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Aquatic Frogs - La Mauricie Canada Open Gov Dataset
Frogs, like all other amphibians, are declining all around the world, in both pristine and protected areas as well as suburban marshes bordered by highways. This decline is due... Read more -
Common Loon - La Mauricie Canada Open Gov Dataset
The number of common loons and their breeding range have decreased significantly since the beginning of the century. There is concern about the number of breeding pairs and the... Read more -
Water quality situation - La Mauricie Canada Open Gov Dataset
The effects of climate warming, eutrophication, air pollutant inputs and forestry activity that occurred before La Mauricie National Park was created influenced and continue to... Read more -
Moose and Wolf Abundance - La Mauricie Canada Open Gov Dataset
Intensive tree cutting and certain silvicultural practices carried out around La Mauricie National Park have fragmented moose forest habitat. In addition, the eastern wolf plays... Read more -
Situation of medium-size carnivores - La Mauricie Canada Open Gov Dataset
The American marten (Martes americana), fisher (Martes pennanti) and Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) are predators that have a prominent place in the food chain of the forests in... Read more -
Situation of the Black Bear - La Mauricie Canada Open Gov Dataset
Sensitivity analyses indicate that a small drop in black bear survival rates greatly increases the risk of extinction in both females and males. Since the mortality rate of... Read more -
Elk and moose populations - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park conducts an ungulate aerial surveys of the entire park, to census the elk and moose populations. The surveys are carried out in the late fall or winter... Read more -
Amphibian occupancy - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Elk Island National Park annually monitors the change in amphibian occupancy by using call counts, including data collected by citizen scientists. -
Bison populations - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park annually conducts an aerial census of bison populations of the entire park, as well as opportunistically surveying herd composition. Bison population... Read more -
Beaver abundance & distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park measures beaver abundance and distribution every three years in the fall using aerial surveys to count beaver food caches. -
Lake water quality - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Elk Island National Park monitors the lake water quality annually in two lakes by measuring parameters such as: nutrients, heavy metals, major ions, physical... Read more -
Avian diversity & abundance - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Forest birds in Elk Island National Park are surveyed annually along 24 established routes, with 4 stations along each route. The stations are spaced 400-600 meters apart.... Read more -
Rangeland health assessments- Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
The Elk Island National Park monitors the functions and health of grassland and forest ecosystems that are influenced by herbivory. This includes monitoring vegetation... Read more -
Grassland primary productivity - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park monitors primary productivity to determine the health of grassland vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on remotely-sensed multispectral... Read more -
Forest primary productivity - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park monitors primary productivity to determine the health of forest vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on remotely-sensed multispectral... Read more -
Forest area burned - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park uses the Area Burned Condition Class (ABCC) method to evaluate the ecological impact of fire on the landscape and the success of utilizing fire to... Read more -
Open water areal extent and distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park monitors spatial changes to open water features throughout the park. This measure relies on an unsupervised classification of remotely-sensed... Read more -
Forest vegetation community areal extent and distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park uses land cover classification to determine spatial changes of forest vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on a supervised classification... Read more -
Grassland vegetation community areal extent and distribution - Elk Island Canada Open Gov Dataset
Elk Island National Park uses land cover classification to determine spatial changes of grassland vegetation throughout the park. This measure relies on a supervised... Read more -
Seabirds - Forillon Canada Open Gov Dataset
This set of data contains the results of the various breeding seabird inventories conducted at Forillon National Park. Seabirds are recognized as good indicators of the quality... Read more