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Catalogue Entry: Rock ptarmigan population size - Gros Morne
The Island of Newfoundland is home to the most southerly population of Rock Ptarmigan in North America and is the only place where the subspecies Lagopus mutus welchi can be...-
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Catalogue Entry: Understory woody plant diversity - Gros Morne
Intensive moose browsing appears to have led to a large reduction in woody plant abundance and diversity in Gros Morne National Park mature forests.This measure assess the...-
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Catalogue Entry: Inventory of active beaver colonies - Gros Morne
Beavers are important ecosystem architects, creating wetland habitats, thickets and meadows by damming streams and cutting down woody vegetation along stream banks. This measure...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest bird biodiversity in winter - Gros Morne
Birds are an important component of the biodiversity of boreal forests and bird populations can serve as a useful measure of forest health. The monitoring of winter forest bird...-
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Catalogue Entry: Advanced regeneration of balsam fir - Gros Morne
Overbrowsing of balsam fir saplings by introduced moose can lead to stand conversion to non-forest. The park measures the browse rates of fir saplings in mature forest stands,...-
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Catalogue Entry: Status of herb willow in late snowbeds - Gros Morne
Herb willow is dominant Arctic-alpine plant in snowbeds and, being a low-growing species, could potentially be crowded out if southern species colonise these sites. Herb willow...-
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Catalogue Entry: Harlequin duck abundance - Gros Morne
In eastern Canada, Harlequin ducks are uncommon and are listed by COSEWIC as a species of special concern. Resident of fast flowing-rivers and streams during the breeding...-
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Catalogue Entry: Arctic hare population size - Gros Morne
On insular Newfoundland, the Arctic Hare reaches the southernmost limit of their distribution and are typically found in mountainous areas where elevation and climate have...-
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Catalogue Entry: Salamanders - Kouchibouguac
Plethodontid salamanders are ‘early warning’ indicators of biodiversity and forest conditions due to the high densities of populations in addition to the keystone role of this...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest Dynamics - Kouchibouguac
The Acadian forest in a natural state is one of the richest and more diverse temperate forests in the World, however it has been listed as one of six endangered forests in North...-
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Catalogue Entry: Bog Dynamics - Kouchibouguac
Peatlands are valuable ecosystems due to their critical ecological functions, however these sensitive habitats are vulnerable to various anthropogenic (e.g., peat-moss...-
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Catalogue Entry: River Otter - Kouchibouguac
River otters (Lontra canadensis) are semi-aquatic mammalian predators closely associated to freshwater resources but also linked to terrestrial habitat features, at the aquatic-...-
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Catalogue Entry: Water Quality - Kouchibouguac
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) has designed a Water Quality Index (WQI) to translate complex water quality data into an overall integrated score...-
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Catalogue Entry: Forest Songbirds - Kouchibouguac
Songbirds are indicators of habitat conditions within forest or bog ecosystems, as these species have a high level of specialisation to various ecological niches and are...-
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Catalogue Entry: Piping Plover - Kouchibouguac
The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a small endangered shorebird listed under the federal Species at Risk Act (SARA). This species uses ocean shorelines as breeding...-
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Catalogue Entry: Salmon Thermal Stress - Kouchibouguac
The influence of water temperature on the ecology of aquatic organisms with optimal thermal ranges is quite substantial, as these regimes regulate activity, growth, survival,...-
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Catalogue Entry: Common Tern Colony - Kouchibouguac
The second largest concentration of common terns (Sterna hirundo) in North America is found on Tern Islands, a set of three small barrier islands separated by water at high tide...-
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Catalogue Entry: Exotic Invasive Plants - Kouchibouguac
At the establishment of Kouchibouguac National Park in 1969, remnants of past human history and intervention activities such as agriculture and wood harvesting since the...-
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Catalogue Entry: Red-breasted Merganser - Kouchibouguac
Red-breasted mergansers (Mergus serrator) are colonial birds found on Tern Islands, a set of three small barrier islands separated by water at high tide located within...-
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Catalogue Entry: CABIN - Benthic Invertebrates - Kouchibouguac
The Canadian Aquatic Biomonitoring Network (CABIN) is a national aquatic biomonitoring program, established and maintained by Environment and Climate Change Canada, to provide a...-
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