TITLE

More species at risk

PUB. DATE

December 2001

SOURCE

Beautiful British Columbia;Winter2001, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p46

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports additions to the list of endangered species in Canada. Identification of seven out of 17 of the species found in ecologically balanced province British Columbia; Reference to the studies conducted by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada; List of the species.

ACCESSION #

6107294

Tags: ENDANGERED species;  ECOLOGY;  CANADA. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife

 

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