Browsing Environment, Resources and Sustainability by Subject "restoration"
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Are plant traits a practical indicator for monitoring ecological restoration projects?
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-23)In order to restore ecosystems, we must have reliable monitoring indicators to identify the success of ecological restoration, and make effective management decisions. Indicators must be simple and inexpensive to measure ... -
The effect of ecosystem change, restoration, and plant diversity on thermally imaged surface temperature
(University of Waterloo, 2020-12-07)The objective of this dissertation was to test and quantify the hypothesis from ecosystem thermodynamics: that the surface temperature of a terrestrial ecosystem changes with the state of the ecosystem in general, and with ... -
Evaluating the Effects of a Fire Disturbance on Native Alvar Vegetation: Implications for Woody Species Management and Conservation of Open Alvar Habitat
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-22)The decline and loss of certain habitat types can be attributed in some part due to a change of disturbance mechanisms or fire exclusion. This is of particular concern for globally-rare open alvar community types, and the ... -
Litter input, soil quality and soil carbon dioxide production rates in varying riparian land uses along a first order stream in Southern Ontario, Canada.
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-26)Forested riparian zones, which function as a buffer between agricultural fields and streams, filter out contaminants and sediment from the fields thereby improving water quality, cool the water with shade from trees, ... -
Native bee (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) response to ecological restoration in southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-27)Bee declines have been reported globally and habitat loss and degradation due to urbanization and agricultural intensification are two of the primary drivers. Native bees play a critical role in plant reproduction, and ... -
Rapid Understory Restoration of a Thinned Red Pine Plantation in Algonquin Provincial Park
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-20)Tree plantations can be used as a restoration tool to quickly re-establish canopy cover in degraded areas. A red pine plantation was established in the 1970s for just this purpose in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. ... -
Remedial agriculture: Reconciling ecological restoration and agriculture in the design of a wetland complex
(University of Waterloo, 2004)Reconciling human landscapes with wildlife needs can demand innovative solutions. Enhancing wildlife conservation in agricultural landscapes requires habitat restoration; returning marginal farmlands to wetlands in a way ... -
Succession in the Understory of Red Pine Plantations in Southern Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2011-12-21)Thousands of hectares of red pine (Pinus resinosa Ait.) plantations were established during the early 20th century to restore abandoned agricultural lands and increase forest cover. Concern over the ecological integrity ...