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 biodiversity of native shrubs and tree saplings in the understory of mature balsam fir forest stands. Stems are being enumerated by species in 1x20 m strip transects, 6 of which are sampled at each of 15 sites in forests throughout the 3 ecoregions in GMNP (90 strip transects total). Sampling is carried out every second year, during the months of July to September.

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Title (French)	Diversité des plantes ligneuses de sous-étage - Gros-Morne
Update Frequency	as_needed
Geographic Scope	["10"]
Criticality Level	["educators", "nongovernmental_organizations", "scientists", "students"]
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Contact Email	darroch.whitaker@pc.gc.ca
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Open Canada Date Published	2017-10-01 00:00:00
Open Canada Date Modified
Open Canada Subject	["nature_and_environment"]
Open Canada Keywords	{"fr": ["Diversité des plantes de sous-étage", "sapin baumier", "if du Canada", "orignal", "broutage excessif", "transects", "Terre-Neuve"], "en": ["Understory Plant Diversity", "Balsam Fir", "Canada Yew", "Moose", "Overbrowsing", "Transects", "Newfoundland"]}
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