http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/ en Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:04:07 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sandvox Pro 1.2.6 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/clarence_swanton.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-439" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/cswanton_2007_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Clarence Swanton" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture</b></span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">My research goal is to facilitate the integration of ecological principles into crop production systems. My major area of research has been to design and implement integrated weed management systems for field and horticultural crops grown in Ontario. Selected areas of study have included weed and crop modelling, weed biology and ecology, economics of weed management and managing weeds with herbicides.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/plant/faculty/cswanton/index.html">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:51:39 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/clarence_swanton.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/katerina_serlemitsos_jordan.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-436" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/kjordan_2007_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Katerina Serlemitsos Jordan" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Agriculture</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">One of the chief dilemmas for turfgrass managers is maintaining high quality turf without using excessive amounts of chemicals. The primary role of my research program is to evaluate and develop management methods aimed at reducing inputs into turfgrass systems. Specifically, I am interested in evaluating different low maintenance turfgrass species and cultivars and developing integrated pest management systems with the ultimate goal of achieving a high quality end product while combating pests including diseases, insects and weeds. I am also interested in studying plant-parasitic nematodes on golf course turf and on other affected crops throughout Ontario</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/plant/faculty/kjordan/index.html">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:49:12 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/katerina_serlemitsos_jordan.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/zeev_gedalof.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-433" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/gedalof3_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Ze'ev Gedalof" width="113" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor, Department of Geography</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My research addresses a range of problems related to forest ecosystem dynamics, climatic variability, and natural resources management. My research approach incorporates a broad spectrum of tools and techniques, but most of my ongoing projects involve the analysis of tree-rings in order to reconstruct past patterns of stand development, disturbance, and climate. I am especially interested in understanding the processes that have caused recent changes in the position of mid-latitude treelines – both in mountain environments, and in temperate savannahs.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/geography/faculty/gedalof.htm">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:35:33 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/zeev_gedalof.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/lorne_bennett.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-430" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/bennett_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Lorne Bennett" width="112" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor, Department of Geography</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My research is centered on vegetation and wildlife dynamics and linkages with associated biophysical processes. Recent work has focused on understanding and assessing the ecological value of landscapes. This work is linked to long-term monitoring of avian and anuran populations within the rapidly urbanizing landscapes of Southern Ontario.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/geography/faculty/bennett.html">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:34:05 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/lorne_bennett.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/emma_allen-vercoe.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-427" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/allen-vercoe_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Emma Allen-Vercoe" width="86" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular &amp; Cellular Biology</b></span></p> <p /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Research in my laboratory is focused on the study of the normal human gut microflora, both in disease and in health.  The research can be loosely divided into two main areas centered around fundamental questions in the field of microbial ecology of the gut: (1) What grows there?and ( 2) Which bacterial species of the normal microflora can contribute to disease?</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/faculty/faculty_allen-vercoe.shtml">Website</a></div> <p /> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:26:04 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/emma_allen-vercoe.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/claire_jardine.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-424" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/dscn2226_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Claire Jardine" width="97" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Pathobiology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Wildlife and ecosystem health; Ecology of diseases in wild animal populations; Rodent and vector borne zoonotic diseases</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.ovc.uoguelph.ca/cfmx/path/faculty/people/index.cfm/individual/cjardi01">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:24:13 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/claire_jardine.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/brian_allen.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-421" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/ballen_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Brian Allen" width="126" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">The analysis of longitudinal and repeated measures data; the estimation of quantiles of the distribution of contaminants in environmental media; modelling of tree ring chronologies; statistical models for environmental and biological problems.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/?action=people&id=26">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:18:53 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/brian_allen.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/hermann_eberl.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-418" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/heberl_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Hermann Eberl" width="101" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair; Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Most of my current research stems from mathematical modeling and computer simulation of biofilm processes. These are communities of micro-organisms living in a slime layer on surfaces in aquatic systems.