Research

My peer-reviewed publications are available here. Please email me if you don't have access to something.

Conservation science from Yellowstone to Yukon

I'm a conservation scientist at the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y). The Y2Y mission is "to connect and protect habitat from Yellowstone to Yukon so that people and nature can thrive".

I work with a terrific group of researchers, practitioners, and communicators, and >450 partner groups across the 1.36 million sqkm Yellowstone to Yukon region.

My projects include studying biodiversity and ecosystem services, protected area targets, supporting Indigenous-led conservation, the ecology and conservation of species at risk (e.g., wolverine, mountain caribou), outdoor recreation, and the human dimensions of conservation.

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Marine spatial planning

My postdoctoral research at the University of Victoria focused on the ecological, social, and economic outcomes of proposed marine plans and management in coastal British Columbia, Canada. I worked with the Natural Capital Project, the Central Coast Indigenous Resource Alliance, and leaders and resource stewards from the Kitasoo/Xai'xais, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, and Wuikinuxv Nations. More about the Marine Plan Partnership (MaPP) here.

Tropical forest restoration

My PhD research at McGill University was on how land-use history and restoration efforts affected biodiversity and ecosystem services in Kibale National Park, Uganda. I worked with Makerere University and the Uganda Wildlife Authority to study how logging, burning, farming, and replanting native and non-native trees affected forest regeneration, food for large and medium-sized mammals, carbon storage, and timber and non-timber forest products.

Graduate theses and grey literature related to forests and biodiversity in Kibale National Park and Uganda can be found here.