The Mountain Mammal Research philosophy is one of learning through collaborative exchange. As such, it has always put a strong emphasis on training students through hands-on research projects, and fostering multi-disciplinarian and international collaborations. It has a long and rich history of training undergraduate, MSc and PhD students; as well as collaborative projects with visiting post-doctoral fellows and tenured scholars.

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VISITING SCHOLARS

 

2016-17

Dr. Muyang Wang 

Behavioural Ecology of ungulates with a focus on Siberian ibex

Chineses Academy of Sciences

 

2014

Dr. Ivàn Salgado García

Modeling sexual segregation in the Great Bustard (Otis tarda)

Spanish National Research Council

 

2006-09

Dr. John T. Hogg

Mating systems at large spatial scales: The behavioural ecology of breeding migration in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep.

Montana Conservation Science Research Institute

 

 

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

 

2016-17

Dr. Manuel Antonio Gonzalez

Life history of great partridge

University of Calgary

 

2016-

Dr. Joana Alves

Sexual behaviour in deer: the role of proximate and ultimate factors in reproductive strategies

University of Calgary

 

2012-14

Dr. Vincent A Viblanc

Social networks and stress in the Columbian ground squirrel

AXA Research Foundation

 

2012

Dr. Nandini Robin

Personality and fitness in the Columbian ground squirrel

CNRS France

 

2009-11

Dr. Åsa Fahlman

Effects of anaesthesia on wild bighorn sheep.

University of Uppsala, SWE

 

2008

Dr. Nicola Ferrari

Modelling sexual segregation and its effect on parasite transmission among Alpine ibex males and females

University of Milano, Italy

 

2007-11

Dr. Jeff Lane

Quantitative genetics of phenological traits in the Columbian ground squirrel

NSERC Canada, ANR France

 

2003-05

Dr. Thimothy Karels

Population ecology of ground squirrels

NSF

 

2001-02

Dr. Peter Neuhaus

Behavioral ecology of Columbian ground squirrels

NSF

 

 

PhD STUDENTS

  

In progress

 

2016-

Jeff D Roth

Testing the costs of parasitism and  thermal mismatch hypothesis in Columbian ground squirrels

Auburn University

 

2016-

Samrhidi Rijal

Sex differences in disease transmission in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2016-

Ryan Geoffrey Tate

Game theorymodelling of the mating tactics of male Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep and their interplay with female choice

University of Calgary

 

2014-

Oscar Ale Aleuy Young

Refining and testing predictive models for host-parasite interactions in a changing climate: the case of Marshallagia marshalli.

University of Calgary

 

2011-

Petra McDougall

Attending to Attention: An ethological framework for investigating the mechanisms underlying attention following.

University of Calgary

 

 

Completed

 

2014

Stefano Liccioli

Coyotes, parasites and zoonoses in urban and rural environments.

University of Calgary, Parks Canada

 

2014

Jesse Patterson

Behaviour and ecology of Northern Flying and tree squirrels.

University of Calgary

 

2013

Bryanne Hoar

Conceptual and Mechanistic Models for the Development and Survival of a Trichostrongylid (Ostertagia gruehneri) in Barrenground Caribou, with Respect to Northern Climate Change.

University of Calgary

 

2012

Coline Arnaud

Reproductive timing in birds and mammals

University of Montpellier

 

2012

Amy Skibiel

Physiological ecology of reproduction in Columbian ground squirrels

Auburn University

 

2011

Nandini Rajamani

Conservation and ecology of flying squirrels

Auburn University

 

2009

Shirley Raveh

Mating behaviour and the effects of parasites on reproductive success in male Coliumbian ground squirrels

University of Neuchatel

 

2008

Theodore Manno

Mating system of Columbian ground squirrels

Auburn University

 

2006

Anna Nesterova

Orientation and cognitive maps in Columbian ground squirrels

University of Pennsylvania

 

2005

David Broussard

Age-specific variation in the life-history strategies of ground squirrels

Auburn University

 

1999

Thomas S. Risch

Costs of reproduction and the evolution of litter size in the southern flying squirrel

Auburn University

 

1999

Madan K. Oli

Demographic mechanisms of population dynamics in mammals

Auburn University

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1991

Hare, J.F. 

Proximate mechanisms of social discrimination by juvenile Columbian ground squirrels

University of Alberta

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1988

P.J. Young

Ecological and energetic aspects of hibernation of Columbian ground squirrels in relation to patterns of overwinter survival

University of Alberta

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1987

D.F. Hackett

Dispersal of yearling Columbian ground squirrels

University of Alberta

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1982

L.S. Davis

Sociality in Richardson's ground squirrels Spermophilus richardsonii

University of Alberta

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1981

I.G. McLean

Social ecology of the Arctic ground squirrel Spermophilus parryii

University of Alberta

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1975

D.H. Meredith

Habitat selection and interspecific agonism in two parapatric species of chipmunks (Eutamias)

University of Alberta

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1975

V.K. Kivett

Variations in integumentary gland activity and scent marking in Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus)

University of Alberta

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MSc STUDENTS

 

In progress

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2018-

Thibaut Barra

Parental investment in the Columbian ground squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus): empirical tests of sex allocation models over a 26-year period.

