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Ressources naturelles Canada
Quickly establishing vegetation and achieving reclamation certification are shared objectives of oil and gas operators. While tree planting is clearly advantageous in the predictability of...
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Objectives of the Twelve Mile Coulee Soil Research Project are to evaluate the impact of pipeline construction on Solonetzic soil quality and salt movement in the Brown soil zone
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Rob Johns
Véronique Martel
The spruce budworm is a native forest insect that inhabits the spruce-fir forests of northeastern North America. Outbreaks of this insect occur every 30 to 40 years. During this cycle, populations...
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Kim Chapman
Rob Fleming
Nelson Thiffault
Daniel Gouge
Gordon Kayahara
Dave Morris
Wayne Bell
We present an ecological framework for classifying sites to support vegetation management decisions in the boreal and northern temperate forests of northeastern Ontario and northwestern Quebec. This...
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With climate change, Canada’s forests will be exposed to rapid changes in their environment, including variations in temperature and precipitation. Tree species will have to migrate to find the...
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Randi Lupardus
Ermias Azeria
Kierann Santala
Isabelle Aubin
Anne McIntosh
Results suggest that even as practices and policies evolve, reclamation does not fully alleviate the legacy effects of industrial disturbance. Trait-based approaches can inform recovery assessment.
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Amy Nixon
Christopher Shank
Dan Farr
The Biodiversity Management and Climate Change Adaptation project has produced a comprehensive, evidence-based, and original examination of the effects of climate change on Alberta’s biodiversity
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Anantha Prasad
John Pedlar
Matthew Peters
Steve Matthews
Louis Iverson
Dan McKenney
Bryce Adams
This book chapter addresses how future forests will be shaped, in large part, by tree responses to climate change via mortality, migration, and adaptation. The authors first demonstrate the strong...
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A video presenting an update on the Silvics of North America Initiative. The Silvics of North America describes the silvicultural characteristics of hundreds of conifers and hardwoods in the US...
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Kathryn Fisher
Mouloud Amazouz
A video that highlights NRCan's progress towards digitalization of the forestry sector. Video includes on-the-ground examples from the Canadian perspective. A PDF of the PowerPoint presentation can be...
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Controlling insect pests in forests is a constant challenge. Aside from prevention and monitoring, there are very few means available to achieve this goal. With the aim of heading off trouble and...
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The present note is a brief outline of the contents of a user's compendium and guide to stem decay in living trees in Ontario's forests.
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This publication reports on various forest genomics research projects that seek to expand our knowledge of specific spruce budworm (SBW) genes. Canadian Forest Service researchers targeted genes that...
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Antoine Karam
Louis Azzaria
Les résidus miniers utilisés dans la présente étude proviennent de douze sites d'échantillonnage couvrant l'ensemble du parc à résidus miniers East Sullivan. Ces échantillons ont été intimement...
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K.A. Baldwin
Lorna Allen
S. Basquill
K. Chapman
D. Downing
N. Flynn
W. Mackenzie
M. Major
W.J. Meades
D. Meidinger
C. Morneau
J.-P. Saucier
J. Thorpe
Vegetation Zones of Canada: a Biogeoclimatic Perspective maps Canadian geography in relation to regional climate, as indicated by vegetation patterns. Compared to previous similar national-scale...
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Technology Transfer Notes are a new series of publications focusing on forestry research applications. Technology Transfer Notes offer new techniques, methods, tools and procedures, and deliver...
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Donnie McPhee presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on seed research and seed selection for the 2 Billion Trees Program.
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This presentation describes a method of assessing cumulative effects, taking into account the many drivers or pressures on the landscape and their effects on watershed processes.
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David Campbell, geospatial analyst at FORCORP, talks about recreation in Alberta and the importance of considering many different environmental factors before creating a trail. Given current and...
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As a consequence of climate change, current landscape patterns are unlikely to persist in the future. The types of ecological changes expected to occur as the climate warms are described