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Competition Impacts on Hybrid Poplar and Implications for Alternative Establishment Systems
DownloadSpring 2015
The effects of different vegetation control practices on tree-weed interactions and associated establishment and early tree growth were investigated in 1-3 year old hybrid poplar plantations containing Walker poplar (Populus deltoides x (P. laurifolia x P. nigra)) and its progeny Okanese poplar...
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Soil Nitrogen Cycling and Nitrous Oxide Emissions: Interactive Effects of N Fertilization Options, Soil Management, Cropping Systems and Climatic Factors in Central Alberta
DownloadFall 2020
Shakila Kalhari Thilakarathna Ekanayaka Mudiyanselage
Increases in nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions derived from inorganic nitrogen fertilization has become a major environmental concern due to the significant contribution of N2O to global warming, and the deterioration of the stratospheric ozone layer. Effective N fertilization management strategies...
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Ectomycorrhizal functional diversity parallels fine root and leaf abundance with forest stand age
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The abundance of fine roots and leaves in forests is predicted to peak during mid-succession and then decline. If fine roots decline more rapidly than leaves, reductions in fine roots could contribute disproportionately to stand decline. Ectomycorrhizal fungi (EcM), symbionts that facilitate...
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Fall 2012
Environmental indices are useful tools for distilling significant messages out of complex monitoring datasets. A case study of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Watershed Evaluation of Beneficial Management Practices (WEBs) micro-watershed on the lower Little Bow River, Alberta, was used to...
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Streamflow is changing in rivers across Alberta: assessing regional variation in changing hydrologic indices
DownloadFall 2020
The flow regime is a crucial factor in the well-being of aquatic and riparian ecosystems. Many components of those ecosystems, ranging for nutrient transport to morphology, are impacted by various hydrologic parameters. The parameters help define and quantify five important hydrologic regime...
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Spring 2020
Soil stockpiles are used around the world to reclaim sites affected by industrial activities. Oil sands surface mining and in situ extraction activities in Alberta, Canada, have directly impacted more than 900 km2 of land, with more development expected in the future. Soil stockpiles will be...
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Influence of wildfire and permafrost thaw on dissolved organic carbon (DOC) in northern peatlands; implications for lability and downstream transport
DownloadFall 2017
Peatlands in Canada’s western boreal forest are a major source of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to downstream ecosystems, where DOC regulates carbon cycling, and can affect ecosystem productivity and habitat quality. Subarctic ecosystems are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the effects of...
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Quantification of deep drainage flux and drainage water quality characterization below the root zone of a short rotation coppice of willow and poplar receiving municipal treated wastewater irrigation in the lower foothills natural subregion of Alberta
DownloadSpring 2012
Short rotation coppice is a type of bio-energy that involves the management of woody species to be harvested for energy purposes. Short rotation coppice in combination with municipal treated wastewater irrigation offers various benefits, mainly a low cost form of both nutrients and irrigation...