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Survey of the Lepidoptera fauna from the Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve, the Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Park, and nearby areas

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The Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve (ER) is 8 km southwest and the Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park (WPP) is 9 km east of Fort Assiniboine; both are located within... More ≫

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The Holmes Crossing Sandhills Ecological Reserve (ER) is 8 km southwest and the Fort Assiniboine Sandhills Wildland Provincial Park (WPP) is 9 km east of Fort Assiniboine; both are located within the Central Mixedwood Subregion. Holmes Crossing Sandhills ER occupies 1982 hectares and Fort Assiniboine WPP occupies 7903 ha. The latter area was the focus of a Lepidoptera survey in 2005. Both areas contain a number of vegetated transverse sand dunes dominated by stands of jack pine. Other habitats include aspen forest, dry meadows, fens, marshes, bogs and a series of riparian balsam poplar and alder forests. The purpose of this survey was to provide an annotated summary of the Lepidoptera species that occur in these areas, including notes on such parameters as relative abundance, distribution patterns, range extensions and any other relevant biological or behavioral information. This information contributes towards an increased understanding of the Lepidoptera fauna found in this region...

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Survey of the Lepidoptera fauna in Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park

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The Birch Mountains to the northwest of Ft. McMurray are located within the Upper and Lower Boreal Highlands Subregions . A sizeable protected area, the Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park... More ≫

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The Birch Mountains to the northwest of Ft. McMurray are located within the Upper and Lower Boreal Highlands Subregions . A sizeable protected area, the Birch Mountains Wildland Provincial Park (WPP), is located primarily within the bounds of the Upper Boreal Highlands Subregion. The WPP contains extensive bogs, patches of pine, aspen and birch forest as well as riparian meadow habitats. The park occupies an area of 144,505 ha and was the focus of a lepidoptera survey in 2004. The Upper Boreal Highlands Subregion is characterized by steeply sloping dissected plateaus and undulating and hummocky upper plateau surfaces. In addition to the Birch Mountains, the Upper Boreal Highlands Subregion includes the upper slopes and plateaus of the Buffalo Head, Naylor and Clear Hills. This Subregion is entirely surrounded by the Lower Boreal Highlands Subregion.

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Survey of Lepidoptera in the sub-arctic ecoregion of northeastern Alberta. I, 2003 survey of Caribou Mountains Wildland Park

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The primary goal of this survey was to determine the presence of sub-arctic Lepidoptera fauna, and baseline information on distribution patterns and abundance. Due to the unique ecological... More ≫

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The primary goal of this survey was to determine the presence of sub-arctic Lepidoptera fauna, and baseline information on distribution patterns and abundance. Due to the unique ecological characteristics of this region, and almost complete lack of prior knowledge of the Lepidoptera fauna, the survey of the Caribou Mountain Lepidoptera yielded a number of discoveries important to the knowledge of the provincial fauna.

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Survey of Lepidoptera in the Canadian Shield ecoregion of northeastern Alberta. III. 2002 survey of Colin-Cornwall Lakes Wildland Park

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A Lepidoptera survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 (Schmidt and Pohl 2000) in the Maybelle River, Marguerite River and Richardson River Dunes Wildland Parks, which are located in the... More ≫

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A Lepidoptera survey was conducted in the summer of 2000 (Schmidt and Pohl 2000) in the Maybelle River, Marguerite River and Richardson River Dunes Wildland Parks, which are located in the Athabasca Plain Subregion. In the summer of 2001, two wildland parks located in the Kazan Upland Subregion were surveyed (Macaulay and Pohl 2002), namely La Butte Creek and Fidler-Greywillow. These surveys were the first for all of these parks.

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