Many of our researchers and collaborators have published interesting and informative scientific articles about their work in Nova Scotia. Here are a few:
2021
Balzer, E.W., Grottoli, A.D., Phinney, L.J., Burns, L.E., Vanderwolf, K.J. & Broders, H.G. (2021). Capture rate declines of Northern Myotis in the Canadian Maritimes. Wildlife Society Bulletin.
Markle, C.C., Law, T., Freeman, H.C.A, Caverhill, B., Davy, C.M., Hathaway, J., McNeil, J., Moxley, K., Richer, S., & Chow-Fraser, P. (2021). Using the Blanding’s turtle (Emydoidea blandinggii) plastron as a ‘fingerprint’: photo identification of an endangered species. Canadian Wildlife Biology & Management, 10(02), 47-61.
2018
Berry, A., Lavers, A., & Mitchell, L. (2018). Old forest policy and regulatory frameworks in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick with a comparison to British Columbia. The Forestry Chronicle, 94(01), 13-19.
Headley, J.A., Lavers, A.J., MacMillan, J.L. & Reid, D. (2018). The trout fishery of the upper Medway watershed, Nova Scotia, 2016-17. Proceedings of the Nova Scotia Institute of Science, 49(02), 253-268.
Hill, N., Chinner, K., Toms, B., & Garbary, D. (2018). Recovery succession of native plant communities at Big Meadow Bog after disturbance and eutrophication from herring gulls. Wetlands, 39(12).
Pearson, K., Cameron, R. & McMullin, R.T. (2018). Habitat associations and distribution model for Fuscopannaria leucosticta in Nova Scotia, Canada. The Lichenologist, 50(04), 487-497.
Power, T.D., Cameron, R.P., Neily, T. & Toms, B. (2018). Forest structure and site conditions of Boreal Felt Lichen (Erioderma pedicellatum) habitat in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. Botany 96(7): 449-459.
2017
Clapp, H., Neily, T. (2017). Sphagnum cyclophyllum: A second site in Nova Scotia for a rare sphagnum moss. Evansia, 34(1), 6-8.
McMullin, T.R., Ure, D., Smith, M., Clapp, H., & Wiersma, Y. (2017). Ten years of monitoring air quality and ecological integrity using field-identifiable lichens at Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site in Nova Scotia, Canada. Ecological Indicators, 81, 214-221.
2016
Cameron, R. & Toms, B. (2016). Population decline of endangered lichen Erioderma pedicellatum in Nova Scotia, Canada. Botany, 94(7), 565-571.
LaRue, D. (2016). Natural regeneration of the globally rare Geum peckii (Rosaceae) on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. Rhodora, 118(975), 310-314.
2015
Imlay, T.L., Saroli, J., Herman, T.B. & Mockford, S.W. (2015). Movements of the Eastern Ribbonsnake (Thamnophis sauritus) in Nova Scotia. Canadian Field Naturalist, 129(4), 379-385.
2014
Bowman, M.F., Nussbaumer, C. & Burgess, N.M. (2014). Community composition of lake zooplankton, benthic macroinvertebrates and forage fish across a pH gradient in Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia, Canada. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 225:2211.
Nussbaumer, C., Burgess, N.M. & Weeber, R.C. (2014). Distribution and abundance of benthic macroinvertebrates and zooplankton in lakes in Kejimkujik National Park and National Historic Site of Canada, Nova Scotia. Canadian Field Naturalist, 128(1), 1–24.
2013
Cameron, R., Goudie, I. & Richardson, D. (2013). Habitat loss exceeds habitat regeneration for an IUCN flagship lichen epiphyte: Erioderma pedicellatum. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 43(11), 1075-1080.
Cameron, R.P., Neily, T. & Clapp, H. (2013). Forest harvesting impacts on mortality of an endangered lichen at the landscape and stand scales. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 43(5), 507-511.
2012
Anderson, F. & Neily, T.H. (2012). New and noteworthy macrolichen records for Nova Scotia. Evansia, 29(1), 1-3.
Gilhen, J., Jones, A., McNeil, J. & Tanner, A. (2012). A significant range extention for the Eastern Ribbonsnake, Thamnophis sauritus, in Nova Scotia, Canada. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 126(3) 231-233.
LaRue, D. (2012). Native plants common to Florida and Nova Scotia. Palmetto, 29(2), 12-15.
2011
Cameron, R.P., Neily, T. & Clayden, S.R. (2011). Distribution prediction model for Erioderma mollissimum in Atlantic Canada. The Bryologist, 114(1), 231-238.
Lefebvre, J., Avery, T.S. & Herman, T. (2011). Size dimorphism and growth rates in distinct populations of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Nova Scotia in relation to environment. Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 6(3), 465-472.
2010
Neily, T. & Anderson, F. (2010). Leptogium hibernicum Mitch. ex P. M. Jorg. discovered in North America. The Lichenologist, 42(5), 629-630.
2009
Moroni, M.T. & Ryan, D.A.J. (2009). Deadwood abundance in recently harvested and old Nova Scotia hardwood forests. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 83(2), 219-227.
Tom Neily and Francis Anderson completed research for the NSDNR Species at Risk Fund on lichens that are found in calcareous areas. Read the report here.