Bibliography: Natural History

A Bibliography of Work Related to the Natural History of James Bay, Victoria, British Columbia

This bibliography is a work in progress. If there is anything missing please let me know. reed[at]writeguy.ca.

Geology

Armstrong, John E. Vancouver Geology. Vancouver: Geological Association of Canada, Cordilleran Section, 1990.

Barrie, J.V. and K.W. Conway. "Rapid sea-level change and coastal evolution on the Pacific margin of Canada." Sedimentary Geology 150, no. 1-2 (2002): 171–183.

Cannings, Sydney and Richard Cannings. Geology of British Columbia: A Journey Through Time. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 1999.

Clague, John, Chris Yorath and Richard Franklin. At Risk: Earthquakes And Tsunamis On The West Coast. Vancouver: Tricouni Press, 2006.

Clague, J.J. "Tsunamis." Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 548 (2001): 27–42.

Clague, J. and Bob Turner. Vancouver City on the Edge: Living with a Dynamic Geological Landscape. Vancouver: Tricouni Press Ltd, 2003.

Harris, Stephen L. Fire and Ice: The Cascade Volcanoes. 2nd ed. Seattle: The Mountaineers/Pacific Search Books, 1980.

Ludvigsen, Rolf and Graham Beard. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2001.

Mathews, Bill and Jim Monger. Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia. Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2005.

Shaw, J., R.B. Taylor, D.L. Forbes, M.H. Ruz, and S. Solomon. "Sensitivity of the coasts of Canada to sea-level rise." Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 505 (1998): 1–79.

Yorath, C.J. and H.W. Nasmith. The Geology of Southern Vancouver Island. Victoria: Orca Book Publishers, 1995.

Climate and Climate Change

Beckmann, L., M. Dunn, and K. More. "Effects of climate change impacts on coastal systems in British Columbia and Yukon." In Responding to Global Climate Change in British Columbia and Yukon: Volume I of the Canada Country Study: Climate Impacts and Adaptation, ed. E. Taylor and B. Taylor. Victoria: Ministry of Environment, Land and Parks, 1997.

Brubaker, L. "Climate change and the origin of Old-Growth Douglas-fir forests in the Puget Sound Lowland." In Implications of Climate Change for Pacific Northwest Forest Management, ed. G.E. Wall. Occasional Paper no. 15. Waterloo: University of Waterloo, Department of Geography, 1992.

Brugman, M.M., P.A. Raistrick and A. Pietroniro. "Glacier related impacts of doubling atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations on British Columbia and Yukon." In Responding to global climate change in British Columbia and Yukon. Volume I of the Canada country study: climate impacts and adaptation, ed. E. Taylor B. Taylor. Victoria: Environment Canada and B.C. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, 1997.

Burton, P.J. and S.G. Cumming. "Potential effects of climate change on some western Canadian forests based on phenological enhancements to a patch model of forest succession." Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 82 (1995): 401–414.

Carto, S.L., A.J. Weaver, R. Hetherington, Y. Lam and E.C. Wiebe. "Out of Africa and into an ice age: On the role of global climate change in the Late Pleistocene migration of early modern humans out of Africa." Journal of Human Evolution, submitted. (2007).

Chilton, Rod. Victoria's Varied Weather. Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2000.

Church, J.A., J.M. Gregory, P. Huybrechts, M. Kuhn, K. Lambeck, M.T. Nhuan, D. Qin, and P.L. Woodworth. "Changes in sea level." In Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, ed. J.T. Houghton, Y. Ding, D.J. Griggs, M. Noguer, P.J. van der Linden, X. Dai, K. Maskell and C.A. Johnson. Contribution of Working Group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Dauncey, Guy. Stormy Weather: 101 Solutions To Global Climate Change. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 2001.

Eby, M., K. Zickfeld, A. Montenegro, D. Archer, K.J. Meissner, and A.J. Weaver. "Lifetime of anthropogenic climate change." Journal of Climate, submitted. (2008).

Fraser, J. and R. Smith. Indicators of climate change for British Columbia, 2002. Victoria: British Columbia Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, 2002.

Hebda, R.J. "Atmospheric Change, Forests and Biodiversity." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 1996.

