background and explanatory section that describes the terminology used in soil surveys and presents the assumptions and conventions upon which the interpretations are based
Soil Series Information for Reclamation Planning in Alberta: Volume 2
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Part 2 presents typical data and interpretations for each soil series in Alberta. The interpretations were made by applying the guidelines in Part 1, and checking the results against experience
Species and Areas Under Protection: Challenges and Opportunities for the Canadian Northern Corridor
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This paper is part of a special series in The School of Public Policy Publications, investigating a concept that would connect the nation’s southern infrastructure to a new series of corridors across...
Specifying Caribou Migratory Behaviours to Identify and Preserve Intraspecies Diversity
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Abstract: Preserving intraspecies diversity, a fundamental conservation goal, strengthens species adaptability. Across most of their range, caribou are declining, with some recent population...
The Application of Remote Sensing to Environmental Monitoring of the AOSERP Study Area. Volume 1
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Concluded that false color infrared aerial photography acquired during the period of maximum foliage development is most valuable for vegetation mapping and the detection of environmental disturbance
The Application of Remote Sensing to Environmental Monitoring of the AOSERP Study Area. Volume 2
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Figures and Tables associated with Volume 1
The Assimilative Capacity of the Athabasca River for Organic Compounds
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Provide a problem analysis of the goal to determine the assimilative capacity of the Athabasca River with special regard to organics
The Boreal-Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset
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Here we present the Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD), a land cover dataset based on an expert assessment, extrapolated using random forest modelling from available spatial datasets of...
The Ecology of Macrobenthic Invertebrate Communities in Hartley Creek, Northeastern Alberta
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Hartley Creek, a tributary of the Muskeg River, has rich and diverse benthic fauna and is dominated numerically by Chironomidae but by Trichoptera in terms of biomass.
The Evaluation of Wastewaters from an Oil Sand Extraction Plant
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Organic constituents of wastewaters from the existing Athabasca oil sands extraction plant were characterized and quantified. Twenty-one chemical parameters were determined on a total of ten samples
The Impact of a Black Spruce (Picea mariana) Plantation on Carbon Exchange in a Cutover Peatland in Western Canada
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