Caribou Conservation: Restoring Trees on Seismic Lines in Alberta, Canada

• Published in: Forests
• Main Authors: Angelo T. Filicetti, Michael Cody, Scott E. Nielsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019
• Subjects: tamarack; black spruce; seismic line; forest gap; boreal forest; woodland caribou; forest regeneration; silviculture; mechanical site preparation; Plant ecology; QK900-989; Canada; Tamarack; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/f10020185; https://doaj.org/article/bc83d160f76e4906835f5aede9ba8b1d

Seismic lines are narrow linear (~3⁻8 m wide) forest clearings that are used for petroleum exploration in Alberta’s boreal forest. Many seismic lines have experienced poor tree regeneration since initial disturbance, with most failures occurring in treed peatlands that are used by the threatened woo...