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Use of riparian buffer strips around lakes by mammals in north-central Alberta

Author(s): DeGroot, J. L.

Year: 2002

Abstract:
I investigated the effects of different widths of riparian forest buffer strips around lakes (20, 100, and 200 m) on habitat use and movement of mammals in the mixed-wood boreal forest of north-central Alberta. This research was conducted as part of the Terrestrial, Riparian, Organisms, Lakes, and Streams (T.R.O.L.S) Project between 1995-99. A total of 10,300 small mammals were live-trapped in 39,200 trap-nights. Small mammal abundance did not significantly differ between riparian and upland forest areas. Riparian forest buffer strip width did not significantly affect use by small mammals of forested areas adjacent to lakes. Snow-track count surveys, representing 14,691 tracks, indicated winter use by mammals (small mammals, red-squirrels, hares, weasel, mink, coyote, deer, and moose) of forest was similar at different distances from lakes. Different width buffer strips did not affect winter use by mammals of the riparian forest. This study indicates that different width riparian forest buffer strips do not significantly affect habitat use or travel of mammals in forested areas adjacent to lakes.

Citation:

DeGroot, J. L. (2002). Use of riparian buffer strips around lakes by mammals in north-central Alberta. Biological Sciences(M. Sc.), 112. Abstract

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Utility of a cultural method for identification of the ericoid mycobiont Oidiodendron maius confirmed by ITS sequence analysis

Author(s): Sigler, L., & Gibas C. F. C.

Year: 2005

Citation:

Sigler, L., & Gibas C. F. C. (2005). Utility of a cultural method for identification of the ericoid mycobiont Oidiodendron maius confirmed by ITS sequence analysis. 53(1), 63-74.

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Variability in forest structure and composition along edge-to-edge gradients from lakeshore and clearcut edges and in riparian buffers in the aspen dominated mixedwood boreal forest

Author(s): Harper, K. A.

Year: 1999

Citation:

Harper, K. A. (1999). Variability in forest structure and composition along edge-to-edge gradients from lakeshore and clearcut edges and in riparian buffers in the aspen dominated mixedwood boreal forest. Renewable Resources(Ph. D.),

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Vegetation communities of Marguerite Crag and Tail Wildland Provincial Park

Author(s): Meijer, M.

Year: 2002

Abstract:
This park straddles the Central Mixedwood and Athabasca Plain Natural Subregions transitional area. The terrain in the park is defined by the crag and tail topography created through the actions of glacial ice and meltwater. Crags refer to the knobs or areas of exposed bedrock located on the up-ice side of the landform, while the tails are the trailing elongate bodies on the lee side of the landform and generally consist of erodible bedrock (American Geological Institute 1984 in Alberta Natural Heritage Information Centre 1998). The bedrock patches in this area are generally quite small; however they are very distinct, and do provide defining character for the park landscape This park is located in a relatively remote region of the province and little documented information is currently available for this area. Much of the information currently used to describe this area has been extrapolated from more intensively studied areas near Lake Athabasca to the north and the Athabasca Sand Dunes Ecological Reserve to the northwest. This vegetation study was one component of a multi-disciplinary project, which was conducted to develop a preliminary inventory of the natural components of the area. The objective of this vegetation study was to define some of the more commonly occurring plant communities found within the park and to identify the site conditions with which these communities are associated.

Citation:

Meijer, M. (2002). Vegetation communities of Marguerite Crag and Tail Wildland Provincial Park. Abstract