Grassland Reading List

Grassland Reading List

The GCC's website was designed to provide site-users with a simple and comprehensive overview of grassland ecosystems and their importance to the ecology, economy and identity of British Columbia. If you are seeking more specific or in-depth information, there are a number of other sources of information.

For further reading, please consult the following resources.

Articles and Reports On-Line:

Gayton, D. (2004) Native and nonnative species in grazed grasslands of British Columbia's Southern Interior. Journal of Ecosystems and Management 5(1): 51-59. http://www.forrex.org/publications/jem/ISS25/vol5_no1_art6.pdf

Gayton, D. (2003) British Columbia Grasslands: Monitoring Vegetation Change. FORREX Series 7. 49 pages.

http://www.forrex.org/publications/forrexseries/fs7_Part1.pdf

http://www.forrex.org/publications/forrexseries/fs7_Part2.pdf

Leupin, E. E., AND Low, D. J. (2001) Burrowing Owl reintroduction efforts in the Thompson-Nicola region of British Columbia. Journal of Raptor Research 35: 392-398.

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/jrr/v035n04/p00392-p00398.pdf

Rare Native Vascular Plants of the Southern Okanagan Grasslands - Field Report.

http://a100.gov.bc.ca/pub/acat/public/viewReport.do?reportId=9912

Websites

Behavioral Education for Human, Animal, Vegetation and Ecosystem Management

http://www.behave.net/

Earthtrends

www.earthtrends.wri.org

Invasive Plant Resources

www.bcgrasslands.org/library/weed.htm

Parks Canada

http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/sk/grasslands/index_e.asp

Quivera Coalition

http://www.quiviracoalition.org/

Society for Range Management

http://www.rangelands.org/index.shtml

Species at Risk

http://www.sararegistry.gc.ca/default_e.cfm

http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/serisk.htm

World Commission on Protected Areas

http://www.iucn.org/themes/wcpa/wcpa/wcpaindex.htm

Interactive Key to the Grasses of the Columbia Basin. Living Landscapes website, Royal BC Museum.

http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/grasses/intro.jsp

Articles and Books In Print

Defoliation: Response of Bluebunch Wheatgrass and Crested Wheatgrass. Cindy L. Meays, Laliberte, Doescher. Rangelands 22 (6).

Grass: The Stockman's Crop. Harland E. Dietz Booklet from Sunshine Unlimited, Inc. Lindsborg, Kansas.

Grassland: The History, Biology, Politics and Promise of the American Prairie. Richard Manning. Penguin (Non-Classics), July 1, 1997.

Grassland Ecology and Classification Symposium Proceedings. June 1982. Eds. A. McLean and T.E. Fisher, Ministry of Forests Province of British Columbia, Kamloops B.C.

The Grasslands of British Columbia. April 2004. Brian and Sandra Wikeem, Grassland Conservation Council of BC.