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2003
EMEND
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Natural disturbance and spatial organization of forest communities. Bergeron, C., J. Spence, and J. Volney. (Oral Presentation).
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Scaling up a large-scale experiment: comparing EMEND with naturally disturbed systems. Cobb, T.P.. (Oral Presentation).
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Large scale and small scale effects of forest cover on saproxylic beetle assemblages. Jacobs, J.. (Oral Presentation).
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Should We Pay Heed to Eight-legged Rarity at EMEND? Shorthouse, D.. (Oral Presentation).
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. EMEND and biodiversity: some management implications. Spence, J.R., T.T. Work, S.E. Macdonald, W.J.A. Volney, D. Johnson, D.W. Langor, and F.K.A. Schmiegelow. (Oral Presentation).
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Coarse woody debris and productivity at EMEND. Volney, W.J.A., D.W. Langor, and J.R. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
2003. EMEND Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Forging Links in Boreal Research: Integration of datasets from the EMEND and SAFE experimental sites. Work, T.T., and S. Brais. (Oral Presentation).
European Carabidologists Meeting
2003. XI European Carabidologists Meeting. Carabid beetles in isolated forest patches in highway intersections. Koivula, M.. (Oral Presentation).
2003. XI European Carabidologists Meeting. Extreme isolation: carabids in central reservation strips). Koivula. M., and J. Kotze. (Poster).
2003. XI European Carabidologists Meeting. Effects of salvage logging and fire severity on boreal carabid assemblages. Koivula, M., J. Spence, and F. Schmiegelow. (Poster).
Western Forest Insect Work Conference
2003. 54th Annual Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico. Natural disturbances and beetle biodiversity. Bergeron, C., J.R. Spence, and W.J. Volney. (Poster).
2003. 54th Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico. Combined effects of wildfire and forest harvesting on boreal forest ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Cobb, T.P., D.W. Langor, and J.R. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
2003. 54th Annual Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico. Is partial cut harvesting a viable alternative for the conservation of saproxylic beetles to pre-disturbance levels? Jacobs, J., D. Langor and J. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
2003. 54th Annual Western Forest Insect Work Conference, Guadalajara, Mexico. Effects of salvage logging and fire severity on boreal forest biodiversity. Koivula, M., F. Schmiegelow, and J. Spence. (Poster).
World Forestry Congress
2003. XII World Forestry Congress, Quebec City, Quebec. Ecosystem management: forest inventory data and ecological processes. Bergeron, C., J.R. Spence, and W.J. Volney. (Oral Presentation).
2003. XII World Forestry Congress, Quebec City, Quebec. Multiple disturbances and ground beetles: are the effects of wildfire and forest harvesting cumulative? Cobb, T.P., D.W. Langor, and J.R. Spence. (Poster).
2003. XII World Forestry Congress, Quebec City, Quebec. Effects of tree species, tree mortality, forest composition, harvesting intensity, and fire of saproxylic beetle assemblages in the boreal mixed wood forests of Northern Alberta. Jacobs, J., and J. Spence. (Poster).
Others
2003. 11th Annual Alberta and British Columbia Intermountain Forest Health Workshop. Effects of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) and fire on biodiversity and tree decay in lodgepole pine stands. Jacobs, J., D. Langor and J. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
2003. University of Alberta Forest Industry Lecture Series. Effects of variable retention harvesting on forest arthropods. Jacobs, J., D. Shorthouse, T. Work, J. Spence, J. Volney, and D. Langor. (Poster).
2003. Izaak Walton Killam Fellowship Gala Dinner. The ecological effects of fire and salvage logging. Koivula, M.. (Oral Presentation).
2003. Society of Canadian Ornithologists / Societe les Ornithologistes du Canada. Effects of salvage logging and fire severity on boreal woodpecker assemblages, Koivula, M., and F. Schmiegelow. (Poster).
2003. Indigeneous vegetation within Urban Development - Ecology and Management in Natural Vegetation preserved in Urban Areas, Microhabitats of tree saplings in urban woodlands in Helsinki, Lehvävirta. S., H. Rita, and M. Koivula. (Oral Presentation).
2003. Joint annual meeting of the Entomological societies of Canada and British Columbia. Exotic leafmining sawflies of Canada and Alaska. MacQuarrie C., D. Langor, E. Holsten, S. Digweed, D. Williams, and J. Spence. (Poster).
2003. Forest Pest Management Forum 2003. Exotic leafmining sawflies of Canada and Alaska (poster). MacQuarrie C., D. Langor, E. Holsten, S. Digweed, D. Williams, and J. Spence. (Poster).
2003. 51st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Alberta. Athabasca, Alberta. Edge-effects of post-fire salvage logging on boreal ground beetle assemblages. Phillips, I.D., T.P. Cobb, R.M. Brigham, and J.R. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
2004
38th Annual Prairie Universities Biological Symposium, Edmonton, Alberta.
