MacDonald, Z.G., Deane, D.C., He, F., Lamb, C.T., Sperling, F.A.H., Acorn, J.H., & Nielsen, S.E. 2021. Distinguishing effects of area per se and isolation from the sample-area effect for true islands and habitat fragments. Ecography 44:1-16.

Nelson, C.J., Frost, C.M. & Nielsen, S.E. 2021. Narrow anthropogenic linear corridors increase the abundance, diversity, and movement of bees in boreal forests. Forest Ecology and Management 489: 1-13.

Riva, F. & Nielsen, S.E. 2021. A functional perspective on the analysis of land use and land cover data in ecology. Ambio 50:1089–1100.

Davidson, S.J., Goud, E.M., Franklin, C., Nielsen, S.E. & Strack, M. 2020. Seismic line disturbance alters soil physical and chemical properties across boreal forest and peatland soils. Frontiers in Earth Sciences 8: Article 281.

Lamb, C.L., Ford, A.T., McLellan, B.N., Proctor, M.F., Mowat, G., Ciarniello, L., Nielsen, S.E. & Boutin, S. 2020. The ecology of human–carnivore coexistence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117(30): 17876-17883.

Riva, F. & Nielsen, S.E. 2020. Six key steps for functional landscape analyses of habitat change. Landscape Ecology 35: 1495–1504.

Riva, F., Gentile, G., Bonelli, S., Acorn, J.H., Denes, F.V., Crosby, A.D. & Nielsen, S.E. 2020. Of detectability and camouflage: evaluating Pollard Walk rules using a common, cryptic butterfly. Ecosphere 11(4): e03101.

Riva, F., Pinzon, J., Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2020. Composite effects of cutlines and wildfire result in fire refuges for plants and butterflies in boreal treed peatlands. Ecosystems 23:485–497.

Franklin, C.M.A., Nielsen, S.E. & Macdonald, S.E. 2019. Understory vascular plant responses to retention harvesting with and without prescribed fire. Canadian Journal of Forest Research (in press).

Stevenson, C.J., Filicetti, A.T. & Nielsen, S.E. 2019. High precision altimeter demonstrates simplification and depression of microtopography on seismic lines in treed peatlands. Forests 10(4):295.

Franklin, C.M.A., Macdonald, S.E. & Nielsen, S.E. 2019. Can retention harvests help conserve wildlife? Evidence for vertebrates in the boreal forest. Ecosphere 10(3): e02632.

Filicetti, A.T., Cody, M. & Nielsen S.E. 2019. Caribou conservation: restoring trees on seismic lines in Alberta, Canada. Forests 10(2):185.

Larsen, T.A., Nielsen, S.E., Cranston, J. & Stenhouse, G.B. 2019. Do remnant retention patches and forest edges increase grizzly bear food supply? Forest Ecology and Management 433:741-761.

MacDonald, Z.J., Anderson, I.D., Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. The theory of island biogeography, the sample‐area effect, and the habitat diversity hypothesis: complementarity in a naturally fragmented landscape of lake islands. Journal of Biogeography 45:2730–2743.

Riva, F., Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Distribution of cranberry blue butterflies (Agriades optilete) and their responses to forest disturbance from in situ oil sands and wildfires. Diversity 10(4):112

Stern, E.R., Riva, F. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Effects of narrow linear disturbances on light and wind patterns in fragmented boreal forests in northeastern Alberta. Forests 9(8): 486.

Franklin, C.M.A., Macdonald, S.E. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Combining aggregated and dispersed tree retention harvesting for conservation of vascular plant communities. Ecological Applications 28(7): 1830–1840.

Roberts, D., Ciuti, S., Barber, Q.E., Willier, C. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Accelerated seed dispersal along linear disturbances in the Canadian oil sands region. Scientific Reports 8:4828.

Riva, F., Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Narrow anthropogenic corridors direct the movement of a generalist boreal butterfly. Biology Letters 14: 20170770.