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/?action=people&id=16">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:16:18 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/hermann_eberl.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/christopher_bauch.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-415" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/chris_gord_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Christopher Bauch" width="128" height="96" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> e<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">cological modelling (modelling of clonal plant growth, ecological memory, agent-based forest models); human ecology (declining fertility as an example of density dependence) </span></div> <div><a href="http://www.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/?action=people&id=138">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:13:55 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/christopher_bauch.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/daniel_ashlock.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-412" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/ashlock_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Daniel Ashlock" width="109" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Professor, Department of Mathematics &amp; Statistics</b></span></p> <p><div><span><b>Interests:</b></span> evolution of cooperation</div> <div><a href="http://eldar.mathstat.uoguelph.ca/dashlock/index.html">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:10:00 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/daniel_ashlock.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/kari_dunfield.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-409" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/dunfield_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Kari Dunfield" width="94" height="122" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Land Resource Sciences</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Applied Soil Ecology, Molecular Microbial Ecology, Soil Microbiology. The long-term objective of my research program is to study the relationship between genetic diversity of soil microbial communities and soil ecosystem functioning. My research program uses established molecular biology techniques to assess how agricultural and environmental practices impact soil microbial communities, and microbially mediated soil processes, such as nitrogen cycling. This is accomplished through a number of collaborative research programs with research groups across the University of Guelph campus.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/lrs/people/faculty/kdunfield.cfm">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:07:28 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/kari_dunfield.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/stefan_linquist.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-406" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/linquist_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Stefan Linquist" width="128" height="96" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>P<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">hilosophy of ecology. In particular, I am interested in how fairly simple ecological models potentially shed light on the workings of extremely complex ecosystems. Under what circumstances are such models useful, and what are their limitations? Such questions have significance for the application of ecological models to conservation policy.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/philosophy/page.cfm?id=768">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:02:27 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/stefan_linquist.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/paul_sibley.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-403" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/sibley_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Paul Sibley" width="93" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> a<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">ssessment of water and sediment quality; benthic invertebrate and zooplankton community ecology; invertebrate toxicology; aquatic-terrestrial interactions; disturbance ecology</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_sibley.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:59:00 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/paul_sibley.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/mark_sears.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-400" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/sears_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Mark Sears" width="99" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>b<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">iology and control of insect pests of field crops; management of resistance to insecticides; non-target effects of transgenic crops.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_sears.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:57:05 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/mark_sears.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/jonathan_schmidt.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-397" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/schmidt_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Jonathan Schmidt" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Insect sensory and hormonal physiology; ecological physiology and ecotoxicology of soil microarthropods; the role of soil collembola (springtails) in litter decomposition.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_schmidt.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:55:53 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/jonathan_schmidt.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/gard_otis.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-394" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/otis1_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Gard Otis" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Honey bee behaviour, ecology, and evolution; Asian honey bees; parasitic mites of bees; tropical biology; forest entomology.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_otis.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:54:21 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/gard_otis.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/jonathan_newman.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-391" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/newman_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Jonathan Newman" width="107" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor &amp; Chair, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: c</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">limate change biology; community ecology; population ecology; plant-animal interactions; plant-fungal interactions; trophic interactions; temperate grasslands; ecosystem function; experimental and mathematical ecology  </span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_newman.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:52:32 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/jonathan_newman.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/stephen_marshall.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-388" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/marsh_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Stephen Marshall" width="100" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>t<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">axonomy, biology, phylogeny and zoogeography of parasitic and saprophagous flies.