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2024-02-01
Based on concerns regarding recent declining water levels in Cooking Lake, a study was launched to investigate historic water levels, aiming to extend records into the early 1800s, prior to European settlement. This project links natural and human history by examining and connecting information...
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2024-02-01
Based on concerns regarding recent declining water levels in Cooking Lake, a study was launched to investigate historic water levels, aiming to extend records into the early 1800s, prior to European settlement. This project links natural and human history by examining and connecting information...
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2024-05-01
Based on concerns regarding recent declining water levels in Cooking Lake, a study was launched to investigate historic water levels, aiming to extend records into the early 1800s, prior to European settlement. This project links natural and human history by examining and connecting information...
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Dendrochronology and treeline dynamics within arctic and alpine localities in western and central Canada
DownloadFall 2012
The transition from forest to tundra, commonly called treeline, is expected to advance, particularly in northern latitudes. Treeline in two subarctic locales: the western Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, and the western Hudson Bay Lowlands southeast of Churchill, Manitoba were studied,...
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Ecology of understory and below-ground communities in lodgepole pine forests under changing disturbance regimes
DownloadSpring 2013
As climate changes and disturbance regimes shift, there is a need to better understand and anticipate potential impacts of both natural and anthropogenic disturbance agents on forest ecosystems. Lodgepole pine forests in western Canada are experiencing an unprecedented mountain pine beetle (MPB)...
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Fire regimes at the transition between mixedwood and coniferous boreal forest in northwestern Quebec.
Download2004
Flannigan, M., Kafka, V., Gauthier, S., Bergeron, Y.
Fire history was reconstructed for an area of 15 000 km2 located in the transition zone between the mixed and coniferous forests in Quebec's southern boreal forest. We used aerial photographs, archives, and dendroecological data (315 sites) to reconstruct a stand initiation map for the area. The...
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Identifying historical climate-growth limitations of white spruce (Picea glauca) populations across North America
DownloadSpring 2021
Climate change may cause reduced forest productivity and higher tree mortality due to water deficits that result from increased evapotranspiration. Such limitations may occur in some areas of the North American boreal forest, where precipitation is low and warming trends are high. This thesis...
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Social-ecological reclamation in the Northwest Territories: A framework for healing human-caribou relations
DownloadFall 2018
The impacts of mining activity on human-caribou relationships in the Northwest Territories have been a focus of study in both the natural and social sciences for decades. Guided by Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation elders and harvesters, this study used dendrochronology methods and best practices for...
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Spatial and temporal stand dynamics of mature lodgepole pine forests of the Canadian Rocky Mountains
DownloadFall 2015
In forest ecosystems, structure and species composition change over time as a function of ageing and minor disturbances and it is important to understand these changes for predicting forest productivity and habitat suitability for other plant and animal biota. Disturbances play a major role in...
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The Restorative Imperative: Challenges, objectives and approaches to restoring naturalness in forests
Download2011
Burton, P. J., MacDonald, S. E.
Abstract: Many of the world's forests are not primeval; forest restoration aims to reverse alterations caused by human use. Forest restoration (including reforestation and forest rehabilitation) is widely researched and practiced around the globe. A review of recent literature reveals some common...