Dr. Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis

Professional activities / interests
Society for Conservation Biology - Chapters Committee, Toronto Chapter Executive Committee Member
Education and awards
PhD, University of Toronto, Dept. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Toronto, CAN)
MREM, Simon Fraser University, School of Resource and Environmental Management (Vancouver, CAN)
BSc Honours, Trent University (Peterborough, CAN)
Key publications
Camaclang, AE, JM Curtis, I Naujokaitis-Lewis, MS Poesch, MA Koops. 2016. Modelling the impact of poaching on metapopulation viability for data-limited species. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences DOI: doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2015-0508
NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, I. and JM Curtis. 2016. Advances in global sensitivity analyses of demographic-based species distribution models to address uncertainties in dynamic landscapes. PeerJ 4 e2204. DOI: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2204
Tulloch, AIT, P Sutcliffe, I NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, R Tingley, L Brotons, KM PMB Ferraz, H Possingham, A Guisan, JR Rhodes. 2016. Conservation planners tend to ignore improved accuracy of modelled species distributions to focus on multiple threats and ecological processes. Biological Conservation 199:157-171. DOI: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2016.04.023
NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, I and M-J Fortin. 2015. Spatio-temporal variation of biotic factors underpins contemporary range dynamics of congeners. Global Change Biology DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13145
Anstett, DN, I NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, MTJ Johnson 2014. Latitudinal gradients in herbivory on Oenothera biennis vary according to herbivore guild and specialization. Ecology 95:2915–2923. DOI: 10.1890/13-0932.1
Guisan, A, R Tingley, JB Baumgartner, I NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, PR Sutcliffe, AIT Tulloch, TJ Regan, L Brotons, E McDonald-Madden, C Mantyka-Pringle, TG Martin, JR Rhodes, R Maggini, SA Setterfield, J Elith, MW Schwartz, BA Wintle, O Broennimann, M Austin, S Ferrier, MR Kearney, HP Possingham, YM Buckley. Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions. Ecology Letters 16 (12): 1424–1435. DOI: 10.1111/ele.12189 [PDF]
Pe’er, G, Matsinos, YG, Johst, K, Franz, KW, Turlure, C, Radchuk, V, Malinowska, AH, Curtis, JMR, NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, I, Wintle, BA and K Henle. Population viability analyses: a protocol for better design, application and communication. Conservation Biology 27(4): 644-656. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12076
NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, I, JMR Curtis, L Tischendorf, D Badzinski, K Lindsay, M-J Fortin. Uncertainties in coupled species distribution–metapopulation dynamics models for risk assessments under climate change. Diversity and Distributions 19: 541–554. Special issue: Risks, Decisions, and Biological Conservation. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12063
Above paper highlighted in:
Franklin, J 2013. Species distribution models in conservation biogeography:
developments and challenges. 19 (10): 1217–1223. DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12125
NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, I, Y Rico, J Lovell, M-J Fortin, MA Murphy. 2012. Implications of incomplete networks on estimation of landscape genetic connectivity. Conservation Genetics 1-12. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0385-3
NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS, I, JMR Curtis, J Rosenfeld, and P Arcese. 2009. Sensitivity analyses of spatial population viability analysis models for species at risk and habitat conservation planning. Conservation Biology 23: 225-229. DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01066.x
Curtis, JMR and I NAUJOKAITIS-LEWIS. 2008. Sensitivity analysis of population viability to spatial and non-spatial parameters using GRIP. Ecological Applications 18(4): 1002–1013. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40062205
Research facility
Expertise
Affiliations
- Society for Conservation Biology
- International Association of Landscape Ecology
- Ecological Society of America