Butterflies of British Columbia: Including Western Alberta, Southern Yukon, the Alaska Panhandle, Washington, Northern Oregon, Northern Idaho, Northwestern Montana. By Crispin S  Guppy and , Jon H  Shepard. Published by UBC Press, Vancouver (Canada), in collaboration with the Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria (Canada). $95.00. 414 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0–7748– 0809–8. 2001.

2002 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 333-334
Author(s):  
Michael C Singer
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Northwestern Montana ◽  
Northern Idaho

scholarly journals Conservation Evaluation of Lemmon's Holly Fern, Polystichum lemmonii, a Threatened Fern in Canada

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 164
Author(s):  
George W. Douglas
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Montane Forest ◽  
Mountain Area ◽  
Forest Road ◽  
South Central ◽  
Northern Idaho ◽  
Mining Exploration ◽  
Conservation Evaluation ◽  
Forest Road Construction

In Canada, Lemmon's Holly Fern, Polystichum lemmonii, is restricted to the Baldy Mountain area on the eastern side of the Okanagan River valley in south-central British Columbia. This population represents the northern limits of the species which ranges south through northern Idaho, Washington and Oregon to northern California. In British Columbia, P. lemmonii is associated with ultramafic rocky ridges within a montane forest at an elevation of 1900 m. The population in the Baldy Mountain area is relatively small, unprotected and potentially imperilled by mining exploration, forest road construction or wildfires.

The millipede family Striariidae Bollman, 1893. II. New records and species of the genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida, Striarioidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4908 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-224
Author(s):  
WILLIAM A. SHEAR
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Species ◽  
North America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Western North America ◽  
San Luis ◽  
Senior Synonym ◽  
Northern Idaho

The millipede genus Amplaria Chamberlin, 1941 (senior synonym of Vaferaria Causey, 1958 and Speostriaria Causey, 1960) is endemic to western North America, from Mt. Palomar and San Luis Obispo, California, north to southwestern British Columbia, Canada, and east to northern Idaho. Seven species names are currently assigned to the genus. Below I describe ten additional new species: Amplaria crawfordi, Amplaria fontinalis, Amplaria rykkenae, Amplaria arcata, Amplaria baughi, Amplaria staceyi, Amplaria umatilla, Amplaria cervus, Amplaria mendocino and Amplaria flucticulus, and provide new records of Amplaria nazinta Chamberlin. 

scholarly journals Surveys for terrestrial gastropods in the Kootenay region of British Columbia, with new records and range extensions

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (3) ◽  
pp. 221-234
Author(s):  
Kristiina Ovaska ◽  
Lennart Sopuck ◽  
Jennifer Heron
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
New Records ◽  
Columbia River ◽  
Columbia River Basin ◽  
Coastal Forests ◽  
Terrestrial Gastropods ◽  
Coeur D'alene ◽  
Northwestern Montana ◽  
Single Category ◽  
Conservation Concern

The northern Columbia River basin, extending from the Kootenay region in British Columbia southward to the Idaho panhandle and northwestern Montana, contains a unique terrestrial gastropod fauna, but in Canada few surveys have specifically targetted this group. Here we report on terrestrial gastropods detected during surveys of 314 sites distributed in five biogeoclimatic zones across the Kootenay region. The surveys occurred on 65 days over seven years from 2007 to 2015, usually in September–October. We detected 45 taxa identified to species, belonging to 33 genera; micro-snails of the genus Vertigo (apart from Vertigo ovata) were combined into a single category, and snails belonging to Succineidae were not identified further. Regionally endemic species previously reported from the region included Western Banded Tigersnail (Anguispira kochi occidentalis), Coeur d’Alene Oregonian (Cryptomastix mullani), Rocky Mountainsnail (Oreohelix strigosa), Subalpine Mountainsnail (Oreohelix subrudis), and Pale Jumping-slug (Hemphillia camelus), which was widespread across the region. Magnum Mantleslug (Magnipelta mycophaga), the distribution of which extends beyond the Kootenay region, was detected at several widely spaced sites. Two species new to Canada were detected, Pygmy Slug (Kootenaia burkei) and Sheathed Slug (Zacoleus idahoensis), both of which were subsequently assessed to be of conservation concern both provincially and nationally. Other notable observations included the detection of Fir Pinwheel (Radiodiscus abietum), a regional endemic, which has been previously reported only once, and three species common in coastal forests but not previously reported from the region: Pacific Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus), Robust Lancetooth (Haplotrema vancouverense), and Northwest Hesperian (Vespericola columbianus). Further surveys, especially at higher elevations, may reveal other additional or unusual species.

EVIDENCE OF SYNCHRONIZED CYCLES IN OUTBREAK PATTERNS OF DOUGLAS-FIR TUSSOCK MOTH, ORGYIA PSEUDOTSUGATA (McDUNNOUGH) (LEPIDOPTERA: LYMANTRIIDAE)

1988 ◽  
Vol 120 (S146) ◽  
pp. 107-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy F. Shepherd ◽  
Dayle D. Bennett ◽  
John W. Dale ◽  
Scott Tunnock ◽  
Robert E. Dolph ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Douglas Fir ◽  
Western North America ◽  
Tussock Moth ◽  
Orgyia Pseudotsugata ◽  
Northern Idaho

AbstractOutbreak patterns of Douglas-fir tussock moth, Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough), over western North America historically appear to be synchronous, particularly in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and northern Idaho. Populations of the insect increase to outbreak and collapse in a variable cycle, averaging 9 years between peaks. A review of all outbreaks suggests repeated, widespread, nucleopolyhedrosis viral epizootics are responsible for the collapse of the population and, hence, the cycle. The virus appears to survive in the soil between outbreaks and to be carried incidentally to foliage where it is occasionally consumed by larvae. Ingestion of a single particle is probably sufficient to cause infection. Populations of the moth increase until density reaches the point where larvae to larvae infection is established. The viral inoculum builds rapidly following that point and spreads widely so that distant populations at all densities become infected, and collapse in the same year. The epizootic continues for another year. Then foliage contamination disappears, and populations reach their lowest densities before starting the cycle again.

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