Dr. Scott Wilson

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Chercheur Scientifique

Écologie Quantitative

Recherche et / ou projets en cours

Application de modèles démographiques et de populations pour identifier les étapes limitantes du cycle annuel des espèces migratrices en péril

Utiliser la science citoyenne pour identifier les zones prioritaires pour la conservation des vertébrés migrateurs et résidents menacés dans l'hémisphère occidental

Prédicteurs écologiques de la sensibilité à la modification de l'habitat des espèces migratrices pendant les périodes de reproduction et de non-reproduction du cycle annuel

Identifier les caractéristiques des agroécosystèmes pour soutenir la biodiversité des oiseaux, des chauves-souris et des amphibiens

Évaluation de l'impact du climat océanique sur la diversité des oiseaux marins le long de la côte du Pacifique à plusieurs échelles temporelles

Activités professionnelles / intérêts

Professeur auxiliaire - Université de la Colombie-Britannique et Université Carleton

Membre du Sous-comité de spécialistes des oiseaux du COSEPAC

Rédacteur, Avian Conservation and Ecology

Prix et études

Bourse postdoctorale – Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center

PhD (Écologie) – Université de la Colombie-Britannique

MSc (Écologie) – Université de la Colombie-Britannique

Principales publications

Céspedes-Arias, L.N., S. Wilson, and N.J. Bayly. 2021. Community modeling reveals the importance of elevation and land cover in shaping migratory bird abundance in the Andes. Ecological Applications. In Press.

Wilson, A.G., S. Wilson, N. Alavi, and D.R. Lapen. 2021. Human density is associated with the increased prevalence of a generalist zoonotic parasite in mammalian wildlife. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. In Press.

Qiao, Z., G.W. Mitchell, M. Cadman, J. Kusack, D. Evans, K. Bumelis, K.A. Hobson, M.D. Weegman, A. Salvadori, and S. Wilson. 2021. Integrating regional and site-level data to address drivers of population decline in a threatened aerial insectivorous bird. Biological Conservation. In Press.

González, A.M., N. J. Bayly, S. Wilson and K.A. Hobson. 2021. Shade coffee or native forest? Indicators of winter habitat quality for a long-distance migratory bird in the Colombian Andes Ecological Indicators 131: 108115

Wilson, S., N. Alavi, D. Pouliot, and G.W. Mitchell. 2020. Similarity between agricultural and natural land covers shapes how biodiversity responds to agricultural expansion at landscape scales. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 301: 107052.

Hsien-Yung L., R. Schuster, S. Wilson, S.J. Cooke, A.D. Rodewald, and J.R. Bennett. 2020. Integrating season-specific needs of migratory and resident birds in conservation planning. Biological Conservation 252: 108826.

Hobson, K. A., and S. Wilson. 2020. The avian conservation crisis, Canada’s international record, and the need for a new path forward Avian Conservation and Ecology 15:22.

Cano N, N.J. Bayly, and S. Wilson. 2020. Is there more than one way to cross the Caribbean Sea? Migratory strategies of Nearctic-Neotropical landbirds departing from Northern Colombia Journal of Avian Biology 51: e02394.

Wilson, S., R. Schuster, J.R. Bennett, A.D. Rodewald, A.C. Smith, F.A. LaSorte, P.H. Verburg, and P. Arcese. 2019. Prioritize diversity or declining species? Tradeoffs and synergies in spatial planning for the conservation of migratory birds in the face of land cover change Biological Conservation 239: 108285.

Schuster, R., S. Wilson, A.D. Rodewald, P. Arcese, D. Fink, T. Auer, and J.R. Bennett. 2019. Optimizing the conservation of migratory species over their full annual cycle. Nature Communications 10: 1754 

Endenburg, S., G. Mitchell, P. Kirby, J. Pasher, L. Fahrig, and S. Wilson. 2019. The homogenizing influence of agriculture on forest bird communities. Landscape Ecology 34: 2385-2399.

Wilson, S., A.C. Smith, and I. Naujokaitis-Lewis. 2018. Opposing response to drought shapes spatial population dynamics of declining grassland birds. Diversity and Distributions 24:1687-1698.   

Wilson, S., J.F. Saracco, R. Krikun, D.T. Flockhart, C.M. Godwin, and K. Foster. 2018. Drivers of demographic decline across the annual cycle of a threatened migratory bird. Scientific Reports 8:7316. 

Wilson, S., G.W. Mitchell, J. Pasher, M. McGovern, M.R. Hudson, and L. Fahrig. 2017. Influence of crop type, heterogeneity and woody structure on avian biodiversity in agricultural landscapes Ecological Indicators 83: 218-226.

Wilson, S., K. Gil-Weir, R.G. Clark, G.J. Robertson, and M.T. Bidwell. 2016. Integrated population modeling to assess demographic variation and contributions to population growth for endangered whooping cranes. Biological Conservation 197:1-7.

Installation de recherche

5421, chemin Robertson
Delta, BC V4K 3Y3
Canada

Langue

Anglais

Autres langues

Spanish