Resource Library
We keep track of all papers discussed in our weekly meetings (including date and presenter) and have made them available in our resource library. The library is under constant development and will track articles sent out after discussion sessions as well as any seminal papers that members think are key to the listed ecological topics. To contribute, send us your suggestions.
Skills Development
R Markdown Workshop by Allan Roberts. January 30, 2018. Summary Here.
Seaweed Workshop by Sara Wickham. January 16, 2018. "A guide to identifying and harvest local seaweeds". Here.
Python Workshop by Clare Higgs. November 21, 2017. "Python: From one non-computer scientist to some others". Here.
Storytelling and Science Communication by Stefania Gorgopa. October 17, 2017. "Storytelling and public action". Here.
Peer Review Workshop Part 1 by Don Kramer. October 3, 2017. "Peer Review: Why and How?". Here.
R Markdown Workshop by Allan Roberts. January 30, 2018. Summary Here.
Seaweed Workshop by Sara Wickham. January 16, 2018. "A guide to identifying and harvest local seaweeds". Here.
Python Workshop by Clare Higgs. November 21, 2017. "Python: From one non-computer scientist to some others". Here.
Storytelling and Science Communication by Stefania Gorgopa. October 17, 2017. "Storytelling and public action". Here.
Peer Review Workshop Part 1 by Don Kramer. October 3, 2017. "Peer Review: Why and How?". Here.
General Ecology
- Lawton, J.H. (1999) Are there General Laws in Ecology? Oikos. [17/09/2013; Julia Baum (Baum Lab)]
- Sutherland, William J., et al. (2013) Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions. Journal of Ecology. [22/01/2013; group led]
Community Ecology
- Isbell et al. (2013) Low biodiversity state persists two decades after cessation of nutrient enrichment. Ecology Letters. [10/12/2013; Kira Hoffman (Starzomski Lab)]
- Vellend (2010) Conceptual synthesis in community ecology. Quarterly Review of Biology. [26/11/2013; Megan Adams (Darimont Lab)]
- Nur et al. (2011) Where the wild things are: predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System. Ecological Applications. [12/03/2013; Patrick O'Hara (CWS)]
- Elmhagen et al. (2010) Top predators, mesopredators and their prey: interference ecosystems along bioclimatic productivity gradients. Journal of Animal Ecology. [26/02/2013; Justin Suraci (Clinchy Lab)]
- Saavedra, Serguei, et al. (2011) Strong contributors to network persistence are the most vulnerable to extinction. Nature. [Jedidiah Brodie (UBC Zoology)]
- Karp, D. S., Rominger, A. J., & Zook, J. (2012). Intensive agriculture erodes β‐diversity at large scales. Ecology Letters. [25/10/2012; Logan Wiwchar (Baum Lab)]
Community Assembly
- Tucker and Fukami (2014) Environmental variability counteracts priority effects to facilitate species coexistence: evidence from nectar microbes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Britain. [22/04/2014; Nancy Shackelford (Starzomski Lab)]
Functional Ecology
- Brodie, J.F., et al. (2009) Functional differences within a guild of tropical mammalian frugivores. Ecology. [08/11/2012]
- Vázquez, D.P. et al. (2012). The strength of plant-pollinator interactions. Ecology. [11/10/2012; Jason Straka (Starzomski Lab)]
Paleoecology
- Mills et al (2014). Oxygen requirements of the earliest animals. PNAS. [25/03/2014; Jackson Chu (Tunnicliffe Lab)]
Disturbance
- Fox, Jeremy W. (2012) The intermediate disturbance hypothesis should be abandoned. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. [06/12/2012; Finn Hamilton (Perlman Lab)]
Scale
- Chave (2013) The problem of pattern and scale in ecology: What have we learned in 20 years? Ecology Letters. [01/10/2013; Easton White (Hastings Lab; UC Davis)]
Trophic Interactions
- Estes et al (2011) Trophic downgrading of planet earth. Science. [06/10/2015; Erin Rechsteiner (Darimont Lab)]
- Kauffman, M. J., J. F. Brodie, and E. S. Jules (2010) Are wolves saving Yellowstone's aspen? A landscape-level test of a behaviorally mediated trophic cascade. Ecology 91:2742-2755.
- Ripple, William J., et al (2011) Can restoring wolves aid in lynx recovery? Wildlife Society Bulletin 35.4: 514-518.
- Hodges, Karen E (2012) Data‐free speculation does not make for testable hypotheses: A reply to Ripple et al. Wildlife Society Bulletin 36.3: 561-566.
