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Global Change Risks a Threatened Species due to Alteration of Predator–prey Dynamics
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Although global change can reshape ecosystems by triggering cascading effects on food webs, indirect interactions remain largely overlooked. Climate- and land-use-induced changes in landscape cause...
Global Declines of Caribou and Reindeer
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Global Fading of the Temperature-Growth Coupling at Alpine and Polar Treelines
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Climate warming is expected to positively alter upward and poleward treelines which are controlled by low temperature and a short growing season. Despite the importance of treelines as a bioassay of...
Global Guidelines for Peatland Rewetting and Restoration
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The Convention on Wetlands (The Convention) and other national, regional and global policy frameworks promote the restoration of degraded peatlands. Rewetting peatland to reduce greenhouse gas...
Global Peatlands Assessment: The State of the World’s Peatlands
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Peatlands are unique and rare ecosystems that, despite only covering around 3-4% of the planet’s land surface, they contain up to one-third of the world’s soil carbon, which is twice the amount of...
Global Water Futures
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Global Water Futures: Solutions to Water Threats in an Era of Global Change is a University of Saskatchewan-led research program that is funded in part by a $77.8-million grant from the Canada First...
Global Wetland Outlook: State of the World's Wetlands and Their Services to People 2018
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Conservation and wise use of wetlands are vital for human livelihoods. The wide range of ecosystem services wetlands provide means that they lie at the heart of sustainable development. Yet policy and...
Glossary of Reclamation and Remediation Terms Used in Alberta – 7th edition
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This glossary was prepared to provide those working in the field of reclamation in Alberta with a standardized set of definitions for reclamation terms.
Glossary of Terms and Acronyms used in Oil Sands Mining, Processing and Environmental Management – December 2014 Update
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Glossary provides understanding of the language and acronyms used in oil sands mining, processing and environmental management.
Going With the Flow: Intraspecific Variation May Act as a Natural Ally to Counterbalance the Impacts of Global Change for the Riparian Species Populus Deltoides
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The speed and magnitude of global change will have major impacts on riparian ecosystems, thereby leading to greater forest vulnerability. Assessing species’ adaptive capacities to provide relevant...
“Good Disturbances” May Help Achieve Reclamation Goals
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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...