CIF-NL Meeting Nov. 13, 2014 YOLANDA WIERSMA, SHAWN LEROUX, LUISE HERMANUTZ, LOUIS CHARRON, NICHOLA ELLIS, EMILIE KISSLER, AMY TANNER FOREST RESEARCH IN.

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CIF-NL Meeting Nov. 13, 2014 YOLANDA WIERSMA, SHAWN LEROUX, LUISE HERMANUTZ, LOUIS CHARRON, NICHOLA ELLIS, EMILIE KISSLER, AMY TANNER FOREST RESEARCH IN THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AT MEMORIAL: RESEARCH ACROSS SCALES TO PROMOTE KNOWLEDGE DIVERSITY

INTRODUCTION

FOREST RESEARCH ACROSS SCALES Landscapes Ecosystems Communities Populations

HERMANUTZ LAB Established 1995 Population and community ecology Focus on plant ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, climate change

PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS Parks Canada

BOREAL ECOLOGY (BIOL 3610) Field-based course that teaches the principles of terrestrial ecosystems Student posters on display here

Come see students posters Research projects studying the effects of disturbance in TNNP

Multi-aged balsam fir forests are the critical habitat of many rare native species Boreal felt-lichen Photos: TNNP RESTORATION OF BALSAM FIR FOREST UNDER MOOSE THREAT IN TERRA NOVA MSc Project – Louis Charron

Cumulative effect of moose and natural disturbance leading to low regeneration in balsam fir stands

(1) Hunting  Moose population reduction Photo: TNNP IMPLEMENTATION OF A MOOSE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN TNNP

(2) Active restoration Planting seedlings  Restart the natural regeneration cycle Photo: TNNP IMPLEMENTATION OF A MOOSE MANAGEMENT PLAN IN TNNP

(1) Planting density (3) Ground preparation (2) Site disturbance regime EXPERIMENTAL RESTORATION – BEST PROTOCOL?

ControlAboveground cutScarification Photo: Ben Ojoleck EXPERIMENTAL RESTORATION – BEST PROTOCOL?

Leroux Lab Established: 2012 Ecosystem ecology

MSC STUDENT: AMY TANNER Moose-Vehicle Collisions in Newfoundland >600 moose-vehicle collisions occurring each year in Newfoundland (3 human deaths this year) Concern for the public’s safety - implementation of mitigation strategies My project: 1. Roadside vegetation cutting – attractant or deterrent Compare the proportion of moose browse in roadsides that have and have not been cut 2. Methods to predict hotspots for moose-vehicle collisions across the island Develop statistical models to identify best predictors of moose- vehicle collisions

1. Roadside Vegetation Cutting

2. MOOSE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS IN 2012