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Survival and growth of tree seedlings on reclaimed oil sands site in response to fertilizer and ground cover grass species

Rahman, N.; Kimaro, A.; Schoenau, J.J. (2013-03-05)

Every year, oil sands mining results in a significant area of degraded land which needs to be reclaimed. In reconstructed mine sites, ground cover is helpful to minimize soil erosion by stabilizing soil. Besides soil erosion ...

Survival and growth of tree seedlings on reclaimed oil sand site in response to fertilizer and ground cover grass species

Rahman, N.; Schoenau, J.J.; Kimaro, A. (2013-03-05)

Germination of two native wheatgrass (Agropyron) species under different temperature and water potential regimes

Biligetu, B.; Schellenberg, M.P. (2011-03-15)

Native wheatgrass species are important for land reclamation or rangeland re-seeding. The objective of this study was to evaluate seed germination of slender wheatgrass (Agropyron trachycaulum Link Malte) and northern ...

Phytoremediation of Alberta oil sand tailings using native plants and a fungal endophyte species

Repas, T.; Menke, S.; Kaminskyj, S. (2012-03-13)

The Athabasca Oil Sands produce a high volume byproduct called tailing sands (TS). Typically, TS are remediated by planting young trees in large quantities of mulch (from elsewhere) plus mineral fertilizer. This is costly ...