ABOUT THE PROJECT
In the early 2000s, several moose populations within interior British Columbia dramatically declined. In response, the provincial government launching a study in 2012 which tested the hypothesis that landscape change from mountain pine beetle outbreaks and anthropogenic activities reduced cow moose survival by increasing their vulnerability to predators and hunters. However, cow survival rates indicated a stable population, shifting the focus to calves.
The goals of my research are to: 1) assess the influence of maternal resource selection and condition on pregnancy rates and calf survival in relation to landscape change, 2) determine the effect of landscape change on predation risk to moose calves from wolves, and 3) examine how resource selection, predation risk and anthropogenic disturbance impact moose calf survival and condition.
The goals of my research are to: 1) assess the influence of maternal resource selection and condition on pregnancy rates and calf survival in relation to landscape change, 2) determine the effect of landscape change on predation risk to moose calves from wolves, and 3) examine how resource selection, predation risk and anthropogenic disturbance impact moose calf survival and condition.
updates
2019
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October: Funding applications submitted to HCTF, Genome BC and BC Parks Living Labs.
September: First semester of class began at the University of Victoria. July: I moved to Victoria to be on campus. March: I was awarded the NSERC CGSD. January: I began my first semester in my PhD project, and completed some moose calf capture field work. |
2018
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December: I was accepted into the PhD program at the University of Victoria.
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publications & reports
None to date.
