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A Before-After Dose-Response (BADR) Terrestrial Biological Monitoring Framework for the Oil Sands
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One of the theme areas monitored within the OSM program is terrestrial biodiversity, known programmatically as Terrestrial Biological Monitoring (TBM). Biodiversity refers to the diversity of wild...
A Burning Question: What are the Implications of Forest Fires for Woodland Caribou?
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This resource is available on an external database and may require a paid subscription to access it. It is included on the CCLM to support our goal of capturing and sharing the breadth of all...
A Caribou Decline Foreshadowed by Inuit in the Central Canadian Arctic: A Retrospective Analysis
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The Dolphin and Union (DU) caribou herd ( Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x pearyi), locally referred to as Island caribou, is a unique and at-risk ecotype of caribou that ranges on Victoria Island...
A Deeper Dive into Human Footprint in Alberta
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As of 2015, 29.2% of Alberta is under human footprint, up from 25.7% in 1999—that’s an average increase of about 0.22%, or around 1450 km2 (560 sections) per year.
A Framework for Adaptive Monitoring of the Cumulative Effects of Human Footprint on Biodiversity
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Effective ecological monitoring is imperative in a human-dominated world, as our ability to manage functioning ecosystems will depend on understanding biodiversity responses to anthropogenic impacts...
A Greener World May Hold Red Flags for Woodland Caribou
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A team from the ABMI’s Caribou Monitoring Unit, studied links between habitat alteration (e.g., forest harvesting), primary productivity, moose, wolves, and caribou across the Canadian boreal forest
A Guide To Mosses And Liverworts Of Alberta Peatlands
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The guide identifies 60 species of mosses and liverworts that comprise the flora of fens and bogs in Alberta and western boreal Canada, designed for use in the field and laboratory.
A Life Cycle Approach to Vegetation Management on Reclaimed Industrial Sites
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This resource is an excerpt from an issue of Canadian Reclamation (Issue 4, Vol 14) containing and article advising practitioners on best practices for vegetation management using the Life Cycle...
A Literature Review for Monitoring Rare and Elusive Species, and Recommendations on Survey Design for Monitoring Boreal Caribou
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Effective wildlife management requires monitoring changes in the spatial distribution of species, their population size and their population trend (Williams et al. 2002; Sinclair et al. 2006)...
ABMI LiDAR Data to be Made Available to the Public
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In partnership with various funders and collaborators, the ABMI has been collecting LiDAR data since 2022. During 2024, some of these data—covering approximately 5,600 square kilometres of Alberta...
ABMI Releases the Wetland Atlas of Alberta
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The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Network (ABMI) has released an online report titled the Wetland Atlas of Alberta; which, for the first time, pulls together publicly accessible information on...
ABMI Science Letter: Factors Affecting Nutrient Variation in Alberta Prairie Wetlands
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Our results indicate water depth, surrounding agriculture footprint, and amount of precipitation received all significantly influence the water quality of prairie wetlands in Alberta.
ABMI Webinar: WildTrax
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April 27th, 2022 at 12:00pm MST to April 27th, 2022 at 1:00pm MST
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Want to use WildTrax but don't know where to start? Or are you already a WildTrax user, and want to learn more about its different features? Join us on April 27 for an overview of the WildTrax platform, soon fully available for use in English or French!
ABMI Wetland Monitoring Survey
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Since 2007, we've monitored Alberta’s wetlands through our Ecosystem Health Program. Over the past 15 years, we have collected valuable baseline information on macroinvertebrates, vascular plants, and...
ABMI's Alberta Biodiversity Browser Updates
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The Biodiversity Browser is the place to go to find all of the data and information we have compiled for the wide variety of species that the ABMI monitors. More than 3000 individual species profiles...
Adapting Monitoring to More Effectively Assess the Impacts of Climate Change on Alberta’s Biodiversity
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Use of ABMI samples to understand genetic variation and changes in genetic structure is identified as an area where ABMI data can be used to understand how biodiversity is adapting to climate change
Advanced Landcover Prediction & Habitat Assessment (ALPHA) Products
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The ABMI's Advanced Landcover Prediction & Habitat Assessment (ALPHA) program uses Earth observation data and spatial data science to map and monitor Alberta's natural landscape. All of the ABMI’s...
Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute Biodiversity Browser User Survey
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In 2017, the ABMI publicly released the Biodiversity Browser (BB) on its website, as a kind of "encyclopedia of life" for Alberta species. The intent of the BB has been to broadly share ABMI data and...