topic:"Ecology" found 5 records - Research Collections - Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies

Abstract: Pertains to climate change during Anthropocene including increased wildfires, ticks, and tick-borne diseases, floods, increase in insurance rates, and negative effects on health and mental health, wildlife extinction, decrease in fresh water.

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 27, No.2, June 2019, p. 22 - 25

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Digital version of publication available online

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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All-time high - an unprecedented number of visitors are heading to Banff National Park, with a million more tourists passing through the gates in just the last five years. Has the beloved park reached its limits?

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25147

Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: May 2020

Author: Stewart, Ryan; Odynski, Taylor

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Stewart, Ryan; Odynski, Taylor

Responsibility: Ryan Stewart (author); Taylor Odynski (illustrator)

Publisher: Crowfoot Media

Published Date: May 2020

Physical Description: p.70 - 75

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Tourism; Ecology; Environment; Banff National Park; Wildlife; Town of Banff; Parks Canada; Alberta

Abstract: Pertains to the rise in visitation to Banff National Park

Notes: In Canadian Rockies Annual, vol.05, May 2020

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: Website for Crowfoot Media - publishers of Canadian Rockies Annual

Websites

https://crowfootmedia.com/canadian-rockies-annual/

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The buzz about native bees

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25150

Medium: Library - Periodical

Published Date: March 2020

Author: Skrajny, Joanna

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Skrajny, Joanna

Responsibility: Joanna Skrajny

Publisher: The Alberta Wilderness Association Journal

Published Date: March 2020

Physical Description: p. 9 - 11

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Alberta; Ecology; Biodiversity; Flowers

Abstract: Pertains to natives bees in Alberta and the issues caused by invasive honey bees, loss of biodiversity, disease, and use of neonicotinoids with suggested solutions

Notes: In Wildlands Advocate, Vol. 28, No.1, March 2020

Call Number: P

Collection: Archives Library

URL Notes: PDF of publication can be downloaded on Alberta Wilderness' website

Websites

https://albertawilderness.ca/publications/wild-lands-advocate/

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Imagine! the story of five needle pines

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24997

Medium: Library - Periodical

Author: Rudy, Michael

Call Number: P

1 website

Author: Rudy, Michael

Physical Description: p. 20 - 25

Medium: Library - Periodical

Subjects: Trees; Ecology; Crowsnest; Crowsnest Pass; Waterton; Waterton Lakes

Abstract: Pertains to the Five Needle Pines found in Alberta - the Whitebark and Limber Pines which are vital in their ecosystem and are both suffering from a non-native species of fungus "rust".