A5082209727- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Marine animal studies overview
- Forest Management and Policy
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
University of British Columbia
2016-2025
Okanagan University College
2016-2025
Institute for Biodiversity
2020-2022
Ecological Society of America
2018
Université de Montréal
2006-2015
Laboratoire de Géographie Physique
2012
Université Laval
2009
McGill University
2001-2003
Complex systems science provides a transdisciplinary framework to study characterized by (1) heterogeneity, (2) hierarchy, (3) self‐organization, (4) openness, (5) adaptation, (6) memory, (7) non‐linearity, and (8) uncertainty. thinking has inspired both theory applied strategies for improving ecosystem resilience adaptability, but applications in forest ecology management are just beginning emerge. We review the properties of complex using four well‐studied biomes (temperate, boreal,...
Abstract The world's forests and forestry sector are facing unprecedented biological, political, social, climatic challenges. development of appropriate, novel forest management restoration approaches that adequately consider uncertainty adaptability hampered by a continuing focus on production few goods or objectives, strong control structure composition, most importantly the absence global scientific framework long‐term vision. Ecosystem‐based represent step in right direction, but limited...
Summary Predators impact prey populations not only by consuming individuals, but also altering their behaviours. These nonlethal effects can influence food web properties as much lethal effects. The mechanisms of include chronic and temporary anti‐predator behaviours, the nature which depends on spatial dynamics predators range over perceive risk. relation between ephemeral responses to risk determines predator–prey interactions, with consequences that ripple across web. Nonetheless, few...
Complex systems science has contributed to our understanding of ecology in important areas such as food webs, patch dynamics and population fluctuations. This been achieved through the use simple measures that can capture difference between order disorder models with local interactions generate surprising behaviour at larger scales. However, close examination reveals commonly applied definitions complexity fail accommodate some key features ecological systems, a fact will limit contribution...
The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) (MPB) has infested and killed millions of hectares lodgepole (Pinus contorta var. latifolia Engelm) forests in British Columbia, Canada, over the past decade. It is now spreading out its native range into Canadian boreal forest, with unknown social, economic ecological consequences. This review explores ramifications MPB epidemic respect to mid-term timber supply, forest growth, structure composition, vegetation diversity, fire,...
After affecting millions of hectares pine forests in western Canada, the mountain beetle (MPB; Dendroctonous ponderosae Hopkins) is spreading out its native range and into Canada’s boreal forest. Impacts outbreaks can be environmental, economic, social, an ecosystem services (ES) viewpoint provides a useful perspective for integrated approach to assessing these impacts may help identify how possible management strategies could minimize impacts. In this regards, comprehensive overview...
Parrott, L., C. Chion, R. Gonzalès and G. Latombe. 2012. Agents, individuals, networks: modeling methods to inform natural resource management in regional landscapes. Ecology Society 17(3): 32. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04936-170332
Summary Many problems in environmental management and sustainability have no single, optimal solution. Such are called ‘wicked problems’. Any solution to a wicked problem will significantly affect wide range of stakeholders, cannot be separated from human ethics, values social equity. Experience with participatory approaches that include stakeholders shows ecological modelling can lead applied outcomes may inform policy, thus helping solve problems. However, many models fail meet this goal....
Abstract As human activities increasingly threaten the ecosystems on which they depend, one of main questions our societies are facing is related to resilience – seen as a necessary element sustainability social–ecological systems (SESs). SESs composed many heterogeneous elements including actors such institutions and resource users, natural components land patches, animal species, etc. The numerous relationships between these different entities shape complex, dynamic networks...
Background. Preserving connectivity, or the ability of a landscape to support species movement, is among most commonly recommended strategies reduce negative effects climate change and human land use development on species. Connectivity analyses have traditionally used corridor-based approach rely heavily least cost path modeling circuit theory delineate corridors. Individual-based models are gaining popularity as potentially more ecologically realistic method estimating connectivity....