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On insular Newfoundland, the Arctic Hare reaches the southernmost limit of their distribution and are typically found in mountainous areas where elevation and climate have created an arctic-like landscape therefore making it an important herbivore species within the Tundra/Barrens ecosystem. A quadrat-based survey is being used to track the park population of Arctic hare during winter, in both low and high quality hare habitats. Eight permanent plots are sampled every 2-3 years (weather dependent) using snowmobiles equipped with GPS. The number of individuals observed in each quadrat is recorded.

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Name	Format	Description	Link
Arctic hare population size - Gros Morne - Data	CSV		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/19090a4c-7b56-4923-9363-4da6919c5cfe/resource/1176a57c-cd15-414e-bcc1-417a4e11225d/download/grosmorne_np_arctic_hare_population_1997-2017_data.csv
Arctic hare population size - Gros Morne - Data dictionary	CSV		https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/19090a4c-7b56-4923-9363-4da6919c5cfe/resource/a12304fd-aec7-450e-bbce-4c04c320e9ec/download/grosmorne_np_arctic_hare_population_1997-2017_dictionary.csv

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