Cumulative impacts of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on boreal mixedwood beetle communities. Cobb, T.P. and K.J. Cryer. (Oral Presentation).
Hitching a ride on a fire loving beetle Pyrophilous Carabidae and their mites. Dechene, A.D. and T.P. Cobb. (Oral Presentation).
Direct and indirect impacts of benthivorous common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on amphibian and invertebrate assemblages at Delta Marsh, Manitoba. Dyszy, K., D. Wrubleski, and J. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
Miner pests of urban birch: Ambermarked birch leafminer in Alaska. MacQuarrie CJK., D. Langor, J. Spence, and E. Holsten. (Poster).
Effects of lid transparency and vegetation structure on pitfall trap catches. Phillips, I.D. and T.P. Cobb. 2004. (Oral Presentation).
Joint Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Alberta and Saskatchewan, Lloydminster, Alberta.
An assessment of the impacts of forest harvesting on benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in west-central Alberta. Barkway, M., and J. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
Forest mosaic and ground-dwelling beetles. Bergeron, C.. (Oral Presentation).
Saproxylic beetles, post-fire salvage logging and nutrient dynamics of burned mixedwood forests. Cobb, T.P. (Oral Presentation).
Beetles as habitat? A look at Antennoseius mites on Sericoda beetles over a two year period. Dechene, A.D.. (Oral presentation).
The importance of coarse woody debris for saproxylic beetles. Jacobs, J.. (Oral Presentation).
Boreal ground beetles (Coleoptera, Carabidae), fire severity and salvage logging. Koivula, M., F. Schmiegelow, and J. Spence. (Poster).
Biological control of a birch leafmining sawfly, MacQuarrie CJK. (Oral Presentation).
Others
XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Ground-dwelling beetles, their habitat, and ecological processes. Bergeron, C., J.R. Spence, and W.J. Volney. (Oral Presentation).
XXII International Congress of Entomology. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Saproxylic beetles and the cumulative ecological effects of wildfire and forest harvesting. Cobb, T.P., J.R. Spence, D.W. Langor, and B. Kishchuck. (Poster).
University of Alberta Biology 499 Honours thesis presentations, Edmonton, Alberta. Investigation of two pyrophilous Sericoda beetles and associated Antennoseius mites. Dechene, A.D.. (Oral presentation).
9th Annual Canadian Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Network, Edmonton, Alberta. Evidence of physical disturbance of anuran egg masses by introduced common carp (Cyprinus carpio) at Delta Marsh, Manitoba. Dyszy, K., D. Wrubleski, and J. Spence. (Oral Presentation).
Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington. Impacts of pond type on amphibian life stages at Delta Marsh, Manitoba. Dyszy, K., D. Wrubleski, J. Spence, and G. Goldsborough. (Poster).
Forest Industry Lecture Series, Edmonton, Alberta. Impacts of benthivorous common carp (Cyprinus carpio) on amphibian life stages at Delta Marsh, Manitoba. Dyszy, K., D. Wrubleski, and J. Spence. (Poster).
EMEND (Ecosystem Management by Emulating Natural Disturbances) Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Effects of variable retention harvesting on saproxylic beetle assemblages. Jacobs, J., J. Spence, and D. Langor. (Oral Presentation).
EMEND (Ecosystem Management by Emulating Natural Disturbances) Annual General Meeting, Edmonton, Alberta. Fennoscandian forest management. Koivula, M.. (Oral Presentation).
Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, Utah. Aesthetic pests of urban birch: Biological control of birch leafminer in Anchorage, Alaska. MacQuarrie CJK., D. Langor, E. Holsten, J. Spence, D. Williams, and S. Digweed. (Oral Presentation).
Canadian Institute of Forestry/Society of American Foresters Joint Annual Meeting. Edmonton, Alberta. American trees - Canadian wasps: Biological control of a birch leafmining sawfly in Anchorage, Alaska. MacQuarrie CJK., D. Langor, and E. Holsten. (Poster).
22nd International Congress of Entomology. Brisbane, Australia. Biological control of Ambermarked birch leafminer (Profenusa thomsoni) in Alaska. MacQuarrie C.J.K., D. Langor, E. Holsten, J. Spence, D. Williams, and S. Digweed. (Poster).
Western Forest Insect Work Conference/Western International Forest Disease Work Conference. San Diego, California. Biological Control of Ambermarked Birch Leafminer in Anchorage, Alaska. MacQuarrie CJK., D. Langor, E. Holsten, and J. Spence. (Poster).
Variable Retention Science Forum, Nanaimo, British Columbia. Does variable retention maintain ecosystem function? Preliminary assessment of ecosystem health and forest regeneration at the EMEND experimental forest area. Edwards, J.E., W.J.A. Volney, J.R. Spence, D. Sidders, and T. Work. (Poster).