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Short visits reveal consistent patterns of interyear and intercolony variation in seabird nestling diet and performance

15JulyGarry Fletcher13, Climate change, Marine Reserves, ResearchRhinoceros Auklet

D.F. Bertram, T. Golumbia, G.K. Davoren, A. Harfenist, and J. Brown Abstract: To investigate the utility of short visits to seabird colonies to gauge nestling growth performance and diet, in 4 consecutive years (1995–1998) we measured nestling development and diet of Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) at three colonies in British Columbia: Seabird Rocks, Triangle Island,

Inter-annual variation in the diet, provisioning and growth of Cassin’s auklet at Triangle Island, British Columbia: responses to variation in ocean climate

20MarchGarry Fletcher13, Climate changeCassin's Auklet, Copepods, euphasid, Neocalanus cristatus, Ptychoramphus aleuticus, Rockfish

From Marine Ecology Progress Series, Vol. 229: 221–232, 2002 Published March 20 April Hedd1,*, John L. Ryder1, Laura L. Cowen2, Douglas F. Bertram1, 3 1Centre for Wildlife Ecology, Department of Biological Sciences, and 2Department of Statistics and Actuarial Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6, Canada 3Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife

Ellis Island ER #134 Overview: Biological and Physical

15MayGarry Fletcher134, Climate change, Reports, Species ListAcipenser transmontanus, California Gull, Gavia immer, Herring Gull, Larus californicus, Larus delawarensis, Netchako River, Ring-billed Gull, White Sturgeon

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a vulnerable gull nesting colony for research purposes. Physical: Fraser Lake, about 50 km2 in size, drains eastward into the Nechako River. Ellis Island, 600 m from its southern shore, is low and egg-shaped. Much of the surface of this heavily glaciated island is bare rock; where soils are developed they

Cecil lake Ecological Reserve Overview, Biological and Physical

21FebruaryGarry Fletcher50, Climate change, Oil Spill Threat, Reports, Species List

Note: Management Planning There is no online management planning information for this Ecological Reserve available at this time. ORIGINAL PURPOSE To preserve aspen, fen and bog ecosystems representative of the Peace River area of the Alberta Plateau. SIGNIFICANT SPECIES Philadelphia Vireos heathed cotton-grass THREATS Climate Change: It has been projected that the effects of climate

Yellowpoint Bog ER #139 Overview: Biological and Physical

9FebruaryGarry Fletcher139, Climate change, Invasive Species, Issues, Management, Rare Species, Reports, Species Listbeaver, Bidens amplissima, Glyceria leptostachya, humped bladderwort, slender-spike mannagrass, Utricularia gibba, Vancouver Island beggarticks

ORIGINAL PURPOSE To protect a highly diverse mosaic of ecosystem types from aquatic, peat bog and forest to dry-site ecosystems. Physical: The reserve comprises gently undulating lowlands formed by glacially scoured rocks of the cretaceous Nanaimo Formation. For the most part the cover of surficial deposits and soils on the NW-SE trending, rounded ridges is