Johnson, Dan

Faculty

Geography and Environment Department

Phone
(403) 329-2040
Fax
(403) 329-2016
Email
dan.johnson@uleth.ca
Faculty

Environmental Science Program

Phone
(403) 329-2040
Grad Student Office
Phone
(403) 329-2472

Biography

For Bio see www.uleth.ca/~dan.johnson

Publications

http://people.uleth.ca/~dan.johnson/nn

Degrees

B.Sc. (High Hons., Biology University of Saskatchean); M.Sc. (Soil Ecology, UBC); Ph.D. (Predator-Prey Ecology and Biological Control, UBC)

Research Interests

For information on DJ's research program, see www.uleth.ca/~dan.johnson

In The Media

Researchers Have a Hoot Discussing Burrowing Owl Populations; Legend; November 2005.

Johnson Made Fellow International of the Explorers Club Canadian Chapter; Legend; March 2004.

Sustainable Research; Annual Report 2004. Grasslands Expert U of L's Latest Canada Research Chair; Legend; November 2003.

Expertise

Application of ecological knowledge to management and policy
Support for environmental economics
Insect outbreaks
Soil biology
Pollination study
Terrestrial-aquatic linkages
Watershed ecosystems
Grassland microbe-insect-plant-bird interactions including impacts of disturbance (toxins weather invasion fire)
Applications to terrestrial riparian aquatic and edaphic systems
Ecological methods and logical frameworks
Post-glacial grassland foothills montane and alpine ecology and biodiversity
Aquatic and terrestrial arthropod communities (including soil fauna) diversity activities ecotoxicology and land-water linkages
Forecasting abundance movement phenology range changes and invasions of arthropods and plants
Food relationships biodiversity ecological integrity ecotoxicology system linkages resilience impacts
Effects of climate variability and economic development on organisms and social systems in semi-arid ecosystems
Environmentally sustainable methods (including biological microbial and integrated control) of crop protection

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