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| The P.I. | |||
| Albrecht
Schulte-Hostedde (BSc Western Ontario, MSc Guelph, PhD Western Ontario) |
Evolutionary and behavioural ecology, ecological and population genetics. EL JEFE |
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| Current Graduate Students | |||
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Darryl Edwards |
PhD May 2008 |
Sex differences in immunocompetence in shorebirds (with G. Gilchrist, Canadian Wildlife Service) |  |
| Hélène
Filion (BSc Laurentian) |
MSc Sept 2008 |
Sexual selection and introgression of domestic mink into wild mink populations |  |
| Sophie
Laurence (BSc Rennes, MSc Laurentian) |
PhD Sept 2005 |
Population genetics and landscape ecology of muskrats. |  |
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Jeremy Lyons |
MSc Jan 2012 |
Anthropogenic impacts on stress hormones and behaviour in eastern chipmunks. |  |
| Current Undergraduate Students | |||
| Amanda Colles | BSc Thesis/ Summer 2012 | Testing the hygiene hypothesis with captive zoo populations | |
| Trisha Hewitt | Work Study - Summer 2011 | Lab assistant | |
| Michelle Lawrence | BSc Thesis 2011-12/ Summer 2012 | Inbreeding effects on sperm in domestic dogs. | |
| Hannah McCurdy-Adams | BSc Thesis/Summer 2012 | Effects of logging on stress hormones in eastern chipmunks |  |
| Past students | Project Title (post EBV position) | ||
| Kayla Galloway | BSc | Experimental effects of ACTH challenge on endoparasite loads in eastern chipmunks | 2011/12 |
| Michaela Haring | BSc | The influence of mating systems on initial maternal investment in Arctic shorebirds. | 2010-12 |
| Kelsey Gunn | BSc | Validation of ELISA method for hair cortisol evaluation in the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) and Laboratory Rat | 2010-12 |
| Sarah Elsasser (BSc Laurentian) | PhD | Host-parasite interactions of North American Guinea Worm (Nematoda: Dracunculus) and its mammalian hosts | 2011 |
| Jeffrey Friend (BSc Alberta) | Summer Assistant | Evolutionary ecology of tree squirrels | 2011 |
| Emile Alarie | Summer Assistant | Sperm analysis | 2011 |
| Krista
Gooderham (BSc McMaster) |
MSc | Impacts of macroparasites on the fitness of North American red squirrles (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). (NOHFC intern, Laurentian University) | 2008-2010 |
| Dr.
Kaela Beauclerc (BSc Laurentian, PhD Trent) |
Post-doc | Genetic consequences of hybridization between domestic and wild mink (with Jeff Bowman) (OMNR Lab Coordinator) | 2009/10 |
| Mary Thompson | BSc | Coxiella infection in small mammals (Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph) | 2009/10 |
| Lucy Patterson (BSc Ottawa) | MSc | Correlates of male reproductive success in the eastern chipmunk (Tamias striatus) (Parks Canada) | 2007-2009 |
| Kara-Anne Ward | BSc
Summer NSERC |
Female mate choice in eastern chipmunks. (MSc student, University of Windsor) | 2007-2009 |
| Courtney Andrews | BSc
Summer NSERC |
Male reproductive success and baculum morphology in muskrat. (BVM&S student - The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh) | 2007-2009 |
| D'Arcy Langlois | BSc | Male reproductive investment and environmental stress in fathead minows (co-supervised with M. Martinez) | 2007/8 |
| Adam Bewick | BSc Summer NSERC | Genetic structure of muskrat populations determined via mtDNA variation. (MSc student, McMaster University) | 2006-2008 |
| Anne Kidd (BSc Trent) | MSc/Tech | Mink gone wild: hybridization between escaped farm and wild American mink (Neovison vison) in a natural context. Co-supervised by J. Bowman (Research Technician, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) | 2005-2009 |
| Vanessa
Bonanno (BSc Toronto) |
MSc | Intraspecific variation in ejaculate investment as a response to sperm competition in the North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) | 2005-2008 |
| Evan Fairn (BSc Acadia) | MSc | Sexual selection in the whirligig beetle Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) (co-supervised with Y. Alarie) (PhD student, Dalhousie University) | 2005-2007 |
| Krista Johnson | BA | Effect of sport involvement, status and attractiveness on female mate selection (co-supervised with M. Eys - Human Kinetics) (MA student, University of Ottawa) | 2006/7 |
| Samantha Kuula | BSc | Variation in mating success due to secondary sexual traits in American toads, Bufo americanus. (co-supervised with D. Lesbarrères) (Post-graduate program in Science Communication, Laurentian University) | 2006/7 |
| Diana Tasikas | BSc | Baculum variation and allometry in the muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus): a case for sexual selection. | 2006/7 |
| Michelle Zannutig | BSc | Sperm competition and sperm morphology traits in the predaceous diving beetle Graphoderus liberus (Say) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) (co-supervised with Y. Alarie) (MSc student, Carleton University) | 2006/7 |
| Lisa
Keable (BSc Laurentian) |
Research/field assistant (Environmental consultant) | 2006 | |
| Jamie Gorrell (BSc Wilfrid Laurier) | MSc | Individual variation in parasitism, testosterone, and indices of health in North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) (PhD student, University of Alberta) | 2004-2006 |
| Frances Bolton | BSc | Size and condition-dependence of reproductive output in spotted turtles. (co-supervised with J. Litzgus) | 2005/6 |
| Tracy Dannell | BSc | Correlates of geographic variation in testis size in walleye. | 2005/6 |
| Julia Luxemburger | BSc | The effects of ectoparasites on hematocrit in red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) | 2005/6 |
| Becky Olacke | Summer NSERC | Sexual selection in water beetles (with Yves Alarie). (Dental School, University of British Columbia) | 2005 |
| Eryn Carruthers | BSc | Differences in condition of green frogs between a golf course and control sites. | 2004/5 |
| Carolina Perez | BSc | Sex differences in ectoparasite loads and effects on body condition in northern flying squirrels. (MSc student, Simon Fraser University). | 2004/5 |
| Candra Schank | BSc | Condition dependence of sexually dimorphic traits in male green frogs (MSc student, University of Alberta). | 2004/5 |
| Erik Waszczylo | Summer NSERC | Sexual dimorphism in water beetles (with Yves Alarie) | 2004 |
