Tag Archives: Core Team

Samantha Song

Manager, Wildlife and Habitat Assessment, Canadian Wildlife Service - Prairie Region, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Based in Edmonton (AB).

Steve Cumming

Associate Professor, Laval University. Based in Québec (QC).

Erin Bayne

Professor, University of Alberta. Based in Edmonton (AB).

Diana Stralberg

BAM Project Ecologist, University of Alberta. Based in Edmonton (AB).

Interests: avian biogeography, habitat associations, and distributions, especially with respect to climatic factors.

Péter Sólymos

BAM Statistical Ecologist, University of Alberta. Based in Edmonton (AB).

Interests: developing and applying computational techniques to better inform biodiversity conservation and natural resource management over large spatial scales.

Francisco Dénes

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta. Based in Edmonton (AB).

Interests: applying quantitative analytical methods to inform decision-making supporting conservation, the coproduction of science in partnership with Government (including Indigenous communities) and NGOs, and full life-cycle approaches.

Andy Crosby

Andy Crosby

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with the Boreal Avian Modelling Project. My research focuses on the effects of large-scale forest management systems on habitat for birds across the boreal forest region of Canada. A key aspect of this research is understanding how management will interact with other large-scale disturbances such as wildfire, insect outbreaks, and global climate change to impact bird populations now and in the future. I am particularly interested in wildlife management in working landscapes, where questions focus on balancing our need to extract resources from the land with our obligation to maintain the long-term health of the ecosystems that provide those resources. As such, I try to apply the most appropriate research and quantitative techniques to answer management questions affecting our shared conservation heritage.

Research Areas
​Wildlife habitat ecology; Forest Ecology and Management; Landscape Ecology; Conservation Biology

Education
PhD. - Wildlife Management: Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University (2017)
M.S. - Wildlife Ecology and Management; Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management; Oklahoma State University (2012)
B.S. - Natural Resources, Wildlife Management Emphasis; Northland College (2005)​

Contact Information: 

Department of Renewable Resources 
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

crosby@ualberta.ca

Lionel Leston

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta. Based in Edmonton (AB).

Interests: effects of forestry and energy sector on boreal bird populations.

Tati Micheletti

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of British Columbia. Based in Victoria (BC).

Interests: programming and large-scale integrated modelling to help identify cost-effective proxies for conservation.