NOTES ON ZACOTUS MATTHEWSII LeC.

1944 ◽  
Vol 76 (9) ◽  
pp. 188-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melville H. Hatch ◽  
Kenneth M. Fender
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Northern Idaho

Zacotus matthewsii LeC. (matthewsi auct.) is a rare beetle that lives in damp situations under cover in timbered areas in the Pacific Northwest. LeConte, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) IV, 1869, p. 373-374, described it from a unique female from Vancouver Island. Horn, Trans. Ent. Soc. IX, 1881, p. 169, listed it from Washington; Leng, Cat. Col. Am. n. of Mex. 1920, p. 68, listed it from “No. Cal.”; Casey, Mem. Col. IX, 1920, p. 290-291, cited specimens from Moscow in northern Idaho and Clackamas Co. in northwestern Oregon; and Van Dyke, Pan-P. Ent. II, 1925, p. 95, from the Bitter Root Mountains of extreme western Montana.

Introduction

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Crawford Gribben
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Cultural Change ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
The World ◽  
Christian Reconstruction ◽  
Christian Influence ◽  
Northern Idaho

The Introduction describes the revitalization of one of the most controversial religious and political movements in recent American history. During a period of significant demographic and cultural change, a large number of religious and political conservatives have migrated into the Pacific Northwest. Many of these migrants are influenced by the claims of Christian Reconstruction, or “theonomy.” From their base in northern Idaho, these latter-day theonomists are developing the work of R. J. Rushdoony, Gary North, and others of the first generation of the writers of Christian Reconstruction, reiterating their optimistic view of the future, an eschatological position known as postmillennialism, as well as their expectation that the expansion of Christian influence around the world will be marked by changes in government and by a widespread return to the demands of Old Testament law.

scholarly journals Comparison of Coastal Fringe and Interior Forests as Reserves for Marbled Murrelets on Vancouver Island

The Condor ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 102 (4) ◽  
pp. 915-920
Author(s):  
Alan E. Burger ◽  
Volker Bahn ◽  
Angeline R. M. Tillmanns
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Structural Diversity ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Old Growth ◽  
Brachyramphus Marmoratus ◽  
Marbled Murrelet ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Associated Species ◽  
Marbled Murrelets

Abstract Much of the protected habitat available to the threatened Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus and other old-growth associated species in the Pacific Northwest is in narrow strips along the coast (e.g., parks and scenic fringes). Using data over two years from three watersheds on southwest Vancouver Island, we show that such shoreline strip forests represent suboptimal habitat for murrelets. Murrelet detections, including circling and subcanopy behaviors, were significantly lower at 30 coastal stations (20–250 m from the shoreline edge) than at 30 interior stations (1.5–21.0 km inland). Densities of predators were significantly higher at the coastal stations. The coastal trees were of similar mean height and diameter, but they had lower structural diversity and provided fewer and less suitable (thinner epiphyte cover on large boughs) nesting platforms than trees in the interior. When possible, reserves for Marbled Murrelets should be placed in interior and not shoreline forests.

Morphological variation and taxonomy of chromosomally differentiated Peromyscus from the Pacific Northwest

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (12) ◽  
pp. 2734-2739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc W. Allard ◽  
Ira F. Greenbaum
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Morphological Variation ◽  
Deer Mouse ◽  
Geographic Area ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Deer Mice ◽  
Strait Of Georgia ◽  
Fundamental Number ◽  
The Pacific

Analysis of 28 morphological characters supports the existence of two karyotypically defined species of Peromyscus on Vancouver Island and islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait and the Strait of Georgia. Morphology of insular and mainland populations from Washington and British Columbia is congruent with karyotypic data indicating that only the smaller, low fundamental number deer mice should be retained with Peromyscus maniculatus, and that the larger, high fundamental number forms should be referred to Peromyscus areas. Accordingly, P. maniculatus ranges throughout Vancouver Island, is the only deer mouse inhabiting the islands of the Strait of Georgia, and occurs on some of the more northern small islands. Insular forms of P. areas occur on northern and western Vancouver Island and on the islands in the Queen Charlotte Strait. The existence of two species in this geographic area indicates the need for a revision of the subspecific taxonomy. From the patterns of morphological variation among the examined populations of karyotypically characterized individuals, we offer hypotheses that should be tested in the development of formal intraspecific taxonomic decisions.

Clear-cutting, woody residue removal, and nonsymbiotic nitrogen fixation in forest soils of the Inland Pacific Northwest

1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1172-1178 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.F. Jurgensen ◽  
R.T. Graham ◽  
M.J. Larsen ◽  
A.E. Harvey
Keyword(s):  
Nitrogen Fixation ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Forest Floor ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Mineral Soil ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Subalpine Fir ◽  
Residue Removal ◽  
Clear Cutting ◽  
Northern Idaho

The effect of clear-cutting and woody residue removal on soil nonsymbiotic nitrogen fixation, as estimated by the acetylene reduction technique, was investigated on a subalpine fir (Abieslasiocarpa (Hook.) Nutt.) site in western Montana and on a cedar (Thujaplicata (Donn ex D. Don) Lindl.)–hemlock (Tsugaheterophylla (Raf) Sarg.) site in northern Idaho. Nitrogen fixation in the forest floor, soil wood, and mineral soil on the subalpine fir site averaged 0.9 kg N•ha−1•year−1 in the uncut stand. This nitrogen input was reduced by 10% after clear-cutting followed by prescribed burning, and by 22% after clear-cutting followed by intensive residue removal. Nitrogen fixation in the uncut cedar–hemlock stand averaged 1.1 kg N•ha−1•year−1 and was reduced by 26% after prescribed burning. Clear-cutting only and clear-cutting followed by intensive woody residue removal had little effect on nitrogen fixation. However, large amounts of woody residue left on the cut site nearly doubled the amounts of nitrogen fixation compared with the uncut stand. Lower nitrogen fixation after harvesting on both the Idaho and Montana sites was due mostly to reductions in forest floor and large woody residue. Replacement of nitrogen losses from prescribed burning on these sites by nonsymbiotic nitrogen fixation and precipitation would take from 150 to 400 years, depending on the severity of the bum treatments.

