Taking Nature's Pulse - Biodiversity BC

table of contentsVIIList of Text Boxestext box 1. The Earth Summit and the Canadian Biodiversity Strategy 11text box 2. Culturally Significant Species 13text box 3. First Peoples’ Stewardship of Biodiversity 14text box 4. British Columbia’s Biogeoclimatic Zones 26text box 5. Case Study: Loss of Grasslands in the Okanagan and Lower Similkameen Valleys 39text box 6. Garry Oak Ecosystems of the Coastal Douglas-fir Zone 40text box 7. Lost Streams in the Lower Fraser Valley 43text box 8. Extinct and Extirpated Species 58text box 9. Trends in Conservation Status of Select Groups of Species and Subspecies 60text box 10. Western Sandpiper: A Far-ranging Species 70text box 11. Cryptic Species: Diversity Hiding in Plain Sight 78text box 12. Fish and Glacial Refugia 80text box 13. Mountain Caribou in Southeastern British Columbia 85text box 14. The Hidden Majority 88text box 15. Mycorrhizae: A Tree’s Best Friend 98text box 16. The Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic in B.C. 105text box 17. Ocean Acidification 129text box 18. The Nicola River: Extreme Pressure on Water Resources 164text box 19. Aquaculture of Manila Clams in Intertidal Areas 168List of Tablestable 1. Areal extent of biogeoclimatic zones in B.C. 29table 2. Conservation status ranks for ecosystems in B.C. 31table 3. Conservation status of biogeoclimatic zones in B.C. 32table 4. Distribution of species of conservation concern in B.C. by biogeoclimatic zone. 34table 5. Proportion of global range classification for ecosystems and species. 35table 6. Distribution of biogeoclimatic zones across B.C. and neighbouring jurisdictions. 37table 7. Provincial conservation status of ecological communities in B.C. by biogeoclimatic zone. 38table 8. Historical loss of grassland ecosystems in the Okanagan Valley between 1800 and 2005. 40table 9. Provincial conservation status of Major Drainage Areas in B.C. 43table 10. Habitat types used in B.C. biophysical ShoreZone mapping. 46