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Reprinted with permission from
Beaver Hills Initiative
Ecological Primer - What Makes the Beaver Hills So Special?

The Landscape: Ecological Primer References

Geogratis. 2004
Canada Land Inventory Online Database

Geowest. 1997
Prioritized landscape ecology assessment of Strathcona County, Alberta.
Prepared for Strathcona County, Planning and Engineering Services.
Sherwood Park, AB

McArthur, R.H. and E.O. Wilson. 1967
The theory of island biogeography.
Princeton University Press.
Princeton, NJ

Noss, R.F. 1990
Indicators for monitoring biodiversity: a hierarchical approach.
Conservation Biology 4: 355–364

Parks Canada. 2003
Beaver Hills resource maps: regional area, rare species, LANDSAT imagery.

Primack, R.B. 2002
Essentials of conservation biology. Third Edition.
Sinauer Associates Inc.
Sunderland, MA

Strong, W.L. and K.R. Leggat. 1992
Ecoregions of Alberta
Prepared for Alberta Forestry, Lands and Wildlife
Edmonton, AB