3 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Drivers and consequences of shrub distribution on the tundra landscape
Principal Investigator: Baltzer, Jennifer L
Licensed Year(s): 2017 2016
Summary: The objective is to determine the growth and recruitment responses of trees and shrubs to changing climate conditions near tree line and improve the understanding of the drivers of shrub patch expansion on the tundra. Ten shrub patches were selected for measurement and paired permanent monitoring plots were established at each patch; one plot was centred on the patch of interest, the other on t...


Environmental change in the 20th century, Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Pisaric, Michael FJ
Licensed Year(s): 2008 2007 2006 2005
Summary: The impact of climate change on forest ecosystems in the Mackenzie Delta is being studied using dendrochronology. Earlier studies indicate a negative relationship between tree growth and summer temperatures. Summer temperatures may be exceeding the physiological threshold of northern trees or perhaps the trees are drought stressed. Manual and automatic dendrometers will be used to measure tree gro...


Licence #4102
Principal Investigator: Jacoby, Jr., Gordon C.
Licensed Year(s): 1984
Summary: To collect core samples from trees for later annual ring studies that will provide information on the climate during the history of the tree....


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