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Amphibians around the world are in decline and this has led to many international initiatives to monitor and catalog amphibian …
What? Changes in processes and stressors at bogs and poor fens in Cape Breton Highlands National Park are being monitored …
What? Boreal Forest area is currently being monitored for deviations from historical land class types in Cape Breton Highlands National …
Wapusk National Park is a sub-Arctic protected area covered with snow for over half of the year. Snowpack characteristics can …
Wapusk National Park protects a vast landscape of coastal salt marshes, countless lakes and ponds, and a diversity of boreal-tundra …
Wapusk National Park (WNP), protects a vast landscape of coastal salt marshes, countless ponds, and a diversity of boreal-tundra interface …
Motion-detection cameras are a cost-effective and non-invasive tool used in Jasper National Park for sampling mammal populations and estimating species …
Forest fires can provide positive effects on forest ecosystems, such as controlling the spread of detrimental insects, maintaining diverse habitats, …
Woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) is a threatened species protected under the Federal Species at Risk Act (SARA). Jasper National …
The unimpeded movement of fish and other aquatic related organisms allows organisms to respond to changing habitat conditions, facilitates genetic …