Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 23 No. 1, 2004


 

Web Site Notes


 

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes

Handbook series rejuvenated

Activities at the Entomological Societies' meeting

Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands - News

The Quiz Page

Project Update: Terrestrial Arthropods of Newfoundland and Labrador

New Project: Arthopods of Canadian Forests

Forest arthropod project inventory

Web Site Notes

Opinion Page: Bioinformatics and Misinformatics

Resources for the Study of Odonata in Canada

Arctic Corner

Arctic and Boreal Entomology: what's new about 2003 & 2004

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

List of Requests for Material or Information

 

In April 2003 the Survey’s Scientific Committee reviewed all Survey projects (see Review of scientific priorities, Newsletter of the Biological Survey 2003, 22(2): 53-54). Based on that review, the web page on Scientific Projects has been updated to reflect the current scientific priorities. See http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/scientificprojects.htm for an introduction to:

• Arthropods of Canadian grasslands,

• Insects of the Arctic,

• Illustrated keys to the families of terrestrial arthropods in Canada,

• Forest arthropods,

• Seasonal adaptations of insects, and

• Insect fauna of Newfoundland and Labrador 

Two projects have become more active recently and each now has its own section on the website.

Insects of Newfoundland and Labrador has a description of the project as well as a list of the number of known species from each insect family in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the future we hope to enlarge this section with more content which may include keys for testing, a bibliography of NF/LB entomology, a database of known species from the province, and historical information.

See http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/nfld.htm

The Forest arthropods page also has a description of the project’s goals and objectives. A new survey of active forest arthropod biodiversity projects in Canada has been initiated and a questionnaire is available here.

See http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/forests.htm

 

 

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