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Current Lab Members
Brett Gandy (MSc) Effects of variable air quality on foraging and activity patterns of aerial insectivorous birds and bats (co-supervised with Erin Baerwald)
Shaye Hill (MSc) Nest architecture and its role in the reproductive ecology of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
Hannah Tench (MSc) Factors constraining egg viability in an aerial insectivore, the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor).
Emily Bornestig (MSc) Movement of microplastics through food webs and and impacts on higher trophic level organisms.
Jeannine Randall (PhD) Effects of enviornmental conditions on life-history strategies of an insectivorous bird.
Former Lab Members
Aija White (PhD) Resource acquisition and allocation in mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides).
Andrew Mitchell (BSc) Diversity of Calliphorid flies in north-central British Columbia.
Michael Minard (BSc) Landscape and nest box characteristics influence patterns of nest-site use and reproductive success in a cavity nesting bird, the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor).
Emily Bornestig (BSc) Mass change over time in a growing population of adult tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
Kenna Sweet (BSc) Does perceived paternity influence paternal investment decisions of a socially monogamous passerines? An experiment with tree swallows.
Ilsa Griebel (MSc) Variability in susceptibility of nestling passerines to parasites.
Sara Sparks (MSc) Avian hatching patterns in response to low-quality environments and ecological stochasticity: adaptation or constraint?
Daniel Williams (MSc) Parasite-host interactions between Protocalliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) and tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
Lisha Berzins (PhD) Determinants of mating success in female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
Jeannine Randall (MSc) Causes and consequences of blue-green eggshell colour variation in mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides).
Sophie Unger (MSc) Trade-offs in the early development of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor): offspring characteristics, offspring quality, and parental care.
Erin O'Brien (Postdoctoral Researcher) Performance of cavity nesting birds breeding on reclaimed mine tailings: an individual life-history approach.
Vanessa Harriman (PhD) Seasonal variation in quality and survival of nestling tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor): tests of alternate hypotheses. (co-supervised with Dr. R.G. Clark, Environment Canada / University of Saskatchewan).
Eleanor Duifhuis (BSc) Effects of hatching asynchrony on reproductive performance of mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) in a disturbed site.
Daniel McClair (BSc) Do parent mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) adjust provisioning rate in response to environmental disturbance?
Kourtney Scott (BSc) The intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting age at fledging in cavity nesting birds.
Ryan Foster (BSc) Invertebrate diversity and abundance in an anthropogenically disturbed landscape.
Sara Sparks (BSc) Provisioning rates of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) breeding on reclaimed tailings at Highland Valley Copper mine.
Chanel Lewis (BSc) Effects of environmental disturbance from industrial resource extraction activities on levels of parasitism in cavity nesting birds.
Jennifer Salokannel (BSc) Sex ratio variation within avian broods and its influence on infestation rates by parasitic blow flies.
Chelsea Coady (MSc) The signaling function of plumage characteristics in female tree swallows and implications for reproductive success and life-history decisions.
Jennifer Greenwood (MSc) breeding settlement and dispersal in a northern population of American kestrels.
Jessica Milko (BSc) Growth and development of the parasitic blow fly Protocalliphora spp. (Diptera: Calliphoridae).
Erin O'Brien (PhD) Individual variation and environmental context in avian life history evolution: an experimental approach using mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides).
Leah Hurrell (BSc) Influences of carcass quality on elytra pigmentation, body condition, and reproductive success in the burying beetle, Nicrophorus defodiens.
Theo Mlynowski (BSc) The functional significance of feathers lining the nests of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
Courtney Ochs (BSc) Changes in heterophil to lymphocyte ratios of individual female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) across multiple breeding seasons.
Pierre-Paul Bitton (MSc) Plumage characteristics in tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor: honest signals of condition, reproductive investment and mating strategies.
Alicia Goddard (MSc) Reproductive success and habitat selection of sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus) in the Peace River Region, Northeast British Columbia.
Brett Boukall (MSc) The influence of environmental factors on the reproductive output of peregrine falcons in the Yukon.
Erin O'Brien (MSc) Social and extra-pair mate choice by female tree swallows: the importance of male and nest-site quality, and consequences for offspring.
Kristy Hillen (BSc) Experimental variation in temperature and its influence on population densities of parasitic flies, Protocalliphora Hough.
Pierre-Paul Bitton (BSc) Causes and consequences of egg mass variation among clutches of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor).
Cheyenne Lawrie (BSc) Influence of variation in microclimate on energy allocation strategies of nestling birds.
Mark Bidwell (BSc) Effects of calcium supplementation on the reproductive output of an insectivorous bird, the tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor).
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Updated 22 December 2022