Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales
This study, in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of northern Manitoba, uses a combination of satellite imagery (1996 Landsat-5 TM mosaic) and extensive ground data to characterize the vegetation of the region at both the landscape and community scales. Field data o...
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ftunivmanitoba:oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/2724 2023-06-18T03:40:09+02:00 Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales Brook, Ryan K. 2001-06-01T00:00:00Z 15435583 bytes 184 bytes application/pdf text/plain http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2724 eng eng http://hdl.handle.net/1993/2724 open access master thesis 2001 ftunivmanitoba 2023-06-04T17:47:19Z This study, in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of northern Manitoba, uses a combination of satellite imagery (1996 Landsat-5 TM mosaic) and extensive ground data to characterize the vegetation of the region at both the landscape and community scales. Field data on the floristic composition, moisture, and vegetation structure were collected at 600 sites throughout the study area between June and September of 1998-2000. From these data, sites with highly unique floristic characteristics, disturbance features, and unvegetated sites were recognized as distinct vegetation types and removed from further analysis. The remaining 272 sites, containing 114 species, were sorted into 6 major vegetation types using cluster analysis. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was then used to examine the extent to which trends in the vegetation types reflect environmental variability. Vegetation types were examined in order to identify a set of 16 classes that were suitable for mapping at the landscape scale using satellite imagery. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) Master Thesis Cape Churchill Churchill Wapusk national park MSpace at the University of Manitoba Cape Churchill ENVELOPE(-93.218,-93.218,58.763,58.763) Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area ENVELOPE(-93.750,-93.750,57.167,57.167) |
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This study, in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of northern Manitoba, uses a combination of satellite imagery (1996 Landsat-5 TM mosaic) and extensive ground data to characterize the vegetation of the region at both the landscape and community scales. Field data on the floristic composition, moisture, and vegetation structure were collected at 600 sites throughout the study area between June and September of 1998-2000. From these data, sites with highly unique floristic characteristics, disturbance features, and unvegetated sites were recognized as distinct vegetation types and removed from further analysis. The remaining 272 sites, containing 114 species, were sorted into 6 major vegetation types using cluster analysis. Canonical correspondence analysis (CCA) was then used to examine the extent to which trends in the vegetation types reflect environmental variability. Vegetation types were examined in order to identify a set of 16 classes that were suitable for mapping at the landscape scale using satellite imagery. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) |
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Brook, Ryan K. |
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Brook, Ryan K. Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales |
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Brook, Ryan K. |
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Brook, Ryan K. |
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Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales |
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Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales |
title_full |
Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales |
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Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales |
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Structure and dynamics of the vegetation in Wapusk National Park and the Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area of Manitoba, community and landscape scales |
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structure and dynamics of the vegetation in wapusk national park and the cape churchill wildlife management area of manitoba, community and landscape scales |
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2001 |
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ENVELOPE(-93.218,-93.218,58.763,58.763) ENVELOPE(-93.750,-93.750,57.167,57.167) |
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Cape Churchill Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area |
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Cape Churchill Cape Churchill Wildlife Management Area |
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Cape Churchill Churchill Wapusk national park |
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Cape Churchill Churchill Wapusk national park |
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