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Biogeography Whitebark pine needles and cones. (Photographer: C. Wong) Studies focus on geographical ecology at the individual species, community and ecosystem levels and address questions about the impacts of global environmental change on plants, biodiversity, and ecosystem processes. Current research projects in the Canadian High Arctic include experimental studies of the effects of climate change on tundra ecosystems. Climate change scenarios are simulated in the field and measurements include phenology, growth, reproductive effort and fecundity, net primary production, nutrient dynamics and carbon fluxes. Other arctic research projects include responses of vegetation to grazing and trampling by caribou, succession in arctic plant communities after disturbance, and reconstruction of arctic climate from growth patterns in dwarf shrub species. A third area of research focuses on conservation biology, including human-ecosystem interactions, phytogeography and predictive mapping. The department is part of a Collaborative Research and Training Experience on communication of climate change and terrestrial ecosystem science (CREATE–TerreWeb). This network brings together the fields of natural sciences research, behavioural decision research and science communication. TerreWEB aims to answer questions and find solutions to why there has been so little change in public behaviour and government policy despite the challenges presented by global climate change. Students will learn to develop strategies for communicating global change science and solutions. Faculty working on Biogeography
Greg Henry, ProfessorArctic biogeography B.Sc. Honours, M.E.S., Dalhousie University; Ph.D. (1987), University of Toronto Email Contact: greg.henry@ubc.ca Office Phone: 604-822-2985 Room Number: GEOG 231 
Brian Klinkenberg, ProfessorRare species, landscape classification, medical B.Sc., University of Toronto; M.Sc., Ph.D. (1988), University of Western Ontario "My work focuses on advanced spatial analysis in the physical, health and social sciences, and in the intersection of these areas (e.g., medical biogeography and Geographic Information Science). This includes a focus on both theoretical investigations and innovative applications of GIScience in subject areas where space and place are considered important explanatory elements (e.g. wildlife use of landscape in the Serengeti). My students and I explore such areas as neighbourhood theory and error and accuracy in GIS, modeling, and visualization. This includes the use of spatial analysis in landscape classification, biogeography, medical biogeography, environmental geography, human-ecosystem interactions and conservation biology. Biodiversity informatics is a current interest, as is exploring the social aspects of GIScience and Geospatial technologies, the reflexivities between technology and society. The thread that links this research is the understanding and insight that advanced spatial analysis brings to research and theoretical problems--often unveiling subtleties that would otherwise be overlooked."
Dr. Klinkenberg is currently the editor and project coordinator of E-Flora BC / E-Fauna BC.
Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/~brian Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/eflora/ Website: www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/ Email Contact: brian.klinkenberg@geog.ubc.ca Office Phone: 604-822-3534 Room Number: GEOG 209 Lab Number: GEOG 210J 
Margaret North, Senior Instructor EmeritusB.Sc., London University; M.A., University of Kansas, 1961 "Research interests focus on vegetation change along the Peace River."
Email Contact: margaret.north@geog.ubc.ca |
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