The Kluane Ecological Monitoring Project annual report 2005/2006
Dates
Year
2006
Citation
Henry, J. David, Krebs, Charles J., Hofer, Elizabeth, Kenney, Alice J., and Chilibeck, Anne, 2006, The Kluane Ecological Monitoring Project annual report 2005/2006: .
Summary
The purpose of this annual report is to summarize some of the major current findings of the Kluane Ecological Monitoring Project (KEMP) for both managers and interested members of the public. It also summarizes relevant research conducted in the Kluane region outside of the KEMP project. Findings with management implications and patterns of general interest are the main focus; for more detailed information, please refer to the references cited. ... Most of the information in the front section of the report remains the same from one year to the next in order to provide new readers a detailed explanation of the objectives and structure of KEMP. As new patterns in the monitoring data become evident, the information in the Results and [...]
Summary
The purpose of this annual report is to summarize some of the major current findings of the Kluane Ecological Monitoring Project (KEMP) for both managers and interested members of the public. It also summarizes relevant research conducted in the Kluane region outside of the KEMP project. Findings with management implications and patterns of general interest are the main focus; for more detailed information, please refer to the references cited. ... Most of the information in the front section of the report remains the same from one year to the next in order to provide new readers a detailed explanation of the objectives and structure of KEMP. As new patterns in the monitoring data become evident, the information in the Results and Discussion section may be changed and updated from one year to the next. In this year's report, this section includes summaries of surveys on ungulates, small mammals, and white spruce cone crops. Also included is an article about the effects of the spruce beetle infestation on red squirrel populations and a summary of a project looking at how to manage local forests in light of climate change. There is an update of the efforts being made to understand the apparent recent decline of spawning kokanee salmon in the Kathleen Lake watershed. Thanks to new funding from the Northern Ecosystem Initiative (NEI), the Kluane Ecological Monitoring Project is being extended to a new community altogether, and a review of the progress of the Community Ecological Monitoring Project (CEMP) in Mayo is part of this year's report. Finanlly, we have carried over a summary from 2003 about the rapid melting of glaciers in the Yukon and Alaska. Your comments on this report would be welcomed. Please send them to David Henry, Parks Canada, PO Box 5495, Haines Junction, YT, Canada, Y0B 1L0 or e-mail them to David.Henry@pc.gc.ca. He will distribute them to other members of the KEMP team (Author) (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)