University of Strasbourg

 

2016-

Alejanda Maria Santa

Disease ecology and host-parasite interactions in coyotes and foxes

University of Calgary

 

2015-

Tracey Hammer

Effects of parasites on life history traits in Columbian ground squirrels and maternal effects

University of Calgary

 

2013-

Berna-Dean Holland

Yellow-bellied marmot personality and drivers for dispersal

University of Calgary

 

 

Completed

 

2017

Spurthi Paruchuri

Habitat use via GIS analyses in pikas

Auburn University

 

2016

Carrie Klase

Male reproductive tactics and inbreeding in the Columbian ground squirrel

Auburn University

 

2016

Kristin Rubach

Female reproductive tactics and breeding frequency in the Columbian ground squirrel

Auburn University

 

2016

Juliette Rabdeau

Flight initiation behavior and consequences on fitness in the Columbian ground squirrel

University of Strasbourg

 

2015

Emeline Billy

The tradeoff between somatic and reproductive effort in the Columbian ground squirrel

University of Strasbourg

 

2013

Annemarie van der Marel

Personality and danger perception in Columbian ground squirrels

Utrecht University

 

2013

Benn Edwards

Home ranges, resource selection, and parasite diversity of urban versus rural elk (Cervus elaphus).

Biologist with Calgary TERA consultants

 

2012

Charlene Lafaurie

Social networks in bighorn sheep males

University of Strasbourg

 

2012

Melissa Sherwood

Benefits and costs of dominance in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep females.

University of Calgary

 

2010

Adele Balmer

Alternative reproductive tactics in male Columbian ground squirrels

Auburn University

 

2010

Corey Corbett

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University of Calgary

 

2010

Nathan de Bruyn

Parasites in Cervids and their migration and spread into the North.

University of Calgary

 

2013

Andres Daniel

Consequences of maternal loss and social network effects in red deer.

University of Calgary

 

2012

Coline Arnaud

Dispersal tactics of adult female Columbian ground squirrels

University of Montpellier

 

2009

Linda Hartog

Effects of cattle grazing on plant species composition

Environmental consultant in Holland

 

2009

Celia Bueno

Effect of cattle grazing on small mammal life histories.

University of Neuchatel

 

2009

Graeme Pelchat

Bighorn ram associations and coalitions.

Natural Resource Consultant with Environmental Dynamics INC, Yukon

 

2008

Natalia Brown

Impact of cattle grazing on native ungulates in Sheep River Provincial Park, Alberta.

University of Calgary

 

2008

Vincent A Viblanc

The  effects of Kinship on female fitness in Columbian ground-squirrels

University of Strasbourg

 

2005

Bonnie Fairbanks

Vigilance in Columbian ground squirrels: the effects of kinship and mechanisms of the group size effect

Auburn University

 

2004

Philip Jones

Structural size, body mass and residence status as indices of reproductive success among male Columbian ground squirrels

Auburn University

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1984

D. F. Lickley

Alarm vocalizations of Columbian ground squirrels

University of Alberta

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1984

W.J. King

Demography, dispersion and behaviour of female kin in Columbian ground squirrels

University of Alberta

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1984

D. F. Lickley

Alarm vocalizations of Columbian ground squirrels

University of Alberta

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1979

A.J. Wroot

Responses to conspecific scents by Columbian ground squirrels, Spermophilus columbianus

University of Alberta

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1977

L.D. Harder

Winter food habits of porcupines (Erithizon dorsatum" andtheir relationship to habitat use in montane forests of southwestern Alberta

University of Alberta

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1977

R.J. McFetridge 

Strategy of resource use by mountain goats in Alberta

University of Alberta

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UNDERGRADUATES

 

2016

Ruiping Luo

Parasite loads and foraging behavior in Bighorn sheep: age effects

University of Calgary

 

2016

Justine Seraphine

How is social behavior within a bachelor group of bighorn sheep males related to their age ?

