Wetlands Knowledge Search Results
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Biomass of insects collected averaged 0.82 g oven-dry weight m-2, and ranged from 0.28 (Jack Pine forest) to 3.11 (fen) grams. Use of insects as environmental monitors is discussed
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K. Kong
J.D. Lindsay
Bill McGill
2 sites have been established for the study of stored peat, at Evansburg and on the Syncrude Canada Ltd. lease at Mildred Lake, Alberta. Peat physical, chemical and microbiological properties tested
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Jim Sherstabetoff
B.G. Dunsworth
Sam Takyi
Extensive collections made of seeds of trees and shrubs native to the AOSERP study area for use in future nursery production and field trials. Data collected on seedling survival and performance
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Two 3-day small mammal trapping periods were conducted on 2 woodland areas. Surveys of species composition and density of ground cover and saplings, and of the levels of small mammal damage completed
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Sini-Selina Salko
Jussi Juola
Iuliia Burdun
Harri Vasander
Miina Rautiainen
Boreal peatlands store ~25 % of global soil organic carbon and host many endangered species; however, they face degradation due to climate change and anthropogenic drainage. In boreal peatlands...
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Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures
Knowledge Exchange Workshop focused on centralization, collection, distribution and synthesis of knowledge, information and data related to reclamation
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In this study, phospholipid fatty acids (PLFA) and carbon isotopes were used to characterize the response of in situ microbial communities to a pilot-scale wetland reclamation project in the Alberta...
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Brad Pinno
Ira Sherr
Ruth Errington
Krista Shea
The goal of land reclamation after oil sands mining in the boreal forest of northern Alberta, Canada, is to re-establish functioning forest ecosystems, including the development of natural plant...
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Jon Hornung
Carla Wytrykush
G. Haekel
Theo Charette
Marsha Trites
Subject matter experts were asked to participate in a multi-year process to review, interpret and synthesise results on marsh (open water wetland) reclamation and research in the oil sands region
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Annosus root and butt rot appeared in Quebec relatively recently and its progression still seems to be fairly limited. However, the capacity of this disease to spread over long distances and the value...
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Alberta NAWMP Partnership
The Landowner Guide to the Alberta Wetland Policy helps landowners understand their rights and responsibilities when working in and around wetlands on their farm or ranch under Alberta’s Wetland...
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B. Critescu
Gordon Stenhouse
Marc Symbaluk
M.S. Boyce
Following closure, access management on designated trails will reduce risk of conflicts. Imposing access restrictions, preserving undisturbed habitat patches and restoring original vegetation
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V. Fewster
Chris MacQuarrie
Jeffrey Fidgen
Le puceron lanigère de la pruche ( Adelges tsugae) est une population introduite ravageur de pruches dans l’est du Canada et l’est des États-Unis. Puceron lanigère de la pruche est aussi présent en...
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Ressources naturelles Canada
Minimal disturbance is an approach to oil and gas development that aims to preserve the attributes of the original site as much as possible during development. Minimal disturbance practices include...
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Sharad Karmacharya
Marc Symbaluk
David Brand
S. Schwartz
The Luscar and Gregg River Mines Land Management Plan Working Group was formed to develop a land management plan. The process engaged stakeholders representing a variety of community interests
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Julie Singleton
Judy Loo
John Foley
This manual provides management guidelines aimed at protecting biodiversity in ecologically sensitive sites found on private woodlots within the 420 000-ha Fundy Model Forest of southeastern New...
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This document provides the full list of reports published by the Reclamation Research Technical Advisory Committee from 1979 to 1994
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This project on the "Long Term Prediction of Vegetation Performance On Mined Sands" (V.E.6.1) was undertaken to provide management with answers on the predictive ability to maintain different kinds of...
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S.O. Olatuyi
Leonard Leskiw
Elevated salinity and sodicity are major challenges to reclamation of surface-mined coal sites in the Alberta Plains region. Research plots were established in 1981 at the Battle River Coal Mine near...
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Jane Lancaster
Marilyn Neville
Peggy Desserud
V. Craig
R. Adams
Barry Adams
Jay Woosaree
This study is part of a multi-year, multi-stakeholder initiative to revisit industry revegetation strategies for native prairie in the Grassland Natural Region. Updating the guidelines is a two-step...