Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region
Tags: physical sciences, vegetation, climate change, human disturbance
| Principal Investigator: | Wein, Ross (17) |
| Licence Number: | 12511 |
| Organization: | University of Alberta |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1993
1992
1989
1988
1987
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1993 |
| Project Team: | S. Landhaeusser, D. Halliwell, P. Lange, B. Sander, D. Wein, E. Kohler |
Objective(s): To document the long-term recovery rates on permanent research plots and disturbed sites in the forest-tundra area of the Mackenzie Delta; to interpret these data in terms of existing hypotheses on climate change.
Project Description: In previous research in the 1970's, experiments and surveys provided information on the recovery rates of vegetation in response to disturbances from human activities. Several predictions about the long-term recovery of vegetation were made at that time. We are now collecting data to determine if these predictions reflect what is actually occurring. This information provides information about long-term impacts of oil spills, vehicle trails and development activities.
