Boreal Caribou Search Results
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This presentation discusses the keys to successful natural regeneration of serotinous pine, including adaptations, the value of fire and cone droppage, and current research being undertaken.
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This presentation describes the role of trembling aspen in Alberta's boreal forests, and lays out the process of reclamation when aiming for ecosystem resiliency.
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On 19th June 2023, BirdWatch Ireland hosted an online presentation by Dr. Flo Renou Wilson, peatland expert from University College Dublin. Participants included members of different organisations...
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Norman Allard Jr.
Tom Biebighauser
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February
2023
I am pleased to share the full short film The Wetlands. In 2017 Lower Kootenay Band began planning the restoration of a number of wetland impoundments created in the late 1960's to mid 1980's. Due to...
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Barry Adams explains the range resource management, saying they have recently blended the ecological site description database with their other database ESYS, to make ECOSYS.
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This presentation provides some basic methods for identifying grasses, forbs and wetland species in Alberta.
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Time spent foraging on 18 different plant species was estimated for 4 wapiti during winter (February 14-27), spring (June 12-18) and late summer (August 2O-September 2). Creeping red fescue and hard...
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Authors
Egle Köster
Jack Chapman
Janna Barel
Aino Korrensalo
Anna Laine
Harri Vasander
Eeva-Stiina Tuittila
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August
2023
Abstract Climate warming and projected increase in summer droughts puts northern peatlands under pressure by subjecting them to a combination of gradual drying and extreme weather events. The combined...
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There is uncertainty related to the long-term consequences of reconstructing landscapes on Alberta’s specified lands. Alberta has over 100,000 wellsites that have been certified under evolving...
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October
2017
This webinar explores the effects of roads built through peatlands with horizontal water flow, including ability to affect local hydrology and thus vegetation composition and structure.
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Evan DeLancey
Fiona Gregory
Agatha Czekajlo
ABMI's new Alberta-wide Wetland Inventory: how it was generated, R&D to improve wetland mapping/monitoring data, and how this tool can be used in land-use decision making
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March
2017
This presentation provides an introduction to the Peatland Restoration program at the NAIT Boreal Research Institute and the program's current research.
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November
2020
Boreal Fen Vegetation Initiation on Residual Mineral Substrates Presented by Felix Nwaishi, Mount Royal University and Bin Xu, NAIT Centre for Boreal Research Energy exploration in Alberta’s oil sands...
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In the latest episode of our webinar series, ABMI bryologist Krista Williams discusses why bryophytes are both fascinating and useful bioindicators, and why collecting data on bryophytes in the...
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Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) are a threatened species federally and provincially in Alberta. Habitat restoration is critical to maintaining suitable habitat to support healthy...
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The Mackenzie River Basin, encompassing much of boreal Alberta, is the third largest boreal peatland region in the world and the region is warming at rate much greater than the global average. Climate...
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February
2021
Growing up as a farm kid in central Alberta exposed me to many interests related to raising cattle and life on the family farm. Exploring and enjoying the willow thickets, aspen stands and wetlands...
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Boreal forests are regularly subjected to natural disturbances, which affect forest structure, composition, age distribution, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Forest biodiversity shows continual...
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Whitebark pine and limber pine are unique, slow-growing tree species found in Alberta’s mountains and foothills. Populations are rapidly declining, due to several threats, from invasive disease to...
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September
2018
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...