Contact Info

Department of Geography
University of British Columbia
1984 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z2

Phone: (604) 822-3534
Fax: (604) 822-6150

bri...@geog.ubc.ca

Learn about the biodiversity of BC

Three electronic books, including two atlases, have been produced that document the biodiversity of British Columbia. These cover everything from the wildlife species and flora of the province to the ecosystems it supports.

E-Flora BC

E-Fauna BC

Biodiversity of BC


Conservation Biology and Biogeography Research

My research interests in conservation biology revolve around biogeography, and follow several related paths of theoretical and practical or applied research. The study of biogeography, and in particular island biogeography, allows exploration of the spatial distribution of species on the landscape.  Through assessment of the factors that drive species distributions, we can assess the role of these factors in species occurrences, distributions, and diversity. Explorations of species distributions and abundance can lead to insights in understanding and management of rare species and, ultimately, to protection of Canada's biodiversity.  In my work I have explored the status and recovery needs of species at risk in both Ontario and British Columbia, the theory of island biogeography as applied to the Erie Archipelago, patterns of rare species in the landscape, and, currently, human-ecosystem interactions.
Applied and theoretical research projects

Related Journal Publications

Chan-McLeod, A., X. Zhu, and B. Klinkenberg.  2009.  Factors Affecting the Ecological Legacy of Unsalvaged Post-Mountain Pine Beetle Stands.  Mountain Pine Beetle Working Paper 2008-19.  Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forests Service, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC.  26 pages.

Klinkenberg, Brian. 2009.  Predictive Mapping of Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae) in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia.  BC Ministry of the Environment, Surrey. 17 pages.

Mak, Sunny, Brian Klinkenberg, Karen Bartlett and Murray Fyfe. 2009.  Ecological Niche Modeling of Cryptococcus gattii in British Columbia, Canada.  Environmental Health Perspectives.  doi: 10.1289/ehp.0901448.   Online December 17, 2009.

Bennett, Robb and Brian Klinkenberg.  2008.  Mating in the crab spider Misumena vatia.  Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 40 (3): 144- 146.

Er, Kenneth, John Innes, Kathy Martin and Brian Klinkenberg.  2005.   Forest Loss with Urbanization Predicts Bird Extirpations in Vancouver. Biological Conservation 126: 410-419.

Schiefer, Erik and Brian Klinkenberg.  2004.  The distribution and morphometry of lakes and reservoirs in British Columbia: a provincial lake inventory.  Canadian Geographer 48 (3):  345-355.

Davis, Trevor, Brian Klinkenberg and C. Peter Keller.  2004.  Evaluating Restoration Success on Lyell Island, British Columbia using oblique videogrammetry.  Restoration Ecology 12 (3).

Warman, Leanna D., A. E. R. Sinclair, Geoff G. E. Scudder, Brian Klinkenberg and Robert L. Pressey.  2004. Sensitivity of systematic reserve selection to decisions about scale, biological data and targets--a case study from southern British Columbia.  Landscape Ecology 18 (5):  655-666.

Ganders, Fred, Brian Klinkenberg and Rose Klinkenberg.  2003.  Taxonomy in Conservation Biology:  Investigating the Enigmatic Vancouver Island Beggarticks. Davidsonia 14 (3):  63-70.

Klinkenberg, Brian.  2002.  Spatial analysis of the coincidence of rare vascular plants and landforms in the Carolinian Zone of Canada:  implications for protection.  Canadian Geographer. 46 (3) : 194 - 203.

Ganders, Fred, Rose Klinkenberg and Brian Klinkenberg.  2002.  British Columbia loses an endemic species: Bidens amplissima (Asteraceae) also occurs in Washington State. Botanical Electronic News, Number 293, July 12, 2002.

Klinkenberg, Brian and Rose Klinkenberg.  2002.  Biodiversity Protection:  Standard Inventory and Monitoring Methods for Rare Rhizomatous Geophytes in British Columbia.  Report to the Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Victoria. 70 pp.

Davis, Trevor, Brian Klinkenberg and C. Peter Keller.  2002.  Updating Inventory through Data Fusion.  Journal of Forestry. 100 (3): 45-50

Klinkenberg, B.  2001.  Similarity of the flora of the Erie Islands.  Canadian Geographer 45 (3): 337-448.

