Integrating liDAR and optical remote sensing for forest inventory in the NWT

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Dr R.J. Hall, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, presented a seminar on 5 April 2012 at the University of Alberta. The forested area of the Northwest Territories (NWT) in Canada is a widely distributed land mass 33 million ha in size much of which is inaccessible, costly to survey, and containing inventory information for less than 10 percent of its forests. As a result, being able to report on whether forests in the NWT…

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Integrating liDAR and optical remote sensing for forest inventory in the NWT

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Dr R.J. Hall, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Edmonton, presented a seminar on 5 April 2012 at the University of Alberta. The forested area of the Northwest Territories (NWT) in Canada is a widely distributed land mass 33 million ha in size much of which is inaccessible, costly to survey, and containing inventory information for less than 10 percent of its forests. As a result, being able to report on whether forests in the NWT…
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Conserving long-distance migratory songbirds

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Dr Bridget Stutchbury, Department of Biology, York University, presented a seminar, "Conserving long-distance migratory songbirds," on 22 March 2012 at the University of Alberta. Abstract: Dozens of Neotropical migratory songbirds are undergoing long-term declines and many have recently been listed as Species at Risk in Canada. The inability to connect particular breeding populations with their specific wintering sites has been the biggest obstacle…
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Invasion dynamics of mountain pine beetle

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Nadir Erbilgin, Canada Research Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, presented a seminar, "Initial assessment of invasion dynamics of mountain pine beetle in jack pine forests: roles of host tree resistance, competition, symbionts and environment," on 15 March 2012 at the University of Alberta. Abstract: In my program, we use the invasion in jack pine boreal forests by the mountain pine beetle as…
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Variable retention in the southern hemisphere: is managing fire-driven forests an ecological or a social issue?

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Dr Steve Read, Consultant Biologist and previously Chief Scientist, Forest Research and Development, Forestry Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia was the 67th Forest Industry Lecturer on 8 March 2012. To view full abstract visit http://www.rr.ualberta.ca/SeminarsandLectures/ForestIndustryLecture/SteveRead.aspx.
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Economic prospcts for poplar plantations in Canada

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Marty Luckert, Professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University Alberta, present a seminar on Thursday, 9 February at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Abstract: The future of the Canadian forest products industry depends heavily on what role it will play in a world market that is transitioning rapidly from harvesting old growth forests to harvesting plantations. Moreover, future competitiveness…
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Water conservation: motherhood, myths, muddiness and management

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David Chanasyk, Professor in the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, presented a seminar on Thursday, 26 January at 12:30 pm at the niversity of Alberta. There has been a continuous stream of books published on the topic of water in the past few years. Many, if not all, highlight an impending water crisis; some even claiming it is here. Few address fundamental hydrologic principles and consider the full scope of the hydrologic…
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Information Sources for Oil Sands Researchers

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Chris Powter, Executive Director, Oil Sands Research & Information Network (OSRIN), School of Energy & the Environment, University of Alberta presented a seminar on Thursday, December 1 at 12:30 in the Wyatt Lecture Room (236 Earth Sciences Building) University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta. Abstract: Information is the currency of research – we measure our value and market our services based on the amount we possess and what we can do with it. We…
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The Breton Plots

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The Breton Plots Fertility and rotation experiments were established in 1930. Dr Jim Robertson, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, explains the history and research being done at the The Breton Plots, an Alberta registered historic resource. The Breton Plots were established in 1929 near the village of Breton, 100 km southwest of Edmonton, by the Department of Soil Science, University of Alberta. These…
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