Vancouver Island Marmot,COSEWIC assessment summary,May 2019

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COSEWIC assessment summary Assessment summary – May 2019 https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/vancouver-island-marmot-2019.html Common name: Vancouver Island Marmot Scientific name: Marmota vancouverensis Status: Endangered Reason for designation: This endemic species is found only on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Since the last assessment in 2008, the species has demonstrated a rapid population increase and then a subsequent decline; there are currently

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COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Reportof Marmota vancouverensis in Canada

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COSEWIC Executive Summary Vancouver Island Marmot Marmota vancouverensis The Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) is a colonial ground squirrel related to the hoary marmot M. caligata and Olympic marmot M. Olympus. It is notable for its chocolate brown fur, unique vocalizations, atypical skull characteristics, and highly social nature. Distribution The Vancouver Island marmot is endemic

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Notes on the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)

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http://www.marmots.org/notes_vim.html Andrew A. Bryant Chief Scientist, Marmot Recovery Foundation updated: January 21, 2001 Purpose The purpose of this paper is to serve as a “road-map” to the primary scientific literature concerning Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis). Contents: Purpose What’s a Vancouver Island marmot? History Prehistoric distribution Historical distribution Current distribution Population trends Habitat characteristics Reproduction

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Treeline Dynamics on Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

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PDF file: laroque Colin P. Laroque, David H. Lewis and Dan J. Smith* Department of Geography—Ring Laboratory University of Victoria Victoria, BC V8W 3P5 This paper describes the nature of treeline dynamics and upper-elevation tree establishment patterns on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. We examined tree growth, climate and seedling relationships at three upper-elevation locations

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Vancouver Island Marmot Bones From Subalpine Caves: Archaeological and Biological Significance

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This is Occasional paper no.4 by Dave Nagorsin and Grant Keddie of the BC Museum, Victoria, and Tanya Luszcz, Biology Cooperative Ed Program U.Vic. Abstract Since 1985, faunal remains of the Vancouver Island marmot have been discovered in four high elevation cave sites: Clayoquot Plateau, Mariner Mountain, Limestone Mountain, and the Golden Hinde. Two sites

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Demography of Vancouver Island Marmots 1990

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Research on Vancouver Island marmot’s by Andrew Bryant continued in 1990. To date n=55 individual marmots have been captured from two ‘snatural sub alpine and to logged/habitats . Although small, this sample represents a sizable proportion of the known population of this species. Andrew Bryant does this final report in 1990 bryant_1990_demography_of_vi_marmots