Making sense of wildlife habitat use on active oil sands mines: Quasi‐experiments, occupancy models, trends assessments and upland habitat reclamation
Virgil C. Hawkes,
Pascale Gibeau,
Wendell Challenger
Abstract:Intensive resource extraction activity in the oil sands of Canada alters the quantity, structure and distribution of native ecosystems, which in turn creates substantive challenges for conservation, land management and habitat reclamation. Progressive reclamation occurs on active mine sites in the Athabasca oil sands region (AOSR) of Canada, along with concurrent assessments of reclamation effectiveness. Yet, little is known about the ability of reclaimed habitats to mitigate for the short‐ and long‐term impac… Show more
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