https://open.alberta.ca/feeds/custom.atom?tags=Lepidoptera&organization=tourismparksrecreationandculture2006-2008Open Government - Custom query2024-03-29T04:47:21.450188+00:00Alberta Open Governmentpython-feedgenRecently created or updated datasets on Open Government. Custom query: 'culture and tourism'https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/7edd7e2d-3a30-4545-94c2-d4011ed9f315Lepidoptera of Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park, 1999-20062017-11-01T16:37:04.687416+00:00An ecological survey of the Park by Kondla & Smith (1972) came up with an impressive 148 species of birds, 25 of mammals, and 225 of flowering plants. Later studies by Wallis (1977), Nordstrom and Wilkinson (1980), Campbell (1983) and Lohr (1993) have added to these totals. The present report incorporates all information in the earlier reports (Bird 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005) as well as making a few corrections and adding new information based on studies carried out in 2005. 2015-11-10T18:27:30.732845+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/dfebe1d3-9e40-47c3-b0f1-2f72c623d302Lepidoptera of Big Knife Provincial Park, 2001-20112019-08-16T21:07:08.796604+00:00Provincial Parks and other areas where natural vegetation is protected are of great value as the flora and fauna present in them is typical of what was in Alberta before widespread agricultural activities replaced them with flora and fauna that was reduced in numbers and made up of species that were associated with cultivated grains and hay crops. As a result, many of Alberta's "rare and endangered" species are now found only, or mainly, in such protected areas. There is still much to be learned about the distribution and status of lepidopteran (moth and butterfly) species in south-central Alberta. Baseline studies of this sort provide information that helps characterize the species associated with various ecoregions, in the present case Aspen Parkland; determine the status designations (abundant, common, rare, endangered) of various species; show the effects of grazing on species composition and abundance; and allow the examination of many other parameters, including phenology, dry vs. wet years, and outbreaks of various species such as forest tent caterpillar..2015-08-14T15:52:47.863705+00:00