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ACRRE Research Notes
Outreach and application of knowledge is a key component of ACRRE’s mandate. ACRRE is committed to disseminating the key findings of its researchers in formats that are highly relevant and widely accessible to the industry and government partners who need them. These research notes summarize the management implications of key research papers published by ACRRE research teams.
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Benefits of fertilization for white spruce and lodgepole pine trees depend on the reclamation substrate – overburden vs tailings sand
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During reclamation of oil sands mines, overburden or tailings sand substrates are often capped with a peat mineral mix. These soils can exhibit a number of challenging properties, including low availability of water and nutrients such as nitrogen. Some trees planted on oil sands mines have...
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Deeper soil salvaging depths produce greater cover of native plants than shallow salvage depths on a reclaimed coal mine site
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Landhäusser, S., Macdonald, E.
The forest understory serves as a key source of plant diversity and plays an important role in various forest processes. However, re-establishment of the forest understory community has proven challenging when using conventional reclamation techniques because of limited availability of native...