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Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills. Fred Schueler and David Tomes working the area below the dam, 28 Dec 2000. (photograph by Bev Wigney ) If you're not familiar with Oxford Mills, just follow the twisting route of Leeds-Grenville County Road 18 south from Kemptville or north from Hwy 401 at Prescott - we meet at the parking lot just below the dam at the bridge in the village - not the Hanlan Bridge outside (west or downstream) of the settlement. Alternatively, you can reach Oxford Mills from Hwy 416, from Ottawa, Montreal, or the bridge from Ogdensburg.
Take Exit 28, to County Road 44. From Smith Falls or Merrickville, take Hwy (now ? From Winchester take Hwy 43 west, over Hwy 416 to traffic lights at County Road 44, turn left, go to the stop sign at Clothier Street (=County Road 18) turn right, and continue about 7 km to the first left after the railway tracks, across the downstream (Hanlan) bridge, through the village, and park as above.
The summer creek below the dam is golden, clear, and warm. Salamandre pourpre. Amphibiens et reptiles du Québec. Amphibiens et reptiles du Québec : répartition, biologie et conservation Amphibia-Nature a collecté au cours des années de nombreuses données sur l'herpétofaune québécoise, notamment dans des régions peu documentées de l'estuaire et du golfe du Saint-Laurent, ainsi que dans le Nord-du-Québec.
Une partie de ces informations est accessible dans des Publications scientifiques déjà parues et plusieurs autres sont à venir. Par ailleurs, l'ensemble de nos connaissances sera intégré dans un ouvrage synthèse en cours de réalisation portant sur la répartition, la biologie et la conservation des amphibiens et des reptiles du Québec. Un guide photographique et sonore avec des informations sur l'histoire naturelle des espèces est présentement disponible sur ce site. Il sera éventuellement accompagné d'un atlas scientifique avec cartes de répartition géographique.
Le Québec compte 38 espèces indigènes d'amphibiens et de reptiles : Une observation d'amphibien ou de reptile à signaler ? Urban Ecosystems and Biodiversity Conference. Talk abstracts and author biographies can be found here or get individual abstracts and biographies by using the abstract links below Andrew Gonzalez/ QCBS; Christian Messier / Centre for Forest Research; Danielle Dagenais/ Presentation of the QCBS Working Group on Urban Biodiversity Understanding the Urban Ecology of Baltimore: Scope, Outcomes, and Evolution of a Long-Term Ecological Research Project / Steward T.A.
Pickett abstract Integration of Social and Natural Sciences in the Baltimore Ecosystem Study / Charles Nilon abstract Metadata of field biodiversity in Québec: Urban biodiversity / Mélanie-Louise Leblanc, Danielle Dagenais, Stéphanie Pellerin and Guillaume Larocque abstract Urbanization effects on the composition, species and functional diversity of tree communities in eastern North America /Charles A. Measuring the connectivity of natural areas in cities as an indicator in the City Biodiversity Index (CBI) using the effective mesh size ( m eff ) /Adrienne Asgary and Jochen A.G.
CBD Home. The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity Expands in Montréal - News. Montréal, June 6, 2011 – The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) officially announced today that it is expanding its offices in the Montréal World Trade Centre. Located in Québec’s metropolis since 1996, this United Nations organization is enhancing its capacity to meet the challenges of the implementation of the Nagoya Biodiversity Compact.
At the last meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCBD, attended by more than 18,500 participants representing the 193 parties and their partners, a new biodiversity vision for 2050 and 20 ambitious biodiversity targets known as Aichi targets to be achieved by 2020 were adopted. The Parties also adopted an historical new international treaty called the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization. “Advocacy for the conservation of biological diversity has become a major issue at the international level. Information: Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network. Eurycea bislineata Northern Two-lined Salamander / Salamandre à deux lignes du Nord Description The Northern Two-lined Salamander has a yellowish band down its back, bordered by two black lines.
Adults can grow to a length of 12 cm, with the tail making up approximately half of this. Confusing Species The Dusky Salamander is somewhat similar to the Two-lined Salamander. In Quebec they are often found in the same habitats. Distribution Absent from south-western Ontario, the Two-lined Salamander is found throughout much of eastern Ontario, and much of Quebec, Labrador and New Brunswick. Habitat Two-lined Salamanders are generally found close to streams because they dehydrate more readily than other lungless salamanders.
Reproduction Breeding can occur in the fall or spring, but egg-laying occurs in the spring. Natural History Two-lined Salamanders are primarily active at night, especially after it rains.