Delta blues: Mackenzie River Delta IBA confronts energy development
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The Mackenzie River Delta includes low-lying islands, pingos, upland tundra, and small trees and is an Important Bird Area (IBA). Studies are being conducted to see the effects of the old seismic lines and drill pads on the shorebirds, results of which would help to make best decisions to minimize the impact of inevitable energy development.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2004
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Song birds of the boreal
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Canada's boreal forest is home for up to five billion of North America's warblers, thrushes, sparrows, hawks, woodpeckers and other land-living birds. The boreal forest filters of water each day and over 80 percent of the world's unfrozen freshwater are found there.
Publication Name: Nature Canada
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0374-9894
Year: 2005
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