Contributors .............................................. viii
Preface ................................................... xiii
Part I Utilizing natural regimes as models for reclamation
and restoration ................................................. 1
1 The changing boreal forest: Incorporating ecological theory
into restoration planning .................................... 3
DALE H. VITT AND JAGTAR S. BHATTI
2 Disturbance and the peatland carbon sink in the Oil Sands
Administrative Area ......................................... 13
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 ............ 23
PAVEL JURUŠ, PETR MUSILEK, YAQI0NG 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 .................................................. 56
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 ....................................................... 76
SARA KOROPCHAK, DALE H. VITT, ROSEMARY BLOISE, AND
R. KELMAN WIEDER
Part 2 The challenges of reclamation in boreal ecosystems .... 101
6 Advances in oil sands tailings handling: Building the base
for reclamation ............................................ 103
RANDY MIKULA
7 Rebuilding boreal forest ecosystems after industrial
disturbance ................................................ 123
ELLEN MACDONALD, SYLVIE QUIDEAU, AND SIMON LANDHÄUSSER
8 Designing landscapes to support peatland development on
soft tailings deposits: Syncrude Canada Ltd.'s Sandhill
Fen Research Watershed initiative .......................... 161
CARLA WYTRYKUSH, DALE H. VITT, GORD MCKENNA, AND ROB
VASSOV
9 Initiatives in oil sand reclamation: Considerations for
building a fen peatland in post-mined oil sands landscape .. 179
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 ........................................... 202
MELISSA HOUSE, DALE H. VITT, AND R. KELMAN WIEDER
11 Oil sands reclamation and the projected development of
wildlife habitat attributes ................................ 218
CLIVE WELHAM, JUAN BLANCO, BRAD SEELY, AND CAROLINE
BAMPFYLDE
12 Restoration of peatlands after peat extraction: Impacts,
restoration goals, and techniques .......................... 259
MARTHA D. GRAF, VICKY BERUBE, AND LINE ROCHEFORT
13 Importance of microbes in peatland dynamics, restoration,
and reclamation ............................................ 281
ROXANE ANDERSEN
Part 3 Carbon in the boreal forest ........................... 317
14 Carbon and nitrogen stocks in western boreal forest
ecosystems ................................................. 319
JAGTAR S. BHATTI
15 Projected patterns of carbon storage in upland forests
reclaimed after oil sands mining ........................... 336
CLIVE WELHAM, BRAD SEELY, AND JUAN BLANCO
16 The business of carbon ..................................... 357
MIKE VITT
17 Effects of peat extraction and restoration on greenhouse
gas exchange from Canadian peatlands ....................... 386
MARIA STRACK AND JAMES M. WADDINGTON
Index ...................................................... 405
The colour plates will he found between page 178 and 179.
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