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Executive summary -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- The natural setting: ecosystems in the boreal mountains: Geographic setting; Ecological setting -- The conservation challenge: A conservation paradigm and tool box; Needs and opportunities -- Institutional setting: Yukon; British Columbia -- Summary: the way forward: Land use disposition; Valley bottoms, riparian areas and wetlands; Access management; Climate change; Institutional engagement; Regional diversity -- Appendix: Additional information regarding institutions: Yukon Department of Environment; Yukon First Nations governments; Yukon co-management agencies; Yukon non-government organizations; B.C. First Nations governments.
ABSTRACT: Wetlands exist in a transition zone between aquatic and terrestrial environments which can be altered by subtle changes in hydrology. Twentieth century climate records show that the United States is generally experiencing a trend towards a wetter, warmer climate; some climate models suggest that this trend will continue and possibly intensify over the next 100 years. Wetlands that are most likely to be affected by these and other potential changes (e.g., sea-level rise) associated with atmospheric carbon enrichment include permafrost wetlands, coastal and estuanne wetlands, peat lands, alpine wetlands, and prairie pothole wetlands. Potential impacts range from changes in community structure to changes...
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Executive summary -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- The natural setting: ecosystems in the boreal mountains: Geographic setting; Ecological setting -- The conservation challenge: A conservation paradigm and tool box; Needs and opportunities -- Institutional setting: Yukon; British Columbia -- Summary: the way forward: Land use disposition; Valley bottoms, riparian areas and wetlands; Access management; Climate change; Institutional engagement; Regional diversity -- Appendix: Additional information regarding institutions: Yukon Department of Environment; Yukon First Nations governments; Yukon co-management agencies; Yukon non-government organizations; B.C. First Nations governments.
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ABSTRACT: Wetlands exist in a transition zone between aquatic and terrestrial environments which can be altered by subtle changes in hydrology. Twentieth century climate records show that the United States is generally experiencing a trend towards a wetter, warmer climate; some climate models suggest that this trend will continue and possibly intensify over the next 100 years. Wetlands that are most likely to be affected by these and other potential changes (e.g., sea-level rise) associated with atmospheric carbon enrichment include permafrost wetlands, coastal and estuanne wetlands, peat lands, alpine wetlands, and prairie pothole wetlands. Potential impacts range from changes in community structure to changes...
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The scale of investigation for disturbance-influenced processes plays a critical role in theoretical assumptions about stability, variance, and equilibrium, as well as conservation reserve and long-term monitoring program design. Critical consideration of scale is required for robust planning designs, especially when anticipating future disturbances whose exact locations are unknown. This research quantified disturbance proportion and pattern (as contagion) at multiple scales across North America. This pattern of scale-associated variability can guide selection of study and management extents, for example, to minimize variance (measured as standard deviation) between any landscapes within an ecoregion. We identified...
map background search result map search result map Procedures for establishing long-term vegetation monitoring plots and the characterization of major vegetation types on Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska Strategic conservation assessment for the northern boreal mountains of Yukon and British Columbia Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental Contaminants and their Effects on Fish in the Yukon River Basin Physical and biological feedbacks of deforestation MOUND MICROSITES: CAN THEY INFLUENCE PLANT SURVIVAL AND GROWTH IN MINE RECLAMATION GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT: IMPROVING WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA MOUND MICROSITES: CAN THEY INFLUENCE PLANT SURVIVAL AND GROWTH IN MINE RECLAMATION Strategic conservation assessment for the northern boreal mountains of Yukon and British Columbia GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT: IMPROVING WILDLIFE HABITAT MANAGEMENT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Biomonitoring of Environmental Status and Trends (BEST) Program: Environmental Contaminants and their Effects on Fish in the Yukon River Basin Physical and biological feedbacks of deforestation