Davis, T., Keller, C. P., and B. Klinkenberg.  1999. A preliminary evaluation of the Lyell Island Rehabilitation Project.  Report submitted to the Archipelago Management Board, Gwaii Haana.  Queen Charlotte City, BC. 32 pgs.

Klinkenberg, B.  1997.   Hot Spots: a spatial-temporal analysis of the rare vascular plants in the Carolinian Counties of southwestern Ontario.  Report submitted to the World Wildllife Fund (Canada). 56 pages.

Cumming, S. G., P. J. Burton and B. Klinkenberg.  1996.  Boreal mixedwood forests may have no `representative' areas: some implications for reserve design.  Ecography  19: 162-180.

Joy, M. and B. Klinkenberg.  1996.  Managing uncertainty in forest inventory data:  analysis and visualization.   IN:  M. Heit, H. Parker, and A. Shortreid (eds.), 1996. GIS Applications in Natural Resources 2.  Fort Collins:  GIS World Books, 145-153.

Cumming, S. G., P. J. Burton, M. Joy, B. Klinkenberg, F. K. Schmiegelow, and J. N. M. Smith.  1995.  Experimental habitat fragmentation and simulation of landscape dynamics in the Boreal Mixedwood: a pilot study. Forestry Canada and the Alberta Forest Service PAIF Report, 75 pp.

Klinkenberg, B.  1995.  Rare vascular plants of Ontario.  Poster, GIS '95. Vancouver.

Klinkenberg, B.  1992.  Biodiversity of the Lake Erie Archipelago.  IN:  Janelle, D. (ed.). 1992.  Geographical Snapshots of North America.  New York:  The Guilford Press,  p. 265-269.

Klinkenberg, B. and R. Klinkenberg.  1991. Status Report on the Phantom Orchid (Cephalanthera austiniae): a threatened species in Canada.  Prepared for the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa.

Klinkenberg, R. and B. Klinkenberg.  1989.  Canada's other Galapagos: the Erie archipelago is an evolutionary hot spot. Nature Canada 18 (2):  16-22.

Klinkenberg, B.  1988.  The theory of island biogeography applied to the vascular flora of the Erie Islands. IN:  Downhower, J. F. (ed.).  The Biogeography of the Island Region of Western Lake Erie.  Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, p. 95-105.

Klinkenberg, B.  1987.  The Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa) and the Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) in Ontario.  IN:  Cadman, M. D., P. F. J. Eagles and F. M. Helleiner, 1987. The Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario.  Waterloo:  University of Waterloo Press, p. 314-317.

Klinkenberg, B.   1987. Opuntia humifusa  in Ontario.  IN:  Argus, G and C. Keddy. 1987. Atlas of Rare Vascular Plants of Ontario, Part IV.  Ottawa: National Museum of Natural Sciences, 3 pgs.

Klinkenberg, B.  1987.  Opuntia fragilis in Ontario.  IN:  Argus, G. and C. Keddy. 1987.  Atlas of Rare Vascular Plants of Ontario, Part IV. Ottawa:  National Museum of Natural Sciences, 2 pgs.

Klinkenberg, B. and R. Klinkenberg.  1986. Preliminary annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Kent County, Ontario. 130 pp.

Klinkenberg, B.  1986.  Status report on Desmodium illinoense, an extirpated species in Canada.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada,  Ottawa.  17 pp.

Klinkenberg, B. 1985.  A status report on Collinsia verna (blue-eyed Mary), an extirpated Canadian plant species.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada,  Ottawa. 18 pp.

Klinkenberg, B.   1984.   Status report on Celtis tenuifolia (Ulmaceae):  a rare Canadian plant species. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, Ottawa.  33 pp.

Klinkenberg, B. and R. Klinkenberg.  1984.  Opuntia humifusa (Cactaceae):  An endangered Canadian plant species.  Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada,  Ottawa, 44 pp.

Klinkenberg, Brian.  1983.  The Theory of Island Biogeography with special Reference to the Lake Erie Islands.  Master's Thesis. University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.  238 pp.