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CHAPTER V - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRATION OF LANDFORMS, SOILS, VEGETATIONAND WILDLIFE 109ECOLOGICAL LAND CLASSIFICATION METHODOLOGY 109PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES 109MAPPING METHODOLOGY 109ECOLOGICAL (BIOPHYSICAL) LEGEND CORRELATION 113DESCRIPTION OF ECOSECTIONS/ECOSITES 113INTRODUCTION 11 3AB - ABBOTT ECOSECTION 114AK - ASULKAN ECOSECTION 11 7BU - BALU ECOSECTION 122CE - CHEOPS ECOSECTION 12 6CM - CATAMOUNT ECOSECTION 12 7CT - CUTBANK ECOSECTION 13 0GF - GRIFFITH ECOSECTION 13 5GH - GLACIER HOUSE ECOSECTION 13 8HE - HEATHER ECOSECTION 140HR - HERMIT ECOSECTION 14 2JD - JADE ECOŒECTION 148JN - JONAS ECOSECTION 152KX - KUSKANAX ECO6ECTION 155LK - LOOKOUT ECOSECTION 156LR - LAURETTA ECOSECTION 15 8NC - NORDIC ECOSECTION 160RD - REDOUBT ECOSECTION 166SN - STONEY ECOŒECTI ON 170WR - WITCH TOWER ECOSECTION 17 2ECOSITE MODIFIERS 17 3A - AVALANCHED 17 3B - BURNED 174F - FAILED 174X - LITHIC 174MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPES 17 5CR - COLLUVIAL RUBBLE 17 5GL - GLACIER 175M - RECENT MORAINE 175R - ROCKLAND 176RG - ROCK GLACIER 176T - TALUS 176WATER BODIES 177LITERATURE CITED 179APPENDIX A - PLANTS OF MOUNT REVELSTOKE AND GLACIER NATIONALPARKS 191APPENDIX B - ANIMALS OF MOUNT REVELSTOKE AND GLACIER NATIONA LPARKS 21 3INTRODUCTION 21 3AMPHIBIANS 21 3REPTILES 21 3BIRDS 21 3MAMMALS 21 6APPENDIX C - CORRELATION OF MAP UNITS 219APPENDIX D - PEDON DESCRIPTIONS AND ANALYTICAL DATA 22 3APPENDIX E - VEGETATION TYPES OF MOUNT REVELSTOKE AND GLACIE RNATIONAL PARKS 259CLOSED FOREST VEGETATION TYPES 259OPEN FOREST VEGETATION TYPES 260SHRUB VEGETATION TYPES 260LOW SHRUB-HERB VEGETATION TYPES 26 1HERB-DWARF SHRUB VEGETATION TYPES 261
FIGURESLocation and drainage systems of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks 2Major bedrock groups of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks 11Textural variation among selected samples of coarse textured materials 15Textural variation among selected samples of medium textured materials 1 6Textural variation among selected Fluvial material A samples 2 2Ecoregions of Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks 35Legend for landscape schematics 114Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among AB1 and other Ecosites 115Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among AK and RD Ecosites 11 8Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among BU, HR, JD and othe rEcosites 123Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among CT and other Ecosites 13 1Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among HR and other Ecosites 144Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among JD1, JN2 and other Ecosites 15 2Landscape schematic of topographic relationships among NC and other Ecosites 162i
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Page 6 and 7: TABLES1 . Temperature (°C) ranges
Page 8 and 9: Wildlife features of Cutbank (CT) E
Page 10 and 11: 18. Sampled Eluviated Dystric Bruni
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Page 14 and 15: ABSTRACTMount Revelstoke and Glacie
Page 16 and 17: NFig . 1 . Location and drainage sy
Page 18 and 19: MRNP contains several high elevatio
Page 20 and 21: o'Table 2 . Temperature data (°C)
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Page 24 and 25: STRUCTURAL FRAMEWOR KBedrock in the
Page 26 and 27: area (Fulton et al. 1984) which inc
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Page 38 and 39: ORGANIC COMPONENTThe organic landfo
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Page 42 and 43: BRUNISOLIC SOIL SBrunisolics occur
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In the western Cascades of Washingt
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Table 17 . Stands of the balsam pop
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C47: Tsuga mertensiana-Abies lasioc
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Table 20 . Stands of the Engelmann
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Table 22 . Stands of the western he
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Table 23 . Stands of the western re
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Binkley and Graham (1981) describe
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Table 26. Stands of the Engelmann s
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011 : Picea spp ./Ledum groenlandic
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Table 29 . Stands of the aspen-west
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Vegetation : The tree layer is open
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Table 32 . Stands of the subalpine
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Table 34 . Stands of the subalpine
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Table 36 . Stands of the willow-mou
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Table 38 . Stands of the alder/skun
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Table 40. Stands of the mountain av
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Other Studies : H2 is also describe
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Vegetation : Carex aquatilis (50-80
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Table 45 . Stands of the fleabane-v
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H21 : Carex spp .(sedge )Environmen
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species not climax for the site . S
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calcareous conditions are more comm
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SAMPLING RATIONALEMethods were chos
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third are highly important . The fi
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SMALL MAMMAL ASSOCIATION 1Shrubland
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Avalanche alder shru bSMALL MAMMAL
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Definitive Speciesfreq . dens . fre
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Vegetation Type correlate swillow/h
