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Wildlife Response to Forest Stands Impacted by Mountain Pine Beetle in western Canada
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Both the spread of mountain pine beetle and actions taken to slow its spread have wide ranging effects on wildlife, including species at risk such as caribou. The goals of this project is to provide...
Wildlife responses to forest stands impacted by mountain pine beetle in western Canada
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This is a science summary from fRI Research describing their project to explore the impacts of mountain pine beetle and mountain pine beetle mitigation on wildlife in western Canada.
Wildlife Usage Indicates Increased Similarity Between Reclaimed Upland Habitat and Mature Boreal Forest in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada
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Degree of similarity suggests that comparable ecological functionality is possible, increasing probability that oil sands operators will fulfill their regulatory requirement reclaim wildlife habitat
‘WildLift’: An Open-Source Tool to Guide Decisions for Wildlife Conservation
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Integrated available information and developed a decision-support tool that managers can readily use to compare costs and benefits associated with alternative recovery actions for threatened species
Will Climate Change Cause the Global Peatland to Expand or Contract? Evidence from the Habitat Shift Pattern of Sphagnum Mosses
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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...
Will this Umbrella Leak? A Caribou Umbrella Index for Boreal Landbird Conservation
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Conservation approaches that efficiently protect multiple values, such as the umbrella species concept, have been widely promoted with expected dramatic ecosystem changes. Due to its social and...
William Quinton
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Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions
Wings Over Water - Premiere
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Edmonton, AB
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Wings Over Water - Soaring onto IMAX at TELUS World of Science on June 24! As the glaciers retreated at the end of the last ice age, they left an astounding gift of connected rivers, lakes and...
Winter Avifauna of Lease 17, a Preliminary Survey
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A total of 14 species was observed on the study plots in 72 separate sightings. The gray jay was the most common species (57 sightings), followed by hoary and common redpolls (33 sightings), willow p
Winter Freezing Injury and Frost Acclimation in Planted Coniferous Seedlings
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The occurrence of winter damage to young conifer seedlings should be a concern to all silviculturists practicing in areas where the problem exists. Similarly, the physics of the injury mechanism and...
Witnessing Extinction – Cumulative Impacts Across Landscapes and the Future Loss of an Evolutionarily Significant Unit of Woodland Caribou in Canada
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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...
Wolf Culls Change Hunting Habits and Help Caribou Conservation
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An article based on research into wolf habits in northeast Alberta after culling prompted by caribou conservation. The article found that remaining wolves in an area where wolves have been culled...
Wolf Population Dynamics and Prey Relationships in Northeastern Alberta
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Population studies of wolves (Canis lupus) were carried out between October 1975 and June 1978 on two study areas in northern Alberta. Ten adult wolves in four packs and two lone wolves were captured
Wolf Technical Feasibility Assessment: Options for Managing Wolves on the Range of the Bathurst Barren-ground Caribou Herd
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A 2017 assessment of options for wolf control on the range of the Bathurst caribou herd. Assessment criteria include humaneness, efficiency, effectiveness, and risks. The Wolf Feasibility Assessment...
Wolves use trails created by humans for convenient hunting and easier access to prey
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Zoom in and explore the northern boreal forests of western Canada on Google Earth and you’ll see long straight lines making their way through the forest. These lines are cleared trails through the...
Wolves, White-tailed Deer, and Beaver: Implications of Seasonal Prey Switching for Woodland Caribou Declines
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Global warming and landscape changes in Alberta's bitumen sands have resulted in prey enrichment, which is changing the large mammal predator – prey system and causing declines in woodland caribou (...