Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 22 No. 1, Spring 2003


 

Web Site Notes

 

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

Spread your word

Label data brief translated

Biodiversity research website

Benthic invertebrate monitoring

Activities at the Entomological Societies' meeting

Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting

The Quiz Page

Project Update: Insects of Keewatin and Mackenzie

Web Site Notes

Opinion Page: The real costs of insect identifications

Database updated

Arctic Corner

Arctic research notes

Funding for arctic studies

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

List of Requests for Material or Information

 

 

A colleague from Scandinavia recently congratulated the Survey on its "excellent and generous site" where many publications are available. For example, the full text of all of the Survey’s briefs are posted in both html and pdf format. Two major publications from the Survey’s Monograph series have also been put on the Survey’s website:

Insect Dormancy: an ecological perspective (H.V. Danks. 1987. 439 pp.) has been out of print for many years. Posting the text on the web has again made this book accessible. The critically acclaimed book is a comprehensive synthesis from a new ecological orientation of information on how dormancy and related adaptations help to control insect life cycles

Insects of the Yukon (H.V. Danks and J.A. Downes, Eds. 1997. 1034 pp.) is another authoritative and highly acclaimed book. generated by the Survey’s Yukon project, that brings together work by 35 international experts, allowing a synthesis of zoogeographical information about the fauna of the region.

Briefs available on the website include:

Status and Research Needs of Canadian Soil Arthropods

Recommendations for the Appraisal of Environmental Disturbance: Some general guidelines and the value and feasibility of insect studies

Insects of Canada

Arctic Invertebrate Biology: Action required

Freshwater Springs: A national heritage

Arthropod Ectoparasites of Vertebrates in Canada

The Importance of Research Collections of Terrestrial Arthropods

Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity: Planning a study and recommended sampling techniques

How to assess insect biodiversity without wasting your time

The advantages of using arthropods in ecosystem management

Information on Biodiversity funding: Funding sources for graduate students in arthropod biodiversity

Terrestrial Arthropod Biodiversity Projects – Building a factual foundation

Label data standards for terrestrial arthropods

The link to these and other Survey publications is at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/publications.htm

 

 

 

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