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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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Regional-scale hydrologic settings buffer black spruce regeneration in the presence of post-fire droughts
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Lanti-Traikovski, Alexander A.
Climate change is increasing the frequency of droughts and wildfires, reducing tree recruitment, and altering post-fire species composition. In Canada’s western boreal forests, postfire recruitment, particularly of drought-intolerant coniferous species like black spruce, has declined in recent...
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Reproduction and abundance of the wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) in post-harvest variable retention forests
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Many aquatic-breeding amphibians require freshwater habitat for reproduction and terrestrial habitat for refuge, foraging, and overwintering. Variable retention harvesting is a technique where live trees and other forest features are retained during timber harvesting in patterns that emulate...
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Residents’ perception of hydraulic fracturing and their engagement in hydraulic fracturing in Lethbridge, Fox Creek, and Rosebud, Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2020
Alberta has been dependent upon oil and gas extraction for over a hundred years, resulting in a particular set of political-economic conditions. Up to date, 93 percent of all the conventional oil in Alberta has been extracted. Therefore, to maintain resource rents, unconventional sources of oil...
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Resiliency of boreal forest tree species on a reclaimed oil sands mine and natural forest stands in northeastern Alberta
DownloadSpring 2019
Disturbances in the boreal forest are common, so the species that comprise these forests must be resilient to them. This research examines the resiliency, here defined as the regeneration of boreal tree species following disturbance on both reclaimed and natural sites. The suckering response of...
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Resource allocation, water relations and crown architecture examined at the tree and stand-level in northern conifers
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Variation in quantity of light has driven plants to employ many strategies in order to persist in high and low light. It is also a primary driver of lower branch mortality and crown recession. Fine roots and leaves are complimentary tissues representing belowground and aboveground resource...
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Fall 2021
The long-term survival of trees is highly dependent on their ability to acquire, utilize and store resources to endure local environmental conditions and stresses. Although external uptake and internal cycling of essential resources in deciduous trees is largely regulated by seasonal phenology,...