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_marshall.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:50:25 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/stephen_marshall.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/steven_liss.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-385" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/liss_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Steven Liss" width="86" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology &amp; Associate Vice President for Research</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>microbial ecology</div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_liss.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:48:26 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/steven_liss.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/peter_kevan.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-382" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/kevan_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Peter Kevan" width="100" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Community and applied ecology, pollination biology, native vegetation and insect fauna, conservation of beneficial insects, apiculture, plant breeding systems, foraging and perception by arthropods, insect thermoregulation, arctic ecology.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_kevan.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:46:37 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/peter_kevan.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/shelley_hunt.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-377" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/hunt_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Shelley Hunt" width="99" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> e<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">cosystem structure and function in managed forests; forest biodiversity; carbon and nitrogen dynamics in forest litter and woody debris; boreal forest ecology.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_hunt.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:42:15 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/shelley_hunt.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/thom_hsiang.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-374" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/hsiang_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Thom Hsiang" width="100" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> b<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">iology of fungal pathogens on turfgrass and tree species; molecular fungal ecology;  and comparative fungal genomics.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_hsiang.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:39:39 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/thom_hsiang.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/rebecca_hallett.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-371" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/hallett_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Rebecca Hallett" width="103" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</b></span></p> <p /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Vegetable pest management, chemical ecology of insects, insect-plant interactions, host plant resistance.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_hallett.shtml">Website</a></div> <p /> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:37:33 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/rebecca_hallett.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/marc_habash.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-368" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/habash_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Marc Habash" width="97" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> waterborne disease ecology</div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_habash.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:35:35 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/marc_habash.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andrew_gordon.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-365" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/gordon2_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Andrew Gordon" width="99" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Ecological interactions in forest, riparian and agroforest ecosystems. Carbon dynamics, nutrient cycling, ecological modelling.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_gordon.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:33:28 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andrew_gordon.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/greg_boland.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-362" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/boland_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Greg Boland" width="124" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Plant pathology, with emphasis of fungal plant pathogens.  Research interests include biology and ecology of plant pathogens, plant-microbe interactions, hypovirulence, biological control, epidemiology, and disease management. Recent research projects include identifying the role and potential applications of hypovirulence-associated double-stranded RNA fungal viruses in the ecology and virulence of selected fungal plant pathogens, particularly Sclerotinia spp.; the ecology and epidemiology of selected vegetable and turf diseases; the efficacy of compost amendments for disease management in turf; assessing the current status and recovery of American chestnut, a threatened species, in Canada; the potential nontarget effects of commercial biological control agents; and genetic interactions between Sclerotinia spp. and selected plant hosts.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_boland.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:31:06 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/greg_boland.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/madhur_anand.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-359" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/anand_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Madhur Anand" width="128" height="101" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair, Department of Environmental Biology</span></p> <p /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>The rapid pace and far-reaching potential of ecological change in the face of globalization and climate change is creating stress within ecosystems all over the world. There is an ever-increasing threat of extinctions of species, communities, and ecosystems along with the biodiversity services and functions that they support. Understanding the complex effects of ecological change at many scales (local to global, recent to historical) on biodiversity is thus of critical importance for predicting human-mediated changes to the environment, conserving biodiversity heritage and sustaining global economies. The CRC in Global Ecological Change recognizes the increasing international stature of ecological problems and their solutions. The research program will highlight similarities and differences between ecological events and practices on different continents with a view to fostering knowledge exchange. It will also provide tools for the application of emerging interdisciplinary theories, improved quantitative methods and predictive simulation models to the preservation, recovery and restoration of perturbed and vulnerable forest ecosystems worldwide.