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Improving the Fire Weather Index System for Peatlands using Peat-Specific Hydrological Input Data
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The Canadian Fire Weather Index (FWI) system, even though originally developed and calibrated for an upland Jack pine forest, is used globally to estimate fire danger for any fire environment. However...
Intrinsic Traits of Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus Calves Depredated by Black Bears Ursus americanus and Coyotes Canis latrans
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Individuals in substandard physical condition are predicted to be more vulnerable to predation. Support for this prediction is inconsistent partly as a result of differences across systems in the life...
Jonas Mortelmans
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PhD Researcher (Earth and Environmental Sciences)
Large Animal Models for Chronic Wasting Disease
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Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a fatal neurodegenerative prion disease of cervid species including deer, elk, moose and reindeer. The disease has shown both geographic and species expansion since...
Riparian 101 - Where Land and Water Meet
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June 21st, 2022 at 7:00pm MST to June 21st, 2022 at 9:00pm MST
Drayton Valley, AB
Join ALUS Brazeau, Cows & Fish, and AWES for a free interactive workshop on the importance and management of riparian areas (the areas where land and water meet). The workshop will include talks on...
Riparian Management Course
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August 4th, 2020 at 6:00pm PST to August 4th, 2020 at 8:00pm PST
, AB
About this Event Riparian areas - those wet areas around water bodies - are often overlooked and underrated. Yet with proper design and management, they can become the most productive parts of the...
Satellite Determination of Peatland Water Table Temporal Dynamics by Localizing Representative Pixels of A SWIR-Based Moisture Index
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The OPtical TRApezoid Model (OPTRAM) is a physically-based approach for remote soil moisture estimation. OPTRAM is based on the response of short-wave infrared (SWIR) reflectance to vegetation water...
Using Tree Ring Analysis to Determine Impacts of a Road on a Boreal Peatland
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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...
Webinar - Establishing Vegetation on Constructed Fens in Alberta's Oil Sands Region
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Oil sands mining in Alberta has disturbed large areas of peatlands, the dominant regional ecosystem type, and no formal strategies exist to reconstruct the landscape. Peatland reclamation is...