Please find below a brief summary of the research projects that are currently underway or have been conducted at rare since 2008.
Researcher: Heather Andrachuk. M.Sc. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Steve Murphy, Department of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo Summary Canadian ‘citizen science’ programs like FrogWatch,… Read More »Title: “Monitoring pollinators: examining the efficacy of Citizen Science observations”
Researcher: Rashaad Bhamjee, M.Sc. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. John Lindsay, Department of Geography, University of Guelph Summary Running water is one of the most important contributing… Read More »Title: “Monitoring stream network extent in agricultural headwater streams”
Researcher: Jessica Grealey, M.Sc. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Steve Murphy, Department of Environment and Resource Studies Summary It is expected that dramatic changes in land-use have… Read More »Title: “Monitoring butterfly abundance and diversity along an urban gradient in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario: using butterflies as biodiversity indicators in a changing landscape”
Researcher(s): Dr. Kirk D. Broders and Dr. Greg J. Boland, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Summary Butternut has been listed as an endangered… Read More »Title: “Evaluation of bud, flower, and seed infection of Butternut (Juglans cinerea) by the butternut canker pathogen Sirococcus clavigignentijuglandacearum and the role of infected seed in disease dispersal”
Researcher: Adam Brunke, M.Sc. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Hallett and Dr. Steve Marshall, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Summary Soybean aphids are a… Read More »Title: “Characterizing the role of rove beetles (Staphylinidae) in complementing coccinellid predation of soybean aphids”
Researcher: Dr. Andrew MacDougall, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph Summary Tallgrass prairie formerly occupied 80,000 to 100,000 hectares in southwestern Ontario but less… Read More »Title: “Long-term restoration of tallgrass prairie”
Researcher: Nigel Selig, M.Sc. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Roger Suffling, School of Planning, Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo Summary Trees produce annual rings in… Read More »Title: “Planning for sustainable forest ecosystems in Waterloo, Ontario: a future radial radial-growth forecast of four significant tree species”
Researcher: Mark Sherrard, Ph.D. Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Hafiz Maherali, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph Summary Plant growth rates often vary across the landscape… Read More »Title: “Selection on plant physiological traits in natural plant populations”
Researcher: Paul Kron, Research Associate Supervisor: Dr. Brian Husband, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph Summary Closely related species can sometimes reproduce to produce… Read More »Title: “Assessing the consequences of gene flow between cultivated apples (Malus x domestica) and their wild relatives”