Hydrographic Charting and Oceanography on the West Coast of Canada from the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day

1972 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 75-83
Author(s):  
Robert W. Sandilands
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
The West ◽  
Special Place ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Formative Years

Those participating in this Congress are aware of the leadership of Rear-Admiral George Henry Richards in mounting the Challenger Expedition, which he himself regarded as the crowning achievement of his career. However, he also has a very special place in the history and development of British Columbia and it can fairly be said that his work in the Pacific Northwest was the major achievement of his sea-going career. His service on the coast covered the short period 1857 to 1863, but these were formative years in the development of the west coast colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

scholarly journals Morphology and Population Characteristics of Vancouver Island Cougars, Puma concolor vancouverensis

2004 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Steven F. Wilson ◽  
Apryl Hahn ◽  
Aaron Gladders ◽  
Karen M. L. Goh ◽  
David M. Shackleton
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Puma Concolor ◽  
Survival Rates ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Population Characteristics ◽  
Top Predator ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Age And Sex

Cougars are a management concern on Vancouver Island because they are a top predator and because there have been frequent attacks on humans on the island. However, little is known about Cougar ecology in the Pacific Northwest of North America. We studied Cougar morphology and population characteristics as part of a larger study in two areas on Vancouver Island. We derived a multivariate measure of body size to describe changes with age and sex. Body size was similar in the two study areas. Survival rates for adult females were higher than those reported elsewhere; however, hunters avoided shooting females in general, and radio-collared Cougars in particular. Litter size at first detection was lower than reported in many other studies and may be related to food availability.Includes erratum for a figure in this article.

A new milliped of the genus Metaxycheir from the Pacific coast of Canada (Polydesmida: Xystodesmidae), with remarks on the tribe Chonaphini and the western Canadian and Alaskan diplopod fauna

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (11) ◽  
pp. 2310-2322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rowland M. Shelley
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
Coastal Region ◽  
Open Loop ◽  
Western Montana ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
The North ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Oxidus Gracilis ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Northern Idaho

Metaxycheir pacifica, a new chonaphine xystodesmid milliped from Vancouver Island, British Columbia, inhabits decidous spots in the forests along the Pacific Ocean from Bamfield to China Beach Provincial Park. It displays a subcylindrical body, imparted by reduced paranota caudal to segment 4; an acropodite in the form of a broad, open loop; and an acicular prefemoral process with minute subapical barbules. It is segregated from the type species, M. prolata Buckett and Gardner, in northern Idaho, by over 600 km, and is the second western Canadian xystodesmid. The tribe Chonaphini occupies five areas of allopatric populations: that of M. pacifica; from central Oregon to western Montana; and three areas in the north central and eastern states. The Pacific coastal region harbors the most diverse fauna of western Canada, and a second center of diversity lies around Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks. The diplopod fauna of Alaska and western Canada consists of at least 5 orders, 13 families, 22 genera, and 24 species; of these, 5, 10, 16, and 17 are indigenous forms and 2, 4, 6, and 7 are introductions, respectively. The chordeumatoid family Rhiscosomididae and the genus Rhiscosomides are new to Canada; five allochthonus species, Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus (Wood), Ophyiulus pilosus (Newport), Oxidus gracilis (C. L. Koch), Brachydesmus superus Latzel, and Polydesmus inconstans Latzel, are new to the western provinces; and the Polyxenidae (Polyxenida) and Caseyidae (Chordeumatida) are new to Alaska.

The Bramble Leaf hopper, Typhlocyba tenerrima H.-S. (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), A Destructive European Insect New to the Pacific Northwest

1950 ◽  
Vol 82 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harry Andison
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
Leaf Hopper ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Lower Fraser Valley ◽  
Serious Injury ◽  
Fraser Valley

In July, 1947, a leafhopper was found causing serious injury to the foliage of loganberries in the Brentwood area of Vancouver Island, B.C. A survey made at that time in southern Vancouver Island showed that this species was widely distributed, and that it occurred also on raspberries and blackberries. In 1948 it was again found injuring loganberries on Vancouver Island and was found also in the lower Fraser Valley; and in 1949 it was observed 40 miles north of Victoria, at Cowichan Bay, feeding on wild blackberry. It is probable that this species had been present in the coastal area of British Columbia for some time before it was first observed in 1947 causing economic damage.

scholarly journals Molecular Evidence That the Range of the Vancouver Island Outbreak ofCryptococcus gattiiInfection Has Expanded into the Pacific Northwest in the United States

2009 ◽  
Vol 199 (7) ◽  
pp. 1081-1086 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edmond J. Byrnes III ◽  
Robert J. Bildfell ◽  
Sheryl A. Frank ◽  
Thomas G. Mitchell ◽  
Kieren A. Marr ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pacific Northwest ◽  
The United States ◽  
Vancouver Island ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
The Pacific
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