Technical Reports

This page provides links to download technical reports that assess Canada's ecosystem status and trends by theme and by ecozone⁺. Recurring findings from these reports are synthesized in Canadian Biodiversity: Ecosystem Status and Trends 2010. Some reports are available now; others are in the final stages of production. Links will be added as reports are published. Note that the reports are published only in electronic format.

Technical Thematic Reports

• Ecological classification system for the ecosystem status and trends report (PDF 0.7 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 1.
• Guidance for the preparation of ESTR products – Classifying threats to biodiversity (PDF 0.5 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 2.
• Guidance for the preparation of ESTR products – Land classification scheme for the ecosystem status and trends report (PDF 0.7 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 3.
• Large-scale climate oscillations influencing Canada (PDF 2.7 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 4.  
• Canadian climate trends, 1950-2007 (PDF 2.6 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 5.  
• Trends in large fires in Canada, 1959 to 2007 (PDF 1.4 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 6.
• Wildlife pathogens and diseases in Canada (PDF 2.1 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 7. 
• Trends in breeding waterfowl in Canada (PDF 1.2 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 8.
• Trends in permafrost conditions and ecology in northern Canada (PDF 0.5 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 9.  
• Northern caribou population trends in Canada (PDF 1.4 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 10.
• Woodland caribou, boreal population, trends in Canada (PDF 5.9 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 11.
• Landbird trends in Canada, 1968-2006 (PDF 2.0 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 12.
• Trends in Canadian shorebirds (PDF 0.8 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 13.  
• Trends in wildlife habitat capacity on agricultural land in Canada, 1986-2006 (PDF 7.3 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 14.
• Trends in residual soil nitrogen for agricultural land in Canada, 1981-2006 (PDF 0.7 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 15.  
• Soil erosion on cropland – introduction and trends for Canada (PDF 1.0 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 16.   
• Monitoring ecosystems remotely: a selection of trends measured from satellite observations of Canada. Technical Thematic Report No. 17.
• Inland colonial waterbird and marsh bird trends for Canada (PDF 1.9 MB). Technical Thematic Report No. 18.
• Climate-driven trends in Canadian streamflow, 1961-2003. Technical Thematic Report No. 19.
• Biodiversity in Canadian lakes and rivers. Technical Thematic Report No. 20.

Technical Thematic Reports Published Elsewhere

• Changes in Canadian seabird populations and ecology since 1970 in relation to changes in oceanography and food webs. Published in Environmental Reviews 17:267-286.

Ecozone⁺ Status and Trends Assessments

• Hudson Plains
• Arctic Marine
• Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence
• Gulf of Maine and Scotian Shelf
• Newfoundland and Labrador Shelves
• North Coast and Hecate Strait
• Strait of Georgia
• West coast of Vancouver Island

Ecozone⁺ evidence for key findings summaries

• Arctic
• Atlantic Maritime
• Boreal Cordillera
• Boreal Plains
• Boreal Shield
• Great Lakes
• Hudson Plains
• Mixedwood Plains
• Montane Cordillera
• Newfoundland Boreal
• Pacific Maritime
• Prairies
• Taiga Cordillera
• Taiga Plains
• Taiga Shield
• Western Interior Basin
• Marine : 2010 Canadian Marine Ecosystem Status and Trends Report