Reports and References

for Marmota vancouverensis (Vancouver Island Marmot)

Reports from BC Conservation Data Centre

BC Species Summary

 

BC Conservation Status Report

 
View Map

Mapped Known Locations

Reports from Other Databases

E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Wildlife of British Columbia

 

Environment Canada's Species at Risk Website

 

Global Comprehensive Report (NatureServe Explorer)

Species at Risk Brochure

Bryant, A.A., and D.A. Blood. 1999. Vancouver Island Marmot. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Wildl. Branch. 6pp.

Status Report

COSEWIC. 2000. COSEWIC Assessment and Update Status Report on the Vancouver Island Marmot Marmota vancouverensis in Canada. Comm. on the Status of Endangered Wildl. in Can. Ottawa. vi+25pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2008p. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Vancouver Island marmot Marmota vancouverensis in Canada. Comiittee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 29pp.

 

COSEWIC. 2019j. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Vancouver Island Marmot Marmota vancouverensis in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa.xii + 53 pp

Identified Wildlife Species Account

British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection. 2004. Accounts and Measures for Managing Identified Wildlife. Version 2004. Biodiversity Branch, Identified Wildlife Management Strategy, Victoria, B.C.

Recovery and Management Plans

B.C. Ministry of Environment. Recovery Planning in BC. B.C. Minist. Environ. Victoria, BC.

 

Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2019. Recovery Strategy for the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) in Canada [Proposed]. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa. 2 parts. 16 pp. + 41 pp.

 

Environment and Climate Change Canada. 2020b. Recovery Strategy for the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) in Canada. Species at Risk Act Recovery Strategy Series. Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa. 2 parts.16 pp. + 41 pp

 

Janz, D.W. et al. 2000. National Recovery Plan for the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) (2000 update). Recovery of Natl. Endangered Wildl. Comm. Rep. No. 19. Ottawa. 38pp.

 

Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Team. 2008. Recovery Strategy for the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) in British Columbia. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC. 25 pp.

 

Vancouver Island Marmot Recovery Team. 2017. Recovery plan for the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) in British Columbia. Prepared for the B.C. Ministry of Environment, Victoria, BC. 41 pp.

Other Related References

Aaltonen, K., A. A. Bryant, J. A. Hostetler, and M. K. Oli. 2009. Reintroducing endangered Vancouver Island marmots: Survival and cause-specific mortality rates of captive-born versus wild-born individuals. Biological Conservation 142:2181–2190.

 

B.C. Conservation Data Centre. BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer. B.C. Ministry of Environment Victoria, BC. Available: http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/eswp/.

 

Brashares, J. S., J. R. Werner, and A. R. E. Sinclair. 2010. Social ‘meltdown’ in the demise of an island endemic: Allee effects and the Vancouver Island marmot. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:965–973.

 

Bryant, A. 2003. The Vancouver Island Marmot pages, home of the Vancouver Island Marmot recovery project. Online. Available: http://www.marmots.org/

 

Bryant, A.A. 1996. Reproduction and persistence of Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) in natural and logged habitats. Can. J. Zool. 74:678-687.

 

Bryant, A.A. 1998. Metapopulation ecology of Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis). PhD. Thesis, Univ. Victoria, Victoria. 125pp.

 

Bryant, A.A. 2000. Relative Importance of Episodic Versus Chronic Mortality in the Decline of Vancouver Island Marmots. Pp. 189-195 in L.M. Darling, ed. 2000. Proc. Conf. on the Biology and Manage. Species and Habitats at Risk, Kamloops, B.C., 15-19 Feb., 1999. Vol. 1; B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC, and Univ. College of the Cariboo, Kamloops, BC. 490pp.

 

Bryant, A.A. and R. E. Page. 2005. Timing and causes of mortality in the endangered Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis). Can. J. Zool. 82:674-682.

 

Bryant, A.A., and D. Janz. 1996. Distribution and abundance of Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis). Can. J. Zool. 74:667-677.

 

Gourlay, K, McAdie M. and Taylor A. (MMRF). 2022. Annual Report. Produced for: Province of British Columbia Ministry of Forests (MOF), Mosaic Forest Management, Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, the Forest Enhancement Society of BC, Peter Townsend Trust, Environment and Climate Canada, and the Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program. 68p.

 

Heard, D.C. 1977. The behavior of Vancouver Island marmots, Marmota vancouverensis. M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. B.C., Vancouver. 129pp.

 

Hebda, R.J., O. McDadi, and D. Mazzucchi. 2004. Habitat History and the Decline of the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis). In T.D. Hooper, ed. Proc. of the Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conf. March 2-6, 2004, Victoria, B.C. Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conference Organizing Committee, Victoria, BC. 7pp.

 

Marmot Recovery Foundation. 2021. EXCEL spreadsheet of Vancouver Island Marmot annual colony count data 2007-2020. Marmot Recovery Foundation. Nanaimo, BC.

 

Martell, A.M., and R.J. Milko. 1986. Seasonal diets of Vancouver Island Marmots, Marmota vancouverensis. Can. Field-Nat.100:241-245.

 

McAdie, M. 2004. History and Current Status of the Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis) Captive-breeding Program. In T.D. Hooper, ed. Proc. of the Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conf. March 2-6, 2004, Victoria, B.C. Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conference Organizing Committee, Victoria, BC. 11pp.

 

Milko, R.J. 1984. Vegetation and foraging ecology of the Vancouver Island marmot (Marmota vancouverensis). M.Sc. Thesis, Univ. Victoria, Victoria, BC.

 

Nagorsen, D. 2016. Small Mammal Management and Conservation in British Columbia: Assessment of Knowledge Gaps and Research Needs. Wildlife Bulletin No. B-127, March 2016. Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy. Victoria, B.C.

 

Nagorsen, D.W. 1987. Marmota vancouverensis. Mammalian Species 270:1-5.

 

Nagorsen, D.W., G. Keddie, and T. Luszcz. 1996. Vancouver Island marmot bones from subalpine caves: archaeological and biological significance. B.C. Minist. Environ., Lands and Parks, Victoria, B.C. Parks Occas. Pap. No. 4. 56pp.

 

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