</div> <div><a href="http://www.envbio.uoguelph.ca/f_anand.shtml">Website</a></div> <p /> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:27:49 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/madhur_anand.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/merritt_turetsky.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-357" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/placeholder_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Merritt Turetsky" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 0, 16); font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">plant controls on biogeochemical cycling; climate change and disturbance in boreal regions; whole ecosystem experiments in climate change.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/turetsky.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:25:33 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/merritt_turetsky.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/vernon_thomas.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-354" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/thomas_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Vernon Thomas" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</b></span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">my research interests have shifted towards the use of science in producing revised policies for wild life management. Much of the world's wild life occurs in areas under intense agriculture, forestry, or other forms of human use, and most of the pressing problems of management relate to reconciling conflicting uses and priorities for wild life habitat. My principal interest is the application of science to such situations and the revision of policies. My students and I are currently researching the problem of lead toxicity to wild life, specifically as it affects waterfowl and loons. We are investigating non-toxic substitutes and how provincial and federal policy and legislation on this topic needs to be revised to achieve a common North American reform. My other area of research involves the application of ecological principles to agriculture so that extensification of land uses may retain habitat features conducive to wild life diversity as well as produce commodities profitably. </span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/thomas.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:23:27 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/vernon_thomas.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/beren_robinson.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-351" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/robinson_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Beren Robinson" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 0, 16); font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">evolutionary ecology of divergent fish forms in postglacial lakes; genetic divergence and phenotypic plasticity in the adaptive divergence of fish forms; ecological and evolutionary consequences of trade offs.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/robinson.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:21:16 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/beren_robinson.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/thomas_nudds.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-348" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/nudds_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Thomas Nudds" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Research in my lab encompasses three broad areas:   1. behavioural, population and community ecology of waterfowl;   2. conservation biology, generally, at scales ranging from genetics to landscapes; and   3. applications of decision analysis and adaptive management to fisheries, forestry and wildlife conservation. Research into the behavioural ecology of geese, seaducks, and trumpeter swans focussed primarily on group formation, with special attention to pre-hatch (nest parasitism, egg dumping) and post-hatch (creching, adoption) periods, brood amalgamation and induced migration. However, the principal focus of waterfowl ecology continues to be comparative and experimental studies of ecology and morphology of duck assemblages in prairie and boreal wetlands, with a long-term view to understanding population fluctuations. Recent work emphasizes food web manipulations in marine intertidal areas and prairie potholes, and the effect of climate and landuse change on distribution, abundance and reproductive success of prairie-nesting ducks. We studied factors affecting the distribution and diversity of birds and mammals in real and functional ecological islands, and analyzed how landscape configuration influences the diversity of vertebrates in and around nature reserves to design protected area networks for the efficient conservation of biodiversity. For this work, we link large scale, long term data about land use and species' distribution and abundance. A reintroduction of an extirpated species afforded a Ômanagement experiment' for effects of genetics on population viability. Finally, we advocate and analyze the treatment of resource management policies as hypotheses that can and should be revised in light of management experience, with special reference to Great Lakes fisheries.</span></div> <br /> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/nudds.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:19:31 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/thomas_nudds.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/ryan_norris.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-345" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/norris_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Ryan Norris" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Research in my lab seeks to understand the evolution of life-histories and the dynamics of migratory populations by integrating behavioural and demographic field research, landscape ecology, modeling, and biogeochemistry. Migration represents one of the most complex and fascinating behaviours in nature. Found in a wide variety of taxa including insects, fish, reptiles, mammals, and birds, migration can span thousands of kilometers and occur over multiple life-history stages and habitats. Identifying the factors that influence individual success and population abundance requires knowledge of how events are linked throughout the migratory cycle. The primary obstacle, thus far, has been the inability to track individuals over large geographic distances, resulting in research that has been limited to isolated stages of the migratory cycle. This has made it challenging to determine how populations are spatially connected between periods and, more importantly, for understanding how events in one season carry-over to influence success in subsequent seasons. Novel technologies, such as stable isotopes, trace elements and radio-telemetry, are beginning to bridge these gaps by providing the ability to integrate life-history and demographic information throughout the migratory cycle. The long term goals of my research are: (1) understand how events within and between seasons interact with behaviour and habitat quality to influence population abundance and life-histories, and (2) parameterize and develop a set of predictive models that can be used to test aspects of life-history evolution and population dynamics in migratory animals, and (3) develop and refine sets of accurate and non-invasive methods to track individuals over large geographic distances</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/norris.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:17:24 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/ryan_norris.