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
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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Unpublished M.Sc.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
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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
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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).
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