Project Update: Other Scientific Priorities

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Newsletter) 2004.
H.V. Danks (Ed.). No. 10. 33 pp.
See www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/newsletters.htm#grasslands

Le rôle des spécimens de référence pour valider les recherches faunistiques et écologiques. Mémoire préparé par la Commission biologique du Canada (arthropodes terrestres) 2003.
T.A. Wheeler. Commission biologique du Canada (arthropodes terrestres)
Document no 9f. 21 pp. Disponible sur demande de la Commission biologique du Canada.
Texte disponible à http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brfvouchers.htm

The role of voucher specimens in validating faunistic and ecological research. A brief prepared by the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods) 2003.
T.A. Wheeler. Biological Survey of Canada Document Series No. 9. 21 pp.
Copies available on request from the Survey; full text at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brvouchers.htm

Studying insect photoperiodism and rhythmicity: Components, approaches and lessons. 2003.
H.V. Danks. European Journal of Entomology 100(2): 209–221.
Reprints available on request from author

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Newsletter) 2003.
H.V. Danks (Ed.). No. 9. 35 pp.
Free of charge on request or see http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/newsletters.htm#grasslands

Modification of adverse conditions by insects. 2002.
H.V. Danks. Oikos 99(1): 10–24.
Reprints available on request from author

The range of insect dormancy responses. 2002.
H.V. Danks. European Journal of Entomology 99(2): 127–142.
Reprints available on request from author

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands. An Initiative of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). Prospectus. 2002.
J.D. Shorthouse and T.A. Wheeler. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 31 pp.
See http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/propsectus.htm

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Newsletter). 2002.
H.V. Danks (Ed.). No. 8. 41 pp.
Free of charge on request or see http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/newsletters.htm#grasslands

Financement de la recherche en biodiversité : Sources de fonds disponibles pour les diplômés en biodiversité des arthropodes. 2001.
T.A. Wheeler.
Disponible à http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/french/frfunding.htm

Information on Biodiversity Funding: Funding Sources for Graduate Students in Arthropod Biodiversity. 2001.
T.A. Wheeler.
Available at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/funding.htm

The nature of dormancy responses in insects. 2001.
H.V. Danks. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 65(3): 169–179.
Reprints available on request from author

Normes d’étiquetage pour les arthropodes terrestres. Mémoire préparé par la Commission biologique du Canada (arthropodes terrestres). 2001.
T.A. Wheeler, J.T. Huber et D.C. Currie. Commission biologique du Canada (arthropodes terrestres) Série Documents no 8. 21 pp. Disponible sur demande de la Commission biologique du Canada.
Texte disponible à http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brnormesetiquetage.htm

Label data standards for terrestrial arthropods. A brief prepared by the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 2001.
T.A. Wheeler, J.T. Huber and D.C. Currie. Biological Survey of Canada Document Series No. 8. 20 pp.
Copies available on request from the Survey. Full text at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands (Newsletter). 2001.
H.V. Danks (Ed.). No. 7. 31 pp.
Free of charge on request or see http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/newsletters.htm#grasslands

Dehydration in dormant insects. 2000.
H.V. Danks. Journal of Insect Physiology 46(6): 837–852.
Reprints available on request from author

Arctic Insect News. 2000.
H.V. Danks (Ed.). No. 11. 31 pp.
Free of charge on request (Annual issues 1–10 also available). Volumes 9–11 available at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/newsletters.htm#arctic

Measuring and reporting life-cycle duration in insects and arachnids 2000.
H.V. Danks. European Journal of Entomology 97(3): 285–303.
Reprints available on request from author

Insect cold hardiness: A Canadian perspective. 2000.
H.V. Danks. CryoLetters 21(5): 297–308.
Reprints available on request from author

Terrestrial arthropod biodiversity projects – building a factual foundation. A brief from the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 2000.
H.V. Danks and N.N. Winchester. Biological Survey of Canada Document Series No. 7. 38 pp.
Copies available on request from the Survey; full text at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brbioprojects.htm

The diversity and evolution of insect life cycles. 1999.
H.V. Danks. Entomological Science 2(4): 651–660.
Reprints available on request from author