- Rutledge et al (2012) Intense harvesting of eastern wolves facilitated hybridization with coyotes. Ecology and Evolution. [08/09/2015; Christy James (Volpe & Fisher Labs)]
- Ford et al. (2014) Large carnivores make savannah tree communities less thorny. Science. [06/01/2015; Justin Suraci (Clinchy Lab)]
- Audzijonyte et al. (2013) Ecological consequences of body size decline in harvested fish species: positive feedback loops in trophic interactions amplify human impact. Biological Letters. [18/11/2014; James Robinson (Baum Lab)]
- Hussey et al. (2014) Rescaling the trophic structure of marine food webs. Ecology Letters. [11/02/2014; Eric Hertz (Mazumder Lab)]
Behavioural Ecology
- Creswell (2011) Predation in bird populations. Journal of Ornithology. [28/01/2015; Ron Ydenberg (SFU Biology)]
- Taylor et al. (2012) Low heritability, but genetic and maternal correlations between red squirrel behaviours. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. [13/01/2015; Frances Stewart (Volpe & Fisher Labs)]
- Lovridge et al. (2007) The impact of sport hunting on the population dynamics of an African lion population in a protected area. Biological Conservation. [28/10/2014; Don Kramer (Professor Emeritus, McGill University)]
- Sheriff et al. (2013) Changing seasonality and phenological responses of free-living male arctic ground squirrels: The importance of sex. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of Britain. {28/10/2014; Jeff McAdams (Starzomski Lab)]
- Johnson, S. P., & Schindler, D. E. (2012) Four decades of foraging history: Stock-specific variation in the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures of Alaskan sockeye salmon. Marine Ecology Progress Series. [26/03/2013; Eric Hertz (Mazumder Lab)]
- Jessop et al. (2012) Demographic and Phenotypic Effects of Human Mediated Trophic Subsidy on a Large Australian Lizard (Varanus varius): Meal Ticket or Last Supper? PloS One. [05/02/2013; Don Kramer (Professor Emeritus, McGill University)]
- Clinchy, M., Sheriff, M. J., & Zanette, L. Y. (2012) Predator‐induced stress and the ecology of fear. Functional Ecology. [08/01/2013; Rana El-Sabaawi (UVic Biology)]
- Nanjo et al. (2011) Predation risks for juvenile fishes in a mangrove estuary: A comparison of vegetated and unvegetated microhabitats by tethering experiments. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. [22/11/2012; Mauricio Carrasquilla (Juanes Lab)]
- Cuiti et al. (2012) Human selection of elk behavioural traits in a landscape of fear. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Britain. [27/09/2012; Chris Darimont (UVic Geography)]
Invasive Species Biology
- Roemer et al. (2002) Golden eagles, feral pigs, and insular carnivores: How exotic species turn native predators into prey. PNAS. [08/04/2014; Christina Service (Darimont Lab)]
Conservation Biology
- Soulé (1985) What is conservation biology? BioScience. 35:727-734.
- Waldron et al. (unsubmitted) Targeting global conservation funding to limit immediate biodiversity declines. PNAS. [24/03/2015; Arne Mooers (SFU Biology)]
- Noss et al. (2012) Bolder thinking for conservation. Conservation Biology. [10/03/2015; Charlotte Whitney (Ban Lab)]
- Tails and Lubchenco (2014) A call for inclusive conservation. Nature. [03/03/2015; Aerin Jacob (Darimont Lab)]
- Kareiva and Marvier (2012) What is conservation science? BioScience. [24/02/2015; Aerin Jacob (Darimont Lab)]
Climate Change
- Dossena et al. (2012). Warming alters community size structure and ecosystem functioning. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Britain: Biological Sciences. [09/04/2013; James Robinson (Baum Lab)]
Land/Sea-scape Management
- Conner and Morris (2015) Impacts of mesopredator control on conservation of mesopredators and their prey. PLoS One. [13/10/2015; Devin Roberts (Crabtree & Darimont Labs)]
- Hervieux (2014) Managing wolves (Canis lupus) to recover threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou). Canadian Journal of Zoology. [17/02/2015; Mary Toews (Burton/Juanes Lab]
- Monnahan et al. (2014) Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of endangered eastern North Pacific blue whales? Marine Mammal Science. [07/10/2014; Frances Stewart (Volpe & Fisher Labs)]
- McKechnie et al (2014). Archaeological data provide alternative hypotheses on Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii) distribution, abundance, and variability. PNAS. [11/03/2014; Brian Starzomski (Starzomski Lab)]
Collaborative Science
- Pietri et al. (2013) Practical recommendations to help students bridge the research-implementation gap and promote conservation. Conservation Biology. [17/03/2015; Natalie Ban (Ban Lab)]
- Sagarin and Pauchard (2012) Local, traditional, and accidental ecological observers and observations in Observation and Ecology: Broadening the scope of science to understand a complex world. [09/12/2014; Megan Adams and Christina Service (Darimont Lab)]
- Castleden et al. (2013) "I spend the first year drinking tea": Exploring Canadian university researchers' perspectives on community-based participatory research involving Indigenous Peoples. Canadian Geographer. [02/12/2014; Megan Adams and Christina Service (Darimont Lab)]
Methodology
- Kelly et al. (2014) Using environmental DNA to census marine fishes in a large mesocosm. PLoS One. [20/10/2015; Jeff McAdams (Starzomski Lab)]
- Low-Decarie et al. (2014) Rising complexity and falling explanatory power in ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. [23/09/2014; Finn Hamilton (Perlman Lab)]
- Igulu et al (2013). Mangrove fish production is largely fuelled by external food sources: A stable isotope analysis of fishes at the individual, species, and community levels from across the globe. Ecosystems. [25/02/2014; Mauricio Carrasquilla (Juanes Lab)]
- Jeyasingh et al (2014) Testing the ecological consequences of evolutionary change using elements. Ecology and Evolution. [28/01/2014; Rana El-Sabaawi (El-Sabaawi Lab)]
- Sutherland et al. (2011) Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. [29/10/2013; group led)]
- Laurance et al. (2013) Predicting publication success for biologists. Bioscience. [15/10/2013; group led]