{"title":"Size records and demographics of an Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) urban population near the northern limit of the species’ range in eastern Canada","authors":"Constance L. Browne, Andrew Sullivan","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3063","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding variation in demographics and life history across species ranges and differing landcover types is valuable for conservation planning. We examined the population demographics of a small urban population of Eastern Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta picta) in New Brunswick, Canada, near the northern limit of the species’ range. We captured turtles using hoop traps and by hand during four sampling periods. We estimated that our population included 17 females, nine males, and 29 juveniles in late summer 2015 using Jolly-Seber population size estimates. We captured several very large females at our study site; 5/17 females (29%) were larger than previous size records for the subspecies. Growth rates for juveniles were greater than most populations of Eastern Painted Turtles reported elsewhere. Growth rates at our site were significantly greater for smaller (younger) turtles and for females compared to males. Overwinter survivorship estimates were 100% from late summer 2014 to spring 2015. Active season (2015) survivorship was 100% for females, 89% for males, and 93% for juveniles. We speculate that the large body sizes found at our study site were achieved through high survivorship and larger growth rates compared to other areas reported previously. Our data supports previous findings that body size of Painted Turtles increases with latitude, and additionally, growth may have been enhanced by increased nutrient levels common in human-modified landscapes.","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":"17 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139529119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Draft Minutes of the 144th Annual Business Meeting (ABM) of the Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club, 10 January 2023","authors":"Jakob Mueller","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3337","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139622213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Luschiim’s Plants: Traditional Indigenous Foods, Materials and Medicines\" by Luschiim Arvid Charlie and Nancy J. Turner, 2021 [book review]","authors":"R. Alvo","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":"22 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139529942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence of River Otter (Lontra canadensis) recolonization of Prince Edward Island, Canada","authors":"Garry Gregory, Rosemary Curley, C. Klütsch","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.2961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.2961","url":null,"abstract":"River Otter (Lontra canadensis) was extirpated from Prince Edward Island (PEI) in the early 1900s as a result of habitat loss and overexploitation. Although there were isolated and sporadic occurrences in PEI coastal and inland waters pre-1975, only anecdotal reports of tracks or sightings of the species had been documented in the 21st century, until an adult male otter was captured in a beaver trap in 2016. Since then, seven additional individuals have been collected opportunistically or as by-catch of beaver trapping, including an adult female and a kit (juvenile). Camera traps have also revealed what appears to be a family group in central PEI. A growing body of evidence strongly suggests a resident River Otter population on PEI. The island is separated from the mainland by the Northumberland Strait, which has a minimum width of 13 km of salt water. River Otters have naturally recolonized PEI by dispersing across the Northumberland Strait.","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":" 42","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139620918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta. Second Edition\" edited by Gina Fryer, Jane Lancaster, Kimberly Ottenbreit, Christina Metke, Donna Cherniawsky, Amy Griffiths, Kristen Foreman, and Jenalee Mischkolz, 2022 [book review]","authors":"Lysandra Pyle","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3319","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":" 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139621270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sean Blaney, Gart Bishop, Stephen Clayden, James Goltz
{"title":"A substantial eastern disjunction of Douglas’ Knotweed (Polygonum douglasii Greene, Polygonaceae) in New Brunswick, Canada","authors":"Sean Blaney, Gart Bishop, Stephen Clayden, James Goltz","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3115","url":null,"abstract":"We report an isolated population of the native annual Douglas’ Knotweed (Polygonum douglasii Greene) from a dry, south-facing outcrop of conglomerate and sandstone at Big Bluff, near Sussex Corner, New Brunswick, Canada, consisting of about 2500 plants in 2018 and 2022. This occurrence is disjunct by ~450 km from the eastern limit of the known range of Douglas’ Knotweed in southwestern Maine, USA. The nearest known occurrence in Canada is in southern Quebec, ~660 km from Big Bluff. Several lines of evidence indicate that the population in New Brunswick is native. New state records for Wisconsin and Alaska found in online data sources are also verified.","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":" 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139620764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urban Lichens: A Field Guide for Northeastern North America","authors":"Heather A. Cray","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":" 74","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139621356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"First records of Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice) in New Brunswick, Canada: range expansion possibly mediated by climate warming","authors":"D. Sabine, Mary Sabine, Scott Makepeace","doi":"10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22621/cfn.v137i1.3065","url":null,"abstract":"The first occurrences of Seaside Dragonlet (Erythrodiplax berenice (Drury, 1773); Odonata: Libellulidae) are reported for New Brunswick, Canada, from seven sites along the Bay of Fundy coast in the southern part of the province. The species joins a suite of several other Odonata species of southern affinity that have been newly documented for New Brunswick over the past 15 years, and its occurrence may represent range expansion resulting from warming climate.","PeriodicalId":56136,"journal":{"name":"The Canadian Field-Naturalist","volume":" 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139620854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}