Hebda, R.J. "Impact of climate change on biogeoclimatic zones of British Columbia and Yukon." In Future Climate Change in British Columbia and Yukon. ed. E. Taylor. Victoria: Environment Canada and Ministry of Environment, Lands, and Parks, Province of British Columbia, 1997.

Jaccard, Mark. Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Klein, R.J.T., et al. "Technological options for adaptation to climate change in coastal zones." Journal of Coastal Research 17, no. 3 (2001): 531–543.

Klein, R.J.T., R.J. Nicholls, and N. Mimura. "Coastal adaptation to climate change: can the IPCC technical guidelines be applied?" Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change v. 4, no. 3-4 (1999): 239–252.

Leverenz, J.W. and D.J. Lev. "Effects of carbon dioxide-induced climate changes on the natural range of six major commercial tree species in the western United States." In The Greenhouse Effect, Climate Change and U.S. Forests, ed. W.E. Shands and J.S. Hoffman. Washington: The conservation Foundation, 1987.

Leith, R.M.M. and P.H. Whitfield. "Evidence of climate change effects on the hydrology of streams in south-central British Columbia." Canadian Water Resources Journal 23(3) (1998): 219–230.

McLean, R.F., A. Tsyban, V. Burkett, J.O. Codignotto, D.L. Forbes, N. Mimura, R.J. Beamish, and V. Ittekkot. "Coastal zones and marine ecosystems." In Climate Change 2001: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, ed. J.J. McCarthy, O.F. Canziani, N.A. Leary, D.J. Dokken and K.S. White. Contribution of Working Group II to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Meissner, K.J., M. Eby, A.J. Weaver and O.A. Saenko. "CO₂ threshold for millennial-scale oscillations in the climate system: implications for global warming scenarios." Climate Dynamics 30 (2008): 161–174.

Melillo, J.M., Callaghan, T.V., Woodward, F.I., Salati, E. and S.K. Sinha. "Effects on ecosystems." In Climate Change: The IPCC Scientific Assessment, ed. J.T. Houghton, G.J. Jenkins and J.J.Ephraums. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.

Ministry of Forests and Range. Preparing for Climate Change: Adapting to Impacts on British Columbia Forest and Range Resources. Victoria, BC: Ministry of Forests and Range, 2006.

Plattner, G. -K, R. Knutti, F. Joos, T. F. Stocker, W. von Bloh, V. Brovkin, D. Cameron, E. Driesschaert, S. Dutkiewicz, M. Eby, N. R. Edwards, T. Fichefet, J. C. Hargreaves, C. D. Jones, M. F. Loutre, H. D. Matthews, A. Mouchet, S. A. Mueller, S. Nawrath, A. Price, A. Sokolov, K. M. Strassmann, and A. J. Weaver. "Long-term climate commitments projected with climate - carbon cycle models." Journal of Climate, in press. (2008).

Scott, David Sandborn. Smelling Land: The Hydrogen Defense Against Climate Catastrophy. Ottawa: Canadian Hydrogen Association, 2007.

Simpson, Jeffrey, Mark Jaccard and Nic Rivers. Hot Air: Meeting Canada's Climate Change Challenge. Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2007.

Spittlehouse, D.L. "Assessing and Responding to the effects of climate change on forest ecosystems." In High-latitude Rainforests and Associated Ecosystems of the West Coast of the Americas, ed. R.G. Lawford, P.B Alaback and E. Fuentes. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1996.

Taylor, Eric and Bill Taylor, ed. Responding To Global Climate Change In British Columbia And Yukon. Vancouver: Environment Canada and BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, 1997.

Weaver, A.J. Keeping our Cool: Canada in a Warming World. Toronto: Penguin Group Canada, in press, 2008.

Weaver, A.J. and O.A. Saenko. "The thermohaline circulation." In: Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments, ed. V. Gornitz. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. New York: Kluwer Academic Publishers, in press. 2008.

Weaver, A.J., K. Zickfeld, A. Montenegro and M. Eby. "Long term climate implications of 2050 emission reduction targets." Geophysical Research Letters 34 (2007).

Whitfield, P.H. and E. Taylor. "Apparent recent changes in hydrology and climate of coastal British Columbia." In Mountains to sea: human interaction with the hydrologic cycle. Victoria: Proc. Canadian Water Resources Association 51st Annual Conference, (1998): 22–29.

