Restoration and reclamation of boreal ecosystems : attaining sustainable development / [edited by] Dale Vitt, Jagtar Bhatti.

"Boreal ecosystems contain one-third of the world's forests and stored carbon, but these regions are under increasing threat from both natural and anthropogenic disturbances. Written by leaders from the forefront of private, public and academic sectors Reclamation and restoration of boreal ecosystems emphasizes a broad, conceptual approach to the specific application of empirical research into development planning, restoration and modelling of these ecosystems, the importance of which is highlighted at a time of global climate change as they act as carbon sinks. There is a focus on the reclamation of exploited ecosystems from a holistic standpoint, ranging from environmental and edaphic variables to the restoration of keystone flora. Recent advances in quantification of ecosystem services, such as habitat suitability and carbon storage modelling are also detailed. The book contains case-studies which address how both historical and novel assemblages can provide ecosystem stability under projected climatic and land-use scenarios"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Part 1. Utilizing Natural Regimes as Models for Reclamation and Restoration: 1. The changing boreal forest: incorporating ecological theory into restoration planning / Dale H. Vitt and Jagtar S. Bhatti; 2. Disturbance and the peatland carbon sink in the Oil Sands Administrative Area / R. Kelman Wieder, Melanie A. Vile, Kimberli D. Scott, Dale H. Vitt, Erin Brault, Michelle Harris, and Stephen B. Mowbray; 3. Regional-scale modeling of greenhouse gas fluxes / Pavel Juruš, Petr Musilek, Yaqiong Li, and James Rodway; 4. Reclamation and restoration of boreal ecosystems: attaining sustainable development: modeling and mapping vegetation type by soil moisture regime across boreal landscapes / Doug Hiltz, Joyce Gould, Barry White, Jae Ogilvie, and Paul Arp; 5. Fundamental paradigms, foundation species selection, and early plant responses to peatland initiation on mineral soils / Sara Koropchak, Dale H. Vitt, Rosemary Bloise, and R. Kelman Wieder -- Part 2. The Challenges of Reclamation in Boreal Ecosystems: 6. Advances in oil sands tailings handling: building the base for reclamation / Randy Mikula; 7. Rebuilding boreal forest ecosystems after industrial disturbance / Ellen Macdonald, Sylvie Quideau, and Simon Landha;usser; 8. Designing landscapes to support peatland development on soft tailings deposits: Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s Sandhill Fen Research Watershed initiative / Carla Wytrykush, Dale H. Vitt, Gord McKenna, and Rob Vassov; 9. Initiatives in oil sand reclamation: considerations for fen peatland in post-mined oil sands landscape / Christine Daly, Jonathan Price, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, Rémy Pouliot, Line Rochefort, and Martha D. Graf; 10. Plant community recovery on 'minimum disturbance' petroleum sites compared to burned sites in bogs of northern Alberta / Melissa House, Dale H. Vitt, and R. Kelman Wieder; 11. Oil sands reclamation and the projected development of wildlife habitat attributes / Clive Welham, Juan Blanco, Brad Seely, and Caroline Bampfylde; 12. Restoration of peatlands after peat extraction: impacts, restoration goals, and techniques / Martha D. Graf, Vicky Bérubé, and Line Rochefort; 13. Importance of microbes in peatland dynamics, restoration, and reclamation / Roxane Andersen -- Part 3. Carbon in the Boreal Forest: 14. Carbon and nitrogen stocks in western boreal forest ecosystems / Jagtar S. Bhatti; 15. Projected patterns of carbon storage in upland forests reclaimed after oil sands mining / Clive Welham, Brad Seely, and Juan Blanco; 16. The business of carbon / Mike Vitt; 17. Effects of peat extraction and restoration on greenhouse gas exchange from Canadian peatlands / Maria Strack and James M. Waddington.

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