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Thursday, September 27, 2018

Lauren Hepburn’s work highlighted

In her MSc research Lauren Hepburn found the most amazing thing - if our neighbourhood has more bird species in it, we like it better, *even though we are not consciously aware of the birds*! I guess this means urban planners could surreptitiously improve peoples' happiness by taking measures to increase bird diversity in... More

Monday, May 28, 2018

Lauren Moretto finalist in 3-minute thesis competition

Lauren Moretto, MSc graduate at this spring's convocation, was a finalist in Carleton's 3 minute thesis competition. She did an incredible job of explaining 2 years of her life in 3 minutes to a general audience. Batman helped. You can see Lauren in action here:... More

Monday, May 28, 2018

Scientist from Mexico spending 6 months in the lab

Dr. Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, a professor from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, is spending 6 months in the lab during his sabbatical. Victor works on the impact of land-use change on tropical biodiversity (both plants and animals) across different spatial scales.  ... More

Monday, March 5, 2018

A year in publications – 2017

Last year the Fahrig lab published 11 journal articles on landscape effects on birds, beetles, mammals, and amphibians. Here are some of our results. Habitat fragmentation, independent of habitat loss, generally has no effect or a positive effect on species. The habitat amount hypothesis is supported for European forest beetles and South American... More

Friday, October 13, 2017

Two international researchers spending a year in the lab

This year we have two international researchers spending the whole year with us. Our Brazilian connection continues with Dr. Eliana Cazetta, a Professor from Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Bahia, Brazil. Eliana and her students study biodiversity patterns and processes in human-modified landscapes. She joins the lab for a sabbatical year,... More

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Lab spring camping June 2-4

Why do we always go camping at the end of May? a) we're doing a research project on black flies b) we need to do actual field work in the summer c) we want the whole lake to ourselves d) the summer is too hot e) fish, hungry after a long winter, nibble at... More

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Lab represented at CSEE

Two lab members - postdoc Amanda Martin and MSc student Andrew Moraga - gave talks at the most recent meeting of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution in Victoria BC. Amanda's talk was on her research showing that more dispersive species can be at *greater* risk than sedentary species from landscape change. Andrew... More

Thursday, February 16, 2017

Forty years of bias in habitat fragmentation research

Why do most conservation biologists and practitioners think that a single large habitat patch has higher conservation value than a number of small patches totaling the same area as the single large patch, when the opposite is actually true? Find out in this upcoming book chapter:... More

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Jasper to Ushuaia in just 16 months

After only 16 months Gen and partner Michel made it all the way from Jasper National Park (Canada) to Ushuaia (Argentina) ON THEIR BICYCLES. Gen will be back in the lab this Friday! Gen and Michel at the finish line. What thighs! Carleton PR did a nice story on Gen's adventure. Read it here:... More

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Evidence Against the Habitat Amount Hypothesis?

Nick Haddad et al. just published a paper in Ecography claiming to show strong evidence against the habitat amount hypothesis. In it they thank Lenore for comments on an earlier draft. Those comments are posted on the Ecography blog here: http://www.ecography.org/blog/comment-haddad-experimental-evidence-does-not-support-habitat-amount-hypothesis... More

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

CBC Radio Talks Habitat Fragmentation

Want to hear Lenore try to explain habitat fragmentation effects to Ottawa morning commuters? Listen to this:... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

American biologists: in defense of science

From three American biology professors:   Governmental scientists employed at a subset of agencies have been forbidden from presenting their findings to the public. We have drafted the following response for distribution, and encourage other scientists to post it to their websites, when feasible. Graham Coop Professor of Evolution and Ecology... More

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