Mollie Chapman defends her PhD
Mollie defended her PhD dissertation entitled, “Agri-‘culture’ and Biodiversity: Rethinking Payments for Ecosystem Services in Light of Relational Values“. Congrats, Mollie!
Kai joins the RSC College of New Scholars
Kai Chan was inducted as one of 70 new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. UBC’s spiffy 1-minute video.
Kai speaks in favour of Canada’s Fundamental Science Review
… and argues for the need for inter-agency collaboration to support truly interdisciplinary research (Canada lags behind with its siloed funding councils). Video
Rumi Naito joins CHANS Lab
Rumi Naito, a new PhD student co-supervised by Jiaying Zhang and Kai, joined IRES and CHANS Lab in September 2017. Welcome, Rumi!
Liz Williams defends her Master’s
Liz Williams defended her Master’s thesis, entitled “Content and prevalence of environmentalist stereotypes in Canada : a psychological perspective” (now online). Congratulations, Liz!
Kreitzman et al., Wild salmon sustain parasite control on salmon farms
Kreitzman, M., J. Ashander, J. Driscoll, A.W. Bateman, K.M.A. Chan, M.A. Lewis and M. Krkosek (2018). “Wild salmon sustain the effectiveness of parasite control on salmon farms: Conservation implications from an evolutionary ecosystem service.” Conservation Letters 11(2): e12395. Doi: 10.1111/conl.12395
Chapman et al., 5 Key challenges and solutions for governing complex adaptive (food) systems
Chapman, M., S. Klassen, M. Kreitzman, A. Semmelink, K. Sharp, G. Singh and K.M.A. Chan (2017). “5 Key challenges and solutions for governing complex adaptive (food) systems.” Sustainability 9(9): 1594. Doi: 10.3390/su9091594
Klain et al., Relational values resonate broadly and differently
Klain, S.C., P. Olmsted, K.M.A. Chan and T. Satterfield (2017). “Relational values resonate broadly and differently than intrinsic or instrumental values, or the New Ecological Paradigm.” PLOS ONE 12(8): e0183962. Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183962
Rudman et al., Contemporary evosystem services: A reply to Faith et al.
Rudman, S.M., M. Kreitzman, K.M.A. Chan and D. Schluter (2017). “Contemporary evosystem services: A reply to Faith et al.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 32(6): 403–415. Doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2017.07.006
Karp et al., Agriculture erases climate-driven beta-diversity
Karp, D.S., L.O. Frishkoff, A. Echeverri, J. Zook, P. Juárez and K.M.A. Chan (2018). “Agriculture erases climate-driven β-diversity in Neotropical bird communities.” Global Change Biology 24(1): 338–349. Doi: 10.1111/gcb.13821