RISC: Standards
Terrestrial Ecosystems, Biodiversity
Data Custodian Contact: David Tesch
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Field work requires a complete manual. Some RISC manuals with large size charts, colour images, etc. may not be entirely downloadable.
The RISC standards listed in the table below belong to the series:
Components of British Columbia's Biodiversity.
| Series | Manual Title | Date | Gov't Publications Order No. | Download Files |
| 1 | Species Inventory Fundamentals (Version 2.0) | Nov '98 | 7680000751 | [PDF] |
| 1 | Species Inventory Fundamentals, Errata No. 3 | Oct. '08 | [PDF] | |
| 2 | The Vertebrates and Invertebrates of British Columbia: Scientific and English Names (Version 1.0) | Nov. '08 | [PDF] | |
| 3 | Live Animal Capture and Handling Guidelines For Wild Mammals, Birds, Amphibians and Reptiles Version 2.0 | Feb. '97 | 7680000638 | [PDF] |
| 4a | Voucher Specimen Collection, Preparation, Identification and Storage Protocol: Animals (Version 2.0) | June '99 | 7680000891 | [PDF] |
| 4b | Voucher Specimen Collection, Preparation, Identification and Storage Protocol: Plants & Fungi (Version 2.0) | Jun. '99 | 7680000897 | [PDF] |
| 5 | Wildlife Radio-Telemetry (Version 2.0) | June '98 | 7680000577 | [PDF] |
| 7 | Inventory Methods for Marsh Birds: Bitterns and Rails (Version 2.0) | Oct. '98 | 7680000646 | [PDF] |
| 8 | Inventory Methods for Colonial-Nesting Freshwater Birds (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000647 | [PDF] |
| 9 | Inventory Methods for Nighthawks and Poorwills (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000643 | [PDF] |
| 10 | Inventory Methods for Marbled Murrelets in Marine and Terrestrial Habitats Version 2.0. Methods for aerial habitat surveys are available as an interim standard. | Mar. 2K1 | 7680001402 | [PDF] |
| 10 | Inventory Methods for Marbled Murrelet Radar Surveys (Version 1.0) | May '06 | Internet Only | [PDF] |
| 11 | Inventory Methods for Raptors (Version 2.0) | Oct. '01 | 7680001651 | [PDF] |
| 12 | Inventory Methods for Riverine Birds (Dippers and Harlequins) (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000641 | [PDF] |
| 13 | Seabirds | N/A | N/A | [DOC] |
| 14 | Shorebirds (Version 1.1) | Mar. '97 | 7680000624 | [PDF] |
| 15 | Inventory Methods for Forest and Grassland Songbirds Version 2.0 | Mar. '99 | 7680000778 | [PDF] |
| 16 | Inventory Methods for Swallows and Swifts (Version 2.0) | Feb. '98 | 7680000607 | [PDF] |
| 17 | Upland Gamebirds (Version 1.1) | Mar. '97 | 7680000584 | [PDF] |
| 18 | Inventory Methods for Waterfowl and Allied Species (Version 2.0) | May '99 | 7680000880 | [PDF] |
| 19 | Inventory Methods for Woodpeckers (Version 2.0) | SepT. '99 | 7680000929 | [PDF] |
| 20 | Inventory Methods for Bats (Version 2.0) | Feb. '98 | 7680000659 | [PDF] |
| 21 | Inventory Method for Bears (Version 2.0) | May '98 | 7680000648 | [PDF] |
| 22 | Inventory Methods for Beaver and Muskrat Version 2.0 | Apr. '98 | 7680000678 | [PDF] |
| 23 | Inventory Methods for Hares and Cottontails Version 2.0 | Feb. '98 | 7680000649 | [PDF] |
| 24 | Inventory Methods for Marten and Weasels Version 2.0 | Oct. '98 | 7680000645 | [PDF] |
| 25 | Inventory Methods for Medium-Sized Territorial Carnivores - Coyote, Red Fox, Lynx, Bobcat, Fisher, and Badger (Version 2.0) | June '99 | 7680000886 | [PDF] |
| 25 | Inventory Methods for Medium-Sized Territorial Carnivores - Coyote, Red Fox, Lynx, Bobcat, Fisher, and Badger: ERRATA No. 1 | April 2007 | [PDF] | |
| 25a | Inventory Methods for Medium-Sized Territorial Carnivores - Badger: Version 1 | Apr. '07 | [PDF] | |
| 26 | Inventory Methods for Moles and Pocket Gopher Version 2.0 | Apr. '01 | 7680001412 | [PDF] |
| 27 | Inventory Methods for Mountain Beaver, Bushy-tailed Woodrat & Porcupine (Version 2.0) | Oct. '98 | 7680000644 | [PDF] |
| 29 | Inventory Methods for Pikas and Sciurids Version 2.0 | Oct. '98 | 7680000642 | [PDF] |
| 31 | Inventory Methods for Small Mammals: Shrews, Voles, Mice & Rats (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000614 | [PDF] |
| 32 | Aerial-Based Inventory Methods for Selected Ungulates (Version 2.0) | Mar. '02 | 7680001702 | [PDF] |
| 33 | Ground-Based Inventory Methods for Selected Ungulates (Moose, Elk and Deer) (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000652 | [PDF] |
| 33a | Ground Based Inventory Methods for Ungulate Snow-track Surveys (Version 1.0). Addendum to Ground Based Inventory Methods for Selected Ungulates (Moose, Elk and Deer) (Version 1.0) | Jul. '06 | [PDF] | |
| 34 | Inventory Methods for Wolf and Cougar (Version 2.0) | May '98 | 7680000613 | [PDF] |
| 36 | Inventory Methods for Plethodontid Salamanders (Version 2.0) | Mar. '99 | 7680000777 | [PDF] |
| 37 | Inventory Methods for Pond-breeding Amphibians and Painted Turtle (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000630 | [PDF] |
| 37 | Inventory Methods for Pond-breeding Amphibians and Painted Turtle, Errata No. 1 | May '07 | [PDF] | |
| 37 | Inventory Methods for Pond-breeding Amphibians and Painted Turtle, Errata No. 2 | Oct. '08 | [PDF] | |
| 37 | Inventory Methods for Pond-breeding Amphibians and Painted Turtle, Errata No. 3 | Oct. '08 | [PDF] | |
| 38 | Inventory Methods for Snakes (Version 2.0) | Mar. '98 | 7680000640 | [PDF] |
| 39 | Inventory Methods for Tailed Frogs and Pacific Giant Salamanders (Version 2.0) | Mar. '00 | 7680001125 | [PDF] |
| 40 | Inventory Methods for Terrestrial Arthropods (Version 2.0) | Oct. '98 | 7680000639 | [PDF] |
| 41 | MacroFungi (including the hyla Aecomycota and Basidiomycota) (Version 1.1) | Jan. '97 | 7680000637 | [PDF] Also See Manual # 4b |
| 42 | Inventory Methods for Owl Surveys Version 1.0 | Draft May '06 |
[PDF] | |
| N/A | Vascular Plant Taxonomy Digital Database | Mar. '06 | ||
| N/A | Rare Vascular and Non-vascular Plants | N/A | N/A | Covered in Manual # 4b |
| N/A | Digital Data Standards for Species Distribution Modeling (Version 1.0) | Jan. '08 | N/A | [PDF] |
To order hardcopy manuals, call Queen's Printer Government Publications Centre at:
(250) 387-3309
or Toll-free: 1-800-663-6105
or visit the RISC pages on their webpage at: http://www.publications.gov.bc.ca
