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Jay Woosaree
Rafael Otfinowski
Restoration of grassland ecosystems is critical to the provision of ecosystem services, however, legacies of historic disturbances pose a challenge to grassland restoration. In the northern Great...
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Cold stratification for two weeks at 5°C before germination showed no significant difference in the average percent germination between the stratified and unstratified seeds.
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Francis Salifu
Jay Woosaree
Sean Wells
Bruce Anderson
Screens native grasses [fringed brome grass (Bromus ciliatus), June grass (Koeleria macrantha), a mix of native grasses with barley and oats (Avena sativa) for suitability to grow and stabilise tailin
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M. Hickman
S.E.D. Charlton
C.G. Jenkerson
Largest mean standing crops for the June to November period occurred in the Steepbank, Ells, and Hangingstone Rivers, while largest mean production rates occurred in the Ells and Muskeg rivers.
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A set of 11 sites were established in the Alberta Oil Sands Environmental Research Program study area to provide baseline information on vegetation and soils with respect to air pollution impact
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Artificial substrates were employed, water chemistry parameters measured, taxonomic identifications carried out, and productivity measurements conducted to elucidate bacterial and algal productivity
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Jack pine, when fumigated with SO2 at the ambient air quality standards, exhibited various biochemical responses that can have a deleterious effect on the normal growth and yield of vegetation.
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Jim Sherstabetoff
B.G. Dunsworth
Sam Takyi
Extensive collections made of seeds of trees and shrubs native to the AOSERP study area for use in future nursery production and field trials. Data collected on seedling survival and performance
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Two 3-day small mammal trapping periods were conducted on 2 woodland areas. Surveys of species composition and density of ground cover and saplings, and of the levels of small mammal damage completed
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S.S. Malhotra
Paul Addison
Six woody forest species showed a gradual decline in CO2 gas exchange which was related to symptom development characteristic of SO2 toxicity. Paper birch most sensitive species, black spruce least
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Paul Addison
S.S. Malhotra
Deciduous trees and shrubs were much more sensitive than conifers, presumably because SO2 can enter broad leaves much more easily than needles. Jack pine was more sensitive than spruce
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Sini-Selina Salko
Jussi Juola
Iuliia Burdun
Harri Vasander
Miina Rautiainen
Boreal peatlands store ~25 % of global soil organic carbon and host many endangered species; however, they face degradation due to climate change and anthropogenic drainage. In boreal peatlands...
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Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
Knowledge Exchange Workshop focused on centralization, collection, distribution and synthesis of knowledge, information and data related to reclamation
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The Wetland Knowledge Exchange releases monthly newsletters that highlight new research, publications, news, interesting facts, events and more. In this edition you will learn about: A new field guide...
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Jon Hornung
Carla Wytrykush
G. Haekel
Theo Charette
Marsha Trites
Subject matter experts were asked to participate in a multi-year process to review, interpret and synthesise results on marsh (open water wetland) reclamation and research in the oil sands region
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Ressources naturelles Canada
This report profiles Canada’s success in conserving forest biodiversity. It also assesses our progress in meeting commitments under the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy.
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K.A. Baldwin
K. Chapman
D. Meidinger
P.W.C. Uhlig
L. Allen
S. Basquill
D. Faber-Langendoen
N. Flynn
C. Kennedy
W. Mackenzie
M. Major
W.J. Meades
C. Morneau
J.-P. Saucier
The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural vegetation communities in Canada. It provides a framework for describing patterns of vegetation at...
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This brochure encompasses current knowledge stemming from research in genomics and climate change as it relates to the 2 Billion Trees Program. This knowledge is presented based on an integrated...
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Evan DeLancey
Jahan Kariyeva
Jason Bried
Jennifer Hird
The resulting peatland occurrence model shows an accuracy of 87% compared to our validation data set. Differentiating peatlands from mineral wetlands achieved an accuracy of 69%.
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This annual report offers a national snapshot of the social, economic and environmental status of forests and forestry in Canada. The theme of this edition is “Canada’s forests: adapting to change”...