<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Close, Erica B.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Purdy, Brett G.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Macdonald, S. Ellen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chang, Scott X.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest productivity in naturally saline landscapes of Alberta's boreal forest</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">acidity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">alkalinity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CEMA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">forest</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">forest characteristics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nutrients</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pH</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">salinity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">sodicity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">soil moisture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">soil water</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">trees</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">UofA</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">vegetation characteristics</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://library.cemaonline.ca/ckan/dataset/0ddb02db-fb4b-4b74-b9b3-c0e7f21b235d/resource/5d67b6ac-db58-414e-9337-6222cd12bcec/download/forestproductivityinnaturallysaline20050016.pdf</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cumulative Environmental Management Association </style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fort McMurray, AB  </style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">113 pages </style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The effect of salinity on boreal forest plants is of growing concern today because oilsands mining in northern Alberta produces large areas of salt-affected soils that need to be reclaimed. We examined the soil and vegetation characteristics of seven naturally saline forested sites in northern Alberta to better understand the effect of soil salinity on mature boreal forest plants. Soil salinity, sodicity, pH, nutrients, moisture content, and temperature were measured in high, medium, and low salinity soils; salt ions, nutrients, and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios were measured in aspen and white spruce foliage. Both tree height growth and basal area growth were determined. Aspen growth decreased with increasing salinity, but white spruce growth seemed to be more strongly affected by environmental factors other than salinity. Both species appeared to be robust against nutritional toxicities and deficiencies commonly encountered in saline soils, indicating a tolerance for some saline conditions.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CEMA Contract No. 2005-0016 RWG. </style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">northern Alberta </style></custom2><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OSEMB</style></custom4></record></records></xml>