Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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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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D. Meidinger
K.A. Baldwin
The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
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V. Fewster
Jeffrey Fidgen
Chris MacQuarrie
La spongieuse ( Lymantria dispar) est un insecte défoliateur non indigène naturalisé. La spongieuse a une prédilection pour le chêne, mais elle s’attaque à plusieurs autres essences d’arbres indigènes...
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V. Fewster
Jeffrey Fidgen
Chris MacQuarrie
Spongy moth ( Lymantria dispar) is a naturalized non-native pest that prefers oak leaves, but it can defoliate several other tree species native to Canada. Repeated high rates of defoliation by spongy...
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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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InnoTech Alberta
University of Alberta
The InnoTech/UofA above ground mesocosm facility enables configurable, innovative approaches for assessing potential environmental and ecological impacts of industrial activities
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Forest Pest Leaflets are a series of about eighty publications dealing with insects, tree diseases, and other problems affecting the growth, survival, and general health of forests. Each leaflet...
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Kristin Denryter
Rachel Cook
John Cook
Katherine Parker
High-quality habitats for caribou are associated primarily with lichens, but lichens alone fail to satisfy summer nutritional requirements. To evaluate the summer forage value of plant communities...
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Service Canadien des Forêts
The Canadian Council of Forest Ministers has spearheaded the development of the Canadian Wildland Fire Prevention and Mitigation Strategy (the Strategy). The Strategy outlines a set of goals...
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This study examined three pervasive issues that impacted native ecosystems. Numerous land use practices including oil and gas activities have led to the modification of native grasslands both the...
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Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
This maintenance schedule outlines the care that trees need in each season. It can be used as a checklist year after year. You can adapt it to your local area and the specific needs of your project.
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L. Archambault
J. Morissette
In Quebec, the bioclimatic zone of balsam fir-yellow birch covers an area of 94,768 km 2. Some of the forest cover types in the area, such as balsam fir-yellow birch, are among the most productive in...