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2007/08 Changes
Explorer Changes:
A simplified search page with an “accordion” format.
The ability to search for:
- species by RISC codes and synonyms,
- marine fish and tiger beetles,
- species/ecosystems by MoE Regions and by Municipal Regional Districts,
- ecological community by Ecosystem Group.
Direct links to Google Maps to view known locations of species/ecosystems at risk.
Bibliographic links to:
- new documents including status reports, recovery plans, best management practices, and range/distribution maps for bats and Identified Wildlife species
- the new Cross-Linked Information Repositories (CLIR),
- Habitat Wizard for fish.
New and improved help pages, FAQs, Glossary, and Advanced Search Tips.
COSEWIC assessment ranks updated to March 2008.
Species Data Changes:
Taxonomic and rank changes are described in:
Please note the new format for the changes documents. They are now in Excel so you can sort by species group, 2007 List Status or 2008 List Status making it easier to review changes. Please send any comments or feedback on this new format to cdcdata@gov.bc.ca.
Ecological Community Changes:
- 2008 Ecological Community Changes (Excel File 306 KB). Changes include:
- Addition of a few new wetland and dune ecological communities.
- About 200 BC ecological communities now have global conservation status ranks.
- Some ecological community provincial conservation status ranks have been adjusted to be consistent with global conservation status ranks.
- Endemic status has been assessed for many ecological communities.
- Forest District and Ecosection distribution has been refined for some ecological communities.
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