Conference Proceedings

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Monitoring the Effectiveness of Biological Conservation [Full PDF - 6,761 KB] John L. Innes & Joleen A. Timko (editors) Table of Contents [PDF - 23 KB] Introduction [PDF - 89 KB] John L. Innes and Joleen A. Timko
PART 1: MONITORING FOR EFFECTIVENESS Effectiveness Evaluations - A primer for making them truly effective [PDF - 39 KB] Bryce Bancroft, Ken Zielke, Laurie Kremsater, Peter Bradford, Frank Barber and Richard Thompson The Ineffectiveness of Effectiveness Monitoring in Sustainable Forest Management: Asking the wrong questions [PDF - 248 KB] Melissa A. Todd, Lisa Mahon, Robert J. Higgins and Todd Mahon Effectiveness Monitoring of Biodiversity in Dynamic Environments: Is it possible? [PDF - 184 KB] Craig R. Nitschke, Gordon M. Hickey and John L. Innes
PART 2: THE HUMAN ELEMENT: SOCIETY & STEWARDSHIP Increasing the Effectiveness of Conservation in British Columbia Through the Use of Extension [PDF - 78 KB] Karyn A. Sutherland and Susan M. Leech Incorporating the Human Element [PDF - 46 KB] Shannon Janzen and Glen Dunsworth Conserving Cultural Values: Are the indicators and targets being used working? [PDF - 46 KB] Charlene Higgins Gap analysis in conservation planning for cultural & less culturally modified landscapes: Prospects for northern Garry oak ecosystems in British Columbia [PDF - 454 KB] Gordon Brent Ingram and Lindsay Upshaw The role of stewardship in ecological rehabilitation and monitoring, or why using local knowledge and expertise can mean getting it done right in the first place! [PDF - 42 KB] Pamela Zevit Utilizing Education for Monitoring the Restoration of a Low Elevation Forest Ecosystem [PDF - 42 KB] Erin Schneider and Robby Astrove
PART 3: MONITORING AT THE LANDSCAPE LEVEL Evaluating Regional Environmental Monitoring Programs: An ecosystem approach applied to south-central Ontario, Canada [PDF - 379 KB] Robert J. Milne and Lorne P. Bennett The Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Program (ABMP): a cost-effective, multi-species, broad-scale, long-term biodiversity monitoring program [PDF - 510 KB] Jim Schieck The Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) Resource Evaluation Program [PDF - 96 KB] Peter Bradford The Design of Forest Inventories and Monitoring for Biological Conservation [PDF - 36 KB] Ian S. Moss Effectiveness Monitoring on Weyerhaeuser’s B.C. Coastal Tenure [PDF - 56 KB] Laurie Kremsater, Dave Huggard, Glen Dunsworth, Bill Beese and Fred Bunnell Mitigating Fire Suppression, Highway, and Habitat Fragmentation Effects in the Bow Valley Ecosystem, Banff National Park: Preliminary evaluation of a Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) design with Path Analysis [PDF - 690 KB] Clifford A. White, Thomas E. Hurd, Mark Hebblewhite and Ian R. Pengelly Modelling and Monitoring: examining the utility of dynamic landscape meta-population models for sustainable forest management [PDF - 71 KB] Lisa A. Venier, Jennie L. Pearce, Brendan A. Wintle and Sarah A. Bekessy Potential of Canada’s National Forest Inventory as a Monitoring Framework for the Canadian Biodiversity Index [PDF - 44 KB] Risa Smith and Mark Gillis The Municipal Wildlife Habitat Conservation Strategy for the Township of Langley [PDF - 439 KB] Caroline Astley Weyerhaeuser’s Coastal BC Habitat Structure Monitoring [PDF - 66 KB] David Huggard, Glen Dunsworth, Jeff Sandford and Bill Beese Variable retention implementation monitoring on Weyerhaeuser’s BC Coastal Timberlands [PDF - 48 KB] Ken Zielke, W.J. Beese and Bryce Bancroft
PART 4: MONITORING AT THE SPECIES LEVEL Effectiveness Evaluation for Wildlife in British Columbia under the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA) [PDF - 69 KB] Wayne R. Erickson, Kathy Paige, Richard Thompson and Louise Blight Evaluating Forest Management at Meaningful Scales: A proposed national program to monitor boreal forest birds [PDF - 104 KB] Craig S. Machtans and Michael R. Norton Preliminary Investigations Into a Model for Assessing the Effectiveness of Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) Management Strategies in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada [PDF - 87KB] Joanna M. Wilson and Jane Park Using Amphibians to Monitor the Effectiveness of Variable Retention Harvesting Systems on Vancouver Island [PDF - 54 KB] Elke Wind and Glen Dunsworth A Common Currency: Using landbirds to guide and evaluate conservation action [PDF - KB] Wendy E. Easton, Shawna A. Pelech and Krista L. De Groot Testing the Validity of the Avian Focal Species Approach to Conserve Biodiversity in Urban Forests—Preliminary Report [PDF - 141 KB] Billie Gowans, Kristina Rothley and Christopher Thompson Developing an effective monitoring and evaluation system for biodiversity conservation: The Biodiversity At Risk Indicator Suite [PDF - 241 KB] Alexis J. Morgan Developing a Web-Based Habitat Assessment Tool to Explore the Effects of Forest Practices on Biodiversity Indicators: An Example from TFL 39 on Vancouver Island [PDF - 783 KB] P. Vernier, B. Maguire, C. Kristiansen, A. Moy, F. Bunnell, M. Preston and A. Harestad DFO’s MEQ approach in the determination of marine indicators [PDF - 59 KB] Glen Jamieson and Brenda McCorqudale Forest canopy gaps as structural surrogates for the measure of forest floor arthropod pattern: discussion and caveat. [PDF - 133 KB] Jeffrey P. Lemieux Considerations for the validation of species-habitat models [PDF - 96 KB] Jennifer M. Psyllakis and Michael P. Gillingham Lobaria pulmonaria abundances as an indicator of macrolichen diversity in ICH forests [PDF - 54 KB] Jocelyn Campbell and Arthur L. Fredeen Monitoring the genetic variability in Norway spruce populations in Europe [PDF - 430 KB] Nicola La Porta, Ivan Muccinelli, Stella Passerotti, Mariachiara Valgimigli and Marina Melnikova Carabid Beetles as Ecological Indicators [PDF - 49 KB] Isobel A. Pearsall Minimal requirements for monitoring abundance and distribution of fish communities [PDF - 304 KB] Eric A. Parkinson, David Tesch, and Art Tautz
Future Directions: Assessing the effectiveness of biological conservation [PDF - 102 KB] John L. Innes
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