Recent & Upcoming Talks

2019

Cumulative effects research in SpaDES

Natural resource management decisions benefit from cumulative effects research that efficiently integrates scientific knowledge across …
Oct 25, 2019 Sault Ste Marie, ON
Alex M Chubaty, Tati Micheletti, Frances Stewart, Eliot J B McIntire, Yong Luo, David W Andison, Samuel Hache, Ian Eddy, Ceres Barros, Diana Stralberg, Jean Marchal, Ana Paula Raymundo, Mario van Telgen, Junior Tremblay, Mathieu Leblond, Rhiannon Pankratz, James Hodson, Steve Cumming
Project Project

Data to decisions: a multispecies approach case study for Northwest Territories

Aug 30, 2019 Québec, QC
Tati Micheletti, Eliot J B McIntire, Frances E C Stewart, Samuel Haché, Ian M S Eddy, Ceres Barros, Alex M Chubaty, Diana Stralberg, Jean Marchal, Ana Raymundo, Mario van Telgen, Junior A Tremblay, Mathieu Leblond, Rhiannon F Pankratz, James Hodson, Steven G Cumming
Project Project

Predicting caribou resource selection and demography under landscape and climate change

Aug 20, 2019 Fredericton, NB
Frances E C Stewart, Tati Micheletti, Eliot J B McIntire, Samuel Haché, Mathieu Leblond, Junior A Tremblay, Jean Marchal, Mario van Telgen, James Hodson, Fiona Schmiegelow, Ian M S Eddy, Alex M Chubaty, Ceres Barros, Steven G Cumming
Project Project

Best Practices Working With Spatial Data in R

May 2, 2019 Hinton, AB
Alex M Chubaty
Project Slides

Facing the tree-slayer: forecasting Mountain Pine Beetle spatial spread in SpaDES

Feb 22, 2019 Edmonton, AB
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire, Barry J Cooke
Project Project

Integrating fire disturbance with models of mountain pine beetle spread to evaluate efficacy of controlled burns as a management tool

Feb 5, 2019 Québec, QC
Alex M Chubaty, Barry J Cooke, Eliot J B McIntire
Project Project

2018

Testimony before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural Resources Forest Pests

Oct 4, 2018 Ottawa, ON (videoconference)
Alex M Chubaty
Project

Cumulative Impacts Monitoring Program (CIMP) SpaDES Workshop

Oct 3, 2018 — Oct 4, 2018 Yellowknife, NT
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire
Project

LandWeb: Exploring NRV in the Western Canadian Boreal Forest

Jul 27, 2018 Hinton, AB
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire, David W Andison
Project Project

Building R packages - Getting started and best practices

I’ll be showing how to build and test your first R package. We’ll discuss best practices and how to prepare for submission …
May 11, 2018 Calgary, AB
Alex M Chubaty
Project Slides

Simulating MPB invasive spread control in Saskatchewan using SpaDES

Feb 6, 2018 Edmonton, AB
Alex M Chubaty, Barry J Cooke, Eliot J B McIntire
Project Project

Predictive ecology in a world filled with dynamic data and models – entering continuous adaptive management

Jan 1, 2018 Victoria, BC
Eliot J B McIntire, Sarah Bauduin, Jean Marchal, Alana Clason, Alex M Chubaty, Steven G Cumming
Project

2017

Incorporating changing climate in ecological models: feedbacks, trade-offs and surprises! OR How do we influence decision makers?

Nov 1, 2017
Eliot J B McIntire, Sarah Bauduin, Jean Marchal, Alana Clason, Alex M Chubaty, Steven G Cumming
PDF Project

Boreal insect disturbance in SpaDES: an integrated simulation model of mountain pine beetle eastward spread

Oct 22, 2017 Winnipeg, MB
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire, Barry J Cooke
Project Project Slides

Cumulative effects simulation and modern scientific forecasts: challenges and opportunities

Oct 20, 2017 Sault Ste Marie, ON
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire
Project

Vegetation dynamics in SpaDES: the recoded LANDIS-II biomass succession model

May 7, 2017 Victoria, BC
Yong Luo, Eliot J B McIntire, Alex M Chubaty, David W Andison, Steven G Cumming
Project

