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Northern Alberta is home to a large reserve of oil sands in the heart of the boreal forest. After mining companies cease operations on a site, they are required to reclaim the land to create...
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There may be different interpretations of cooperative reclamation research, so it is appropriate to explain how the term will be used in subsequent discussions. The basic concept is to broaden the...
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Chris MacQuarrie
K. Ryan
T.A. Scarr
Krista Ryall
Hundreds of scientific articles and thousands of media reports have been written on the emerald ash borer (EAB) since its discovery in 2002. This incredible mass of information has proved to be...
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Scleroderris canker, a disease caused by the European strain of the fungus Gremmeniella abietina, is highly virulent in red pine ( Pinus resinosa) plantations. When nothing is done to eradicate the...
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Climate change is an undeniable reality, and the boreal forest's response to accelerated global warming will surely have a major impact on forest ecosystems. The effect that higher concentrations of...
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Aaron Lecciones
Kevin Serrona
Ma Catriona Devandera
Amy Lecciones
Jeongsoo Yu
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...
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Al Arsenault
C.E. Smith
C. Hunnie
J. Daisley
D. West
C. Miller
G. Vaadeland
The Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) undertook an assessment of the Pasquia-Bog area to characterize the range using best available science and information.
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Don Russell
Anne Gunn
Robert White
Caribou and wild reindeer ( Rangifer) are integral to ecology and Aboriginal lives and culture in circumArctic regions. Since reaching peak size in the 1990s, most herds have been declining, while...
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Catherine Gagnon
Sandra Hamel
Don Russell
James Andre
Annie Buckle
David Haogak
Jessi Pascal
Esau Schafer
Todd Powell
Michael Svoboda
Dominique Berteaux
Migratory tundra caribou are ecologically and culturally critical in the circumpolar North. However, they are declining almost everywhere in North America, probably due to natural variation...
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Chloé Morineau
Yan Boulanger
Philippe Gachon
Sabrina Plante
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
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September
2023
Abstract The contraction of species range is one of the most significant symptoms of biodiversity loss worldwide. While anthropogenic activities and habitat alteration are major threats for several...
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Tim Williamson
Steve Colombo
Peter Duinker
Paul Gray
Ryan Hennessey
Daniel Houle
Mark Johnston
Aynslie Ogden
Dave Spittlehouse
Climate change is already affecting Canada’s forests. Current visible effects include changes in the frequency and severity of disturbances (such as fires, drought, severe storms, and damaging insect...
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Jeff Fera
Daniel Gouge
Evelyne Thiffault
Nelson Thiffault
This fibre fact provides an overview of how salvage logging can provide an opportuntiy for the forest industry to supply Canada's bioeconomy with wood fibre as well as regenerate a forest.
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Climate change is an undeniable reality, and the boreal forest's response to accelerated global warming will surely have a major impact on forest ecosystems. The effect that higher concentrations of...
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Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute
Vulnerability to climate change of more than 170 of Alberta’s native species is assessed on the basis of exposure and sensitivity to change
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Christopher Shank
Amy Nixon
This report provides a broad overview of how Alberta species are likely to be affected by climate change by the 2050s. Amphibians were consistently found to be the most vulnerable to climate change
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Yan Boulanger
Dominique Arseneault
Yan Boucher
Sylvie Gauthier
Dominic Cyr
Anthony Taylor
David Price
Sébastien Dupuis
Context Forest landscapes at the boreal–temperate ecotone have been extensively altered. Reducing the gap between current and presettlement forest conditions through ecosystem-based forest management...
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Nicholas Ofiti
Michael Schmidt
Samuel Abiven
Paul Hanson
Colleen Iversen
Rachel Wilson
Joel Kostka
Guido Wiesenberg
Avni Malhotra
Peatlands are an important carbon (C) reservoir storing one-third of global soil organic carbon (SOC), but little is known about the fate of these C stocks under climate change. Here, we examine the...
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Mariusz Gałka
Andrei-Cosmin Diaconu
Anna Cwanek
Lars Hedenäs
Klaus-Holger Knorr
Piotr Kołaczek
Edyta Łokas
Milena Obremska
Graeme Swindles
Angelica Feurdean
Rapidly increasing temperatures in high-latitude regions are causing major changes in wetland ecosystems. To assess the impact of concomitant hydroclimatic fluctuations, mineral deposition, and...
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Frances Stewart
Tatiane Micheletti
Steven Cumming
Ceres Barros
Alex Chubaty
Amanda Dookie
Isabelle Duclos
Ian Eddy
Samuel Haché
James Hodson
Josie Hughes
Cheryl Johnson
Mathieu Leblond
Fiona Schmiegelow
Junior Tremblay
Eliot McIntire
Resource Date:
February
2023
Most research on boreal populations of Woodland caribou ( Rangifer tarandus caribou) has been conducted in areas of high anthropogenic disturbance. However, a large portion of the species’ range...
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Tracy McKay
Karine Pigeon
Terrence Larsen
Laura Finnegan
Resource Date:
February
2021
Abstract In western Canada, anthropogenic disturbances resulting from resource extraction activities are associated with habitat loss and altered predator–prey dynamics. These habitat changes are...