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Journal articles on the topic "Biodiversity conservation – Ontario"

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Clark, Kristin, and Robert Andrew McLeman. "Maple Sugar Bush Management and Forest Biodiversity Conservation in Eastern Ontario, Canada." Small-scale Forestry 11, no. 2 (October 12, 2011): 263–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11842-011-9183-x.

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Chu, Cindy, Charles K. Minns, Nigel P. Lester, and Nicholas E. Mandrak. "An updated assessment of human activities, the environment, and freshwater fish biodiversity in Canada." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 72, no. 1 (January 2015): 135–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2013-0609.

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Changes in resource development and expansions of urban centres suggest that the intensity and types of anthropogenic stressors affecting Canada’s watersheds are changing. Chu et al. (2003) integrated indices of freshwater fish biodiversity, environmental conditions, and anthropogenic stress to identify priority watersheds for conservation and management. Here, we update those indices using recent climate and census data to assess changes through time. We also applied different conservation and management scenarios to evaluate the robustness of our prioritization approach. Between time periods, the environmental and stress indices expanded northward because of warmer temperatures at higher latitudes and more intense anthropogenic stress in the northern regions of the provinces. Conservation priorities increased in northern British Columbia, Alberta, and Ontario but decreased in southern British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and south-central Quebec. Under multiple scenarios, conservation priorities were consistently highest in British Columbia, the Maritimes, southern Ontario, and southern Quebec. Future research to refine this assessment should focus on developing a nationwide georeferenced assessment of freshwater fisheries stress, quantifying spatial changes in the stressors, and evaluating the sensitivity of each index to the weighting of the individual variables. This work highlights the necessity for conservation and management strategies in Canada to keep pace with changing patterns in climate and human activities.
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Milne, Robert J., and Lorne P. Bennett. "Biodiversity and ecological value of conservation lands in agricultural landscapes of southern Ontario, Canada." Landscape Ecology 22, no. 5 (January 19, 2007): 657–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10980-006-9063-5.

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Wong, Isaac W., William G. Booty, Glenn Benoy, Cathy Nielsen, Phil Fong, and R. Craig McCrimmon. "Integrated Land and Water Scenarios of the Raisin River Watershed Using the SWAT Model." Water Quality Research Journal 44, no. 4 (November 1, 2009): 379–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wqrj.2009.038.

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Abstract This paper investigates the linkage between Canada's National Agri-Environmental Standards Initiative (NAESI) Biodiversity and Water themes by studying how patterns in terrestrial habitat, generated through land cover scenario modelling, influence water quality and quantity in the Raisin River watershed in southeastern Ontario. NAESI developed nonregulatory performance standards that define ideal and achievable levels of environmental quality. The indicators used to investigate the scenario risks included sediment and nutrient concentrations. The SWAT (Soil and Water Assessment Tool)-2005 model was calibrated and validated from 1985 to 2006 for current land cover and five other scenarios: potential natural vegetation (PNV); high biodiversity conservation (HBC); moderate biodiversity conservation; agricultural intensification with limited application of conservation direction; and agricultural intensification with no consideration of conservation direction (ANC). Scenario comparisons are provided for the average annual flow, and concentrations of total suspended sediment (TSS), total nitrogen, and total phosphorus for five watershed locations. The PNV scenario predicted the lowest total flows, and sediment and nutrient concentrations, and the ANC scenario predicted the highest sediment and nutrient concentrations. The SWAT median values for the HBC, "Current," and ANC scenarios at the outlet all exceeded the Ideal Performance Standards, except for the median TSS concentration of the HBC scenario.
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McMullin, R. Troy, and James C. Lendemer. "Lichen biodiversity and conservation status in the Copeland Forest Resources Management Area: a lichen-rich second-growth forest in southern Ontario." Canadian Field-Naturalist 127, no. 3 (December 3, 2013): 240. http://dx.doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v127i3.1490.