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Upper Subalpine coniferous closed f
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Vegetation Type correlatessubalpine
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RemarksThe average DI is 4 .1 .In t
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Additional SpeciesHermit Thrush .09
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Brown Creeper .073 Nashville Warble
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CHAPTER V • ECOLOGICAL INTEGRATIO
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EcosectionsEcoregions are conceptua
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ECOLOGICAL (BIOPHYSICAL) LEGEND COR
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Fig . 8 . Landscape schematic of to
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Table 50 . Wildlife features of AB
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Current landform construction is ve
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Table 52. Wildlife features of AK E
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Fig . 10 . Landscape schematic of t
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Table 54 .EcositeWildlife features
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Table 56 . Wildlife features of CE
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Table 58 . Wildlife features of CM
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Fig. 11 . Landscape schematic of to
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Table 60. Wildlife features of CT E
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GF - GRIFFITH ECOSECTIO NThe Griffi
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WILDLIFEGF is the most important to
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Table 63 . Definitive features of t
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GEOMORPHOLOGYHE3 is geomorphically
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Table 67. Definitive features of He
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wash and soil creep . A few tracts
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Table 68 .Wildlife features of HR E
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Table 69 . Definitive features of J
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Table 70 . Wildlife features of JD
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GEOMORPHOLOG YThe predominant genet
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KX - KUSKANAX ECOSECTIONThe Kuskana
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Table 75 . Definitive features of t
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and aprons are a poorly sorted, til
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NC3, and NC4 have the same hemlock
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from Bm and Bf (Brunisolic soils) t
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Table 80 .Wildlife features of NC E
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Table 81 . Definitive features of R
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WILDLIFESMA 13 is assumed to be pre
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Such soils indicate episodic deposi
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WILDLIFEWR1 Wildlife FeaturesUngula
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MISCELLANEOUS LANDSCAPE SCR - COLLU
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unvegetated . A few tracts have spa
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Bamberg, S .A. and J . Major . 1968
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Day, D., C. Zinkan and G. Wickware
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Jurdant, M., D .S . Lacate, S .C. Z
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Ogilvie, R .T . 1976 . The Alpine a
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Sneddon, J .I ., L.M . Lavkulich, a
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Whittaker, R .H . 1967 . Gradient a
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POLYPODIACEAEAdiantum pedatum L . v
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Sambucus racemosa L. var . melanoca
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CORNACEAECornus canadensis L .Cornu
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LABIATAEGaleopsis tetrahit L .Lycop
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Anemone parviflora Michx. G tAquile
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Tellima grandiflora (Pursh) Dougl .
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GRAMI NEA Ex Agroelymus mossii Lepa
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ORCHIDACEA ECorallorhiza maculata R
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Dicranella heteromalla (Hedw .) Sch
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Bryoria pseudofuscescens (Gyeln.) B
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Usnea scabrata Nyl . RXanthoria ele
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Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura (Linn
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Lazuli Bunting Passerina amoena (Sa
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APPENDIX C - CORRELATION OF MAP UNI
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MR & GNP Lardeau Seymour ArmJN2KX1
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Table D1 . Pedon (Alberta 1983 No .
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1 =li slu!
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Table D5. Pedon (Alberta 1981 No .
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OPEN FOREST VEGETATION TYPES9: Pice
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COLORPLATE S1-64
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11 . Sampled C)rtbic Ilumo -Eerric
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21 . Western hemlock-wester nred ce
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34. HR5 (lower to mid slope (and AK
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47. Sampled Orthic Dystri cBrunisol
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