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Skip to Search Results- 1Bhatti, Jagtar (Renewable Resources)
- 1Boutin, Stan (Department of Biological Sciences)
- 1Chang, Scott (Renewable Resources)
- 1Hauer, Grant (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Luckert, Marty (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
- 1Qiu, Feng ((Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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Spring 2012
Climate change is expected to drive major changes in agricultural production around the world, but estimates of the economic impact of these changes for Canadian agricultural production have been inconsistent. Most models use aggregate temperature data such as average temperature or growing...
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Spring 2010
Land use and land use change strongly influence the carbon (C) dynamics within ecosystems. This study quantified four aspects of land use and land use change effects: 1) ecosystem C stocks and distribution; 2) soil respiration; 3) soil C mineralization; and 4) net ecosystem productivity. Land use...
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Factors driving range expansion of white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus, in the boreal forest of northern Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2011
A large suite of species, across numerous taxa, are expanding their geographic ranges, with potential impacts on species, communities and ecosystems. This has increased interest in understanding the mechanisms driving range change and anticipating future changes in species’ distributions....
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Prospects for Plantations of Improved Poplars in Alberta: Price Behaviour and Competition for Land
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Poplar forestry plantations have the potential for genomic improvements in growth rates and yields. In order to examine the potential for establishing future plantations of improved poplars in Alberta, this thesis seeks to provide an understanding of the price behaviour of poplar outputs, as well...
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Regional assessment of the effects of land use on water quality: A case study in the Oldman River Basin, Alberta
DownloadFall 2010
Protecting and managing Canadian water resources in the face of growing cumulative effects and non-point source pollution from development (industrial, agricultural, and urban), depends on defensible, scientifically founded, watershed assessments. The objectives of this research were to broadly...
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The use of biological enhancement to expedite landfill stabilization and beneficial land use
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Funded by: Alberta Environmental Research Trust.