Report to the Endangered Species Recovery Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 2000 field season.

dc.contributor.authorHynes, Kim E.
dc.contributor.authorTagliavia, Cecilia
dc.contributor.authorBazely, Dawn
dc.date.accessioned2010-12-04T10:50:25Z
dc.date.available2010-12-04T10:50:25Z
dc.date.issued2001-07
dc.descriptionReport to the Endangered Species Recovery Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 2000 field season. Part 1: The plant community composition of Oak Savanna remnants in southern ontario (Pinery Provincial park, Point Pelee National park and Rondeau Provincial Park). Part 2: Recovery of restored cottage sites in Point Pelee National Park. Part 3: Experimental reintroduction of vulnerable native herbaceous and woody species to a model southern ontario Carolinian foresten
dc.description.abstract1. Southwestern Ontario is the most densely populated, urbanized, industrialized and intensively farmed part of Canada. The remaining natural habitat cover is 5-10%, and much of this has been subjected to intense human-induced disturbance in the past. Conservation and habitat restoration is, to put it mildly, a huge challenge. 2. This report explains the 2000 fieldwork results of 3 projects funded by the ESRF, which comprise the research of 2 York University graduate students, Cecilia Tagliavia and Kim Hynes. 3. The overall aim of the research was to determine how best to restore Carolinian plant communities, specifically Oak Savanna and closed canopy Carolinian forest. 4. Oak savanna is to some degree a fire-dependent plant community. Rare and endangered species (e.g. Wild Lupine and Karner Blue Butterfly) are present and the community itself is considered to be extremely rare in Ontario and globally imperiled. 5. Overall, the 2000 field season has demonstrated that active management efforts in Carolinian plant communities have the potential of successfully restoring and rehabilitating highly disturbed habitats.
dc.description.sponsorshipEndangered Species Recovery Fund, Environment Canada, administered by World Wildlife Fund Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canadaen
dc.identifier.citationHynes, K., Tagliavia, C. and Bazely, D.R. 2001. Restoring disturbed Carolinian plant communities. Report to the Endangered Species Recovery Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 51 pp.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/6348
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBiology Department, York Universityen
dc.subjectOak savannaen
dc.subjectNational Parksen
dc.subjectProvincial Parksen
dc.subjectRondeauen
dc.subjectPineryen
dc.subjectPoint Peleeen
dc.subjectRestoration ecologyen
dc.subjectPrescribed burnen
dc.subjectEndangered speciesen
dc.titleReport to the Endangered Species Recovery Fund, World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the 2000 field season.en
dc.typeTechnical Reporten

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