Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Treatment plots were established on the Syncrude mine site to test the effect of a variety of mixtures of peat, mineral overburden, and tailings sand on establishment of trees and shrubs
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Research plots were constructed on the Syncrude mine site at Mildred Lake to test effect of thickness and quality of replaced soil over tailings sand on the performance of trees and shrubs
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Chris Godwalt
Peter Kotecha
Craig Aumann
Phase 1 of a four phase project to study the Environmental and Economic Footprint (EEF) benefit of collaborative solutions for Athabasca oil sands production water supply and disposal.
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Conceptual and analytical framework for quantifying risks to terrestrial wildlife that might be exposed to solid-phase materials potentially associated with oil sands reclamation
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In-depth review of the state-of-knowledge related to 34 oil sands fine tailings treatment technologies to serve as a fundamental planning document for future research initiatives
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Dendrochronology study of the relationship between climate and tree growth in the sub-boreal region, an aspatial analysis of habitat suitability for 10 wildlife species, and water stress risk analysis
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Model suggests tree productivity in region may be enhanced through much of the 21st century as a result of improvement in the thermal regime and potentially an overall increase in available moisture
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Model projections of tree regeneration under climate change on actual oil sands reclamation materials, and comprehensive model analysis of the risks to ecosystem productivity from climate change
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Authors
Craig Mahoney
Joshua Montgomery
Stephanie Connor
Danielle Cobbaert
Abstract Boreal wetlands within the oil sands region of Alberta, Canada, are subject to natural and anthropogenic pressures, resulting in the need for monitoring these sensitive ecosystems to ensure...
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Jeffrey Speller
Véronique Forbes
Resource Date:
March
2022
This article explores uses of peat bogs and associated plants and other resources by drawing on the published ethnobotanical and archeological literature pertaining to Indigenous groups that lived and...
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Aaron Mohammed
Robert Schincariol
William Quinton
Ranjeet Nagare
Gerald Flerchinger
The presence or absence of permafrost strongly influences the hydrology and ecology of northern watersheds. Resource exploration activities are currently having profound effects on hydrological and...
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Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO)
Two Caribou ( Rangifer tarandus) ecotypes occur in Ontario - the forest-dwelling or boreal population, and the forest-tundra or migratory population. In Ontario the “Woodland Caribou, forest-dwelling...
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Gabriela Siles
Yves Voirin
Goze Bertin Bénié
Resource Date:
January
2018
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Guillaume Moreau
Catherine Chagnon
Alexis Achim
John Caspersen
Loïc D’Orangeville
Martina Sánchez-Pinillos
Nelson Thiffault
We reviewed recent literature to identify the positive and negative effects of thinning on both stand- and treelevel resistance and resilience to four stressors that are expected to increase in...
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Kyle Lochhead
Elizabeth Kleynhans
Tyler Muhly
Resource Date:
December
2021
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Land Resources Network Ltd.
Organic amendments reviewed included animal manures, crop residues, peat, wood waste, sewage sludge, municipal yard waste, humates, vermicomposts and spent mushroom compost. The effect of these organi
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Peter McLaren
Judith Smith
Overall objectives of this study were to determine the abundance and diversity of terrestrial breeding birds and conduct waterbird inventories to determine what changes, if any, have occurred
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Oil Sands Research and Information Network
Did You Know series was a means of highlighting interesting current and historical facts about development, economics and environmental management related to the oil sands.
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Hedwig Lankau
Erin Bayne
Craig Machtans
The boreal forest of western Canada is being dissected by seismic lines used for oil and gas exploration. The vast amount of edge being created is leading to concerns that core habitat will be reduced...
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Authors
Sarah Bauduin
Eliot McIntire
Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Steve Cumming
Resource Date:
September
2016
Sparse data sets, such as VHF collar locations, can be used to fit movement models whose parameters could not be estimated directly from the data.