1. 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

2. INTRODUCTION

3. FOREST RESEARCH ACROSS SCALES Landscapes Ecosystems Communities Populations

4. HERMANUTZ LAB Established 1995 Population and community ecology Focus on plant ecology, plant-herbivore interactions, climate change lhermanu@mun.ca

5. PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTIONS Parks Canada

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

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

8. 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

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

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

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

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

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

14. Leroux Lab Established: 2012 Ecosystem ecology sleroux@mun.ca www.mun.ca/biology/sleroux

15. 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

16. 1. Roadside Vegetation Cutting

17. 2. MOOSE-VEHICLE COLLISIONS IN 2012