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Journal Articles
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.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119044
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.
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DOI:
10.1007/s13280-020-01434-5
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.
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DOI:
10.3389/feart.2020.00281
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.
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1922097117
Riva, F. & Nielsen, S.E. 2020.
Six key steps for functional landscape analyses of habitat change.
Landscape Ecology
35
: 1495–1504.
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DOI:
10.1007/s10980-020-01048-y
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.
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10.1002/ecs2.3101
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.
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10.1007/s10021-019-00417-2
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).
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DOI:
10.1139/cjfr-2018-0288
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.
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DOI:
10.3390/f10040295
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
1
0
(3): e02632.
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DOI:
10.1002/ecs2.2632
Filicetti, A.T., Cody, M. & Nielsen S.E. 2019.
Caribou conservation: restoring trees on seismic lines in Alberta, Canada.
Forests
10
(2):185.
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DOI:
10.3390/f10020185
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.
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10.1016/j.foreco.2018.11.031
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.
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DOI:
10.1111/jbi.13460
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
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DOI:
10.3390/d10040112
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.
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DOI:
10.3390/f9080486
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.
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DOI:
10.1002/eap.1774
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.
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DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-22678-y
Riva, F., Acorn, J.H. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018.
Narrow anthropogenic corridors direct the movement of a generalist boreal butterfly.
Biology Letters
14
: 20170770.
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DOI:
10.1098/rsbl.2017.0770
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.
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10.1016/j.foreco.2018.01.027
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.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.022
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).
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DOI:
10.1007/s00442-017-4005-2
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).
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DOI:
10.1007/s10980-018-0609-0
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.
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DOI:
10.4039/tce.2017.12
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.
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doi:10.3390/f7110265
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.
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10.1016/j.biocon.2015.01.020
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.
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10.1080/07038992.2014.987082
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.
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DOI:
10.1186/1472-6785-13-31
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.
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10.1002/jwmg.535
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.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.apgeog.2012.03.001
Book Chapters
Research Reports
Boutin, S., Nielsen, S.E., Bayne, E. 2018.
Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs Final Report.
University of Alberta. 65 pp.
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Thesis
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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doi:10.7939/R3DM49
Outreach
Roberts, D. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018.
Seismic lines may spread seeds.
Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs outreach note #8.
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Willier, C. & Nielsen, S.E. 2018.
Why did the water cross under the road?
Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs outreach note #7.
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Riva, F., Acorn, J. & Nielsen, S.E. 2017.
Low-impact holds true for butterflies.
Alberta Biodiversity Conservation Chairs outreach note #1.
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