Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands Andrew Smith |
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General information and editorial notes News and Notes: Head of Biological Survey to retire Summary of the Scientific Committee meeting Hugh Danks retires as Head of the BSC Project Update: Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands An overview and update of the Microgastrinae holdings in the CNC, Ottawa |
The Arthropods of Canadian Grasslands project has been ongoing in various incarnations since the early 1980s. Its primary goal is to coordinate research on the systematics and ecology of the arthropods of Canadian grasslands. The project has involved dozens of specialists over the years with expertise on different taxa, geographic regions, and fields of scientific research. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, research was conducted by many of these specialists on various aspects of grasslands biota. The findings were scattered in various scientific publications, reports, and newsletters and reported at various scientific meetings and symposia, but much of the accumulated information remained unpublished. After the completion of the Biological Survey of Canada’s Insects of the Yukon project in the late 1990s, the energies of the Survey were refocused on the grasslands project and a plan was formulated to publish a set of compilations to disseminate research and knowledge on the arthropods of Canadian grasslands. Three major volumes dealing with different aspects of the diversity, ecology, and interactions of Canadian grassland arthropods are in the works. Volume I The following is a list of the authors and chapter titles planned for the first volume of the set on arthropods of Canadian grasslands: 1. Shorthouse, J.D., K.D. Floate, R.A. De Clerck-Floate, and T.A. Wheeler. Introduction to the grasslands of Canada. 2. Shorthouse, J.D. Ecozones and Ecoregions of Canada’s prairie grasslands. 3. Shorthouse, J.D. Grasslands of British Columbia, the Yukon, and Southern Ontario. 4. McGinn, S.M. Weather and climate patterns in Canadian grasslands. 5. Scudder, G.G.E. Grasslands: biodiversity hotspots for some arthropods in British Columbia. 6. Scudder, G.G.E.., M.A. Alperyn, and R.E. Roughley. The aquatic Hemiptera of prairie grasslands and parklands. 7. Behan-Pelletier, V.M. and D. Kanashiro. Acari in grassland soils of Canada. 8. Alperyn, M.A. and R.E. Roughley. Community ecology of predacious diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in boreal and prairie ponds across southern Manitoba. 9. Boucher, S. and T.A. Wheeler. Trophic structure of the Brachycera (Diptera) assemblage in xeric grasslands of the southern Yukon Territory. 10. Paiero, S.M., S.A. Marshall, P.D. Pratt, and M. Buck. The insects of a southern Ontario tallgrass prairie. 11. Hamilton, K.G.A. and R.F. Whitcomb. Leafhoppers (Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadellidae) as indicators of grassland habitats. 12. Roughley, R.E., D.A. Pollock, and D.J. Wade. Tallgrass prairie, ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidare) and the use of fire as biodiversity and conservation management tool. 13. Wade, D.J. and R.E. Roughley. The responses of a tallgrass prairie spider (Araneae) community to various burn seasons and its importance to tallgrass prairie management. 14. Shorthouse, J.D. Galls induced by cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on the wild roses of Canada’s grasslands. 15. Floate, K.D. Galling arthropods associated with the hybrid complex of Populus (Salicaceae) on the prairies. 16. Shorthouse, J.D., K.D. Floate, R.A. De Clerck-Floate, and T.A. Wheeler. Summation chapter. Volume II A draft list of potential contributors and chapter topics was developed at meetings of the BSC. However, well-qualified individuals undoubtedly were overlooked. Please contact Kevin Floate <floatek@agr.gc.ca> if you are interested in potentially contributing to this volume, either as a co-author on one of the chapters below or by contributing an additional chapter. Tentative chapter topics .
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