Director  McGill Bird Observatory

Interspecific competition and nest survival of the threatened Red-headed Woodpecker

Maladaptive Habitat Use of a North American Woodpecker in Population Decline

Low Fecundity of Red-Headed Woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus) at the Northern Edge of the Range

https://www.ontario.ca/page/bobolink-and-eastern-meadowlark-recovery-strategy-executive-summary

Barbara is a conservation biologist broadly interested in the behaviour and conservation of species-at-risk in human modified landscapes. She completed her B.Sc. at Carleton University (2005), and her M.Sc. (2009) and Ph.D. (2014) at McGill University. Her doctoral research focused on the habitat use, breeding ecology, and community interactions of Red-headed Woodpeckers in southern Ontario, where she led a public outreach and education campaign on the conservation of the species. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at University of Ottawa and a visiting scholar at McGill University, researching the balance and tradeoffs of biodiversity and ecosystem services in Canadian agroecosystems. She is a co-founder and the current director of the McGill Bird Observatory, where she is involved in year-round monitoring and research on Canadian birds species. In 2017 Barbara is overseeing the installation of a Montreal extension of the MOTUS automated telemetry array, and in collaboration with Dr. Elliott from McGill University is initiating a new research program on migration ecology of passerines in the Montreal area.

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Conservation Biology

Ecosystem services

Biodiversity

Agroecosystems

Birds Birding

Ornithology

Ecology

Women in Science and STEM

Agricultural impacts on biodiversity 

English

French

Swiss-German

Personal website

McGill Bird Observatory 

Angry bird dive-bombing passersby at Maison Radio-Canada

Snowy owl spotted soaring by Montreal traffic camera

Red-headed Woodpecker is a bird of special concern

Postdoctoral research scholarship

Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Natural Resource Sciences 

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