Filicetti, A.T. & Nielsen S.E. 2018. Fire and forest recovery on seismic lines in sandy upland jack pine (Pinus banksiana) forests. Forest Ecology and Management 421: 32-39.

Riva, F, Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Localized disturbances from oil sands developments increase butterfly diversity and abundance in Alberta's boreal forests. Biological Conservation 217: 173-180.

MacDonald, Z.G., Anderson, I.D., Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Decoupling habitat fragmentation from habitat loss: butterfly species mobility obscures fragmentation effects in a naturally fragmented landscape of lake islands. Oecologia (in press).

Guo, X., Coops, N.C., Gergel, S.E., Bater, C.W., Nielsen, S.E., Stadt, J.J., Drever, M. 2018. Integrating airborne lidar and satellite imagery to model habitat connectivity dynamics for spatial conservation prioritization. Landscape Ecology (early view).

Bell, A.J., Phillips, I.D., Nielsen, S.E., Spence, J.R. 2017. Boreal ground-beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages of the mainland and islands in Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist 149(4): 491-503.

Nielsen, S.E., DeLancey, E.R., Reinhardt, K. & Parisien, M.A. 2016. Effects of lakes on wildfire activity in the boreal forests of Saskatchewan, Canada Forests 7: 265.

van Rensen, C.K., Nielsen, S.E., White, B., Vinge, T. & Lieffers, V.J. 2015. Natural regeneration of forest vegetation on legacy seismic lines in boreal habitats in Alberta’s oil sands region. Biological Conservation 184: 127–135.

White C.F.H., Coops N.C., Nijland W., Hilker T., Nelson T.A., Wulder M.A., Nielsen S.E. & Stenhouse G.B. 2014. Characterizing a decade of disturbance events using Landsat and MODIS satellite imagery in Western Alberta, Canada for grizzly bear management. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing 40(5): 336-347.

Nielsen S.E., Cattet M.R.L., Boulanger J., Cranston J., McDermid G.J., Shafer A.B.A., Stenhouse G.B. 2013. Environmental, biological and anthropogenic effects on grizzly bear body size: temporal and spatial considerations. BMC Ecology 13: 31.

Stewart B.P., Nelson T.A., Laberee K., Nielsen S.E., Wulder M.A. & Stenhouse G. 2013. Quantifying grizzly bear selection of natural and anthropogenic edges. Journal of Wildlife Management 77(5): 957-964.

Stewart B.P., Nelson T.A., Wulder M.A., Nielsen S.E. & Stenhouse G. 2012. Impact of disturbance characteristics and age on grizzly bear habitat selection. Applied Geography 34: 614-625.

Boutin, S., Nielsen, S.E., Bayne, E. 2018. Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs Final Report. University of Alberta. 65 pp.

Nelson, C.J. 2020. Effects of linear anthropogenic corridors on insect pollinator movement and diversity, and understory shrub fruit production in the boreal forest of northeastern Alberta. MSc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Carpenter, T.M.S. 2020. Effects of energy development on habitat use of an avian peatland specialist and generalist at multiple spatial scales. MSc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Riva, F. 2019. Responses in butterflies to loss and fragmentation of boreal forests from in situ oil sands. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Franklin, C.M.A. 2018. Effectiveness of retention harvesting for biodiversity conservation: evidence for understory vegetation and wildlife. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Willier, C.N. 2017. Changes in peatland plant community composition and stand structure due to road induced flooding and desiccation. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Van Rensen, C.K. 2014. Predicting patterns of regeneration on seismic lines to inform restoration planning in boreal forest habitats. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Roberts, D. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Seismic lines may spread seeds. Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs outreach note #8.

Willier, C. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018. Why did the water cross under the road? Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs outreach note #7.

Riva, F., Acorn, J. & Nielsen, S.E. 2017. Low-impact holds true for butterflies. Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs outreach note #1.