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/steven_newmaster.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-342" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/newmaster_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Steven Newmaster" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 0, 16); font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">forest management impacts on plant diversity; patterning of diversity in temperate and boreal rainforest; plant diversity in old growth forests; bryophyte ecology; non timber forest product (ntfp) research</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/newmast.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:14:45 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/steven_newmaster.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/robert_mclaughlin.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-339" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/mclaughin_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Robert McLaughlin" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My research program uses the movements of animals to assess the significance of individual behaviour for the biology of populations and communities and, ultimately, biodiversity. An applied component funded by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has been using a large-scale, top-down approach to examine changes in the biodiversity of stream fishes caused by the presence of sea lamprey barriers, the role of restrictions on fish movement in bringing about these changes, and methods of minimizing any change (e.g. improved fish passage). A purely discovery-based research component has been using a small-scale, bottom-up approach focused on diversification in the foraging movements of brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis). It is examining whether the adaptive behaviour of individuals can facilitate population divergence in physiology, morphology, and life history and, possibly, lead to the formation of new biodiversity. In addition to these two components, I also conduct basic research on animal movement. The differences in nature, approach, and subject matter of these components creates a unique and interesting combination of research opportunities that is rich biologically and intellectually, and likely to generate a productive synergy in terms of addressing the overarching theme of my research program.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/mclaughlin.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:13:12 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/robert_mclaughlin.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/kevin_mccann.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-336" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/mcann_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Kevin McCann" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Associate Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Our lab focuses on the role biodiversity plays in structuring and governing ecological systems. The scientific approach is broadly based and employs a combination of theory, empirical and experimental analysis that requires a highly collaborative research program. Major breakthroughs in ecological understanding require that ecologists separated by traditional scientific divisions begin to communicate. Many of the systems that ecologists seek to understand do not strictly obey scientific boundaries (e.g., aboveground versus belowground, aquatic versus terrestrial), while many of the phenomena of interest simultaneously merge population, community and ecosystem processes (now all largely disparate areas of ecological research). Taken together, our lab seeks to address three major scientific questions:   1. What is the structure that underlies the biotic and abiotic components of ecosystems?;   2. Does this structure influence the stability, function and maintenance of diverse assemblages of species? and;   3. Does this structure influence the way we manage biological resources? Developing the answers to these important questions places society in a position to interpret how large-scale human perturbations impact the biodiversity and function of ecological systems. People in this lab range from being very mathematical to very field oriented; however, all overlap in that they are interested in developing conceptual advances in ecology.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/mccann.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:10:26 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/kevin_mccann.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andrew_mcadam.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-334" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/placeholder_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Andrew McAdam" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><b>Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</b></p> <p /> <div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Interests:</b> <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Evolutionary interactions between red squirrels and white spruce;  h</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">umans as a contemporary evolutionary force; the grain of selection and its consequences for genetics and inheritance.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/mcadam.shtml">Website</a></div> <p /> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:08:59 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andrew_mcadam.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/hafiz_maherali.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-331" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/maherali_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Hafiz Maherali" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My research is directed at trying to understand the physiological mechanisms that plants use to survive under a variety of abiotic and biotic conditions and the genetic basis and evolution of these mechanisms. I am also interested the implications of plant physiological traits for community assembly and ecosystem functioning. Our overall goal is to provide a conceptual and mechanistic link between the evolutionary forces that shape the function of organisms and ecological processes at the community and ecosystem levels.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/maherali.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:07:14 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/hafiz_maherali.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andrew_macdougall.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-328" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/macdougall_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Andrew MacDougall" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">impacts on ecosystem function and global carbon sequestration in semi-arid prairie; whether plant invasion is driven by highly unique trait differences or by profound environmental change; de-stabilizing effects of fire in a fire-dependent ecosystem; dominance, functional redundancy, and community structure; the dynamics of local invasion by globally invasive species.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/macdougall.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:03:55 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andrew_macdougall.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/denis_lynn.