Principal Investigator:Baltzer, Jennifer L Licensed Year(s):2024
2023
2022202120202019 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5543.
This projects two main objectives are to monitor the recovery of NWT forests following wildfire to better understand post-fire changes on forest composition and ground vegetation and to develop baseline information about proposed forest management areas to support assessment of harvesting impacts on these areas.
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Principal Investigator:Pisaric, Michael FJ Licensed Year(s):
2019
201820172016 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4564.
The objectives of this research are to examine the frequency and severity of past wildfire and drought (drought-like) conditions in the southern Northwest Territories. Specifically, the research team will examine the following questions: 1) how frequent and severe have fires been in the; 2) are fires becoming more fre...
Principal Investigator:Chasmer, Laura E Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.4527.
The objectives are to:
1) Compare the distribution of tree and shrub biomass within accessible areas in the Taiga Shield and Taiga Plains landscapes using lidar remote sensing, and by developing tree and shrub vegetation biomass models from field data;
2) Characterize and compare non fire-disturbed patterns of veget...
Principal Investigator:Asselin, Hugo Licensed Year(s):
2019
2018 Summary:
The three main objectives of this research are: 1) to reconstruct the multi-century history of wildfire and vegetation in the Northwest Territories by analyzing charcoal contained in lake sediments; 2) to establish the links between recent fire activity and climatic data by studying tree growth rings (annual resolution); and, 3) to combine this scientific knowledge to indigenous knowledge obtained...