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1) Lionfish in the Mediterranean Sea (NeoBiota)

2) A New Extinct Species of Malagodon from Madagascar

3) Extended ozone depletion & reduced snow and ice cover: Consequences for Antarctic biota…

Next week is #Caribou webinar week. Click the links for more info and to register:

May 14 - with Melanie Dickie: ow.ly/SjOF50Rnkmg

May 16 - with Clayton Lamb: ow.ly/1ncZ50Rnkmh

I am thrilled to announce that I will be starting as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Fire Ecology at UBC Okanagan in January 2026. I’m grateful for the opportunity and so excited to expand my research program on the ecology and management of fire-adapted ecosystems!

Is a warming climate or habitat alteration helping white-tailed deer move north? Listen to NPR's Short Wave to find out!

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Fantastic coverage by NPR NPRShortWave on our recent paper teasing apart the drivers of deer expansion in western Canada's boreal. If you are keen to hear more about it, I'm giving a webinar on May 14 - register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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NEW PAPER: w/ Sparwood Fish and Wildlife Club we collared 78 elk and followed their survival, death, and migratory patterns in the Elk Valley. Compared to a 1980s study, a similar % of elk migrate but not as far. Collisions, starvation + preds r killers
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Today, at UBC in Kelowna, BC, CA, we gave a lecture on wolf ecology and conservation in Poland. Thank you Adam ™ Ford for your hospitability, and thank you Jenna Scherger for your very informative lecture about wolves in the Pacific Rim NP (Photo courtesy of Tanja Voegel)

Looking forward to hosting BRAES' guest speakers Drs. Robert Mysłajek and Sabina Nowak at UBC Okanagan to learn more about wolves in central Europe!

Introducing SENSR!

The newest member of Biodiversity Pathways, SENSR is a non-profit dedicated to helping you get the most out of environmental sensor data. Be it cameras or ARUS, we can work with you!

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I'd like to clarify that habitat alteration leads to caribou declines in many ways. Deer invasion is only 1 piece of the puzzle. So this headline is misleading, though some of the content is still helpful
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Deer are expanding north, and that’s not good for caribou. FoS #wildlife and #biodiversity researcher Melanie Dickie is among scientists monitoring deer movements to better understand these impacts. Learn more:
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It's been a busy few weeks for #mammal research in the news! Join our researchers for two webinars on May 14 and May 16 to learn more and ask your burning questions.

Registration links below ⬇️

Jonathan Backs 🐻🚨🚞 Adam ™ Ford Clayton Lamb A whole lot of money was spent studying that very topic from 2013-2018 in Banff National Park. Research lead was Dr. Colleen Cassady-St. Clair from U of Alberta. rmoutlook.com/local-news/spi…

Climate change is pushing white-tailed deer into western Canada’s boreal forest. Their arrival makes it harder for threatened caribou to recover. hubs.li/Q02vpjFh0

A fresh piece on bears and trains in National Geographic, featuring interviews with Clayton Lamb and myself among others!
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More southern mountain caribou roam Western Canada today than in previous decades. However, new research from Dr. Clayton Lamb finds that herd numbers are too fragile to sustain themselves without continued intervention: bit.ly/49UEh3k

People say that your home workout equipment wont get used.

Here is clear evidence that this perspective is wrong - my 2020 covid weight bench is still in high demand 4 years later.

Thomas Duffy Adam ™ Ford Yup. We were going to talk about ant-plant mutualism, lethal herbivory and stuff like that and outside of that Adam was throwing some real gems of wisdom.

An excellent discussion on southern mountain caribou recovery led by Melanie Dickie during the 2nd annual Revelstoke-Selkirk Mountain Caribou Summit.

New research: a warming climate is allowing deer to expand their range in the boreal forest.

Read the full story here: news.ok.ubc.ca/2024/04/25/dee…