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Northern ecology and resource management : memorial essays honouring Don Gill / edited by Rod Olson, Ross Hastings, Frank Geddes.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gill, Don, 1934-1979.
- Gill, Don.
- Ecology--Canada, Northern.
- Ecology.
- Natural resources--Canada, Northern--Management.
- Natural resources.
- Ecology--Arctic regions.
- Natural resources--Arctic regions--Management.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (465 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edmonton, Alta., Canada : University of Alberta Press, c1984.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Don Gill's passionate interest in Canada's north is reflected in these 17 papers by his colleagues who shared his respect for the fragile northern ecology and are anxious to see others, especially students, guided towards a sound scientific understanding of the last wilderness.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Don Gill (1934-1979)
- Introduction
- Abiotic Components
- Some Considerations of Soil Development in Northwestern Canada and Some Ecological Relationships
- Classification Implications
- Soil Climate as an Ecological Parameter
- Conclusions
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Characteristics of Soil Temperature Regimes in the Inuvik Area
- Abstract
- Area and Climate
- Materials and Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Summary
- Deflation Measurements of Hietatievat, Finnish Lapland, 1974-77
- The Study Region
- Climate of the Hietatievat Region
- Methods of Study
- Deflation Measurements
- Snow and Living Things
- Taiga Snow Cover
- Tundra Snow Cover
- Snow Ecology Models
- Zones of Snow Influence and Evolution
- Conclusion
- Animal Communities
- Population Dynamics of the Pine Marten (Martes americana) in the Yukon Territory
- Study Area
- Methods and Materials
- Results and Discussion
- Population Dynamics and Horn Growth Characteristics of Dall Sheep (Ovis dalli) and Their Relevance to Management
- Population Dynamics
- Model of the Population Structure
- Horn Growth Characteristics
- Management Implications
- On the Compensatory or Additive Nature of Sheep Hunting
- Conservation Concerns
- Winter Range Ecology of Caribou (Rangifer tarandus)
- Snow
- Activity
- Diet
- Nutritional Physiology
- Energetics
- Circumpolar Distribution and Habitat Requirements of Moose (Alces alces)
- Distribution
- Habitat Use
- Habitat Organization.
- Mechanisms Controlling Habitat Selection
- Population Growth in an Introduced Herd of Wood Bison (Bison bison athabascae)
- The Study Area
- Methods
- Afterword
- Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Ecology and Environmental Considerations in the Canadian High Arctic
- Life History of the Polar Bear
- Vulnerability to Environmental Disruptions
- Plant Communities
- Lichen Woodland in Northern Canada
- Adaptations of Terricolous Lichens
- Woodland Structure Imposed by Substrate
- Lichen Woodland on Deep Drift
- The Soil Drought Hypothesis
- Tundra Plant Communities of the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories
- Floristic Characteristics of Long-Term Surface Disturbances
- Introduction and Overview of the CANOL Project
- Implications of Upstream Impoundment on the Natural Ecology and Environment of the Slave River Delta, Northwest Territories
- Origins of the Slave River Delta
- The Active Delta
- Processes
- Cleavage Bar Development
- Botanical Development
- Autogenic Succession
- Potential Environmental and Ecological Impacts of River Impoundment on the Slave Delta
- Land Use
- Planning for Land Use in the Northwest Territories
- Synopsis of Development
- Institutions and Problems
- Principles
- Tools for Implementation
- A Practical Solution
- Appendix -Abstract -Northern Land-Use Planning
- References.
- Some Terrain and Land-Use Problems Associated with Exploratory Wellsites, Northern Yukon Territory
- Background
- Regional Setting
- Wellsite Terrain Disturbances
- Energy Development, Tourism, and Nature Conservation in Iceland
- The Context of Resource Exploitation
- Energy Resources
- Recreation and Tourism
- Resource Use Conflicts and Nature Conservation
- Aklavik, Northwest Territories: "The Town that did not Die
- The Impact of Inuvik on Aklavik during the Construction Period, 1955 to 1961
- The Characteristics of Aklavik-to-Inuvik Migrants, 1955 to 1961
- Movements between Aklavik and Inuvik and the Characteristics of Migrants, 1962 to 1974
- Factors Favouring Migration to Inuvik
- Factors Favouring Migration to Aklavik
- Notes
- About the Contributors
- About the Editors.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-4593-0406-3
- 1-4175-9167-6
- OCLC:
- 647754014
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