Match each description to its appropriate location: 1. Located on two major migration pathways Polar Bear Provincial Park 2. National Park that is home to many subarctic disjuncts Western Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Forest Region 3. Many orchids and endemics are Point Pelee found here Pukaskwa 4. Has the greatest number of fires in Ontario Bruce Peninsula 5. Has a large number of nesting species of subarctic shorebirds > >

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Ecological adaptations

An ecological adaptation is any morphological, physiological, or behavioral trait of an organism that allows it to survive and reproduce in a habitat or ecosystem. Adaptation is a biological mechanism by which an organism gradually gets more acclimated to its surroundings.