{"id":846,"date":"2009-10-20T10:15:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-20T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=846"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:52:05","slug":"kathryn-lindsay","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/kathryn-lindsay\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn Lindsay"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"research-interests\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I have conducted future scenario and wildlife risk assessment studies at local to national scales in Canada, the USA and Panama to understand the impacts of different land cover\/land use on birds and other wildlife, and to explore approaches for incorporating biodiversity conservation into decision making. I am particularly interested in enhancing the capacity of multi-species approaches to influence policy, conservation and resource management at local to international scales, including in relation to climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My recent university research questions include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Effects of farmland heterogeneity on biodiversity conservation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The use of systematic reserve design for conservation planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The landscape ecology of species-habitat relationships<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The use of alternative futures for land-use planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The role of governance in sustaining ecosystem services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conservation implications of projected species range shifts from climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"selected-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Naujokaitis-Lewis, I.R., J.M.R. Curtis, L. Tischendorf, D. Badzinski, K. Lindsay and M.J. Fortin. 2013. Uncertainties in coupled species distribution\u2013metapopulation dynamics models for risk assessments under climate change. Diversity and Distributions 19: 541\u2013554.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsay, K.E.,<b> <\/b>D.A. Kirk, T.M. Bergin L.B. Best, J.C. Sifneos and J. Smith. 2013. Farmland heterogeneity benefits birds in American Mid-west watersheds. American Midland Naturalist 170: 121-143.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pasher, J., S.W.Mitchell, D.J.King, L.Fahrig, A.C. Smith and K.E.Lindsay.&nbsp; 2013. Optimizing landscape selection for estimating relative effects of landscape variables on ecological responses. Landscape Ecology 28: 371-383.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quesnelle, P.E., L. Fahrig and K.E. Lindsay. 2013. Effects of habitat loss, habitat configuration and matrix composition on declining wetland species. Biological Conservation 160:&nbsp; 200\u2013208.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Melles, S., M.-J.Fortin, D. Badzinski and K. Lindsay. 2012. Relative importance of nesting habitat and measures of connectivity in predicting the occurrence of a forest songbird in fragmented landscapes. Avian Conservation &amp; Ecology 7(2): 3.&nbsp; [online]&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5751\/ACE-00530-070203\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.5751\/ACE-00530-070203<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<a href=\"#top\">top<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2911,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Kathryn","cu_people_last_name":"Lindsay","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-846","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Adjunct Research Professor, Landscape Science Sr. Advisor","cu_people_degree":"B.Sc. 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