Restoration and Reclamation of Boreal Ecosystems

by Vitt, Dale H.; Bhatti, Jagtar S.

• ISBN13: 9781107015715
• ISBN10: 1107015715
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-11-12
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

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, Restoration and Reclamation of Boreal Ecosystems emphasises a broad, conceptual approach to the specific application of empirical research into development planning, restoration and modelling of these ecosystems. The importance of this is highlighted at a time of global climate change, as these ecosystems 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.

Table of Contents

Preface

Utilizing Natural Regimes as Models for Reclamation and Restoration

The changing boreal forest: incorporating ecological theory into restoration planning

Disturbance and the peatland carbon sink in the Oil Sands Administrative Area

Regional-scale modeling of greenhouse gas fluxes

Reclamation and restoration of boreal ecosystems: attaining sustainable development

Fundamental paradigms, foundation species selection, and early plant responses to peatland initiation on mineral soils

The Challenges of Reclamation in Boreal Ecosystems

Advances in oil sands tailings management: building the base for oil sands reclamation

Rebuilding boreal forest ecosystems after industrial disturbance

Designing landscapes to support peatland development on soft tailings deposits: Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s Sandhill Fen Research Watershed initiative

Considerations for building a fen peatland in post-mined oil sands landscape

Plant community recovery on 'minimum disturbance' petroleum sites compared to burned sites in bogs of northern Alberta

Oil sands reclamation and the projected development of wildlife habitat attributes

Restoration of peatlands after peat extraction: impacts, restoration goals, and techniques

Importance of microbes in peatland dynamics, restoration, and reclamation

Carbon in the Boreal Forest

Carbon and nitrogen stocks in western boreal forest ecosystems

Projected patterns of C storage in upland forests reclaimed after oil sands mining

The business of carbon

Effects of peat extraction and restoration on greenhouse gas exchange from Canadian peatlands

Index

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