Past
research:
At Acadia University
- With
Soren Bondrup-Nielsen , an examination of the effects
of movement dynamics on the metapopulation structure
of a forest insect, and a study of how self-organisation theory
and adaptive management can be used in managing resources. I
did my MSc. with Soren in the Centre
for Wildlife and Conservation Biology
, Department
of Biology , at Acadia University in the beautiful
Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia. Soren and I continue
to collaborate on projects.
At St.
Francis Xavier University - the development
of a measurement technique for reconstruction of the growth
history of populations of extinct graptolites. Using computer-aided
infrared video microscopy, I reconstructed the life history of
the extinct Graptoloid, Comograptus gorbiachinensis
. Back when I was a paleontologist.
Applied research- I learned a lot,
and met great people while working at the Wildlife
Division of the Nova Scotia Department of Natural
Resources . I developed a handbook
for the use and conservation of biodiversity on a provincial
scale in Nova Scotia, and examined the effects of forestry
practices on White-tailed Deer and coarse woody debris amounts.
Other work at the NSDNR included a paleoclimatic reconstruction
of Atlantic Coastal Plain Nova Scotia , as well as mapping the
location of red-listed plant habitat around lakes in the southern
part of the province. A recent project with the Centre for
Applied Conservation Research at UBC had
me up early and listening to birds while examining the bird
community response to forestry practices (variable retention
levels) on Vancouver Island.
