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Graphical and statistical analysis of long-term soil acidity monitoring data 1981-2003

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In January 2004, Alberta Environment contracted Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants to conduct data analysis and basic data interpretation of a dataset containing soil chemical analysis data.... More ≫

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In January 2004, Alberta Environment contracted Timberline Forest Inventory Consultants to conduct data analysis and basic data interpretation of a dataset containing soil chemical analysis data. These data have been collected at regular intervals at eight sites (six coniferous forest sites and two grassland sites, mostly on coarse-textured soils) across the province since 1981 in support of the Long Term Soil Acidity Monitoring program. The main body of this report outlines the steps that were taken with respect to data preparation, software and procedures used, and assumptions made in handling the data. This report also makes comments on possible data limitations and provides some recommendations related to improving ongoing sampling and analysis.

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Potentially trackable plant communities : foothills and Rocky Mountain natural regions

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Timberline Forestry Inventory Consultants Ltd was asked to prepare a list of potentially trackable communities from the Ellis report, and to add communities that had been described subsequent to... More ≫

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Timberline Forestry Inventory Consultants Ltd was asked to prepare a list of potentially trackable communities from the Ellis report, and to add communities that had been described subsequent to its preparation. The process of identifying “trackable” communities has been conducted previously through a team approach in the Western U.S., where several people jointly evaluated all communities and reached consensus on “trackable” elements. For the Alberta pilot, an explicit data-based means of identifying potentially trackable communities was undertaken in order to streamline the process of reviewing textual descriptions.

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