Wildfire risk and response in Jasper National Park, Alberta: Application of an adaptation readiness framework

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rechelle Halabut ◽  
S. Jeff Birchall
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Wildfire Risk ◽  
Jasper National Park ◽  
Adaptation Readiness

Eighty years of change: vegetation in the montane ecoregion of Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (11) ◽  
pp. 2010-2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeanine M Rhemtulla ◽  
Ronald J Hall ◽  
Eric S Higgs ◽  
S Ellen Macdonald
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Vegetation Change ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Reference Conditions ◽  
Habitat Diversity ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Aerial Photographs ◽  
Contributing Factors ◽  
Jasper National Park ◽  
Closed Canopy

Repeat ground photographs (taken in 1915 and 1997) from a series of topographical survey stations and repeat aerial photographs (flown in 1949 and 1991) were analysed to assess changes in vegetation composition and distribution in the montane ecoregion of Jasper National Park, in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, Canada. A quantitative approach for assessing relative vegetation change in repeat ground photographs was developed and tested. The results indicated a shift towards late-successional vegetation types and an increase in crown closure in coniferous stands. Grasslands, shrub, juvenile forest, and open forests decreased in extent, and closed-canopy forests became more prevalent. The majority of forest stands succeeded to dominance by coniferous species. Changes in vegetation patterns were likely largely attributable to shifts in the fire regime over the last century, although climatic conditions and human activity may also have been contributing factors. Implications of observed changes include decreased habitat diversity, increased possibility of insect outbreaks, and potential for future high-intensity fire events. Results of the study increase knowledge of historical reference conditions and may help to establish restoration goals for the montane ecoregion of the park.

Holocene palaeoenvironmental record preserved in a paraglacial alluvial fan, Sunwapta Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada

CATENA ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alwynne B. Beaudoin ◽  
Roger H. King
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Alluvial Fan ◽  
Jasper National Park

Using discriminant function analysis to identify Holocene tephras based on magnetite composition: a case study from the Sunwapta Pass area, Jasper National Park

1986 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 804-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Beaudoin ◽  
R. H. King
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Discriminant Function ◽  
Discriminant Function Analysis ◽  
National Park ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Classification Schemes ◽  
Jasper National Park ◽  
Multivariate Method ◽  
Reference Samples

The magnetite composition from three sets of samples of Mazama, St. Helens set Y, and Bridge River tephras from Jasper and Banff national parks are used to test whether discriminant function analysis can unambiguously distinguish these tephras. The multivariate method is found to be very sensitive to the change in reference samples. St. Helens set Y tephra is clearly distinguished. However, discrimination between Mazama and Bridge River tephras is less distinct. A set of unknown tephras from the Sunwapta Pass area was used to test the classification schemes. Unknown tephras are assigned to different tephra types depending on which reference tephra set is used in the discriminant function analysis.

Human influences superseded climate to disrupt the 20th century fire regime in Jasper National Park, Canada

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 10-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raphaël D. Chavardès ◽  
Lori D. Daniels ◽  
Ze’ev Gedalof ◽  
David W. Andison
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
National Park ◽  
Fire Regime ◽  
Jasper National Park

Jasper National Park: behind the mountains and glaciers

1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Baird
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Jasper National Park

Triassic Rocks near the northern Boundary of Jasper National Park

1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
D W Gibson
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Northern Boundary ◽  
Jasper National Park

Reconnection and reconciliation in Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks: Jasper National Park, Canada

2012 ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
Cynthia Ball ◽  
Sherrill Meropoulis ◽  
Amber Stewart ◽  
Shawn Cardiff
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Rocky Mountain ◽  
Jasper National Park

Gastropod intermediate hosts and transmission of Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei, a muscle-inhabiting nematode of mule deer, Odocoileus h. hemionus, in Jasper National Park, Alberta

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (4) ◽  
pp. 928-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Samuel ◽  
T. R. Platt ◽  
S. M. Knispel-Krause
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Mule Deer ◽  
Intermediate Hosts ◽  
Jasper National Park

Over 11 000 gastropods from Jasper National Park, Alberta, were examined (1976–1977) for larvae of Parelaphostrongylus odocoilei. Seven species of gastropods were infected: Deroceras laeve (5.3%), Zonitoides nitidus (1.5%), Euconulus fulvus (1.3%), Discus shimeki (1.2%), Zonitoides arboreus (0.8%), Vitrina limpida (0.7%), and Discus cronkhitei (0.6%). Examination of deer feces collected throughout the year (1974–1980) for first-stage larvae of P. odocoilei indicated maximum numbers were passed in March and April. All deer became infected as fawns in autumn apparently by accidently ingesting infected gastropods.

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