A5083019429- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Data Analysis with R
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Research Data Management Practices
- Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Plant and animal studies
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Food Supply Chain Traceability
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- COVID-19 impact on air quality
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Census and Population Estimation
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
Carleton University
2021-2024
Environment and Climate Change Canada
2021-2023
University of Guelph
2017-2020
Abstract Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) need to fulfill conservation objectives. They also account other factors, such as economic feasibility and anthropogenic land‐use requirements. Although prioritizations are often generated with decision support tools, most tools have limitations that hinder their use decision‐making. We outlined how the prioritizr R package ( https://prioritizr.net ) can be used systematic prioritization. This tool provides a flexible...
The method of joinpoint regression has been used in numerous domains to assess changes time series data, including such things as cancer mortality rates, motor vehicle collision mortalities, and disease risk. To help improve estimation population parameters for use ecological risk assessment management, we present a simulation analysis describe the utility this domain. We demonstrate how can accurately identify if structure based on abundance, well when change occurs. In addition, compare...
Abstract Researchers in ecology and evolutionary biology are increasingly dependent on computational code to conduct research. Hence, the use of efficient methods share, reproduce, collaborate as well document research is fundamental. GitHub an online, cloud‐based service that can help researchers track, organize, discuss, software other materials related production, including data, for analyses, protocols. Despite these benefits, evolution not widespread. To adopt useful features from...
Abstract Finding ways of efficiently monitoring threatened species can be critical to effective conservation. The global proliferation community science (also called citizen science) programs, like iNaturalist, presents a potential alternative or complement conventional monitoring. Using case study ~700,000 observations >10,000 IUCN Red List Threatened within iNaturalist observations, we illustrate the risks and rewards using monitor species. Poor data quality sending untrained volunteers...
Abstract The status and trend estimates derived from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) are critical sources of information for bird conservation. However, partly dependent on statistical model used. Therefore, multiple models useful because not all varied uses these (e.g., inferences about long-term change, annual fluctuations, population cycles, recovery once-declining populations) supported equally well by a single model. Here we describe Bayesian hierarchical generalized...
Bird monitoring in North America over several decades has generated many open databases, housing millions of structured and semi‐structured bird observations. These provide the opportunity to estimate densities population sizes, once variation factors such as underlying field methods, timing, land cover, proximity roads, uneven spatial coverage are accounted for. To facilitate integration across we introduce NA‐POPS: Point Count Offsets for Population Sizes American Landbirds. NA‐POPS is a...
Abstract Population trend estimates form the core of avian conservation assessments in North America and indicate important changes state natural world. The models used to estimate these trends would be more efficient informative for if they explicitly considered spatial locations monitoring data. We created spatially explicit versions some standard status applied long-term data birds across America. compared simpler non-spatial same models, fitting them simulated real from 3 broad-scale...
The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is the primary ecological monitoring program used to assess population, status, and trends of birds. As such, accessible analysis BBS data crucial wildlife conservation/management science in America. R package <em>bbsBayes</em> was developed as a wrapper for using hierarchical Bayesian models, including models currently by Canadian Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey. goal provide an anyone conservation community estimate population...
Public health and safety concerns around the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic have greatly changed human behaviour. Such shifts in behaviours, including travel patterns, consumerism, energy use, are variously impacting biodiversity during human-dominated geological epoch known as Anthropocene. Indeed, dramatic reduction mobility activity has been termed “Anthropause”. highlighted current environmental crisis provided an opportunity to redefine our relationship with nature. Here...
Advances in computing, statistics, and technology over the past few decades has resulted accumulation of massive amounts biodiversity data, as well novel methods for using integrating them (Miller et al. 2019). Data that have been collected or even centuries can now be analyzed applied brand new ways. These data include alternative sources information such citizen science (also called community science) programs (Butcher 1990, Sullivan 2014, Hudson 2017). In midst a global crisis, these...
Many bird species are undergoing rapid range shifts in response to habitat change, climate and anthropogenic factors. Although ranges shift, these may not be accurately reflected static maps, particularly if maps updated regularly. We observed a White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) while birding the Western Cape province of South Africa, an area currently covered by this species’ known range. However, after investigating some other recent reports on popular citizen science platform...
1.Researchers in ecology and evolutionary biology are increasingly dependent on computational code to conduct research. Hence, the use of efficient methods share, reproduce, collaborate as well document research is fundamental. GitHub an online, cloud-based service that can help researchers track, organize, discuss, software other materials related production, including data, for analyses, protocols. Despite these benefits, evolution not widespread. 2.To adopt useful features from improve...
Abstract The North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is the primary ecological monitoring program used to assess population, status, and trend of birds. As such, accessible analysis BBS data crucial wildlife conservation/management science in America. R package bbsBayes was developed as a wrapper for using hierarchical Bayesian models, including models currently by Canadian Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey. goal provide an anyone conservation community estimate population...
Population trend estimates form the core of avian conservation assessments in North America and indicate important changes state natural world. The models used to estimate these trends would be more efficient informative for if they explicitly considered spatial locations monitoring data. We created spatially explicit versions some standard status applied long-term data birds across America. compared simpler non-spatial same models, fitting them simulated real from three broad-scale...
ABSTRACT The status and trend estimates derived from the North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), are critical sources of information for bird conservation. However, partly dependent on statistical model used. Therefore, multiple models useful because not all varied uses these (e.g. inferences about long-term change, annual fluctuations, population cycles, recovery once declining populations) supported equally well by a single model. Here we describe Bayesian hierarchical generalized...
Spatial patterns in population trends, particularly those at finer geographic scales, can help us better understand the factors driving change North American birds. The standard status and trend models for Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) were designed to estimate trends within broad strata, such as Conservation Regions, U.S. states, Canadian territories or provinces. Calculating estimates level of individual survey transects (“routes”) from BBS allows explore spatial simultaneously effects...
The Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) is an endangered species of shorebird endemic to North America. This has been the centre many modelling studies in last decade. One model type that underused agent-based modelling, which can be used as accurate risk assessment tool simulating effects anthropogenic activities on a given animal species. Recent innovations ecological have rise environmental (enviro-ABM), efficiently stores information about spatially indexed cells and treat those agents....
Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) are an ecologically, economically, and culturally important species to the native non-native fishers of Huron, Canada. Studying effects anthropogenic activity on lake is utmost importance ensure this remains viable in its environment for sustainable harvest. One analysis tool that frequently used ecological population risk assessments agent-based models (ABMs), which represented as a network heterogeneous individual agents interact with one another...
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a highly vocal species with repertoire of similar, yet acoustically distinct songs. These songs may be altered drastically if, as nestling, the male goes deaf or becomes isolated. In Blackbirds, these dramatic song alterations present bearing slight resemblance to introductory phrase their normal song. Here, we observed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, that far outside any variation Given individual’s age and consistency anomalous song, it possible this bird.