University of Calgary

 

2016

Paul Dwhani

Social network positions in ewes and how they are correlated with reproductive success and lamb survival in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2016

Tucker Meaghan

Foraging and rumination behavior in bighorn sheep: effects of environment, sex and age

University of Calgary

 

2014

Shah Hira

Dominance hierarchies and lifetime reproductive success in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2014

Catherine Petel-Langevin

Environmental modulation of energy allocation in the Columbian ground squirrel

UQAM

 

2014

Renee McCurdy

Sexual differences in fitness and lifetime reproductive success in Columbian ground squirrels

University of Calgary

 

2014

Brandon Morgan

Ground squirrel behavior analyses: surviving by looking into a mirror

University of Calgary

 

2015

Allison Hay

Determinants of Echinococcus multilocularis infections and intensity in coyotes (Canis latrans) in Alberta and Saskatechwan, Canada

University of Calgary

 

2015

Danielle Grant

Western Canadian Echinococcus multilocularis Genotypic Characterization via Microsatellite EmsB Fragment Analysis

University of Calgary

 

2014

Colin Nicholas

Strain-typing of Echinococcus multilocularis Infections of Coyotes Inhabiting Urban Areas of Alberta

University of Calgary

 

2014

April Martinig

Social network analyses in bighorn sheep: effect of age and sex

University of Calgary

 

2013

Ashley Pierce

Comparison between fecal and stomach contents in coyotes: which one works best?

University of Calgary

 

2014

Carly Bialowas

Seasonal diet of urban coyotes in Calgary

University of Calgary

 

2013

Shemanti Barua

Prevalence of Neospora caninum in urban coyote (Canis Latrans) in Alberta

University of Calgary

 

2013

Florence Chan

Quantifying stress hormones in muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) for chronic annual and lifetime stress determination.

University of Calgary

 

2014

Clarice Maxwell

Perception, vigilance and contagion in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2013

Gedimar Barbosa

Social networks and contagion of vigilance in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2013

Holly Shaw

Diet/parasitology/spatial ecology of radio-collared coyotes

University of Calgary

 

2013

Anukul Ghimire

The effect of distance and intensity of vigilance on attention following in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2013

Inés Martín del Real

Mate choice in bighorn sheep ewes via maintenance of proximity

University of Calgary

 

2013

Lalita Bharadwaj

Diet ecology of coyote in urban Calgary

University of Calgary

 

2013

Sabrina Colcuhoun

Seasonal prevalence of Echinoccocus multilocularus in urban coyotes (Canis latrans) in Calgary, Alberta.

University of Calgary

 

2013

Joanna Deunk

Prevalence of Echinococcus multilocularis and sex ratio of deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) in urban parks of Calgary.

University of Calgary

 

2013

Sultana Majid

Differential Selection of Rodent Prey Species by Urban Coyotes (Canis latrans), and Their Diet Composition, in Summer.

University of Calgary

 

2012

Amanda Raho

Homerange overlap and spatial habitat use of cattle and bighorn sheep in Sheep River Provincial Park

University of Calgary

 

2012

Blake Schierman

Sexual differences in home range use and habitat selection in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2012

Rheanne Ritchie

Age and reproductive differences in parasite prevalence and diversity in caribou

University of Calgary

 

2012

Nicole Besler

Coyote diet in an urban setting

University of Calgary

 

2012

Justin Duval

Stomach contents and diet of coyotes in Calgary

University of Calgary

 

2011

Sultana Majid

Effect of sex and parasites on body mass changes in red squirrels

University of Calgary

 

2011

Rachelle MacEachen

Life history of red squirrels

University of Calgary

 

2010

Paola Rodriges

Life history traits and stress in Columbian ground squirrels

University of Calgary

 

2010

Ruppi Herar

Effects of testosterone and glucocorticoids on parasite levels in bighorn rams

University of Calgary

 

2010

Jantina McMurray

Effect of parasites on life-history traits in red squirrels

University of Calgary

 

2009

Megan Reti

Compensatory growth of zebra fish living in size-mismatched shoals.

University of Calgary

 

2009

Franck Trolliet

Decision-making and dominance ranks of bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2007

Saba Melir

Synchrony and shoal choice in hungry versus fed sticklebacks

University of Calgary

 

2008

Gennifer Meldrum

Sexual segregation in bighorn sheep in winter.

University of Calgary

 

2008

Paul Moquin

Rumination ecology in bighorn sheep

University of Calgary

 

2007

Natalie Boulic

Benefits of social dominance and sociality of Rocky Mountain bighorn ewes

University of Calgary

 

 2007

Grant Coljin

Investigating impact of profession, age of mothers, and population sex ratio on the sex of their first-born in humans.

University of Calgary

 

2006

Eileen Miranda

Sexual segregation and activity budgets of bighorn sheep in winter

University of Calgary

 

2006

Terri Whitehead

Female dominance and breeding migrations in bighorn sheep.

University of Calgary

 

2005

Terri Whitehead

Measuring costs of behavioural synchrony in three-spine sticklebacks.

University of Calgary

 

2002

Susan Hudgins

Maternal care in Columbian ground squirrels

Auburn University, USA