Burning in SpaDES: Automated parameter estimation for landscape fire models

May 7, 2017 Victoria, BC
Steve G Cumming, Eliot J B McIntire, Yong Luo, Alex M Chubaty, D Woolford
Project

Building a continuous adaptive management system in SpaDES: using historical landscape variation for the LandWeb project

May 7, 2017 Victoria, BC
Eliot J B McIntire, David W Andison, Steve G Cumming, Yong Luo, Alex M Chubaty
Project

Building a continuous adaptive management system in SpaDES: dialing down the risk for woodland caribou

May 7, 2017
Eliot J B McIntire, Elizabeth M Campbell, R S Winder, Alex M Chubaty, Michael A Wulder, et al.
Project

Boreal insect disturbance in SpaDES: an integrated simulation model of mountain pine beetle eastward spread

May 7, 2017 Victoria, BC
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire, Barry J Cooke, Steve G Cumming, Yong Luo
PDF Project Project

Simulating MPB invasive spread control in Saskatchewan using SpaDES

Apr 25, 2017 Edmonton, AB
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire, Barry J Cooke
Project Project

Simulating MPB invasive spread control in Saskatchewan using SpaDES

Feb 6, 2017 Fredricton, NB
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire, Barry J Cooke
Project Project

Incorporating changing climate in ecological models: feedback, reversals and surprises abound!

Jan 1, 2017 Coyhaique, Chile
Eliot J B McIntire, Sarah Bauduin, Jean Marchal, Alana Clason, Alex M Chubaty, Steven G Cumming
Project

2016

Getting to answers, in SpaDES

Feb 1, 2016 Sault Ste Marie, ON
Eliot J B McIntire, Alex M Chubaty, David W Andison
Project

2014

SpaDES: Spatial Discrete Event Simulation

Nov 25, 2014 Edmonton, AB
Alex M Chubaty, Eliot J B McIntire
Project

2013

Drosophila suzukii in a D. suzukii world: Humidity decreases density dependent competition

Humidity has been suggested to be important for Drosophila suzukii development; however, how it mediates competition has not been …
Nov 1, 2013
Christina Hodson, S Dhanani, Amber Hoi, Alex M Chubaty, Franz W Simon
Project

On the evolution of omnivory in a community context

Background/Questions/Methods: An individual’s ability to assimilate and obtain one food resource is constrained by trade-offs …
Aug 4, 2013 Minneapolis, MN
Alex M Chubaty, Brian O Ma, R W Stein, David R Gillespie, Lee M Henry, Conan Phelan, Eirikur Palsson, Franz W Simon, Bernard D Roitberg

Enhancing Students' Understanding of Biological Concepts by Engaging Them in Research

May 15, 2013 Burnaby, BC
Ivona Mladenovic, Alex M Chubaty, A Tirajoh
Project

On the evolution of omnivory in a community context

May 12, 2013 Kelowna, BC
Alex M Chubaty, Brian O Ma, R W Stein, David R Gillespie, Lee M Henry, Conan Phelan, Eirikur Palsson, Franz W Simon, Bernard D Roitberg

Evolution of omnivory in a community context

Apr 11, 2013 Burnaby, BC
Alex M Chubaty, Brian O Ma, R W Stein, David R Gillespie, Lee M Henry, Conan Phelan, Eirikur Palsson, Franz W Simon, Bernard D Roitberg

2008

Mountain pine beetle condition and timing of emergence: who emerges when

May 11, 2008 Vancouver, BC
Alex M Chubaty, Melanie Hart

2007

An individual model of host selection for mountain pine beetle

Reproduction in mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins) is contingent upon successful search for and attack of a …
May 17, 2007 Toronto, ON
Alex M Chubaty, Bernard D Roitberg, Chao Li

'I'll have the steak special, with a side salad': exploring the evolution of omnivory

Mar 15, 2007
Alex M Chubaty, Brian O Ma, R W Stein, David R Gillespie, Lee M Henry, Conan Phelan, Bernard D Roitberg