Deerberry (Vaccinium stamineum) recovery strategy: chapter 10
Glossary
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Calcicole
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(usually referring to plants) growing best on calcareous soils.
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Calcifuge
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(usually referring to plants) growing best on acidic soil.
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Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC)
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The committee responsible for assessing and classifying species at risk in Canada.
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Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSSARO):
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The committee established under section 3 of the Endangered Species Act, 2007 that is responsible for assessing and classifying species at risk in Ontario.
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Conservation status rank
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A rank assigned to a species or ecological community that primarily conveys the degree of rarity of the species or community at the global (G), national (N) or subnational (S) level. These ranks, termed G-rank, N-rank and S-rank, are not legal designations. The conservation status of a species or ecosystem is designated by a number from 1 to 5, preceded by the letter G, N or S reflecting the appropriate geographic scale of the assessment. The numbers mean the following:
1 = critically imperiled, 2 = imperiled, 3 = vulnerable, 4 = apparently secure, 5 = secure
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Dolostone
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Sedimentary rock type akin to limestone, comprised primarily of the mineral dolomite (CaMg(CO
3)
2).
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Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA, 2007)
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The provincial legislation that provides protection to species at risk in Ontario. The Act was passed by the Ontario Legislature in 2007 and came into effect June 30, 2008.
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Metapopulation
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An assemblage of discrete local populations with migration among them. With plants, migration is most often accomplished by the movement of seeds, or by pollen -- either by wind, insects or some other vector.
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Species at Risk Act (SARA)
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The federal legislation that provides protection to species at risk in Canada. This act establishes Schedule 1 as the legal list of wildlife species at risk to which the SARA provisions apply. Schedules 2 and 3 contain lists of species that at the time the act came into force needed to be reassessed. After species on Schedule 2 and 3 are reassessed and found to be at risk, they undergo the SARA listing process to be included in Schedule 1.
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Species at Risk in Ontario (SARO) List
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The regulation made under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, 2007 that provides the official status classification of species at risk in Ontario. This list was first published in 2004 as a policy and became a regulation in 2008.
