American chestnut (Castanea dentata) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC assessment and status report on the American Chestnut in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
- Lists of Figures, Tables and Appendices
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements, Authorities Contacted, and Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer and Collections Examined
- Appendix
COSEWIC
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
American Chestnut
Castanea Dentata
in Canada
Endangered
2004
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC 2004. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the American chestnut Castanea dentata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 19 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Previous Reports:
Ambrose, J.D. and S.W. Aboud. 1987. Status report on the American chestnut Castanea dentata in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. 18 pp.
Production note:
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge John D. Ambrose for writing the status report on the American chestnut Castanea dentata prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Erich Haber, the COSEWIC Plants and Lichens (vascular plants) Species Specialist Subcommittee Co-chair.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la situation de la Châtaignier d’Amérique (Castanea dentata) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
American Chestnut -- Photograph by John D. Ambrose.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2005
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/215-2005E-PDF
ISBN: 0-662-39545-X
HTML: CW69-14/215-2005E-HTML
0-662-39546-8
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