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Southern Ontario is the most densely populated region in Canada. As a result, ubanization, industrialization, and agriculture are extensive. Few ecosystems in the region have been unaltered, and second-growth forests now dominate the remaining natural landscape. To better understand the lichen diversity in these second-growth forests, we inventoried 24 distinct vegetation communites in the Copeland Forest Resources Management Area (1780 ha) located between Barrie and Orillia in September and October 2011, recording 154 species in 79 genera. One species, Lecidea sarcogynoides, was collected for the first time in Canada and is reported for the first time in North America; one additional species, Micarea micrococca, was collected for the first time in Ontario and is reported for the first time in Canada; three species that have previously been collected in Ontario — Bellemerea cinereorufescens, Phlyctis speirea, and Xanthoparmelia angustiphylla — are reported for the first time in the province; and Candelariella lutella was collected and is reported for the second time in Ontario and the third time in Canada. In addition, six species with a provincial status rank of S1 (critically imperilled) or S2 (imperilled) were located: Arthonia byssacea, Arthonia ruana, Chaenothecopsis pusiola, Cresponea chloroconia, Pachyphiale fagicola, and Placynthiella uliginosa. Our results show that second-growth forests can be important refugia for lichen diversity. The majority of the lichen diversity within the Copeland Forest was contained in a small number of sites (6 of 24). This suggests that management strategies should integrate lichen diversity by targeting species-rich areas. We found that sites with a high variation in: canopy closure, tree species, tree age, moisture, and the presence of snags had the highest lichen diversity. Forest managers in southern Ontario can use our results to identify species-rich areas on their properties.
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Southee, F. Meg, Brie A. Edwards, Cheryl-Lesley B. Chetkiewicz, and Constance M. O’Connor. "Freshwater conservation planning in the far north of Ontario, Canada: identifying priority watersheds for the conservation of fish biodiversity in an intact boreal landscape." FACETS 6, no. 1 (January 1, 2021): 90–117. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/facets-2020-0015.

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Freshwater ecosystems show more biodiversity loss than terrestrial or marine systems. We present a systematic conservation planning analysis in the Arctic Ocean drainage basin in Ontario, Canada, to identify key watersheds for the conservation of 30 native freshwater fish, including four focal species: lake sturgeon, lake whitefish, brook trout, and walleye. We created species distribution models for 30 native fish species and accounted for anthropogenic impacts. We used the “prioritizr” package in R to select watersheds that maximize species targets, minimize impacts, and meet area-based targets based on the Convention on Biological Diversity commitment to protect 17% of terrestrial and freshwater areas by 2020 and the proposed target to protect 30% by 2030. We found that, on average, 17.4% and 29.8% of predicted species distributions were represented for each of the 30 species in the 17% and 30% area-based solutions, respectively. The outcomes were more efficient when we prioritized for individual species, particularly brook trout, where 24% and 36% of its predicted distribution was represented in the 17% and 30% solutions, respectively. Future conservation planning should consider climate change, culturally significant species and areas, and the importance of First Nations as guardians and stewards of the land in northern Ontario.
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Miller, Gord. "Forest and community sustainability – An Ontario perspective." Forestry Chronicle 79, no. 1 (February 1, 2003): 110–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc79110-1.

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Challenges to the sustainability of communities in northern and central Ontario are both ecological and socio-economic in nature. Ecological challenges include persistent impacts such as acid deposition as well as emerging challenges such as the advance of forestry northward and its impact on wildlife populations. Socio-economic challenges of the communities in this region include a declining population level as well as a workforce that is aging. Despite these challenges, northern communities, and forestry planners in particular, have knowledge and experience of value to community planning throughout Ontario. Examples include the fact that foresters and forestry-based communities know how to plan at the landscape ecosystem level, integrate biodiversity conservation and decide on the long-term disposition of land. This knowledge could make a significant contribution to community sustainability in southern Ontario communities, and inadvertently enhance the credibility and influence of forest planning methods and foresters in urban centres. Key words: sustainability, Environmental Commissioner, land use, forest, caribou, ecology, population
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Puric-Mladenovic, Danijela, and Silvia Strobl. "Designing natural heritage systems in southern Ontario using a systematic conservation planning approach." Forestry Chronicle 88, no. 06 (December 2012): 722–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.5558/tfc2012-138.

