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From species to genes: ecological and evolutionary mechanisms structuring diversity in space and time
DownloadFall 2021
My Ph.D. thesis addresses three foundational questions in conservation biology: i) what is biodiversity and how is it best measured? ii) how does variation in habitat configuration, habitat composition, and environmental conditions affect emergent patterns of species diversity? and iii) how do...
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Global dynamics of diffusive animal movement models under habitat degradation, destruction, and fragmentation: eigenvalue problems and geometry at the landscape scale
DownloadFall 2023
Habitat loss is a significant problem and the leading cause of species extinctions and decreases in biodiversity worldwide. This issue is primarily driven by human activities, making it crucial to understand the consequences of our actions as a global community. The empirical study of habitat...
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Fall 2018
Anthropogenic disturbance is known to have negative population consequences and alter animal behaviour, and a growing body of research on the effects of anthropogenic noise is finding similar negative impacts on wildlife. Noise in natural environments can mask important acoustic signals used for...
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Using spatial autocorrelation to quantify the effects of sea ice fragmentation on polar bear movement in Hudson Bay
DownloadSpring 2020
Habitat fragmentation occurs when continuous habitat gets broken up as a result of ecosystem change. While commonly studied in terrestrial ecosystems, Arctic sea ice ecosystems also experience fragmentation, but are rarely studied in this context. Most fragmentation analyses are conducted using...