COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Black Hills mountainsnail Oreohelix cooperi in Canada. : CW69-14/807-2021E-PDF

"Globally, this small (shell width about 1 cm) land snail is confined to four mountainous "sky islands" on the Great Plains of North America. In Canada, it occurs only in the Cypress Hills of Alberta and Saskatchewan. Known from this area since 1905, albeit under a different name, this species occurs on ridges, hilltops, cliffs, and slopes at or near the sand, silt, cobbles, and conglomerates of the Cypress Hills Formation. The snails are patchily distributed within these habitats. It is absent from the gently sloping southern exposure of the Cypress Hills and seldom occurs in the valley bottoms. This slow-moving species is susceptible to catastrophic wildfire, exacerbated by a build-up of fuels from fire suppression over the past century and drought associated with climate change. Introduced species, including ground-foraging Wild Turkey and a parasite, are a growing concern"--Reason for designation, page iii.

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Renseignements sur la publication
Ministère/Organisme Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, issuing body.
Canada. Environment and Climate Change Canada, issuing body.
Titre COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Black Hills mountainsnail Oreohelix cooperi in Canada.
Variante du titre COSEWIC status report on the Black Hills mountainsnail Oreohelix cooperi in Canada
Black Hills mountainsnail Oreohelix cooperi in Canada
Type de publication Monographie
Langue [Anglais]
Autres langues publiées [Français]
Format Électronique
Document électronique
Note(s) Cover title.
"Endangered 2021"--Cover.
Issued also in HTML format.
Issued also in French under title: Évaluation et rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la petite oréohélice Oreohelix cooperi au Canada.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-40).
Information sur la publication Ottawa, ON : COSEWIC Secretariat, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2021.
©2021
Description 1 online resource (xi, 48 pages) : maps
ISBN 9780660395746
Numéro de catalogue
  • CW69-14/807-2021E-PDF
Descripteurs Oreohelix -- Alberta.
Oreohelix -- Saskatchewan.
Endangered species -- Alberta.
Endangered species -- Saskatchewan.
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