Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods)

Volume 25 No. 1, Spring 2006


 

Web Site Notes


 

General information and editorial notes

News and Notes:

Bio-Blitz 2006

Activities at the Entomological Societies' meeting

CMN workshop on Strategic Planning for a BSC

Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting

Project Update: Symposia and Workshops organized by the BSC

The Quiz Page

Ensuring the safety of biological control in Canada

Web site notes

Arctic Corner

Black fly diversity in Norman Wells
From the ASTIS databse

Selected future conferences

Quips and Quotes

Requests for Material or Information Invited

 

Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Online
The annual newsletter Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands no longer appears in a printed format. Instead articles that might otherwise have appeared in the newsletter are posted on this web site. Submissions to date (http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/grasslandarticles.htm) include:

Beres, B. L., J. R. Byers, and H. A. Cárcamo. 2005. The wheat stem sawfly – a nursery tale from the shortgrass prairie

Henderson, D.C. 2006. Entomological opportunities in Grasslands National Park – an invitation

BioBlitz 2006
As noted on page 1 of this newsletter, the 2006 Biological Survey of Canada BioBlitz will be held in Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, July 5-10, 2006. For updates watch http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/english/bioblitz.htm.

Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification
The Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification will be launched this spring on the BSC web site. The e-journal will be devoted to the publication of richly illustrated guides to Canadian arthropods. The first submissions of digital keys and associated products that will contribute significantly to the identification of Canadian insects are now under review. The BSC anticipates that the new e-journal will soon grow into a major repository of user-friendly, up-to-date tools for the identification of the Canadian arthropod fauna. Look for an announcement of the launch soon on the Survey’s home page: http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/bschome.htm.

New Look
The BSC web site will have an updated look this spring. Although much of the content will remain the same, the menu structure will be reorganized and simpler to follow.

 

 

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