Research notes are short extension documents that synthesize the background knowledge and research findings of peer-reviewed articles. These notes are designed to be short (one page) syntheses of various reclamation and restoration related topics with a focus on research implementation, alternative practices and management recommendations based on ACRRE research. The target audiences for the notes will be dictated somewhat by topic but are generally intended for three specific audiences: senior directors/senior managers, operations managers (biologists, foresters, engineers, planners) and technical staff (field technicians, operations supervisors).
Rat root plants may not be suitable for reclaiming oil sands tailing ponds
Research led by: Janusz Zwiazek
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Temporary drilling pads from oil sands exploration require microtopography for restoration
Research led by: Vic Lieffers & Richard Caners
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Plow-in pipeline construction improves recovery of rough fescue grassland
Research led by: M. Anne Naeth & Peggy Desserud
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Reconstructed soils in Alberta oil sands limit fine root growth of trees
Research led by: Scott Chang
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Boreal trees can grow on saline sites – implications for reclamation success on saline soils
Research led by: Brett Purdy and Ellen Macdonald
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Protecting forest floor in place rather than stripping it off is a better strategy to regenerated temporary drilling pads
Research led by: Victor Lieffers and Simon Landhäusser
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Benefits of fertilization for white spruce and lodgepole pine trees depend on the reclamation substrate – overburden vs tailings sand
Research led by: Scott Chang
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Research Note #8
Prioritization can improve cost effectiveness of seismic line restoration
Research led by: Cassidy Van Rensen, Scott Nielsen, Tim Vinge & Vic Lieffers
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Deeper soil salvaging depths produce greater cover of native plants than shallow salvage depths on a reclaimed coal mine site
Research led by: Ellen Macdonald and Simon Landhäusser
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Soil salvage depth is key to aspen root fragment survival and sucker regeneration in forest reclamation
Research led by: Simon Landhäusser & Vic Lieffers
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Coarse woody debris increases microbial functional diversity in reclaimed soils
Research led by: M. Anne Naeth & Scott Chang
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