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Assessment of the Barren Ground Caribou Die-off During Winter 2015-2016 Using Passive Microwave Observations
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Study investigates a die-off of 50 Arctic Barren Ground caribous on Prince Charles Island (Nunavut, Canada), in the summer of 2016, using passive microwave observations.
Birth Date Determines Early Calf Survival in Migratory Caribou
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Abstract The decline of most caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) populations underlines the need to understand the determinants of key demographic parameters. In migratory caribou, we have limited...
Call for Abstracts: RemTech East 2022
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Abstracts are solicited for the RemTech east conference to be held June 1-3, 2022 Fallsview Casino and Resort, Niagara Falls, Ontario
Conservation of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in Canada: An Uncertain Future
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Caribou (Rangifer tarandus (L., 1758)) play a central role in the ecology and culture of much of Canada, where they were once the most abundant cervid. Most populations are currently declining, and...
Detection of Rain-On-Snow (ROS) Events and Ice Layer Formation Using Passive Microwave Radiometry: A Context for Peary Caribou Habitat in the Canadian Arctic
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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...
Enhanced Revegetation and Reclamation of Oil Sands Disturbed Sites Using Actinorhizal and Mycorrhizal Biotechnology
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Preliminary results, after two growth seasons, show promise in the use of pre-inoculated seedlings in enhancing growth and establishment of alders and conifers on oil sands reclamation sites.
EnviroTech 2022
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April 20th, 2022 at 12:00pm MST to April 22nd, 2022 at 2:00pm MST
Calgary, AB
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EnviroTech features water as a key theme, but ESAA is expanding the program to include other key components of the environment industry including: air, alternative energy, climate change, laboratory, regulatory and waste management.
EnviroTech 2022 Call for Abstracts
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ESAA invites you to submit technical abstracts for EnviroTech 2022, April 20-22, 2022 in Calgary. Abstracts are due by Monday, February 7th, 2022.
ESAA Environmental Summit - 2022
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Event Date and Time
April 12th, 2023 at 1:00pm MST to April 14th, 2023 at 12:00pm MST
Jasper, AB
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The ESAA Environmental Summit is the re-imagining of EnviroTech with a new location and format. The Summit will feature all of the things you expect from an ESAA event: great talks, great location and...
ESAA PFAS Symposium
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December 6th, 2023 at 7:30am MST to December 6th, 2023 at 5:00pm MST
Calgary, AB
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PFAS, PFOS and other forever chemicals are widely used, long lasting chemicals, components of which break down very slowly over time. These chemicals are now everywhere in the environment (soil, water...
Finding Lichen for Caribou
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A storymap website that explains the importance of lichen as a food source for caribou and the first steps of a project for mapping lichen undertaken by Natural Resources Canada's Canada Centre for...
From Diet to Hair and Blood: Empirical Estimation of Discrimination Factors for C and N Stable Isotopes in Five Terrestrial Mammals
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Abstract Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios are used widely to describe wildlife animal diet composition and trophic interactions. To reconstruct consumer diet, the isotopic differences between...
Improving Peary Caribou Presence Predictions in MaxEntUsing Spatialized Snow Simulations
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In this article, the researchers 1) investigate whether a snow model adapted for the Antarctic (SNOWPACK) can produce snow simulations relevant to Canadian High Arctic conditions, and 2) test snow...
Linking Habitat, Predators and Alternative Prey to Explain Recruitment Variations of an Endangered Caribou Population
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Habitat loss, fragmentation and alteration are frequently identified as important threats to biodiversity, inducing major changes in the structure and composition of species communities and the...
Links Between Individual Performance, Trace Elements and Stable Isotopes in an Endangered Caribou Population
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Foraging is a key behaviour, and several aspects of foraging remain to be investigated in many wild species. Low energy gain or reduced protein, nutrient, and mineral intake may explain poor...
New ESSA Membership Categories
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ESAA is pleased to announce two new membership categories. In addition to the legacy Full and Associate membership categories, the two new categories are: • Sole Proprietor ($400 + GST) - Any...
Oil Sands Remediation – What’s the (end) Point?
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Remediation professionals, regulators, industry and stakeholders must begin discussions to resolve uncertainty around oil sands COPCs so that efforts can be focused on solving the “real” problem