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Landscape planning in settled landscapes includes identifying larger areas of natural vegetation to be conserved protected and/or managed for various environmental and public services. These “green backbones” of the landscape, called Natural Heritage Systems (NHS) in the settled landscapes of southern Ontario, Canada, should have appropriate land use planning and natural areas management actions and related policies to protect and enhance biodiversity and ecological functions. As such, an NHS should be derived using a rigorous and defensible methodology while ensuring public involvement and input during this process. This paper describes the methodology for regional NHS design currently being implemented by OMNR in collaboration with numerous conservation partners and municipalities in southern Ontario. The methodology combines the principles and methods of landscape planning, conservation planning, and spatial analysis, while ensuring that the process is adaptable and repeatable over time and different scales. For each landscape, explicit and transparent conservation objectives, features and targets are identified based on stakeholder inputs. Numerous conservation and restoration objectives are translated into explicit quantitative targets for each analysis unit, and a mathematical optimization algorithm is used to represent all the targets at minimal cost (least land area). The methodology is illustrated using examples from a pilot study in Ecodistrict 7E–5 with some references to ongoing NHS implementation projects as well as potential applications of this method.
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Cole, Heather A., Steven G. Newmaster, F. Wayne Bell, Doug Pitt, and Al Stinson. "Influence of microhabitat on bryophyte diversity in Ontario mixedwood boreal forest." Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38, no. 7 (July 2008): 1867–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/x08-036.

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As forest management intensifies, the conservation of forest biodiversity is a growing concern. Bryophytes are known to represent a considerable portion of plant diversity within northern forests. This is because bryophyte diversity is closely associated with microhabitat diversity. In this study, the influence of microhabitats on bryophyte diversity was investigated by comparing eight different boreal mixedwood microhabitats. The results indicate that bryophyte diversity (species richness, abundance, and evenness) is quite variable among microhabitats. The accumulation of species richness with microhabitat quantity within a forest stand also varies among microhabitats. β-diversity analyses indicate that the variety of microhabitats has considerable influence on community structure. Frequency analysis identified bryophytes that are restricted to or prefer particular microhabitats. Although all microhabitats are important to bryophyte diversity, decayed logs and rocks supported the greatest number of microhabitat-specific species, and rock microhabitats supported the largest total number of species. Recommendations for forest management, one of which emphasizes the need to recognize and manage the natural variety of microhabitats, such as downed woody material, found within the forests to conserve or restore bryophyte diversity are provided.
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Chu, Cindy, Charles K. Minns, and Nicholas E. Mandrak. "Comparative regional assessment of factors impacting freshwater fish biodiversity in Canada." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 60, no. 5 (May 1, 2003): 624–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f03-048.

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This study presents a broad analysis of freshwater fish species biodiversity in relation to environmental and stress metrics throughout Canada. Species presence–absence data were used to calculate richness and rarity indices by tertiary watershed. Richness is higher in the southern parts of Canada, whereas rarity is concentrated in a "ring of rarity" around the periphery of the country. Environmental and stress indices were developed for each watershed using readily available mapped information. The environmental index was estimated using growing degree-days above 5°C, elevation range (m) within the watershed, mean annual sunshine hours, and mean annual vapour pressure (kPa). The number of crop farms, forestry, waste management, and petroleum refining facilities, road density (km·1000 km–2), dwelling density, and discharge sites (chimneys and laundry outlets) per 1000 km2 described the human stresses in each watershed. Conservation priority rankings were developed for the watersheds using an integrative index of the three indices. Watersheds in southern Ontario and British Columbia were ranked high because they contain the greatest biodiversity and the most stress. This study indicates how regional analyses can guide fisheries and watershed management.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Biodiversity conservation – Ontario"

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Clark, Kristin. "Maple Sugar Bush Management and Biodiversity Conservation in Eastern Ontario, Canada." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/20335.

