cc: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, n.sheard@uea.ac.uk date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 11:40:39 EDT from: Jay Malcolm subject: Re: Canada brochure -Forwarded to: Adam Markham Dear Adam and Mike, Here are my comments on the Canada scenario. Hope this helps [Good I had a look by the way - see the first comment]. Cheers, Jay Page 7, first paragraph of Permafrosts and Forests section, last sentence: Change "destroy valuable habitats for species such as the Kodiak bear, the caribou emperor goose [sic], and the bald eagle" to something like: "destroy valuable habitats for the many arctic plant species that are specialized to grow and reproduce despite the cold soil conditions that allow the permafrost to develop" [note, neither the Kodiak bear nor the Emperor goose are Canadian taxa, nor is tundra important habitat for bald eagles...(!)] Following paragraph: 1. Change "will therefore herald" to "may therefore herald". I'm not on top of the budworm stuff. Presumably, it is based on a journal article. 2. Change the last sentence to: ...and the loss of additional areas of boreal forest has the potential to move the forest to a younger age-class distribution, with possible detrimental effects on species that use oldgrowth, such as Marten and Woodland caribou. The Caribou and the polar bear section. First sentence: change "has affected the caribou" to "has the potential to affect caribou populations." Third sentence: change it to: "For example, the spring of 1990 came exceptioanlly early on the Arctic Coastal Plain, and the main dietary component of the Porcupine Caribou herd..." "forb" is spelled "forbe" Change photo caption to:"The Caribou, a species that is threatened by a warming climate in the Canadian Arctic" Next paragraph: change to "Further north in the polar bear's range, our scenarios suggest summer warming rates for Baffin.... [as it was, it implied that Baffin Island is in the southern range...] Faculty of Forestry University of Toronto 33 Willcocks St. Toronto, ON M5S 3B3 416-978-0142 416-978-3834 (FAX) jay.malcolm@utoronto.ca