<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Symbaluk, Marc Daniel</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Testing landscape modelling approaches for environmental impact assessment of mining land use on grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) in the foothills region of west central Alberta</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.trcr.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/2009-Book-award-Symbaluk-paper.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Royal Roads University </style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Environment and Management</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">130</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">en</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The grizzly bear habitat effectiveness model (HEM) was used in west-central Alberta for Cumulative Environmental Assessments (1996 and 1999) of the Cheviot open pit coal mine project. This thesis tested HEM predictions regarding the Cheviot mine with empirical data. The HEM outputs were disproved for grizzly bear response to mining land use. Further, when tested at the mining land use scale, current Resource Selection Function (RSF) modeling is not predictive of grizzly bear occurrence. Grizzly bear movement paths prior to and during mine disturbance determined that mining land use does not present significant landscape or regional barriers to grizzly bears. This study examined regional and mining land use opportunities and risks pertaining to grizzly bears. I provide a critical review of the Cheviot CEA process and the implications of commitments made by governments and conclude with recommendations for mining land use and regional planning for grizzly bear protection.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">M. Sc. </style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biology</style></custom1><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cheviot Mine, Cadomin</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/657196947</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Science</style></custom4></record></records></xml>