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Silt and phosphorus availability in unpaved road materials from forested watersheds in Canada, and implications for drinking water resources
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Many communities in Canada rely on surface drinking water supplies that are located within or downstream of forests. The typically clean, clear waters flowing from forests are sensitive to disturbances that can degrade source water quality. Unpaved access roads are one of the most widespread...
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Revisiting reclaimed well pads in boreal forests: the role of time and changing criteria in the recovery of vegetation composition, forest structure, and plant traits
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Boreal forests provide multiple ecological and economic services, including carbon storage, provision of wildlife habitat and recreational space, and timber supply. In Canada’s western boreal forests, natural resource energy exploration and extraction results in substantial anthropogenic...
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Fall 2024
Soil invertebrate assemblages, indicative of ecosystem health and function, can be used to assess land reclamation success, but require taxonomic expertise. Soil invertebrate assessments must be comprehensive, seasonally consistent, cost effective, and focus on sensitive key groups. We evaluated...
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Out of the Dark, into the Light? Influence of Wildfire and Thermokarst on Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Boreal Peat Landscapes near the southern Limit of Permafrost
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Wildfire and permafrost thaw have been common disturbances in the boreal zone for millennia and are now intensified by warming due to human-made climate change. The Taiga Plains ecozone in northwestern Canada is warming at a faster rate than other regions. In this ecozone, permafrost is found at...
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Influence of Airborne Ocularly Assessed Stand Density on Wildfire Escapes and Containment Challenges
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The relationship between increasing forest density and increasing wildfire behaviour is well established. However, in the unique case of initial attack wildfire operations, traditional data collection methods to measure forest density are both impractical and unsafe. As an alternative approach,...
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Fire and harvesting impacts on forest floor and water extractable organic matter chemical composition in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
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Forests globally store a significant portion of terrestrial organic carbon, where two-thirds of that carbon is stored as soil organic matter (SOM). The dissolved organic matter (DOM) in soils plays a crucial role in carbon and nutrient cycling. Understanding the dynamics of DOM and SOM in forest...
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Fall 2024
Drought has an adverse effect on ecosystems, communities, and economies globally, making itdifficult to manage water resources. It is vital to comprehend the dynamics of drought and surfacewater extent in Alberta, Canada, where water resources are essential for maintaining ecosystemfunctions and...
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Fall 2024
Phosphogypsum (PG) is a by-product of phosphorus fertilizer production and is piled into large stacks that eventually require reclamation. The first step in the reclamation process is constructing a topsoil cap to facilitate revegetation. An alternative to traditional topsoil caps underlain with...
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The role of forage quantity and quality in the migration and diet of a northern ungulate during their neonatal period
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Migration has evolved as a strategy to maximize survival and reproductive success, driven by the search for better resources and predator avoidance. For ungulates at high latitudes, the search for higher quality and more abundant forage has been proposed as one of the best explanations of...
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Mixing tree species and density management to reduce drought susceptibility in coastal plantation forests of British Columbia
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The coastal forests of British Columbia have been experiencing longer and more intense droughts in recent years. To evaluate the effects of species composition and density on drought sensitivity, a study was conducted in a Douglas-fir:western redcedar plantation established in 1992, in the...