Brendan Wilson
Instructor and Research Scientist in School of Environment and Geomatics, School of University Arts and Sciences
Credentials:BSc, PhD, RPBio
Room VALH
Direct: 250.365.1393
Tel: 250.365.7292 Ext. 393
Bio
Brendan Wilson is an instructor and Research Scientist in Selkirk College's School of Envirnoment and Geomatics, where he has taught since 2001. Originally from the Bow Valley in Alberta, Brendan has had a life-long interest in subalpine and timberline forest communities. He completed a B.Sc. in Applied Environmental Biology at the University of Technology in Sydney, where he examined the effect of selective harvesting on understory plant communities in an Australian subalpine forest. Upon his return to in the mid-1990’s, he worked toward his PhD at the University of Alberta, studying regeneration dynamics of alpine larch. Over the past decade Brendan has worked with Parks Canada on the conservation of whitebark pine. He also is a director, and the current president of the Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology.
Brendan currently teaches Ecosystem Management, Systems Ecology, Forest Ecology, Botany, Spatial Statistics, and Introduction to Computers. His current research at the Selkirk Geospatial Research Centre focuses on developing predictive spatial models for the occurrence of timberline tree species and forest carbon management Check out his blog here.
Publications
Wilson B. C., Parfitt I., Buttle J., Gray C., Penfold G., and Kalawsky N. 2011. Forest carbon management and user needs in the Kootenays. In: Morris, J. ed. 2011.Proceedings of the Carbon Management in British Columbia Ecosystems Conference. June 15-16, 2011 Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. Columbia Mountains Institute of Applied Ecology. Online at http://www.cmiae.org/_PDF/Carbon-2011-conference-summary.pdf
Leslie A. and Wilson B. C. 2011. No Free Lunch: Observations on Seed Predation, Cone Collection, and Controlled Germination of Whitebark Pine from the Canadian Rockies. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p. Online at http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p063.html
Wilson B. C. 2011. Establishment Patterns of Whitebark Pine Following Fire in the Canadian Rockies. In: Keane, Robert E.; Tomback, Diana F.; Murray, Michael P.; and Smith, Cyndi M., eds. 2011. The future of high-elevation, five-needle white pines in Western North America: Proceedings of the High Five Symposium. 28-30 June 2010; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-63. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 376 p. Online at http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_p063.html
Smith, C. M., Wilson, B. C., Rasheed, S., Walker, R., Carolin, T., and Shepherd, B. 2008. Whitebark pine and white pine blister rust in the Rocky Mountains of Canada and northern Montana. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 38: 982-995. CJFR 2008_38:982-995
Wilson, B.C. 2007. Status of the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) in Alberta. Alberta Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB, Canada, Wildlife Status Report 63. WSR_63
Wilson, B.C. and Stuart-Smith, G.J. 2002. Whitebark pine conservation for the Canadian Rocky Mountain national parks. Technical Report. Cordilleran Ecological Research, Winlaw, British Columbia. KNP01-01. Prepared for Parks Canada. KNP01-01
Wilson, B. C., Walker, R. C., and Stuart-Smith, G. J. 2002. Whitebark pine restoration and monitoring in the Canadian Rockies. Pages 260-267 in: Taylor L., K. Martin, D. Hik, and A. Ryall, Editors. Ecological and Earth Sciences in Mountain Areas. The Banff Centre. Banff, AB, Canada.
Wilson B. C. 2001. Regeneration dynamics of Larix lyallii in the southern Canadian Rockies. Doctorial thesis. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
