Emily Studd

@barbalink @anne_marie_bio I used a metal meter stick to measure depth at lynx locations. Would take 4 measures per site. Also measured hardness by dropping a pop can filled with rice from a set height above the snow and measuring the depth it sunk. We called it our highly scientific densiometer. haha

Calling all #scientists working in❄️- planning winter fieldwork in #urban areas on #cardinals w @anne_marie_bio & want to quantify snow depth & characteristics. Any hints for standardized way to do so? Help a newbie in #winterfieldwork out!

For @hakaimagazine, I wrote about beach dogs, which are both shockingly harmful to coastal ecosystems *and* a wildly contentious political issue. Note: I am not w/out sin when it comes to letting my little killer roam free! Let the angry emails commence. hakaimagazine.com/features/gone-…

@MaudeDagenais4 Amazing! Congrats Maude!

After (insert excessive number) years, 5 supervisors, many projects, and a few broken bones, I’m #PhDone ✌🏼

Contrasting bottom-up effects of warming #oceans on king #penguins at two islands, illustrating the complexity of understanding climate change impacts on predators. #ornithology Led by @IBIS_journal Warham student Emile Brisson-Curadeau @GlobalChangeBio onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gc…

@Newman_lab @MichaelRuntz @RDerbyshire7 @UofGWeBeIB @UofGCBS @IntUGrativeBiol @Ecology_forlife @AlgonquinWRS Thanks for having us! It was fun!

Recent visitors to #BIOL4410 included inspiring speakers Dr. Emily Studd & Rachael Derbyshire who shared their work on Lynx & Hares in Kluane, YT, and the venerable naturalist & photographer extraordinaire @MichaelRuntz who also led us in a convincing group wolf howl ⬇️

A simple, non-invasive innovation could offer "a huge advantage" for scientists studying nocturnal animals. #UAlberta #FieldResearch #biology #ecology @ualbertaScience @NSERC_CRSNG bit.ly/3JRXqHc

Check out our new paper in @Ecology_Letters that looks at how balancing food acquisition and predation risk can drive demographic changes in population cycles...(Thread) @MJLPeers @akmenzies @ekstudd @ShoWhitecrane @lauramccaw @Phil_D_Walker @boutinlab doi.org/10.1111/ele.13…

20/#100studyspecies Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)

@wild_ecology @GM_TweeterBird You got it, the warm is when the squirrels are in the nest. It is pretty easy to separate ibutton data into in and out the nest. I used ibuttons to document nest attendance in red squirrels. Our approach to separating the two phases can be found here: academic.oup.com/jmammal/articl…

@GM_TweeterBird Oh that's really interesting. I was thinking the higher temperatures would be when the squirrel was out foraging in the sun, and coldest temperatures when the animal was in a den or shade. However, I found easily see it reversed as you suggest! This gives me some great ideas. TY!

So cool how the iButton data clearly shows when this squirrel died and when I recovered the collar. Perhaps a thermal ecologist can help me interpret the "alive time" data...

From our #Methods, Tools, & Technologies track: Different #DensityEstimation approaches can produce wildly different numbers - even when method assumptions are met doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3… #CanadaLynx #OpenAccess @dardormy @StanBoutin @ClaytonTLamb @ekstudd @akmenzies

SO excited to announce my first paper out today in @Ecol_Evol that explores how mammals avoid predation during rest. Could not be more grateful to have worked with my phenomenal co-authors @DiseaseEcology and @roxannesbeltran onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Using high-tech collars, a new @UAlberta study tracks the movements of lynx. #wildlife #uofa #yeginnovation #yegtech #yeg ow.ly/tjA050G92rB @akmenzies @ekstudd @RDerbyshire7

New paper in @ESAEcosphere: Vertebrates took longer to initiate scavenging carnivore relative to herbivore carcasses, and carnivore carcasses persisted on the landscape for over a month longer! @YMajchrzak @akmenzies @ekstudd @ClaytonTLamb @boutinlab doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3…

@fitzpatrickpj @RyanKBrook @bparlee @CalebHasler @gwynmac @akmenzies are both working on (diff) moose projects in the boreal and would know others...

Check out our new paper in @ESAEcology examining how food availability and long-term predation risk affect snowshoe hare's antipredator response to lynx encounter. Collaborative work with @ekstudd @MJLPeers @YMajchrzak @boutinlab @akmenzies @RDerbyshire7 @MurrayLab_Trent

@wishartae @jackghendrix I can help with that axy data if that'll make thing less stressful!

Check out this awesome interview/video by @akmenzies about our use of technology to study lynx. This paper has been my favourite experience in science so far. A team effort from start (co-first author) to finish (sharing media). @MethodsEcolEvol @RDerbyshire7

A closer look at the secret lives of the Canadian Lynx! We’ll be speaking to @akmenzies, a researcher who took part in a study on just that! Listen in on #LetsGo!

A new study by researchers from #McGill, @UAlberta and @TrentUniversity provides new insight into the behaviour of the elusive Canada Lynx and a first look at how miniaturized technology can open the door to remote wildlife monitoring. ow.ly/ySNP50EZ8jb

@al_langwieder YES!!!!

Just picked up a very fun shipment... can you guess what I’m doing this summer?? 😂 40 trail cameras + hair snares across the ~400km of eastern James Bay let’s goooo 📸