The development of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking has led to an increase in oil
and natural gas extraction. Development of infrastructure to extract and transport these …

Soil attributes, climate, and time since reclamation have important implications for oil and
gas reclamation success on drylands. It is uncertain if reclaimed well pads, on highly …

On the Ground• There are three general stages of a well's life on US public land: 1) the
permitting process to drill, 2) active extraction of fossil fuel resource, and 3) plugging and …

Abstract The Canadian province of Alberta is densely dissected by seismic lines-linear
disturbances used for oil and gas exploration. Natural recovery of seismic lines to pre …

Trait-based approaches can provide a generalizable mechanistic understanding of complex
post-disturbance succession dynamics of plant communities. Much of our knowledge …

Boreal forests provide multiple ecological and economic services, including carbon storage,
provision of wildlife habitat and recreational space, and timber supply. In Canada's western …

Uganda discovered petroleum deposits in commercially viable quantities in 2006. Most
areas such as Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP) where petroleum has been discovered …

Current monitoring of anthropogenically disturbed lands that have been subject to land
reclamation mainly focuses on soil physical and chemical properties and vegetation cover …

There is an increasing worldwide concern for the current and long-term environmental
impacts of oil and gas development such as severe habitat fragmentation, disruption of plant …

Dryland ecosystems are increasingly disturbed by human land use practices such as oil and
gas extraction. These operations degrade fragile landscapes through removing vegetation …