Projects

PhD Projects

Montane beetle diversity and elevation – is there a common distribution pattern across the globe?

Changes in cuticular lipids of Staphylinidae community across elevation at the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica

Ant thermal tolerance along a field-forest gradient in Guelph, Ontario

Thermal tolerance of the Staphylinidae community along an elevation gradient at Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica

MSc Projects

A method to measure terrestrial arthropod movement in the laboratory, in the dark

Carabid diversity across space and time, and the dispersal ability of Harpalus rufipes in Nova Scotia lowbush blueberry fields

Feeding behaviours of two abundant early spring carabid species found in Nova Scotia lowbush blueberry fields

BSc Projects

Blueberry spanworm parasitoid populations in Nova Scotia lowbush blueberry fields

Educational Resources

Smith Lab common stats in R guide

Partnerships

I maintain active partnerships with researchers at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus (Nova Scotia, Canada), Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada), and at the State University of Minas Gerais (Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, UEMG), Brazil, where I am involved in agricultural entomology/ecology projects, exploratory ecology, and some theoretical biology work.

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