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This thesis examines the extent to which sugar bush management in Eastern Ontario might contribute to biodiversity maintenance and conservation and therefore be promoted as a form of rural sustainable development. Ontario government policy seeks to actively promote actions that strengthen the province’s rural communities and protect biodiversity. Therefore sustainable development is an important concept to encourage in rural areas. The production of maple syrup on sugar bushes has already been demonstrated to be economically, socially, and in some aspects ecologically sustainable. This study seeks to determine how the operation of sugar bushes might also contribute to ecological sustainability through the maintenance and conservation of forest biodiversity. I identified three documents published by the Eastern Ontario Model Forest (EOMF): a set of management principles for conserving biodiversity on private woodlots, a list of biodiversity indicators, and a manual for monitoring them. I monitored three of the biodiversity indicators (spring ephemerals, birds, and frogs) on three of the larger sugar bushes in the Eastern Ontario and established that the EOMF biodiversity monitoring practices and guidelines were suitable for working sugar bushes. Using the management principles for biodiversity conservation developed by the EOMF, I interviewed 22 sugar bush operators in Eastern Ontario. With these interviews I addressed two objectives: 1. To generate empirical information regarding the management practices of maple sugar bush operators in Eastern Ontario and to compare these with established management principles for forest biodiversity conservation in the region 2. To generate suggestions for woodlot operators and government policymakers alike about future opportunities for research and management decision-making. The results of the study show that although most operators do not have a formal management plan for their sugar bush, many of their management practices are consistent with prescribed biodiversity conservation principles. Sugar bush operators are receptive to conserving biodiversity on their properties. The findings suggest that through sound management and planning, small-scale commercial sugar bush operations generally can be made environmentally sustainable, and become important components in broader rural development strategies. This study provides new insights into how small-scale sugar bush management, when practiced well, is consistent with conservation principles and with sustainable development principles more generally. It shows how sugar bush operators in Eastern Ontario can help the province reach its goals of biodiversity conservation and rural development set out in Ontario’s Biodiversity Strategy (2005) and Ontario’s Rural Plan (2004).
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Grixti, Jennifer C. "The bee fauna of an old field site in southern Ontario, revisited after 34 years : a case for change /." 2004.

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Thesis (M.Sc.)--York University, 2004. Graduate Programme in Biology.
Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-68). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url%5Fver=Z39.88-2004&res%5Fdat=xri:pqdiss &rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:MR11805
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Books on the topic "Biodiversity conservation – Ontario"

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Forest Biodiversity Indicators Workshop (1993 Sault St. Marie, Ont.). Towards a set of biodiversity indicators for Canadian forests: Forest biodiversity indicators workshop, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, November 29-December 1, 1993. Edited by McKenney Daniel William and Great Lakes Forestry Centre. Sault Ste. Marie: Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1994.

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Centre, Great Lakes Forestry. Quantifying species distributions for biodiversity assessments: Some examples applied to trees, herpetofauna, and birds in Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie, Ont: Great Lakes Forestry Centre, 1996.

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Biology, Royal Ontario Museum Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation. An introduction to the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology at the Royal Ontario Museum. [Toronto: The Museum, 1995.

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Service, Canada Natural Resources Canada Canadian Forest. Towards a set of biodiversity indicators for Canadian forests: Forest biodiversity indicators workshop, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Novermber 29-December 1, 1993. Sault Ste. Marie: Natural Resources Canada., 1993.

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Meeting, Parks Research Forum of Ontario and Carolinian Canada Coalition. Protected areas and species and ecosystems at risk: Research and planning challenges : parks and protected areas research in Ontario, 2005. Waterloo, Ont: Parks Research Forum of Ontario, 2006.

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Ontario. Ministry of Natural Resources., ed. A Proposed action plan for "looking ahead: a wild life strategy for Ontario". North York, Ont: Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, 1994.

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Unitarian Service Committee of Canada. and Canadian Organic Growers, eds. Sowing seeds for change: Sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and food security : September 30 and October 1, 1994, Guelph, Ontario : workshop proceedings. Kitchener, ON: USC Canada, 1994.

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Natural Treasures Of Carolinian Canada: Discovering the Rich Natural Diversity of Ontario's Southwestern Heartland. James Lorimer & Company,, 2007.

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Book chapters on the topic "Biodiversity conservation – Ontario"

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Olive, Andrea. "Conservation authorities in Ontario." In Biodiversity, Conservation, and Environmental Management in the Great Lakes Basin, 155–66. Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315268774-13.

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Ferguson, Moira M., and George A. Duckworth. "The status and distribution of lake sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec: A genetic perspective." In Sturgeon Biodiversity and Conservation, 299–309. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46854-9_19.

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De Solla, Shane R., Kim J. Fernie, Glenn C. Barrett, and Christine A. Bishop. "Population trends and calling phenology of anuran populations surveyed in Ontario estimated using acoustic surveys." In Marine, Freshwater, and Wetlands Biodiversity Conservation, 113–29. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5734-2_9.

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