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Carriere
and Lange. 2002. General Status Ranks of Wild Species in the Northwest
Territories. 61 pp.
ABSTRACT
The
report NWT Species 2000 - General
Status Ranks of Wild Species in the Northwest Territories presents
an overview of the guidelines used to evaluate the general status of wild
species in the Northwest Territories (NWT).
The present report gives a more detailed description of the methods
and procedures used to list species, reference information, score
indicators of species status, draft ranks, then review and publish final
ranks for the year 2000 report.
This report also provides a copy of unpublished documents that
contain essential background information for future understanding of the
assumptions and guidelines used to rank the general status of species in
the Northwest Territories.
The
species ranked in year 2000 included mammals, birds, fishes, amphibians
and reptiles, except marine fishes, and two families of vascular plants,
orchids and ferns.
Different decision processes were used to derive ranks for
different groups of species.
In general, a committee drafted ranks for mammals and freshwater
fishes, one to two experts independently drafted ranks for birds,
amphibians and reptiles, and one to two non-experts drafted ranks for
orchids and ferns.
All species ranks were reviewed by agencies responsible for
wildlife management planning, review and implementation in the NWT.
Individual contributions were the backbone to the General Status
process and the number of personal contributions is expected to greatly
increase for the publication of the next report in 2005.
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