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Peatland Drainage and Improvement Program (Phase 2): Controlling Water Table Levels to Enhance Tree Establishment and Growth
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Three experimental forest drainage sites were established in Alberta’s boreal forest to determine the effects of lowered water tables on soils, local hydrology, ground vegetation composition and tree...
Peatlands Promote Fire Refugia In Boreal Forests Of Northern Alberta, Canada
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Abstract In the boreal forests of North America, large wildfires often leave residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed fire refugia, which can affect post-fire ecosystem processes. Although...
Peatlands Reduce Fire Severity and Promote Fire Refugia in Boreal Forests
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In the boreal biome of North America, large wildfires usually leave behind residual patches of unburned vegetation, termed refugia, which can strongly affect post-fire ecosystem processes. While...
Perspectives on Safeguarding Soil Health in Indigenous Agroecosystems
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February 13th, 2024 at 3:30pm MST to February 13th, 2024 at 4:45pm MST
Edmonton, AB
Bentley Lecture in Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture is the dominant land use in First Nations in the Canadian Prairies. In this lecture, soil biochemist Melissa Arcand will provide an overview of...
Petawawa Research Forest: Applied Science at its Finest!
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Since 1918, forest researchers have used the Petawawa Research Forest to establish long term experiments and have collected data using varied and innovative techniques to learn how trees grow within...
Physiology and Mechanisms of Airborne Pollutant Injury to Vegetation, 1979-80
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Appreciable changes in biochemical functions in an epiphytic lichen, Evernia mesomorpha, were observed in response to controlled SO2 exposures even at a very low SO2 concentration (0.1 ppm)
PhytoPet© – A Database of Plants that Play a Role in the Phytoremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons
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The cold climate and short growing season characteristic of the major oil and gas producing regions of western Canada make it particularly important to conduct phytoremediation research on plants...
Phytoremediation Efficacy of Salix discolor and S. eriocephela on Adjacent Acidic Clay and Shale Overburden on a Former Mine Site: Growth, Soil, and Foliage Traits
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Plants regularly experience suboptimal environments, but this can be particularly acute on highly disturbed mine sites such as the extensive coal mine spoils in central New Brunswick. Willows have...
Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon / Maianthemum dilatatum. Association CNVC00016
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Picea sitchensis / Gaultheria shallon / Polystichum munitum. Association CNVC00057
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Picea sitchensis / Rubus spectabilis – Malus fusca / Carex obnupta. Association CNVC00024
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Picea sitchensis / Trisetum canescens. Association CNVC00018
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Picea sitchensis – Tsuga heterophylla / Eurhynchium oreganum. Association CNVC00025
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Picea sitchensis – Tsuga heterophylla / Oplopanax horridus – Rubus spectabilis / Gymnocarpium dryopteris. Association CNVC00003
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Picea sitchensis – Tsuga heterophylla / Rubus spectabilis / Maianthemum dilatatum. Association CNVC00017
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Pinus contorta var. contorta – Chamaecyparis nootkatensis / Racomitrium spp. Association CNVC00020
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Pinus contorta var. contorta / Gaultheria shallon – Vaccinium alaskaense / Cladina spp. Association CNVC00008
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The Canadian National Vegetation Classification (CNVC) is an ecological classification of natural and semi-natural Canadian vegetation. The classification is a hierarchical taxonomy, describing...
Plant Functional Trait Approach to Assess the Persistence of Seismic Line Footprint in Boreal Peatlands of Alberta, Canada
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Understanding the mechanisms that control ecosystem functioning based on taxonomic and functional community composition observed on seismic lines can inform restoration and mitigation measures