scholarly journals Facts from Faeces: Prey Remains in Wolf, Canis lupus, Faeces Revise Occurrence Records for Mammals of British Columbia's Coastal Archipelago

2005 ◽  
Vol 119 (2) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. H. Price ◽  
Chris T. Darimont ◽  
Neville N. Winchester ◽  
Paul C. Paquet

Archipelagos often harbour taxa that are endemic and vulnerable to disturbance. Conservation planning and research for these areas depend fundamentally on accurate and current taxonomic inventories. Although basic ecological information is in its infancy, the temperate rainforest islands of coastal British Columbia are undergoing rapid human-caused modification, particularly logging. We report herein new mammal records for these islands as determined by prey remains in the faeces of Wolves (Canis lupus), the area’s apex mammalian terrestrial predator. Of particular interest is our detection of Marten (Martes americana) on islands previously inventoried and island occupancy by Moose (Alces alces), which have apparently migrated recently to coastal British Columbia. Remains in faeces provided valuable new species occurrence information, but more extensive and focused inventories are required to generate predictions of island occupancy by mammals based on biotic and abiotic landscape features.

PLoS ONE ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. e19582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byron V. Weckworth ◽  
Natalie G. Dawson ◽  
Sandra L. Talbot ◽  
Melanie J. Flamme ◽  
Joseph A. Cook

1975 ◽  
Vol 53 (20) ◽  
pp. 2297-2302 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Funk

Three new species of ascomycetes and two coelomycetes are described from diseased Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) from coastal British Columbia, Canada, viz., Coccomyces pseudotsugae n. sp., Phragmoporthe pseudotsugae n. sp., and Botryosphaeria pseudotsugae n. sp.; Phomopsis portei n. sp. and Haplosporella sp. are associated with the latter two ascomycetes, respectively, and possibly represent their conidial states.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J Erasmus ◽  
Emily A Yurkowski ◽  
Dezene PW Huber

Anthropogenic pressures on aquatic systems have placed a renewed focus on biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates. By combining classical taxonomy and DNA barcoding we identified 39 species of caddisflies from the Crooked River, a unique and sensitive system in the southernmost arctic watershed in British Columbia. Our records include three species never before recorded in British Columbia: Lepidostoma togatum (Lepidostomatidae), Ceraclea annulicornis (Leptoceridae), and Cheumatopsyche harwoodi (Hydropsychidae). Three other specimens may represent new occurrence records and a number of other records seem to be substantial observed geographic range expansions within British Columbia.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J Erasmus ◽  
Emily A Yurkowski ◽  
Dezene PW Huber

Anthropogenic pressures on aquatic systems have placed a renewed focus on biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates. By combining classical taxonomy and DNA barcoding we identified 39 species of caddisflies from the Crooked River, a unique and sensitive system in the southernmost arctic watershed in British Columbia. Our records include three species never before recorded in British Columbia: Lepidostoma togatum (Lepidostomatidae), Ceraclea annulicornis (Leptoceridae), and Cheumatopsyche harwoodi (Hydropsychidae). Three other specimens may represent new occurrence records and a number of other records seem to be substantial observed geographic range expansions within British Columbia.


2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J Erasmus ◽  
Emily A Yurkowski ◽  
Dezene PW Huber

Anthropogenic pressures on aquatic systems have placed a renewed focus on biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates. By combining classical taxonomy and DNA barcoding we identified 39 species of caddisflies from the Crooked River, a unique and sensitive system in the southernmost arctic watershed in British Columbia. Our records include three species never before recorded in British Columbia: Lepidostoma togatum (Lepidostomatidae), Ceraclea annulicornis (Leptoceridae), and Cheumatopsyche harwoodi (Hydropsychidae). Three other specimens may represent new occurrence records and a number of other records seem to be substantial observed geographic range expansions within British Columbia.


PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Erasmus ◽  
Emily A. Yurkowski ◽  
Dezene P.W. Huber

Anthropogenic pressures on aquatic systems have placed a renewed focus on biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates. By combining classical taxonomy and DNA barcoding we identified 39 species of caddisflies from the Crooked River, a unique and sensitive system in the southernmost arctic watershed in British Columbia. Our records include three species never before recorded in British Columbia:Lepidostoma togatum(Lepidostomatidae),Ceraclea annulicornis(Leptoceridae), and possiblyCheumatopsyche harwoodi(Hydropsychidae). Three other specimens may represent new occurrence records and a number of other records seem to be substantial observed geographic range expansions within British Columbia.


1969 ◽  
Vol 101 (10) ◽  
pp. 1042-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Mutuura ◽  
Eugene Munroe ◽  
D. A. Ross

AbstractThe following new species and subspecies of Dioryctria Zeller are described: D. pentictonella, related to D. baumhoferi Heinrich, from buds of young Pinns ponderosa in the interior region of British Columbia; D. pentictonella vancouverella from buds of P. contorta and of several introduced species of Pinus in coastal British Columbia; D. okanaganella, related to D. ponderosae Dyar, from old pitch nodules and blister rust on Pinus ponderosa in the interior of British Columbia and in Washington.


2006 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather M. Bryan ◽  
Chris T. Darimont ◽  
Thomas E. Reimchen ◽  
Paul C. Paquet

Within populations, different age classes often consume dissimilar resources, and provisioning of juveniles by adults is one mechanism by which this can occur. Although the diet of Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) has been studied extensively, the diet of pups is largely unknown. We examined faeces deposited by altricial pups and adult providers during the first two months following birth at two den sites over two years on the central coast of British Columbia, Canada. Pups and adult wolves consumed similar species, and Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) constituted most of the diet for both age groups. Pup and adult diet, however, diverged. Specifically, adult deer occurred significantly less frequently in the diet of pups than in the diet of adult wolves, which suggests that adults selectively provisioned pups. We speculate that this may relate to adaptive strategies of adult wolves to provide their offspring with food of optimal nutritional value or reduced parasitic burden, and/or logistic factors associated with provisioning such as prey transportability and availability.


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