Whitfield, P.H., J.Y. Wang and A.J. Cannon. "Modelling Future Streamflow Extremes Floods and Low Flows in Georgia Basin, British Columbia." Canadian Water Resources Journal 633, v. 28 no. 4 (2003).

Zhang, X., L.A.Vincent, W.D.Hogg, and A.Niitsoo. "Temperature and Precipitation Trends in Canada During the 20th Century." Atmosphere-Ocean 38 (2000): 395–429.

Zickfeld, K., J.C. Fyfe, M. Eby and A.J. Weaver. "Comment on 'Saturation of the Southern Ocean CO₂ sink due to recent climate change.'" Science 319 (2008).

Flora and Fauna

Campbell, R., Wayne Hosford and Harold Hosford. Attracting and Feeding Birds in British Columbia. B.C.P.M. Musuem Methods Manual 7. Victoria: Queen's Printer, 1979.

Cannings, Robert A. and Kathleen M. Stuart. The Dragonflies of British Columbia. B.C.P.M. Handbook 35. Victoria: Queen's Printer, 1977.

Forsyth, Adrian. Mammals of the Canadian Wild. Ontario: Camden House Publishing, 1985.

Green, David M. and R. Wayne Campbell. The Amphibians of British Columbia. B.C.P.M. Handbook 45. Victoria: Queen's Printer, 1984.

Halfpenny, James and E. Biesnoit. A Field Guide to Mammal Tracking in Western North America. Boulder: Johnson Books, 1986.

Kozloff, Eugene N. Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, 1976.

Schofield, W.B. Some Common Mosses of British Columbia. B.C.P.M. Handbook 28. Victoria: Queen's Printer, 1969.

Taylor, T.M.C. The Ferns and Fern-allies of British Columbia. B.C.P.M. Handbook 12, 2nd ed. Victoria: Queen's Printer, 1979.

Biodiversity, Vegetation and Grasslands

Allen, G.B. "Vegetation and climate history of southeast Vancouver Island, British Columbia." Master's thesis, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, 1995.

Bandoni, R.J. and A.F. Szczawinski. Guide to Common Mushrooms of British Columbia. B.C.P.M. Handbook 24. Victoria: Queen's Printer, 1976.

Gilkeson, Linda A. West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control. Victoria: Trafford Publishing, 2006.

Hebda, R.J. "Postglacial history of grasslands of southern British Columbia and adjacent regions." In Grassland Ecology and Classification Symposium Proceedings, ed. A.C. Nicholson, A. McLean, and T.E. Baker. Victoria: British Columbia Ministry of Forests, 1982.

Hebda, R.J. "The future of British Columbia's flora." In Biodiversity in British Columbia: Our Changing Environment, ed. L.E. Harding and E. McCullum. Vancouver: Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, 1994.

Hebda, R.J. "British Columbia vegetation and climate history with focus on 6 KA BP." Géographie Physique et Quaternaire 49 (1995): 55–79.

Meidinger, D. and J. Pojar, ed. Ecosystems of British Columbia. Victoria: Research Branch, Ministry of Forests, Province of British Columbia, 1991.

Ministry of Forests and B.C. Environment. Biodiversity Guidebook. Forest Practices Code of British Columbia. Victoria, BC: British Columbia Ministry of Forests and B.C. Environment, 1995.

Pellatt, M.G., R.J. Hebda, and R.W. Mathewes. "High-resolution Holocene vegetation history and climate from Hole 1034B, ODP leg 169S, Saanich Inlet, Canada." Marine Geology 174 (2001): 211–226.

Whitlock, C. "Vegetational and climatic history of the Pacific Northwest during the last 20,000 years: Implications for understanding present-day biodiversity." The Northwest Environmental Journal 8 (1992): 5–28.

Zhang, Q. "A 2122-Year Tree-ring chronology of Douglas-fir and Precipitation Reconstruction at Heal Lake, Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia." Master's thesis, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria. 1996.

Forests and Forestry

Cwynar, L.C. "Fire and the forest history of the North Cascade Range." Ecology 68 (1987): 791–802.

