Invasive non-native plants - Waterton Lakes - Grasslands

Non-native plants have invaded most low-elevation habitats and physically disturbed sites in Waterton Lakes National Park (WLNP). Parks Canada devotes substantial resources annually to efforts to control or eradicate the most invasive and persistent non-native plants. A Non-native Plant Condition Monitoring protocol was developed to detect changes in the abundance and distribution of non-native plant species across vulnerable regions of WLNP, and to gain an understanding of the severities and differences in impacts that non-native plants have on native plant communities. Relative abundance (I.e. percent cover) of non-native invasive plant species in the fescue grasslands and aspen parkland regions in the WLNP is estimated using spatially balanced random sampling.

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Dernière modification avril 17, 2026, 21:08 (TU)
Créé le avril 17, 2026, 21:08 (TU)
contact_email robert.sissons@pc.gc.ca
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open_canada_date_published 2017-10-01 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"fr": ["plantes envahissantes non indigènes", "pourcentage de couverture", "abondance relative", "échantillonnage aléatoire", "analyse de puissance", "Alberta"], "en": ["invasive non-native plants", "percent cover", "relative abundance", "random sampling", "power analysis", "Alberta"]}
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title_fr Plantes exotiques envahissantes - Lacs-Waterton - prairies
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