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BERA News Fall 2022
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Understanding how birds respond to landscape disturbance is key to effective restoration. Two studies used non-invasive microphone arrays to determine the exact locations of singing individuals in the...
BERA News Spring 2022
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Mounding is a common restoration technique designed to improve microsite conditions for planted seedlings in wetlands. There are a variety of strategies for constructing mounds, though, and how mounds...
Patricio A. Pacheco-Cancino
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Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Sphagnum Mosses, the Impact of Disturbances and Anthropogenic Management Actions on their Ecological Role in CO2 Fluxes Generated in Peatland Ecosystems
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Mosses of the genus Sphagnum are the dominant vegetation in most pristine peatlands in temperate and high-latitude regions. They play a crucial role in carbon sequestration, being responsible for ca...
The Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA)
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The boreal region of Alberta contains extensive disturbances from natural resource extraction. Roads, well pads, seismic lines (petroleum-exploration corridors), forest-harvest areas, and other...
The Edge 2022 (BERA Systhesis)
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The central goal of the Boreal Ecosystem Recovery and Assessment (BERA) program is to understand the effects of industrial disturbance on natural ecosystem dynamics, and to develop strategies for...
The Edge: The BERA Program 2024 Synthesis Report
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The 2024 issue of The Edge summarizes the following key findings: Plan A better understanding of passive recovery trajectories will help guide restoration planning LiDAR is a powerful planning tool...
The SEEDS Organic Puck: An Innovative System for Establishing Native Plants on Disturbed Sites
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The SEEDS project objective is to develop and test a seed delivery technology that improves emergence and early establishment of native plants for the reclamation of disturbed boreal forest sites.