Density of moose - Gros Morne

Density of moose - Gros Morne Introduced Moose, lacking natural predators in Gros Morne, are causing widespread damage in park forests. Park-wide Moose density will be monitored using aerial surveys and estimated using the Gasaway (1986) stratified random block method. Bull, cow, calf and unknown Moose are counted in randomly-selected blocks expected to have extremely high, high and low moose density. Survey occurs in late February or March, with sufficient snow cover to see tracks. 2024-04-24 Parks Canada darroch.whitaker@pc.gc.ca Nature and EnvironmentMooseintroduced herbivoreoverbrowsingAerial SurveyNewfoundland Density of moose - Gros Morne - DataCSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/8374ab94-6575-42c8-8043-947c26724858/resource/d582eb27-390d-43e0-af24-e83a43b4325e/download/grosmorne_np_moose_density_2007-2017_data.csv Density of moose - Gros Morne - Data dictionary CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/8374ab94-6575-42c8-8043-947c26724858/resource/58aa2602-6ab6-41ce-b4aa-dba9530805f2/download/grosmorne_np_moose_density_2007-2017_dictionary.csv

Introduced Moose, lacking natural predators in Gros Morne, are causing widespread damage in park forests. Park-wide Moose density will be monitored using aerial surveys and estimated using the Gasaway (1986) stratified random block method. Bull, cow, calf and unknown Moose are counted in randomly-selected blocks expected to have extremely high, high and low moose density. Survey occurs in late February or March, with sufficient snow cover to see tracks.

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