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ALPINE ECOREGIO NThe Alpine Ecoregion is treeless and occurs at elevations above the Upper Subalpine, i.e . above 2200m in MRNP and above 2300 m in GNP . Alpine vegetation forms a complex, fine-scale mosaic i nwhich marked changes in dominant species reflect microclimatic variations . Significant microclimaticfactors include : aspect, wind exposure, time of snow melt, soil moisture and snow depth . Typica lv .t.s are heather-everlasting (L5), black alpine sedge-everlasting (H2), everlasting-white mountai nheather-red heather (H18) and, at the highest altitudes, saxicolous lichen (H12) . The Alpine east ofthe Beaver River is drier than further west . Occurrence of the mountain avens-snow willow-mos scampion (H1) v .t . only east of the Beaver River reflects the drier climate . Alpine communities inMRNP and GNP generally contain more Luetkea pectinata than ones in Kootenay National Par k(Achuff and Dudynsky 1984) or Banff and Jasper National Parks (Corns and Achuff 1982), eve nthough they have the same v .t. designation .The Alpine Ecoregion corresponds to the Tundra of Rowe (1972) . West of the Beaver, it presumabl ycorresponds to the Wet Alpine Tundra Subzone (ATg) of the biogeoclimatic classification (Utzig et al.1983), while east of the Beaver River, the correspondence is apparently to Moist Alpine Tundra Sub -zone (ATe) . The correspondence can be only tentative since ATg and ATe have not been describe dfully .VEGETATION TYPE DESCRIPTION SThe v.t .s, names and symbols (e.g. C14) are part of a system common to BNP, JNP, KNP, MRN Pand GNP . All stands of a particular v .t. belong to one conceptual entity and some v .t .s occur in allfive parks (e.g. H16 and L5) although some occur in only one .In the stand tables with the v .t . descriptions, stands from outside MRNP and GNP have been adde din some cases to better characterize the v .t . where fewer than five stands were sampled in MRNP an dGNP . The additional stands are from KNP, BNP and JNP . Species with low frequency of occurrenceor low cover values have been deleted in many cases from the stand tables . Complete data ca nbe obtained from the authors .CLOSED FOREST VEGETATION TYPE SC14 : Picea engelmannil-Abies lasiocarpa/Menziesia glabella/Vaccinium scopariu m(Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir/false azalea )Environment : C14 occurs on mesic Lower Subalpine (1650-1800 m) sites with moderate to steep slope sand mostly northerly and easterly aspects . Soils are well to moderately well drained Eutric and DystricBrunisols on morainal and colluvial landforms . The only stand sampled (P A1059) is in easter nGNP near Copperstain Creek, although it appears that much of the Copperstain burn was formerl yC14 forest .Vegetation : In the tree layer (20-45%), Abies lasiocarpa (5-25%) and Picea engelmannii (10-30%) aredominant (Table 14) . Menziesia glabella (15-70%) dominates the shrub layer (25-80%) with Rhododendronalbi florum (5-10%), Ribes lacustre (0 .5-3%) and Abies lasiocarpa (5-15%) often present also .The herb-dwarf shrub layer is well developed (15-50%) and commonly includes Vaccinium membranaceium(3 -25%), Vaccinium scoparium (2 -20%) , Abies lasiocarpa (1- 3%) , Arnica cordifolia (1-10%) ,Cornus canadensis (1-10%), Linnaea borealis (1-5%), Pyrola secunda (1-3%) and Lycopodium annotinum(
Table 14 . Stands of the Engelmann spruce-subalpine fir/false azalea (CM) v .t. Values areper cent cover except for epiphytes where 0.5 indicates the species was present .BB BB HD HD HD HD PA PA P A10 10 10 10 11 20 10 10 2 022 25 07 11 29 34 59 71 4 5TREE LAYE RAbles lasiocarp aPicea engelmanni iPinus contort a25 10 15 .5 05 -- 23 05 1 015 15 02 08 02 03 07 18 2 0-- 05 02 .5 -- 01 -- 02 . 5TALL SHRUB LAYE RAbles lasiocarp aAlnus crisp aPicea engelmanni i04 07 -- -- 02 35 04 10 . 501 03 -- .5 -- .5 -- .5 . 5SHRUB LAYE RAbies lasiocarp aMenziesia glabell aRhododendron albifloru mShepherdia canadensi sRibes spp .10 05 01 -- 02 05 -- 10 0 538 20 03 10 40 15 60 50 4 5.5 .5 .5 01 . 5HERB-DWARF SHRUB LAYE RAbies lasiocarpaArnica cordifoli aCornus canadensi sGoodyera oblongifoli aLinnaea boreali sLonicera involucrat aMoneses uniflor aPyrola secundaPyrola viren sSpiraea lucidaVaccinium membranaceu mVaccinium scopariu mLycopodium annotinu m01 -- 02 -- -- .5 -- 02 . 5-- 03 01 01 03 0 3-- 05 05 01 -- .5 -- -- 0 5-- 03 -- 03 -- .5 -- 1 05 -- .5 .5.5 -- 05 .5 .5 . 55 .5 -- 01 - --- 05 -- .5 .5 - -08 -- -- 10 01 01 10 15 - -02 02 01 03 10 01 -- 10 2 0- 5 -- .5 . 5BRYOID LAYE RDicranum fuscescen sDrepanocladus uncinatu sHylocomium splenden sPleurozium schreber iPtilium crista - castrensi sBarbilophozia lycopodioide sCladonia carneol aPeltigera aphthosa03 .5 03 -- 25 .5 35 05 - -10 15 -- .5 -- 05 -- -- 0 510 20 45 .5 -- 60 05 50 7 0-- 20 05 07 -- .5 -- -- 0510 -- -- .5 25 .5 50 25 - -05 -- .5 01 -- 02 .5 -- 0 5EPIPHYTE SAlectoria sarmentosa ssp . sarmentos aBryoria spp .Hypogymnia enteromorph aHypogymnia physode sLetharia vulpin aParmeliopsis ambigua.5 .5 -- .5 .5 .5 -- .5 . 538
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Page 4 and 5: CHAPTER V - ECOLOGICAL INTEGRATION
Page 6 and 7: TABLES1 . Temperature (°C) ranges
Page 8 and 9: Wildlife features of Cutbank (CT) E
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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)
Page 22 and 23: Table 4. Snow depths for stations i
Page 24 and 25: STRUCTURAL FRAMEWOR KBedrock in the
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Page 36 and 37: Fig . 5 . Textural variation among
Page 38 and 39: ORGANIC COMPONENTThe organic landfo
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Page 42 and 43: BRUNISOLIC SOIL SBrunisolics occur
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Page 54 and 55: In the western Cascades of Washingt
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Page 60 and 61: Table 20 . Stands of the Engelmann
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Page 68 and 69: Table 26. Stands of the Engelmann s
Page 70 and 71: 011 : Picea spp ./Ledum groenlandic
Page 72 and 73: Table 29 . Stands of the aspen-west
Page 74 and 75: Vegetation : The tree layer is open
Page 76 and 77: Table 32 . Stands of the subalpine
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Page 80 and 81: Table 36 . Stands of the willow-mou
Page 82 and 83: Table 38 . Stands of the alder/skun
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Page 86 and 87: Other Studies : H2 is also describe
Page 88 and 89: Vegetation : Carex aquatilis (50-80
Page 90 and 91: Table 45 . Stands of the fleabane-v
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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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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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