Canadian Prairies - Present Landscapes and Environments

Beaudoin, A. B. 2002

On the Identification and Characterization of Drought and Aridity in Postglacial Paleoenvironmental Records from the Northern Great Plains. Géographie physique et Quaternaire 56(2-3):229- 246.
AEU SCI G 1 R452 Note: Volume dated 2002 but published in 2004.

Bird, C. D., and R. D. Bird 1967

The Aspen Parkland. In Alberta: A Natural History, edited by W. G. Hardy, pp. 135-149. M. G. Hurtig, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
AEU SCI QH 106 H27

Ecological Stratification Working Group 1996

A National Ecological Framework for Canada. Accompanied by national map at 1:7,500,000 scale. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Centre for Land and Biological Resources Research and Environment Canada, State of the Environment Directorate, Ecozone Analysis Branch, Ottawa/Hull, Canada. 125 pages.
AEU SCI GF 28 C2 N213 1996

Geist, V. 1996

Buffalo Nation: History and Legend of the North American Bison. Fifth House, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. 144 pages.
AEU HSS QL 737 U53 G435 A survey of bison history and biology, plus an examination of the role of bison in culture, both Aboriginal and modern. Ends with a denunciation of game ranching as a threat to the survival of bison. Plenty of illustrations and extracts from Aboriginal stories about bison. The photos are spectacular and well worth getting the book for. (16/May/1997).

Hogg, E. H. 1994

Climate and the Southern Limit of the Western Canadian Boreal Forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 24:1835-1845.
AEU SCI SD 145 C23

Hogg, E. H. 1997

Temporal Scaling of Moisture and the Forest-Grassland Boundary in Western Canada. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 84:115-122.
AEU SCI S 600 A272 Concludes that moisture deficits are main control on forest margin position.

Klar, A. 1979

A Phytogeographical Study of Southeastern Alberta. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. Department of Botany, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. xiv + 201 pages.
A study of vegetation in a south-north strip along Alberta's western border as far north as 54°N. Omits the Cypress Hills, though one collection was made near to the north of Elkwater.

Lemmen, D. S., and R. E. Vance 1999

An Overview of the Palliser Triangle Global Change Project. In Holocene Climate and Environmental Change in the Palliser Triangle: A Geoscientific Context for Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change in the Southern Canadian Prairies, edited by D. S. Lemmen and R. E. Vance, pp. 7-22. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 534. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
AEU SCI QE 185 A43 No. 534

Longley, R. W. 1972

The Climate of the Prairie Provinces. Climatological Studies No. 13. Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment Service, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 79 pages.
AEU SCI QC 985 C63 No. 13

Looman, J. 1979

The Vegetation of the Canadian Prairie Provinces: 1. An Overview. Phytocoenologia 5(3):347-366.

Looman, J., and K. F. Best 1987

Budd's Flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces. Publication 1662. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 863 pages.
AEU SCI QK 203 P7 B927 1987

Moss, E. H. 1983

Flora of Alberta. 2nd Edition Revised by J. G. Packer. University of Toronto Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. xiii + 687 pages.
AEU SCI QK 203 A4 M93 1983 Remains the standard reference for plant nomenclature in Alberta. Includes a series of useful distribution maps. Not a field guide, though, because it lacks pictures.

Nemanishen, W. 1998

Drought in the Palliser Triangle (A Provisional Primer). Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration, Agriculture and Agri- Food Canada. ii + 58 pages.

Phillips, D. 1990

The Climates of Canada. Minister of Supply and Services Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 176 pages.
AEU SCI QC 985 P558 1990 A survey of climate across Canada by topic (sunshine, snowfall, etc.) followed by a review of climate by province.

Remenda, V. H., and S. J. Birks 1999

Groundwater in the Palliser Triangle: An Overview of its Vulnerability and Potential to Archive Climate Information. In Holocene Climate and Environmental Change in the Palliser Triangle: A Geoscientific Context for Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change in the Southern Canadian Prairies, edited by D. S. Lemmen and R. E. Vance, pp. 57-66. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 534. Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
AEU SCI QE 185 A43 No. 534

Rowe, J. S. 1972

Forest Regions of Canada. Canadian Forestry Service, Publication No. 1300. Department of Environment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ix + 172 pages.
AEU SCI SD 145 P97 No. 1300

Rowe, J. S., and R. T. Coupland 1984

Vegetation of the Canadian Plains. Prairie Forum 9(2):231-248. Man: User and Modifier of Canadian Plains' Resources, edited by George J. Mitchell, vol. 9.

Sauchyn, D. J., E. J. Barrow, R. F. Hopkinson, and P. R. Leavitt 2002

Aridity on the Canadian Plains. Géographie physique et Quaternaire 56(2-3):247- 259.
AEU SCI G 1 R452 Site discussed: Chauvin Lake. Note: Volume dated 2002 but published in 2004.

Scott, G. A. J. 1995

Canada's Vegetation: A World Perspective. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and Kingston, Canada. xviii + 361 pages.
AEU SCI QK 201 S37 1995 A good general introduction and discussion of vegetation across Canada. For SCAPE, see especially Chapter 4: Boreal Forest (Taiga) and Mixed Forest Transition, pp. 82-120, and Chapter 5: Prairie (Steppe), pp. 121- 156.

Webb, R., A. Johnston, and J. D. Soper 1967

The Prairie World. In Alberta: A Natural History, edited by W. G. Hardy, pp. 93-115. M. G. Hurtig, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
AEU SCI QH 106 H27

Wells, P. V. 1970

Postglacial Vegetational History of the Great Plains: New Evidence Reopens the Question of the Origin of Treeless Grasslands. Science 167:1574-1582.
AEU SCI Q 1 S41

Wheaton, E. 1998

But It's a Dry Cold! Weathering the Canadian Prairies. Fifth House Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. vi + 185 pages.
AEU SCI QC 985.5 P7 W474 1998 A popular account of Canadian prairie climate, written with a good deal of humour.

Zoltai, S. C. 1975

Southern Limit of Coniferous Trees on the Canadian Prairies. Information Report NOR-X-128. Northern Forest Research Centre, Canadian Forestry Service, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 12 pages.
AEU SCI SD 356.54 C22 C212 I43 No. 0128 Maps the southern limit of white spruce (Picea glauca), black spruce (Picea mariana), tamarack (Larix laricina), jackpine (Pinus banksiana), and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta).