W2021 - BIOL 313 - Principles of Ecology | ||||||||||
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W2021 - BIOL 451 - Conservation Biology | ||||||||||
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W2021 - ECOL 528B - Independent Studies in Ecology | ||||||||||
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W2021 - ECOL 530B - Honours Research Project in Ecology | ||||||||||
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W2021 - ZOOL 530B - Honours Research Project in Zoology | ||||||||||
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The research in my lab focuses on the behavioural and physiological ecology of mammals and birds. We are particularly interested in the relationships among roosting and foraging behaviour, thermoregulation, reproduction and life histories of bats. The ability to use torpor provides bats with a means of saving energy, but torpor is detrimental to offspring growth and avoidance of predators. We are thus investigating how bats select roosts to balance predation risk and thermoregulatory benefits. As suitable roosts may limit the distribution of bats, we are also using DNA techniques to determine the landscape-scale patterns of movement among populations.
We also study the effects of various types of disturbance on bats. For example, we are investigating the causes and consequences of migratory-bat fatalities at wind energy facilities, and the impact of urbanization on prairie bats. In the Yukon, we are studying how bats cope with short seasons, low temperatures and short nights, and how logging, fire and bark-beetle infestations influence habitat selection.
Black, Sandra | PhD | Climate change and narwhals |
Sims, Lisa | MSc | Effect of hurricane Maria on the bat community of Dominica |
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Low, Erin | MSc | The effect of forest fire in Waterton Lakes National Park on bats |
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Micalizzi, Emma | MSc | Roost selection by little brown bats in the Rocky Mountains |
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Monteiro, Thiago | MSc | Ecology of bats in the Rocky Mountains |
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2016 - U Make a Difference
2014 - SU Teaching Excellence Award
2011 - SU Teaching Excellence Awards
2007 - Faculty of Science Public Outreach Award
2005 - Faculty of Graduate Studies Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Supervision
2004 - Canadian Society of Zoologists' Public Awareness of Science Award
2002 - Gerrit S. Miller Award for Contributions to the Study of Chiropteran Biology