University of Calgary

BGS Institute :: Research Highlights

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS:

2010 Highlights

  1. GeoCENS: GEOSPATIAL CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING

    Project Coordinator(s): Dr. Steve Liang, Department of Geomatics Engineering
    steve [dot] liang [at] ucalgary [dot] ca / http://sensorweb.geomatics.ucalgary.ca

  2. PLOIDY VARIATION IN FIREWEED THROUGHOUT THE CANADIAN ROCKIES

    3. Research Cluster: Vegetation Dynamics and Forestry
    Project Coordinator(s): Sabara, H.A. and B.B. Husband, University of Guelph

  3. LAKE O’HARA ALPINE HYDROLOGY STUDY

    4. Research Cluster: Ecohydrology, Meteorology, and Watersheds
    Project Coordinator(s):     Masaki Hayashi and Jaime Hood, Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary

  4. THE CONTROLS AND DYNAMICS OF FLORAL DISPLAYS

    5. Research Cluster: Vegetation Dynamics and Forestry
    Project Coordinator(s):     Gallwey, J.R., Harder L.D., University of Calgary

2009 Highlights

  1. MATING SYSTEMS AT LARGE SPATIAL SCALES: THE BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY OF BREEDING
    MIGRATION IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIGHORN SHEEP

    2. Research Cluster: Animal Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Biology
    Project Coordinator(s): Kathreen Ruckstuhl, University of Calgary; John Hogg, Montana Conservation Science Institute

  2. INTEGRATING GEOMORPHOLOGY AND ECOLOGY: TREE POPULATION DYNAMICS AND
    SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DUE TO TREE ROOT THROW

    3. Research Cluster: Ecohydrology, Meteorology, and Watersheds
    Project Coordinator(s): Martin, Y., Johnson, E.A. and Gallaway, J., University of Calgary

  3. MATERNAL EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING

    4. Research Cluster: Animal Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Biology
    Project Coordinator(s):     Skibiel, A.L. and F.S. Dobson, Auburn University

2008 Highlights

  1. Altitudinal Gradients Of Stable Isotopes In Lee-Slope Precipitation In The Canadian Rocky Mountains

    2. Research Cluster: Ecohydrology, Meteorology, and Watersheds
    Project Coordinator(s): Tara A. Moran, Shawn J. Marshall, Erin C. Evans, and Kate E. Sinclair, University of Calgary

  2. Collapse And Recovery Of Recreational Fisheries

    3. Research Cluster: Animal Ecology and Wildlife Conservation Biology
    Project Coordinator(s): Johnston, F.D., J.R. Post, C.J. Mushens, A.J. Paul, University of Calgary; J.D. Stelfox, and B. Lajeunesse, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.

  3. Encroaching Forests De-Couple Alpine Butterfly Population Dynamics

    4. Project Coordinator(s): Jens Roland,University of Alberta; Stephen F. Matter, University of Cincinnati

2007 Highlights

  1. Hot trees and melting snow in the Rockies

    2. Research Cluster: Ecohydrology, Meteorology, and Watersheds
    Project Coordinator(s): John Pomeroy and Chad Ellis, University of Saskatchewan

  2. Natural and artificial selection in hunted ungulates

    3. Research Cluster: Human, Domestic Animal, and Wildlife Disease Interactions
    Project Coordinator(s): Marco Festa-Bianchet, Université de Sherbrooke

  3. Large scale climate control of ecological processes in Canada and Alaska forests

    4. Research Cluster: Vegetation Dynamics and Forestry
    Project Coordinator(s): Marc Macias Fauria, Research Associate, University of Calgary (Supervisor: Edward Johnson) and PhD Candidate, University of Helsinki (Supervisor: Matti Eroner)