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Past Team Members

2022-2023
  • Nina Bahia
    • Position: Post-doctoral fellow
    • Department: Ecology Applied to Environmental Management at Federal University of Bahia.
    • Project: To provide guidelines for fire management at rainforests protected areas in Brazil   ​
2019-2020
  • Sean Ryan Haughian
    • Position: Post-doctoral fellow
    • Department: Biology, Saint Mary’s University
    • Project: Disturbance thresholds and factors influencing community dynamics of epiphytic cyanolichens in Nova Scotia, with an emphasis on rare and at-risk species.
2018-2019
  • Iain Wilson
  • Morgan Rice
    • Position: Project Manager (2018-2019)
    • Project: Bridging Knowledge Gaps and Informing Policy: A Focus on Forested Wetlands in Atlantic Canada
2017-2018
  • Ruoqian Wang
    • Program: M.E.S. student
    • Department: School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
    • Thesis: A Multi-Method Assessment of the Temporal Dynamics of Treed Bogs in Nova Scotia.
  • Tara Mulloy
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Effects of fertilization treatments on tundra ecosystems in the Icelandic Highlands, Dalhousie University
  • Julie Dyer
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Edge influence on plant taxonomic diversity in forest fragments of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, Dalhousie University
  • Krista Jager
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Natural edge influence on the structural diversity of the broadleaf moist forest in Belize from a riparian edge, Dalhousie University
2016-2017
  • Natasha Dazé Querry
    • Program: M.Sc. student
    • Project: Spatial pattern and habitat characteristics of Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora across lakeshore edges in Nova Scotia, Saint Mary’s University
  • Emma Brooks
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Lake-level habitat characteristics of Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora, Dalhousie University
  • Amanda Ring
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Evaluating optimal habitat conditions to promote the conservation of Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora, Dalhousie University
2015-2016
  • Renee Yang
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Vertical structural diversity across agriculture-forest edges of different slopes in Sao Paulo state, Brazil, Dalhousie University
2014-2015
  • Pavel Dodonov
    • Program: Ph.D. student
    • Project: Assessment of edge influence in heterogeneous vegetation using spatial pattern analysis, São Carlos University, Brazil
  • Emma Wofe-Parthun
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Examining duration of impacts to tundra vegetation in the Mackenzie Gas Project: a case study on the role of science in the EIA process, Dalhousie University
2013-2014
  • Amanda Lavallée
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Spatial pattern of the shrubs layer across the subarctic landscape of Churchill, Manitoba, Dalhousie University
  • Caroline Franklin
    • Program: M.Sc. student
    • Project: Moose-browsed spruce budworm forest edges in Cape Breton, Saint Mary’s University
  • Danielle St. Louis
    • Program: M.R.E.M. student
    • Project: Spatial interaction of trees and tall shrubs with berry-producing shrubs in Churchill, Manitoba, Dalhousie University
2012-2013
  • Liam Murphy
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Dendrochronology at moose-browsed spruce budworm forest edges in Cape Breton, Saint Mary’s University
  • Sarah Coley
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Tree age and growth across forest-barrens edges in Cape Breton, Dalhousie University
2011-2012
  • Danielle St. Louis
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Plants used by humans at treeline, Dalhousie University
  • Frances Ross
    • Program: M.E.S student
    • Project: Teaching modules for arctic vegetation, Dalhousie University
  • Rebecca Hoffer
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Forest structure at edges of different ages in Kenya, Dalhousie University
  • Alain Belliveau
    • Program: M.R.E.M. student
    • Project: Habitat of rare species in southern Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University
2010-2011
  • Wendy Wilson
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Mosses at forest edges of bogs, Dalhousie University
  • Kaitlyn O’Handley
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Understorey species composition at forest-bog edges, Saint Mary’s University
2009-2010
  • Ian Boucher
    • Program: M.Sc. student
    • Project: Intéractions de facilitation et competition avec Leymus mollis, Université Laval
  • Elena Albertsen
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Structure and composition of tree islands, Dalhousie University
  • Alex Heathcote
    • Program: B.Sc student
    • Project: Effects of partial burning on understorey species diversity and composition, Dalhousie University
  • Conor Stuart
    • Program: B.Sc student
    • Project: Effects of partial burning on Jack pine regeneration, Dalhousie University
2008-2009
  • Danielle De Fields
    • Program: M.E.S. student
    • Project: Spatial pattern of juvenile and adult trees and shrubs in the forest-tundra ecotone, Dalhousie University
  • Stephanie Daley
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Effects of rocks on krummholz establishment and growth, Dalhousie University
  • Brian Starzomski
    • Position: Post-doc fellow
    • Project: Mechanisms of treeline migration, Dalhousie University
  • Elisabeth Oakholm
    • Program: B.Sc student
    • Project: Methods of measuring tree growth rate, Dalhousie University
  • Julia Pelton
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Spatial configuration of treeline, Dalhousie University
2006-2007
  • Ikuyo Kikusawa
    • Program: M.R.E.M. student
    • Project: Altitudinal distribution of berry species, Dalhousie University
  • Alexis Deshaies
    • Program: M.Sc. student
    • Project: Restoration in a northern community, Université Laval
2005-2006
  • Joannie Savard
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Regeneration at forest edges, Université Laval
  • Ian Boucher
    • Program: B.Sc. student
    • Project: Structural damage following an ice storm, Université Laval
2002-2004
  • Liliana Mascarúa
    • Program: M.Sc. student
    • Project: Regeneration and structure in cutblock separators and riparian buffers, UQAM

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