EVSC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Habitat Fragmentation, Committee On The Status Of Endangered Wildlife In Canada

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Environmental Science
• Course: EVSC 100
• Professor: Christie Spry

Document Summary

Freedman chp 26: p. 447 463 the biodiversity crisis the future survival or species anywhere in the world: extinct refers to any species of wildlife that was formerly indigenous to canada but no longer exists, extirpated refers to any species or subspecies that was formerly indigenous to canada but now survives in the wild only elsewhere (usually in the neighbouring usa, endangered refers to indigenous species that are faced with imminent extinction or extirpation throughout all or a significant portion of their canadian range, threatened refers to any indigenous taxon that is likely to become endangered unless factors affecting its vulnerability are reversed, special concern refers to indigenous species that is not currently threatened but is at risk of becoming so because of small or declining numbers, occurrence at the fringe of its range or in restricted areas, habitat fragmentation, or some other reason.