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-325" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/lynn_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Denis Lynn" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> e<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">cology of ciliated protozoa; biodiversity and phylogeny of ciliated protozoa</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/lynn.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:01:12 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/denis_lynn.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/doug_larson.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-322" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/larson_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Doug Larson" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</b></span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> <span style="color: rgb(69, 0, 16); font-family: Helvetica;">cliff ecology; plant invasion and habitat heterogeneity on cliffs and other rocky terrain; habitat-dependent plant invasion; effect of rock climbing on cliff vegetation and snails; endolithic and epilithic organisms; ancient trees on the Niagara Escarpment; restoration ecology of Niagara Escarpment landforms</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/larson.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:57:14 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/doug_larson.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/john_klironomos.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-319" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/klironomos_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="John Klironomos" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My long-term research goal is to understand the roles and functions of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in natural ecosystems. To achieve this goal, I investigate the ways in which these fungi affect the functioning of plants, the role of feedback among mycorrhizal fungi, host plants and other soil components, and the effect of global climatic change on these feedbacks.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/klirono.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:55:40 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/john_klironomos.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/brian_husband.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-316" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/husband_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Brian Husband" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair; Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My research and that of my lab group is focused on the ecology and genetics of plant populations. We study the mechanisms regulating genetic diversity and phenotypic evolution in plants, and, conversely, how evolutionary processes (drift, gene flow, adaptation, genetic diversity) affect the ecological function of populations (reproduction, growth, persistence, extinction). To understand these relationships we focus mainly on plant genetic systems, those reproductive attributes that govern mutation, gamete formation, pollination, fertilization, and organization of genetic diversity in populations.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/husband.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:54:02 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/brian_husband.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andreas_heyland.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-313" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/heyland_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Andreas Heyland" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">My research focuses on understanding molecular and physiological mechanisms underlying life history transitions and their evolution in marine invertebrates with particular emphasis on metamorphosis and the role of hormonal signaling systems in this process.</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/heyland.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:51:56 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/andreas_heyland.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/paul_hebert.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-310" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/hebert_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Paul Hebert" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor &amp; Canada Research Chair, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">The Barcode of Life; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(69, 0, 16); ">phylogeographic patterns in arctic marine life; the evolution of breeding systems; the modulation of genome sizes; the pattern and pace of evolution; crustacean biodiversity; phylogeography of freshwater invertebrates.</span></span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/hebert.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:47:52 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/paul_hebert.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/miranda_hart.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-307" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/hart_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Miranda Hart" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">In a broad context, I want to understand the temporal dynamics and functional variation of rhizosphere microbial communities so they can be manipulated and managed for use in sustainable agriculture and landscape restoration. Presently, I am focusing my research on understanding factors controlling the community identity of soil microbes, both arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and soil bacteria. </span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/hart.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:45:28 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/miranda_hart.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/t_ryan_gregory.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-304" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/gregory_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="T. Ryan Gregory" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology<br /> </span></p> <p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> Large-Scale Genome Evolution; DNA Quantification Methodology; <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal; ">Biological Diversity; Macroevolution and Multi-Level Selection Theory; Integrative Genomics and Evolutionary Biology</span></div> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/gregory.shtml">Website</a></div> </p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:42:10 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/t_ryan_gregory.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/john_fryxell.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-301" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/frxyell_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="John Fryxell" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> My research focuses on the effects of behavioural decisions by terrestrial mammals on population dynamics and community structure. A mix of theoretical and empirical approaches is used to consider the dynamics of specific systems. Theoretical questions of interest include herbivore migration in relation to resource use and predation risk, carnivore and herbivore spatial distribution in relation to resource use and predation risk, optimal diet and patch selection in heterogeneous environments, and the effect of social interference and territoriality on predator-prey interactions.