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Rate of Deterioration, Degrade and Fall of Trees Killed by Mountain Pine Beetle: A Synthesis of the Literature and Experiential Knowledge
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This report is the first stage of a larger study to determine how factors that determine wood quality and quantity change with time-since-death, including the rate of tree fall. The type of wood...
Real World Tree Breeding: Growth and Yield Projections are Met or Exceeded in Douglas Fir
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This fibre fact provides a validation of tree breeding under 'real world' conditions in confirming stand volume projections from growth and yield models.
Realizing the Full Growth Potential of a Forest: TreeCG, a Forest Compensatory Growth Model. Fibre Facts 28
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This fibre fact provides an overview of what forest compensatory growth is and how the TreeCG model can be used to detect and plan for compensatory growth within a forest stand.
Rearing, Identification, and Biology of Parasitoids and Predators Associated with Pissodes Weevils in Canada
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Methods for collecting and rearing parasitoids of larvae and pupae of Pissodes species are discussed. Illustrated keys are provided for the identification of 31 species of Diptera and Hymenoptera...
Reclaimed Upland Vegetation Community Trends on Syncrude's Mine Sites
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This report summarizes up to 39 years of plant community development trends on Syncrude’s reclaimed mine sites near Fort McMurray, Alberta.
Reclamation Activities at Syncrude Canada Ltd.
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Syncrude Canada Ltd. (Mildred Lake Project) is an oil sand surface mining and processing venture situated in the Athabasca Oil Sands of northeastern Alberta . This project, approximately 420 km north...
Reclamation and Vegetation of Surface Mined Areas in the Athabasca Tar Sands
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Field trial on an already vegetated area on the GCOS tailings pond dike, to determine responses of the already established vegetative cover to different fertility levels, and fate of added fertilizer
Reclamation and Woody Biomass Production on Disturbed Sites with Willow (Salix interior)
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This study describes biomass production, colony formation, and clonal spread via root stems of a wide-ranging North American willow species, Salix interior (INT), one of the few willows that can...
Reclamation Prescriptions—Does One Size Fit All?
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This note explores lesson from EMEND that can inform reclamation approaches that embrace variation, as opposed to a one-size-fits-all approach.
Reclamation Research for Various Land Uses in the Oil Sands Region of Alberta, Canada
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Syncrude Canada Ltd. produces 200,000 barrels of synthetic crude oil per day from its oil sands surface mining operations located 50 km north of Fort McMurray, Alberta. The three major types of...
Recommended Procedures for Rooting Ground Hemlock (Taxus Canadensis) Cuttings
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Methods for greenhouse propagation of rooted cuttings of Canada yew ( Taxus canadensis) are described. Specific details on the collection and handling of cuttings, greenhouse culture, and post-rooting...
Reducing Stem Rot in Living Black Spruce in Ontario
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This technical note provides forest managers with some knowledge of the characteristics of stem rot in black spruce and how its occurrence is related to various factors.
Regeneration Behaviour of Competing Plants After Clear-Cutting
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Secondary succession, which follows forest harvesting, begins with the growth of herbs, shrubs, and trees and eventually leads to a mature forest. However, young, commercially important trees are...
Regeneration Techniques for Restoring Forest Cover on Oil and Gas Sites
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The guidebook explains forest regeneration techniques. The Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forest Service (NRCan-CFS) developed this guidebook to help with the successful restoration of disturbed in...
Regeneration Techniques for Restoring Forest Cover on Oil and Gas Sites
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This guidebook explains forest regeneration techniques. The Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forest Service (NRCan-CFS) developed this guidebook to help with the successful restoration of disturbed...
Regional Hydrogeological Study McMurray Oil Sands Area, Alberta
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Determine the present availability of pertinent hydrogeological data. Interpret this data as far as possible and outline effects of the groundwater systems on oil recovery operations and vice versa
Regression Models Describe and Predict Benefits of Vegetation Management for Black Spruce
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To better quantify the long-term growth response of black spruce to weed control, individual outplants were sampled up to 11 years after planting as part of a vegetation management and stock...
Remote Sensing and the Athabasca Tar Sands: An Overview
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This report is a survey of remote sensing technology and its applicability to the environmental study needs of the tar sands area and includes examples of surveys that have already been completed
Remote Sensing in Forestry: Current Challenges, Considerations and Directions
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Remote sensing has developed into an omnipresent technology in the scientific field of forestry and is also increasingly used in an operational fashion. However, the pace and level of uptake of remote...