Life cycles in polar arthropods – flexible or programmed? 1999.
H.V. Danks. European Journal of Entomology 96(2): 83–102.
Reprints available on request from author

La dormance et les cycles biologiques .1999.
H.V. Danks. Antennae 6(2): 5–8.
See: http://www.seq.qc.ca

Insects of the Yukon. 1997.
H.V. Danks and J.A. Downes (Eds.). Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa. 1034 pp
$95 (includes shipping) from Entomological Society of Canada*

Annotated List of Workers on Systematics and Faunistics of Canadian Insects and Certain Related Groups 1997.
H.V. Danks and S. Goods. Third edition, 1996. Biological Survey of Canada Document series No. 6. 119 pp.
Free of charge on request from the Survey

The SAGE Project. A workshop report on terrestrial arthropod sampling protocols for graminoid ecosystem. 1996.
A.T. Finnamore (Ed.).
Available on the Internet at http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/reports/publications/sage/intro.html

The advantages of using arthropods in ecosystem management. A brief from the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 1996.
A.T. Finnamore. 11 pp.
Limited number of copies available upon request from the Survey; full text at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/bradvantages.htm

How to assess insect biodiversity without wasting your time. A brief. 1996.
H.V. Danks. Biological Survey of Canada Document Series No. 5. 20 pp.
Copies available on request; full text at: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brassess.htm
(Abridged version in Global Biodiversity (1997) (version française dans La biodiversité mondiale (1997))

Comment évaluer la biodiversité des insectes sans perdre de temps. 1996.
H.V. Danks. Commission biologique du Canada (Arthropodes terrestres) Série Documents No. 5.
Texte disponible à http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brcommentevaluer.htm

The wider integration of studies on insect cold-hardiness. 1996.
H.V. Danks. European Journal of Entomology 93(3): 383–403.
Reprints available on request from author

Regional diversity of insects in the Pacific Northwest. 1995.
H.V. Danks. J. ent. Soc. Br. Columb. 92: 57–71. Reprints available on request from author

Insect cold-hardiness: insights from the Arctic. 1994.
H.V. Danks, O. Kukal and R.A. Ring. Arctic 47(4): 391–404.
Reprints available on request from author

Insect Life-cycle Polymorphism: Theory, Evolution and Ecological Consequences for Seaonality and Diapause Control. 1994.
H.V. Danks (Ed.). Series Entomologica 52. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 376 pp. $195 U.S. Available from Kluwer Academic Publ. Group, P.O. Box 358, Accord Station, Hingham, MS 02018-0358

Terrestrial arthropods of peatlands, with particular reference to Canada. 1994.
A.T. Finnamore and S.A. Marshall (Eds.). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 169. 289 pp.
$32 (includes shipping) from Entomological Society of Canada*

Terrestrial arthropod biodiversity: planning a study and recommended sampling techniques. A brief 1994.
S.A. Marshall, R.S.Anderson, R.E. Roughley, V. Behan-Pelletier and H.V. Danks. Bull. ent. Soc. Can. 26(1), Suppl. 33 pp.
Copies available on request from the Survey; full text at http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brterrestrial.htm

Regional diversity of insects in North America.1994.
H.V. Danks. American Entomologist 40(1): 50–55.
Reprints available on request from author

La diversité des espèces d’insectes du Québec, vues dans une perspective nord-américaine. 1994.
H.V. Danks. Revue d’entomologie du Québec 37 [1992]: 46–51.
Tirés-à-part disponibles sur demande.

Seasonal adaptations in insects from the high arctic. 1993.
H.V. Danks. pp. 54–66 in M. Takeda and S. Tanaka (Eds.), [Seasonal adaptation and diapause in insects]. Bun-ichi-Sogo Publ., Ltd., Tokyo. (In Japanese).
Copies of English version available on request from author

Environmental lip-synching in Canada 1993.
G.E. Ball. Alternatives 20(1): 21.

The biodiversity crisis, a national initiative: the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 1993.
H.V. Danks. Association of Systematics Collections Newsletter 21(2): 17–23.

Systematics and entomology: diversity, distribution, adaptation and application. 1993.
G.E. Ball and H.V. Danks (Eds.). Mem. ent. Soc. Can. 165. 272 pp.
$25 (includes shipping) from Entomological Society of Canada*

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