</p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/fryxell.shtml">Website</a></p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:39:06 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/john_fryxell.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/moira_ferguson.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-298" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/ferguson_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Moira Ferguson" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor &amp; Chair, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>My research program focuses on understanding the genetic basis of evolutionary change. In particular I am concentrating on two major components of the evolutionary process. Firstly, I study how genetic differences among individuals lead to variation in the numbers and survival of their offspring (fitness). Secondly, I determine how those genetic differences can become partitioned between populations when they begin to diverge genetically into different species. Salmonid fishes (Atlantic salmon, Arctic charr, rainbow trout, brook charr) continue to be the models for most of this work because their biology makes them interesting candidates for genetic analysis.</p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/ferguson.shtml">Website</a></p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:37:01 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/moira_ferguson.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/teresa_crease.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-295" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/crease_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Teresa Crease" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>Ribosomal DNA evolution in Daphnia, and population genetics of Daphnia</p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/crease.shtml">Website</a></p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:27:28 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/teresa_crease.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/stephen_crawford.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-293" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/placeholder_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Stephen Crawford" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests: </span>My research program is comprised of three project areas established by the Nawash-UofG Assistant Professorship in Fisheries Ecology and Management. As outlined in the Faculty Partnership, the long-term goals of this collaborative research program are as follows:  (1.) To investigate key ecological uncertainties related to dynamics of harvested fish populations in the Great Lakes;  (2.) To develop and evaluate Adaptive Resource Management as a basis for Great Lakes fisheries management; and (3.) To improve relationships between Traditional Aboriginal Knowledge and Western Science, especially with reference Great Lakes ecology. </p> <div><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/crawford.shtml">Website</a></div> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:22:52 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/stephen_crawford.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/karl_cottonie.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-290" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/cottenie_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Karl Cottonie" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</span></p> <p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Interests:</span> My research focuses on metacommunity  dynamics , with a special emphasis on aquatic ecosystems. </p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/cottenie.shtml">Website</a></p> Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:18:50 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/karl_cottonie.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/ron_brooks.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-285" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/brooks_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Ron Brooks" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Professor Emeritus Department of Integrative Biology<br /> </b></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests: </b></span>The major focus of my current research is life history of turtles, particularly the relationships among age at first reproduction, reproductive output, body size and growth rates and longevity. I am also especially interested in the changes in correlation among life history measures when these measures are examined among species, among populations, among individuals and within individuals over time.</p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/brooks.shtml">Website</a></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:15:48 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/ron_brooks.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/christina_chris_caruso.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-282" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/caruso_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Christina (Chris) Caruso" width="95" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Assistant Professor Department of Integrative Biology<br /> </b></span> </p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> My research focuses on the role of natural selection in driving phenotypic diversification and speciation in natural populations.</p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/caruso.shtml">Website</a></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:12:59 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/christina_chris_caruso.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/liz_boulding.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-279" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/boulding_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Liz Boulding" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology</b></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><span><b>Interests:</b></span> I have long term field experiments set up near Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre and enjoy hosting international visitors at my molecular ecology research lab at Guelph. I also have co-ordinated a multi-university NSERC Collaborative grant to look at Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Species Introductions into the Great Lakes and am now co-ordinating a multi-university AquaNet grant to develop a breeding program for endangered pinto abalone at the Bamfield Huu-Ay-Aht Community Abalone Project hatchery.  My laboratory also investigates the factors that determine whether a population will adapt to a change in the environment without going extinct.</p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/boulding.shtml">Website</a></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:07:08 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/liz_boulding.html http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/josef_d_ackerman.html <div class="article-thumbnail"> <img id="k-Page-image-276" src="http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/_Media/ackerman_thumbnail.jpeg" alt="Josef D. Ackerman" width="96" height="128" /> </div> <p><span><b>Associate Professor, Department of Integrative Biology &amp; Associate Dean of Environmental Sciences</b></span></p> <p><span><b>Interests:</b></span> physical ecology of aquatic plants and invertebrates<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://www.uoguelph.ca/ib/people/faculty/ackerman.shtml">Website</a></p> Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:01:10 -0500 http://www.uoguelph.ca/~ecology/people/josef_d_ackerman.html