Principal Investigator:Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L. Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5972.
The overall goal of the proposed research is to improve understanding of the controls and impacts of a changing climate on the vulnerability and resiliency of boreal-taiga ecosystems to wildfire. This is being addressed through field sampling and process-based ecological and hydrological modeling of the 2014-2016 wil...
Principal Investigator:Kou-Giesbrecht, Sian Licensed Year(s):
2024
Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No. 5951.
The overarching objective of this research is to understand the extent to which nutrients will limit forest growth and terrestrial carbon sequestration in Canadian boreal forests and to improve how this is represented in climate change models. These climate change models can then be used to understand the impacts of ...
Principal Investigator:Sonnentag, Oliver Licensed Year(s):
2022
20212019201720162015201420132013 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5221.
The project is the continuation of year-round eddy covariance measurements of carbon, water and energy fluxes at Scotty Creek, established in 2013.
The key methodology is tower-mounted micrometeorological measurements around the eddy covariance technique using an open-path infra-red gas analyzer and a sonic anemome...
Principal Investigator:Sonnentag, Oliver Licensed Year(s):20242023
2022
2021201920182018201720162015 Summary:
This licence has been issued for the scientific research application No.5219.
Through this project the research group will address the following objectives: What is the net effect of permafrost thawing induced biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks to the climate system? How do these two types of feedback differ between the sporadic and discontinuous permafrost zones? Is the reported decrease...
Principal Investigator:Bourgeau-Chavez, Laura L. Licensed Year(s):
2019
Summary:
The overall goal of the research is to improve understanding of the controls and impacts of a changing climate on the vulnerability and resiliency of boreal-taiga ecosystems to wildfire. This is being addressed through field sampling and process-based ecological and hydrological modeling of the 2014-2016 wildfires of southern NWT.
To conduct the proposed research, the research team will addres...
Principal Investigator:Osawa, Akira Licensed Year(s):
2019
20182016201520132012201120102009200820072006 Summary:
Objectives of the research are two-fold. First is to estimate structure, growth, and production of forest stands in northwestern Canada by applying a stand reconstruction and 3D ground-based laser techniques as well as stand measurement, aboveground litter collection, and find root sampling. Second is to examine the relationship between climate change in the high latitudinal regions and the patter...
Principal Investigator:Osawa, Akira Licensed Year(s):
2017
20052004200320022001 Summary:
The objectives of the research are two-fold. First is to estimate structure, growth, and production of forest stands in northwestern Canada by applying a stand reconstruction and 3D ground-based laser techniques as well as stand measurement, aboveground litter collection, and find root sampling. Second is to examine the relationship between climate change in the high latitudinal regions and the pa...
Principal Investigator:Sonnentag, Oliver Licensed Year(s):20222021201920182017201620152014
2013
Summary:
Through this project the research team will address the following objectives: What is the net effect of permafrost thawing-induced biophysical and biogeochemical feedbacks to the climate system? How do these two types of feedback differ between the discontinuous and continuous permafrost zones? Is the reported decrease (increase) in net CO2 (CH4) exchange based on plot- (<1m2) and ecosystem-scale ...
Principal Investigator:Pisaric, Michael FJ Licensed Year(s):
2008
200720062005 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...
Principal Investigator:Johnston-Schuetz, Cheryl Licensed Year(s):
2007
Summary:
The objective of this project is to examine the environmental thresholds to the successful establishment of a boreal (high latitude) conifer forest by measuring photosynthetic rates in conifer seedlings. Climate change has the potential to shift southern commercial tree species and treelines northward with implications for existing ecosystems and future economic development.
The project’s goal ...