Burg, Theresa
Professor
Biological Sciences Department
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- (403) 332-5299
- theresa.burg@uleth.ca
Faculty
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- (403) 332-5299
Lab
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- (403) 332-5213
Biography
PhD Zoology, University of Cambridge
Teaching
Molecular Ecology
Evolution
Teaching
Molecular Ecology
Evolution
Current Research
| Title |
Location |
Principal Investigator | Co-Researchers | Grant Agency |
Grant Amount |
Grant Time Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evolution of Resident Forest Birds | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | |||||
| Evolution of Resident Forest Birds | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | Alberta Ingenuity | $276,975 | 3 years | ||
| Evolution of High Latitude Birds | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | |||||
| Evolution of High Latitude Birds | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | Natural Sciences and Engineering Council | $115,500 | 5 years | ||
| High Throughput DNA Laboratory | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | |||||
| High Throughput DNA Laboratory | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | Natural Sciences and Engineering Council | $82,763 | |||
| Infrastructure for Molecular Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | |||||
| Infrastructure for Molecular Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | Alberta Government Small Equipment Grant | $59,378 | |||
| Infrastructure for Molecular Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | |||||
| Infrastructure for Molecular Evolutionary Ecology Laboratory | Theresa Burg, University of Lethbridge | Canadian Foundation for Innovation | $79,171 |
Previous Research
| Title | Grant Agency | Completion Date |
| Population Differentiation in Seabirds | Chateaubriand Postdoctoral Fellowship, French Embassy | 2005 |
| Mechanisms of differentiation in birds on the Queen Charlotte Islands | Natural Sciences and Engineering Council | 2004 |
Publications
Recent Publications
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=W-ZqPh0AAAAJ&hl=en
Lait, L.A., V.L. Friesen, A.J. Gaston and T.M. Burg (2012) The post-Pleistocene population genetic structure of a western North American passerine: The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens). Journal of Avian Biology 43:541-552.
Lait, L.A., R.F. Lauff and T.M. Burg (2012) Genetic evidence supports boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) x black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) hybridisation in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 126(2):143-147.
Burg, T.M. and R.F. Lauff (2012) An anomalous northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) egg. Canadian Field Naturalist 126:41-45.
Hale, M.L., T.M. Burg and T.E. Steeves (2012) Sampling for microsatellite-based population genetic studies: 25 to 30 individuals per population is enough. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45170.
Pravosudov, V.V., M.L. Forister, T.C. Roth II, L.D. LaDage, T.M. Burg, M.J. Braun, and B.S. Davidson (2012) Population genetic structure and its implications for adaptive variation in memory and the hippocampus on a continental scale in food-caching black-capped chickadee. Molecular Ecology 21:4486-4497.
Pulgarín-Restrepo, P.C. and T.M. Burg (2012) Genetic signals of demographic expansion in downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) after the last North American glacial maximum. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40412.
Burg, T.M. and A.B. Martin (2012) No island hopping for Hawaiian petrels. News and Commentary for Heredity invited 109:4-5.
Graham, B. and T.M. Burg (2012) Molecular markers provide insights into contemporary and historic gene flow in a non-migratory species. Journal of Avian Biology 43:198-214.
Grava A., T. Grava, R. Didier, L.A. Lait, J. Dosso, E. Koran, T.M. Burg and K.A. Otter (2012) Interspecific dominance and hybridization between black-capped chickadee and mountain chickadee. Behavioral Ecology 23(3):566-572.
Rains, D., H. Weimerskirch and T.M. Burg (2011) Piecing together the global population puzzle of wandering albatrosses: Genetic analysis of the Amsterdam albatross. Journal of Avian Biology 42:69-79.
Google Scholar page: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=W-ZqPh0AAAAJ&hl=en
Lait, L.A., V.L. Friesen, A.J. Gaston and T.M. Burg (2012) The post-Pleistocene population genetic structure of a western North American passerine: The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens). Journal of Avian Biology 43:541-552.
Lait, L.A., R.F. Lauff and T.M. Burg (2012) Genetic evidence supports boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) x black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) hybridisation in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 126(2):143-147.
Burg, T.M. and R.F. Lauff (2012) An anomalous northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) egg. Canadian Field Naturalist 126:41-45.
Hale, M.L., T.M. Burg and T.E. Steeves (2012) Sampling for microsatellite-based population genetic studies: 25 to 30 individuals per population is enough. PLoS ONE 7(9): e45170.
Pravosudov, V.V., M.L. Forister, T.C. Roth II, L.D. LaDage, T.M. Burg, M.J. Braun, and B.S. Davidson (2012) Population genetic structure and its implications for adaptive variation in memory and the hippocampus on a continental scale in food-caching black-capped chickadee. Molecular Ecology 21:4486-4497.
Pulgarín-Restrepo, P.C. and T.M. Burg (2012) Genetic signals of demographic expansion in downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) after the last North American glacial maximum. PLoS ONE 7(7): e40412.
Burg, T.M. and A.B. Martin (2012) No island hopping for Hawaiian petrels. News and Commentary for Heredity invited 109:4-5.
Graham, B. and T.M. Burg (2012) Molecular markers provide insights into contemporary and historic gene flow in a non-migratory species. Journal of Avian Biology 43:198-214.
Grava A., T. Grava, R. Didier, L.A. Lait, J. Dosso, E. Koran, T.M. Burg and K.A. Otter (2012) Interspecific dominance and hybridization between black-capped chickadee and mountain chickadee. Behavioral Ecology 23(3):566-572.
Rains, D., H. Weimerskirch and T.M. Burg (2011) Piecing together the global population puzzle of wandering albatrosses: Genetic analysis of the Amsterdam albatross. Journal of Avian Biology 42:69-79.
Degrees
BSc (Biology), UBC; MSc (Biology), UBC; PhD (Zoology), University of Cambridge
Research Interests
I use molecular markers to study various evolutionary and ecological aspects of natural populations and how they relate to physical (e.g. glaciers) and non-physical (e.g. foraging patterns) barriers. Much of my research focuses on vertebrates examining a range of topics from mating systems, hybridization, population structure and systematics.
Expertise
and how their dispersal was affected by barriers
how individuals isolated in ice-free refugia during the last glaciation expanded into previously glaciated areas as the climate warmed
the role of physical and non-physical barriers in the evolution of high latitude species namely birds
Molecular ecology (birds)