4 record(s) found in the location "Inuvialuit Settlement Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Changing beaver distribution and occupancy in north-west Canada
Principal Investigator: Wheeler, Helen
Licensed Year(s): 2023 2022 2021 2020
Summary: This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5634. Objectives: 1, To monitor beaver occurrence changes; 2, To assess past beaver occupancy patterns using shrub ring analysis; and, 3, To understand how permanent and transient beaver populations impact their environment. Activities: 1. Conduct canoe and boat-based visual surveys to map beaver distribution in the...


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 objective of this research is to study the impacts of climate change on boreal and aquatic ecosystems in the Mackenzie Delta region. By doing so, the researchers hope to gain a better understanding of the effects of long-term climate change on these ecosystems. Their study will utilize dendrochronological and paleolimnological methods to examine spruce forests and lake sites situated in the in...


Dendrochronology of Arctic Driftwood
Principal Investigator: Eggertsson, Olafur
Licensed Year(s): 1990
Summary: The Researcher will sample about 100-200 driftwood logs using a chain-saw to cut off a 1-2 cm plate about 0.5 m inside the end of each log. The material will be shipped to Lund University laboratory for examination....


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