Site Map

This is a map of the pages of the site. Every leftmost (bold) page can be reached from the home page. Pages that have asterisks next to them lead to additional pages that are too numerous to mention individually here; ecozones will often have several pages of images and species will lead to many pages of individual species.

Introduction	Introduction
	Walk-through and credits
	About the Redpath Museum
	Site map (this page!)

Theory of biodiversity	Introduction
	The three levels of biodiversity
	Gaining and losing biodiversity
	Abundance and composition
	Ecosystem functioning and stability

Canada's ecozones	Introduction
	Physical conditions in Canada
	The ecozones	Arctic cordillera*
		Northern arctic*
		Southern arctic*
		Taiga plains*
		Taiga shield*
		Boreal shield*
		Atlantic maritime*
		Mixedwood plains*
		Boreal plains*
		Prairies*
		Taiga cordillera*
		Boreal cordillera*
		Pacific maritime*
		Montane cordillera*
		Hudson plains*
		Arctic basin (marine)*
		Pacific (marine)*
		Atlantic (marine)*
		Northwest atlantic (marine)*
		Arctic archipelago (marine)*

Patterns of biodiversity	Introduction
	Surveys
	Patterns in space
	Patterns in time
	Canadian patterns

Species distributions
	Introduction	Plants	Introduction
			Ferns and allies*
			Conifers*
			Flowering plants I: Trees *
			Flowering plants II:Buttercup and crowfoot*
			Flowering plants III: Rushes*
			Flowering plants IV: Pondweeds*
			Other plants*
		Fungi*
		Insects	Introduction
			Beetles*
			Flies*
			Ants, bees, and true bugs*
			Butterflies, moths and skippers*
			Other insects*
		Molluscs*
		Crustaceans*
		Birds	Introduction
			Songbirds*
			Shorebirds*
			Other birds*
		Mammals	Introduction
			Rodents*
			Carnivores*
			Aquatic mammals*
			Other mammals*
		Reptiles and Amphibians	Introduction
			Salamanders and Newts*
			Frogs and Toads*
			Turtles*
			Snakes and Lizards*
		Fish	Introduction
			Herring-like fishes
			Minnow-like fishes
			Perch-like fishes
			Other fish

Conservation issues	Introduction
	Why biodiversity is important
	Human activities and their impacts
	Conservation priorities

Canadian legislation	Introduction
	Timeline
	Canadian organizations
	International organizations
	Legislation

Links and references	Introduction
	By section
	By type