Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Over 70 diseases have been found and recorded on black spruce ( Picea mariana [Mill.] B.S.P.) in Ontario (Davis and Myren 1990). They range from vigorous pathogens capable of causing death or serious...
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The foothills and mountain regions are extremely varied in soils, vegetation, climate and geology. Oil and gas drilling wastes must be contained ana then dispose □ of, despite of this extreme...
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Highway rights-of-way in Alberta, and elsewhere, are dull because they consist of limited, non-native species mixes that are frequently mowed. These rights-of-way are therefore not much more exciting...
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Terry Larsen
A. Sorensen
C. McClelland
Gordon Stenhouse
To understand how oil and gas activities and access control measures, particularly gates, influences grizzly bears and their habitats in Alberta, we used multiple data sources including spatial layers...
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Franck Stefani
Julien Beguin
David Paré
Marie-Josée Morency
Christine Martineau
André Fortin
Nelson Thiffault
Armand Séguin
Introduction: Reforestation of degraded lands in the boreal forest is challenging and depends on the direction and strength of the plant-soil feedback (PSF). Methods: Using a gradient in tree...
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Piyush Jain
Ellen Whitman
A video outlining the major drivers and impacts of the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season in Canada. A PDF of the PowerPoint can be found here.
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Nelson Thiffault
Caludie-Maude Canuel
Michael Hoepting
James Farrell
This fact sheet provides an overview of a study on the management implications of pre-commercial thinning in balsam fir. While the effects of pre-commercial thinning on stand growth and quality are...
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Ecological restoration is a well-known and structured method for addressing degraded areas and supporting their recovery towards the development of healthy ecosystem. Recently however, rewilding is...
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Tim Alamenciak
Dorian Pomezanski
Nancy Shackelford
Stephen Murphy
Steven Cooke
Line Rochefort
Sonia Voicescu
Eric Higgs
Much has been achieved by research into ecological restoration as a nature-based solution to the destruction of ecosystems, particularly in Canada. We conducted a national-level synthesis of Canadian...
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The Ecological Suitable Species Guideline (ESSG) is a guideline for reclamation practitioners to consider when evaluating reclamation options to apply within a specific restoration area, supporting...
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Wei-Yew Chang
Shuo Wang
Chris Gaston
Julie Cool
Henry An
Barb Thomas
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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Torben Jensen
Tim Keddy
Derek Sidders
Canada is seeking cost-effective means to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, particularly CO2. One of the promising means is the short rotation woody crops (SRWC) plantation, a silvicultural approach...
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In 1983 the Alberta Environmental Centre (AEC) at Vegreville began a program to develop licensed, commercially available seed varieties suitable for use in the reclamation of rangeland and man-made...
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Four solum and subsoil materials from Alberta were treated to determine if soil aggregation and aggregate strength could be increased to reduce succeptibility to soil compaction. Each soil was treated...
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This study examines the relationship between seed production, soil scarification and seedling establishment in balsam fir ( Abies balsamea [L.] Mill.) and white spruce ( Picea glauca [Moench] Voss)...
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Understanding the ecology of recovery processes allows effective restoration strategies for disturbed sites to be developed. Since pioneering species occur over broad ecological and geographic ranges...
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Donald Wishart
John Hayes
The effectiveness of a soil conservation method employed on recent major pipeline construction in Western Canada was investigated. Prior to any major construction activities, topsoil was salvaged over...
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Dave Huggard
Brandon Allen
David Roberts
Fires are a natural occurrence in Alberta’s forests. In boreal and montane forests, fires—along with other natural disturbances such as insect outbreaks and disease—create a mosaic of stands of...
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P. Salonius
K. Beaton
Blair Roze
This study examined the effects of nursery rearing in an array of 51 individual fabricated frames that supported a range of six growing cell sizes at 11 plant spacings in all possible combinations. A...
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J.P. Senyk
D. Craigdallie
Seven treatment units in three different clearcut blocks in the Golden Forest District were studied to assess overall soil disturbance levels resulting from ground-based harvesting using two methods...