Central Canada

Moose Calf Mortality in Central Ontario, Canada

Although some populations remain stable, moose (Alces alces) density and distribution have been declining in many areas along the southern edge of their North American distribution. During 2006– 2009, we deployed 99 vaginal implant transmitters (VITs) in 86 adult female moose in central Ontario, Canada to assist in locating and radiocollaring neonatal moose calves. We monitored radiocollared ca...

Nature and genesis of mudboils, central Keewatin, Canada

Mudboils are round to elongate, 1-3 m diameter bare soil patches that form on perennially frozen till. marine clayey silt, colluvium. or other poorly sorted sediments (muds) with significant silt and (or) clay content. In Keewatin these muds have low liquid limirs (<ZM) and limited plasticity indices (<It)%). Natural moisture contents are very near the liquid limit .w thal rhe muds liquefv and ...

Multicentury reconstruction of western spruce budworm outbreaks in central British Columbia, Canada

British Columbia Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, Cariboo Forest Region, Williams Lake, British Columbia V2G 4T1, Canada University of Victoria Tree-Ring Laboratory, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3R4, Canada c Tree-Ring Lab at UBC, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, ...

Hydrological impacts of warmer and wetter climate in Troutlake and Sturgeon River basins in central Canada

Snow cover variability across central Canada (1978–2002) derived from satellite passive microwave data

Twenty-four winter seasons (1978–2002) of mean February snow water equivalent (SWE) values were analyzed in an exploration of the spatial pattern of temporal variability in snow cover across the non-mountainous interior of Canada. The SWE data were derived from space-borne passive microwave brightness temperatures processed with a land coversensitive suite of algorithms. Spatial patterns in the...