Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Presented by Dr Scott J Davidson, Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience, University of Plymouth Swamps are a highly significant wetland type in North America both in terms of areal extent and their role in...
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Klaus Puettman presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on novel silviculture. Given that climate is changing and extreme events are becoming more common, silvicultural goals also need...
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Dasvinder Kambo
Steve D'Eon
A lecture, hosted by the Canadian Institute of Forestry, on various 2 Billion Trees related applied research projects. This presentation, along with many others from the Canadian Institute of Forestry...
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September
2020
Peatlands in Canada: Linking science, policy, and practice to protect an essential carbon service Presented by Lorna Harris, University of Alberta One quarter of the world’s peatlands are found in...
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Tracy McKay
Leonie Brown
Laura Finnegan
The links between habitat disturbance, primary prey, shared predators, and decreasing caribou populations are well established, and long-term solutions for caribou recovery will require management to...
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Anthropogenic habitat alteration via land conversion directly reduces habitat availability and disrupts ecological processes. Western Canada’s boreal forest has undergone rapid landscape change as a...
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February
2019
This presentation provides an introduction to remote sensing and an overview of remote sensing approaches for mapping boreal wetlands.
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September
2023
Recovery and Resistance: Restoring the wetland plant community after invasive reed control Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Rooney, University of Waterloo For established invasions, like European common reed...
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The 2023 wildfire season in Canada is now the worst ever recorded, with over fifteen million hectares burned. In the last 65 years, only four other fire seasons in Canada have produced burned areas...
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January
2018
This presentation provides an overview of a long-term university-industry research partnership to improve understanding of peatland ecosystem function and reclamation techniques.
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Seasonality is an important component in shaping the dynamics that influence ecosystems, including mortality. We investigated temporal patterns of mortality in the boreal ecotype of woodland caribou (...
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March
2022
With the proliferation of GIS and machine learning technologies, a greater understanding of Manitoba’s natural resources is possible. Manitoba has nearly 21 million hectares of peatlands, and by...
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Chronic wasting disease – a fatal prion disease that affects cervids – has impacts on a number of different stakeholder groups. This presentation will provide an overview of our research on the social...
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Nicolas Feau presents a lecture to the Canadian Institute of Forestry on the 'Strong Seeds for Our Future Forests' program. The talk describes the diversity and functions of the conifer seed mycobiome...
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January
2022
Swamplands: Tundra Beavers, Quaking Bogs, and the Improbable World of Peat Peatlands cover around 4% of the earth and yet they store twice as much carbon as all the world’s forests. But these...
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This video is a recording of a webinar where Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and Mikisew Cree First Nation (MCFN) presented about their plan for protecting, restoring, and actively managing...
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Authors
Matthew Pyper
Jason Barrie
Jesse Tigner
Restoration of linear features is gaining significant momentum in the context of caribou conservation, and there is significant focus on this topic within the academic literature. However, the cost of...
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Eric Neilson
Ryan Grandjambe
Ryan Abel
Lorne Gould
Dani Degenhardt
Cynthia Chand
Effective restoration and monitoring of biodiversity on working landscapes requires sustained efforts from multiple sectors, stakeholders and rights holders. Importantly, such efforts are not legal...
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Eric Neilson
Ryan Grandjambe
Ryan Abel
Lorne Gould
Dani Degenhardt
Cynthia Chand
Effective restoration and monitoring of biodiversity on working landscapes requires sustained efforts from multiple sectors, stakeholders and rights holders. Importantly, such efforts are not legal...
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One of the neat things about working in environmental monitoring is the sheer range of tools available to use, and the rate at which they’re evolving. One example that’s rapidly changing monitoring...