Over the last 90 years, dry mixed grass prairie across North America has been severely
impacted by agriculture, urbanization, and oil and gas operations, presenting significant …

Plains rough fescue (Festuca hallii), once a dominant grassland in the Northern Great
Plains, has been reduced to a fraction of its original extent by agricultural intensification and …

Coarse woody debris (CWD) and cover soils are used to expedite ecological processes in
reclaimed boreal forests after oil sands mining. Soil water content and soil temperature are …

Plains rough fescue (Festuca hallii), once dominant in grasslands of the Northern Great
Plains, has been reduced to remnants mainly through agricultural and energy sector …

In the mixed grass prairie region of North America, well sites and their associated
infrastructure have many ecological effects, including changes to soil physical, chemical and …

Reclamation of surface disturbances on grasslands is an important management issue. This
research examined how cattle grazing and revegetation treatments influenced vegetation …

Early trends of plant community development provide the basis of ecosystem function and
reclamation success of oil sand extraction sites. However, few studies have explicitly …

Soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) contents in different soil horizons are
essential for vegetation growth and crucial indicators to evaluate soil quality in reclaimed …

• The Land Capability Classification System (LCCS) was developed as a tool for assisting in
the planning process and for evaluation of land capability for forestry/productivity–it is based …