From sustainable agriculture to critical ecosystems, our researchers are analyzing and evaluating ways to conserve and improve biodiversity in the world.
Get to know their areas of expertise.
Advancing five Sustainable Development Goals
Our researchers
Christine Barbeau
Department of Geography and Environmental Management (GEM)
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Arctic ecosystem resilience
- Social and ecological responses to climate change
- Sustainable agriculture in arctic Indigenous communities
- Agroforestry and intercropping in the Canadian Arctic and Subarctic
- Can also supervise graduate students in Geography and Environmental Management
Simon Courtenay
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
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Uses that fish and other animals make of aquatic environments
- How human activities change that ecology.
- Design of appropriate monitoring programs to detect impacts of particular human activities and cumulative effects
Michael Drescher
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Environmental conservation and natural resource use on private lands
- Social-psychology of pro-environmental behavior
- Climate change and land use effects on temperate and boreal forests
- Urban ecology and ecosystem services
- Conservation and land use policy
Brad Fedy
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
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Wildlife ecology and management
- Habitat selection, landscape genetics, demography, and social behavior.
- Ornithology
Brendon Larson
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
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Understanding the social dimensions of biodiversity conservation (e.g., how people conceptualize nature)
- Evaluating conservation options in the current era of dramatic global change (the so-called Anthropocene), including topics such as invasive species, assisted migration, and novel ecosystems
- Can also supervise graduate students in the School of Planning
Stephen Murphy
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
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Restoration & conservation ecology
- Ecosystem resilience
- Translational ecology
- Pollination ecology
- Invasive species ecology
- Can also supervise graduate students in the School of Planning
Maria Strack
Department of Geography and Environmental Management (GEM)
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Understanding interactions between ecology, hydrology, biogeochemistry and soil properties in wetland ecosystems
- Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions related to land-use impacts on wetlands
- Determining impact of climate change on peatland ecosystems
- Evaluating the peatland function following restoration and reclamation
Andrew Trant
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
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Global change ecology
- Ecological and cultural legacies related to Indigenous resource-use
- Biogeography and forest ecology
- Historical ecology
Maren Oelbermann
School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
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Sustainable agriculture: agroforestry and intercropping
- Carbon sequestration and Climate change resilience
- Soil health and biochar
- Riparian land-use systems
- Can also supervise graduate students in Geography and Environmental Management
Chantel Markle
Department of Geography and Environmental Management (GEM)
- Wildlife ecology and management
- Herpetology
- Effects of climate-mediated disturbances on habitat use and function
- Ecohydrology of wildlife habitat
- Habitat restoration and management
- Can also supervise graduate students in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability and Geography and Environmental Management