Restoration and reclamation of boreal ecosystems : attaining sustainable development
Record details
- ISBN: 9781107015715
- ISBN: 1107015715
- ISBN: 9781283638630
- ISBN: 9781139570879
- ISBN: 9781139569064
- ISBN: 9781139059152
- ISBN: 1283638630
- ISBN: 1139570870
- ISBN: 1139569066
- ISBN: 1139059157
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1 online resource
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Computer data. - Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1. Utilizing Natural Regimes as Models for Reclamation and Restoration: 1. The changing boreal forest: incorporating ecological theory into restoration planning / Dale H. Vitt and Jagtar S. Bhatti; 2. Disturbance and the peatland carbon sink in the Oil Sands Administrative Area / R. Kelman Wieder, Melanie A. Vile, Kimberli D. Scott, Dale H. Vitt, Erin Brault, Michelle Harris, and Stephen B. Mowbray; 3. Regional-scale modeling of greenhouse gas fluxes / Pavel Juru�s, Petr Musilek, Yaqiong Li, and James Rodway; 4. Reclamation and restoration of boreal ecosystems: attaining sustainable development: modeling and mapping vegetation type by soil moisture regime across boreal landscapes / Doug Hiltz, Joyce Gould, Barry White, Jae Ogilvie, and Paul Arp; 5. Fundamental paradigms, foundation species selection, and early plant responses to peatland initiation on mineral soils / Sara Koropchak, Dale H. Vitt, Rosemary Bloise, and R. Kelman Wieder -- Part 2. The Challenges of Reclamation in Boreal Ecosystems: 6. Advances in oil sands tailings handling: building the base for reclamation / Randy Mikula; 7. Rebuilding boreal forest ecosystems after industrial disturbance / Ellen Macdonald, Sylvie Quideau, and Simon Landha;usser; 8. Designing landscapes to support peatland development on soft tailings deposits: Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s Sandhill Fen Research Watershed initiative / Carla Wytrykush, Dale H. Vitt, Gord McKenna, and Rob Vassov; 9. Initiatives in oil sand reclamation: considerations for fen peatland in post-mined oil sands landscape / Christine Daly, Jonathan Price, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, R�emy Pouliot, Line Rochefort, and Martha D. Graf; 10. Plant community recovery on 'minimum disturbance' petroleum sites compared to burned sites in bogs of northern Alberta / Melissa House, Dale H. Vitt, and R. Kelman Wieder; 11. Oil sands reclamation and the projected development of wildlife habitat attributes / Clive Welham, Juan Blanco, Brad Seely, and Caroline Bampfylde; 12. Restoration of peatlands after peat extraction: impacts, restoration goals, and techniques / Martha D. Graf, Vicky B�erub�e, and Line Rochefort; 13. Importance of microbes in peatland dynamics, restoration, and reclamation / Roxane Andersen -- Part 3. Carbon in the Boreal Forest: 14. Carbon and nitrogen stocks in western boreal forest ecosystems / Jagtar S. Bhatti; 15. Projected patterns of carbon storage in upland forests reclaimed after oil sands mining / Clive Welham, Brad Seely, and Juan Blanco; 16. The business of carbon / Mike Vitt; 17. Effects of peat extraction and restoration on greenhouse gas exchange from Canadian peatlands / Maria Strack and James M. Waddington. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
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