Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Karen Cannon
Sandra Landsburg
Concerns about soil compaction on pipeline rights-of-way have increased with the introduction of heavier, more powerful construction equipment
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Doug Maynard
K. E. Hogg
Ed Wass
M.P. Curran
Soil disturbance from forest harvesting has been shown to compromise site productivity. We established satellite trials in five of the Long-Term Soil Productivity (LTSP) sites in southeast British...
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Soil microorganisms and their activities are the major vectors in the decomposition of plant litter and the subsequent transformation and flow of such essential plant nutrients as nitrogen and phospho
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Effects of amendments on growth of trees and grasses and establishment of mycorrhizae in coal and oil sands reconstructed soils
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The literature is reviewed with the aim of consolidating silviculturally important information about interactions between root system development and soil properties; a complementary objective is to...
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Leo Paquin
Curtis Brinker
Reclamation objectives include forest establishment, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, biodiversity and recreational use, and soil management practices determine in large part the success
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 1 of this manual is a background and explanatory section that describes the terminology used in soil surveys and presents the assumptions and conventions upon which the interpretations are based
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Pedocan Land Evaluation Ltd.
Part 2 presents typical data and interpretations for each soil series in Alberta. The interpretations were made by applying the guidelines in Part 1, and checking the results against experience
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Soil is defined in terms of dynamic circulation patterns of water, air and minerals driven by solar energy. The soil is the reactor and exchanger of energy and matter and, as such, is the terrestrial...
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Glen MacDonald
Vic Adamowicz
Melissa Arcand
Xavier Cavard
Jing Ming Chen
Valérie Courtois
Gail Chmura
Margo Hurlbert
Karen Kohfeld
David Olefeldt
Yves Prairie
Michael Ter-Mikaelian
Claudia Wagner-Riddle
Kirsten Zickfeld
Susan Ziegler
En tant que signataire de l’Accord de Paris, le gouvernement du Canada s’est engagé à réduire d’ici 2030 les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES) de 40 % par rapport aux niveaux de 2005. La Loi...
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G.M. Bonnor
R. de Jong
P. Boudewyn
To assess the growth of the uneven-aged stands of Douglas-fir in the Interior Douglas-fir zone of British Columbia, and the factors influencing the growth, data from 92 permanent sample plots were...
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Fort Nelson First Nation
Firelight Group
Swamp Donkey
This is a set of curated data sources to help people get started on their habitat restoration programs in boreal Canada. It includes sources of habitat data, disturbance data, leases, licenses etc...
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This paper is part of a special series in The School of Public Policy Publications, investigating a concept that would connect the nation’s southern infrastructure to a new series of corridors across...
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In summary this report aims to provide an expert evaluation, using case studies, to profile conservation of species-at-risk across the province of British Columbia. To accomplish this objective, case...
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Mélina Guêné-Nanchen
Benoit-St-Hilaire
In light of the many potential benefits of Sphagnum farming and interest from the Canadian horticultural peat industry, some research projects to test small-scale Sphagnum farming approaches were...
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The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration 2021–2030 (hereafter “UN Decade”) recognizes the critical need to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of the world’s ecosystems. Effective...
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This document establishes a baseline for woodland caribou population status, distribution, and critical habitat in Saskatchewan through a review of the scientific literature, summary and analysis of...
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Dorothy Hill
Morrigan Simpson-Marran
Lorne Gould
Sarah Nason
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November
2021
Several key gaps exist in current reporting and information synthesis practices with respect to boreal caribou conservation in Canada. Conservation data are collected at a provincial/territorial level...
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Species at Risk Committee
A lengthy NWT government Species at Risk assessment of barren-ground caribou and Porcupine caribou. It classifies the Porcupine caribou as “not at risk” in the NWT, and the other herds as “threatened”...
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January
2022
This is a report on a study mandated by the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi which aimed to identify and describe critical woodland caribou calving habitats within the Waswanipi territory between 2004...