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2022-07-07
Killian Fleurial, Maryamsadat Vaziriyeganeh, Janusz J. Zwiazek
This scientific commentary refers to `Negative effects of low root temperatures on water and carbon relations in temperate tree seedlings assessed by dual isotopic labelling' by Wang and Hoch (doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpac005). In his pioneering 1868 Lehrbuch der Botanik (Textbook on Botany) Julius...
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2009
Krachler, M., Fisher, D., Shotyk, W., Zheng, J.
Abstract: Despite its growing environmental significance, there are no detailed historical records of atmospheric As deposition for the Northern Hemisphere. Having overcome the severe analytical challenges in measuring As in polar ice, and using an Arctic ice core representing similar to 16 ka of...
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2020-01-08
Wen-Qing Zhang, Killian Fleurial, Ira Sherr, Robert Vassov, Janusz J. Zwiazek
Bitumen recovery from oil sands in northeastern Alberta, Canada produces large volumes of tailings, which are deposited in mining areas that must be reclaimed upon mine closure. A new technology of non-segregated tailings (NST) developed by Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) was designed...
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Growth responses of 20 boreal forest species to oil sandsnon-segregating tailings: significance for reclamation
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Wen-Qing, Zhang, Killian G. Fleurial, Michelle Moawad, Robert Vassov, Ellen Macdonald, Janusz J. Zwiazek
Oil sands mining in northeastern Alberta, Canada, generates tailings containing sand, silt, clay, water, and residual bitumenwith hydrocarbons. The impact of tailings on revegetation is a major environmental concern and poses a significant land rec-lamation challenge. Oil sands companies have...
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Heterogeneous distribution of pectin epitopes and calcium in different pit types of four angiosperm species
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Intervessel pits act as safety valves that prevent the spread of xylem embolism. Pectin–calcium crosslinks within the pit membrane have been proposed to affect xylem vulnerability to cavitation. However, as the chemical composition of pit membranes is poorly understood, this hypothesis has not...
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High levels of green-tree retention are required to preserve ground beetle biodiversity in boreal mixedwood forests
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Jacobs, J.J., Volney, W.J.A., Work, T.T., Spence, J.R.
Recovery of biodiversity and other ecosystem functions to pre-disturbance levels is a central goal of natural disturbance-based approaches to ecosystem management. In boreal mixedwood forests, green-tree retention has been proposed as an alternative approach to traditional clearcutting that may...
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2007
Hacke, Uwe G., Feild, Taylor S., Sano, Yuzuo, Sperry, John S., Sikkema, Elzard H.
We tested two hypotheses for how vessel evolution in angiosperms influenced xylem function. First, the transition to vessels decreased resistance to flow—often considered the driving force for their evolution. Second, the transition to vessels compromised safety from cavitation—a constraint...
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2007
Sano, Yuzuo, Hacke, Uwe G., Sperry, John S., Sikkema, Elzard H., Feild, Taylor S.
We tested two hypotheses for how vessel evolution in angiosperms influenced xylem function. First, the transition to vessels decreased resistance to flow—often considered the driving force for their evolution. Second, the transition to vessels compromised safety from cavitation—a constraint...
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2007
Feild, T., Sperry, J.S., Sano, Y., Sikkema, E.H., Hacke, U.G.
We tested two hypotheses for how vessel evolution in angiosperms influenced xylem function. First, the transition to vessels decreased resistance to flow-often considered the driving force for their evolution. Second, the transition to vessels compromised safety from cavitation-a constraint...