Drengson, Alan and Duncan Taylor ed. Ecoforestry: The Art and Science of Sustainable Forest Use. Gabriola Island: New Society Publishers, 1997.

Drushka, K. et al. Touch Wood: B.C. Forests at the Crossroads. Madeira: Harbor Books, 1993.

Hammond, H. Seeing the Forest Among the Trees: The Case for Wholistic Forest Use. Vancouver: Polestar Press, 1991.

Hebda, R.J. and C. Whitlock. "Environmental history of the coastal temperate rain forest of northwest North America." In The Rain Forests of home: Profile of a North American bioregion, ed. P.K. Schoonmaker, B. von Hagen and E.C. Wolf. Covelo: Island Press, in press, 1996.

Hebda, R.J. and R.W. Mathewes. "Holocene history of cedar and native cultures of the North American Pacific Coast." Science 225 (1984): 711–713.

Laroque, C.P. "The dendrochronology and dendroclimatology of yellow cedar on Vancouver Island, British Columbia." Master's thesis, Department of Geography, University of Victoria, 1995.

Spittlehouse, D.L. and S.W. Childs. "Evaluating the seedling moisture environment after site preparation." In Sustained Productivity of Forest Soils, ed. S.P. Gessel, D.S.Lacate, G.F. Weetman, and R.F. Powers. Vancouver: Proceedings of the Seventh North American Soils Conference, University of British Columbia, Faculty of Forestry Publication, 1990.

Suzuki, David, Wayne Grady and Robert Bateman. Tree: A Life Story. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2004.

Wainman, N. and R.W. Mathewes. "Forest History of the last 12,000 years based on plant macrofossil analysis of sediment from Marion Lake, southwestern British Columbia." Canadian Journal of Botany 65 (1986): 2179–2187.

Young, Cameron. The Forests of British Columbia. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1985.

Hydrology

Bocking, Richard C. Mighty River: A Portrait of the Fraser. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 1997.

Calvert, John. Liquid Gold: Energy Privatization in British Columbia. Black Point: Fernwood Publishing, 2007.

Wood, Chris. Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America. Vancouver: Raincoast Books, 2008.

Oceanography

Carefoot, Thomas. Pacific Seashores: A Guide to Intertidal Ecology. Vancouver: J.J. Douglas, 1977.

General Interest

Huck, Barbara. In Search of Ancient British Columbia, Volume 1. Winnipeg: Heartland Books, 2006.

Rogers, Susan, ed. Victoria in a Knapsack. Victoria: Sierra Club of British Columbia, 1985.

Smith, Alisa and J.B. MacKinnon. The 100-Mile diet: A Year of Local Eating. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2007.

Suzuki, David and Amanda Connell. Sacred Balance : Rediscovering Our Place In Nature. Seattle: Mountaineers Books, 1999.

Suzuki, David. David Suzuki Reader: A Lifetime Of Ideas From A Leading Activist And Thinker. Vancouver: Douglas and McIntyre, 2003.

Suzuki, David and Peter Knudtson. Wisdom of the Elders: Sacred Native Stories of Nature. Toronto: Bantam, 1993.

Suzuki, David and Peter Knudtson. Genethics: The Clash Between the New Genetics and Human Values. Harvard: Harvard UP, 1990.

Suzuki, David. From Naked Ape to Superspecies: A Personal Perspective on Humanity and the Global Ecocrisis. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1999.

Suzuki, David. Earth Time: Essays. Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1998.

Suzuki, David and Holly Dressel. Good News For A Change: How Everyday People Are Helping The Planet. Vancouver: Greystone Books, 2003.

Waddell, Jane, ed. Hiking Trails I: Victoria and Vicinity. Victoria: The Outdoor Club of Victoria, 1981.

Wallace, Bruce and Karen Gorecki. Ripple Effects: The Need to Assess the Impacts of Cruise Ships in Victoria B.C. Victoria: Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group, 2003.

Weston, Jim and David Stirling. The Naturalist's Guide To The Victoria Region. Victoria: Victoria Natural History Society, 1986.

Licensed by Reed Kirkpatrick: Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.5 Canada License, 2008. You may share or make any non-comercial use of this work, so long as you give attribution to the author.

Acknowledgement to the Royal BC Museum Corporation for their assistance in compiling portions of this bibliography.