To understand
Ecology is the study of the relationship between living things and environment. It is my lifelong passion. In my lab, my students and I are conducting research on the behaviour, habitat selection, and demography of mammals and other terrestrial vertebrates. Our goal is to generate the understanding for conserving species and their habitat.
Much of my efforts focus on woodland caribou, the secretive creatures of the boreal forest. Given their low numbers, their need for vast spaces, and their sensitivity to human disturbances, woodland caribou represent the most formidable conservation challenge in the North. |
Selected publications
Schaefer, J. A. 2023. Increases in graminoids after three decades of change in the High Arctic. Polar Research 42, 9560, doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.9560
DeJong, April C., J. A. Schaefer, and D. V. Beresford. 2023. Human hosts recruit more host-seeking deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) while walking than sitting. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 101: 686-690. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2023-0010
Schaefer, J. A. 2022. The conservation of caribou: Matters of space, time, and scale. Chapter 8 in In Our Backyard – Keeyask and the Legacy of Hydroelectric Development. Edited by A. Craft and J. Blakley. University of Manitoba Press.
McNamara, J. A., J. A. Schaefer, G. Bastille-Rousseau, and S. P. Mahoney. 2022. Landscape features and caribou harvesting during three decades in Newfoundland. Écoscience 29:39-53.
Jenkins D. A., N. Lecomte, G. Andrews, G. Yannic, and J. A. Schaefer. 2020. Biotic interactions govern the distribution of coexisting ungulates in the Arctic archipelago — A case for conservation planning. Global Ecology and Conservation 24:e01239.
Wilson, K. S., B. A. Pond, G. S. Brown, and J. A. Schaefer. 2019. The biogeography of home range size of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou. Diversity and Distributions 25: 205-216.
Schaefer, J. A. 2023. Increases in graminoids after three decades of change in the High Arctic. Polar Research 42, 9560, doi.org/10.33265/polar.v42.9560
DeJong, April C., J. A. Schaefer, and D. V. Beresford. 2023. Human hosts recruit more host-seeking deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) while walking than sitting. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 101: 686-690. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2023-0010
Schaefer, J. A. 2022. The conservation of caribou: Matters of space, time, and scale. Chapter 8 in In Our Backyard – Keeyask and the Legacy of Hydroelectric Development. Edited by A. Craft and J. Blakley. University of Manitoba Press.
McNamara, J. A., J. A. Schaefer, G. Bastille-Rousseau, and S. P. Mahoney. 2022. Landscape features and caribou harvesting during three decades in Newfoundland. Écoscience 29:39-53.
Jenkins D. A., N. Lecomte, G. Andrews, G. Yannic, and J. A. Schaefer. 2020. Biotic interactions govern the distribution of coexisting ungulates in the Arctic archipelago — A case for conservation planning. Global Ecology and Conservation 24:e01239.
Wilson, K. S., B. A. Pond, G. S. Brown, and J. A. Schaefer. 2019. The biogeography of home range size of woodland caribou, Rangifer tarandus caribou. Diversity and Distributions 25: 205-216.
Contact
James Schaefer
Department of Biology
Trent University
2140 East Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
K9L 1Z8
Department of Biology
Trent University
2140 East Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
K9L 1Z8