Principal Investigator:Greene, David F Licensed Year(s):2005
2004
Summary:
The purpose of this three-year project is to identify the factors that promote or retard forest regrowth after seismic line cutting. Oil and gas development in the Mackenzie Valley has the potential to heavily impact the region's slow-growing forests....
Principal Investigator:Svoboda, Josef Licensed Year(s):19941993
1992
199119881987 Summary:
The researcher and his team will learn how plants returned to the arctic realm after the retreat of the continental ice sheet some 8000 years ago, and what the prospect is for the present polar deserts to become green again if the climate ameliorates, as predicted. As well, they will investigate the effects of climate warming on tundra plant communities in the Mid-arctic, through the simulation of...