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Arcese

Peter

Forestry

swahili

Africa, Animals, Birds, Canada, Environment, Forestry, Science, Wildlife

conservation; ecology; parks; endangered species; population ecology; genetics; application of science to conservation and management

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Beyers

Rene

Science

French

Africa, Animals, Biology, Environment, Science, Wildlife

conservation biology wildlife biology african wildlife

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Blake

Robert

Science

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Animals, Aquaculture, Birds

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Bowie

William

Medicine

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AIDS, Animals, Environment, Government, Health Care, Medicine, Microbiology, Sex/Sexuality, Third World, Waste Management, Weather, Women's Issues

infections (travel, sexually transmitted diseases, water borne, vector borne, zoonotic); bioterrorism; antibiotic use; public health issues related to communicable disease; climate change, environmental degredation, inequities and infection

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Brauner

Colin

Science

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Animals, Aquaculture, Blood, Exercise, Science

Gas exchange, ion regulation and acid-base balance in fish

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Chan

Kai

Graduate Studies

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Animals, Canada, Environment, Ethics, Forestry, Natural Resources, Science, Wildlife

conservation, ecosystem services, biodiversity, endangered species, environmental policy, resource management, environmental ethics, sustainability,

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Coren

Stanley

Arts

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Animals, Human Behavior, Psychology

psychology, sleep, handedness, dogs, dog behavior, canine behavior, behavior genetics, human-animal bond, animal communication

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Fraser

David

Land and Food Systems

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Animals, Ethics

Welfare of animals on farms

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Goodey

Wayne

Science

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Animals, Biology, Birds, Environment, Fisheries, Science, Sustainability, Teaching, Wildlife

behavior, evolution, conservation; ecological balance; fish behavior, population models for conservation; animal behavior; evolution; conservation; philosophy of science; experimental design; history in science; ecology / conservation issues, human impact

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Hodges

Karen

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

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Animals, Biology, Environment, Forestry, Natural Resources, Science, United States, Wildlife

conservation biology, ecology, Species at Risk Act, habitat fragmentation, predator-prey dynamics, snowshoe hares, biodiversity, critical habitat, mammals, wildlife, climate change

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Hoodless

Pamela

Medicine

-

Animals, Cancer

early embryonic development, transgenic and knockout mice, TGFbeta signal transduction, transcriptome profiling

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Justice

Daniel

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Animals, Culture, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Literature, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality

Aboriginal, First Nations, Metis, Indigenous, Aboriginal literature, Aboriginal cultures, Aboriginal history, Aboriginal Studies, First Nations Studies, badgers, animal studies, cultural studies, GLBT issues, Queer Studies, sexuality

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Leander

Brian

Science

-

Animals, Microbiology, Science

biodiversity, evolutionary biology, invertebrate zoology, protozoology, phycology, comparative morphology, phylogenetics, systematics, electron microscopy, macroevolution, parasitology, protistology

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Lozano

George

Science

French, Spanish

Animals, Birds, Human Behavior

parental care, female mate choice, immunoecology, foraging ecology, carotenoids

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Maddison

Wayne

Science

Spanish

Animals

Arachnology, Spiders, Biodiversity

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Milsom

Bill

Science

-

Animals, Biology, Exercise, Physiology

respiratory physiology, comparative physiology, control of breathing, gas exchange, chemoreception, hypoxia, hypothermia, exercise, diving, altitude,

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Morshed

Muhammad

Medicine

Bengali

Animals, Insects, Microbiology

Lyme disease, Syphilis, Helicobacter and West Nile virus and other zoonotic and vector-borne diseases

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Raverty

Stephen

Fisheries, Marine Mammal Research Unit

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Animals, Wildlife

I am a veterinary pathologist with the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands and Adjunct to the Fisheries Department Marine Mammal Research Unit, with an interest in diseases of stranded and live captured marine mammals.

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Richardson

John S.

Forestry

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Animals, Environment, Forestry, Insects, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Water, Wildlife

invertebrate and vertebrate ecology; aquatic environments - streams, rivers, wetlands, general biology and effects of forestry; aquatic insects; forest floor invertebrates; effects on aquatic ecosystems; amphibians; endangered species; small species of wildlife, esp. amphibians and small mammals; watershed protection

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Simpson

Elizabeth M.

Medicine

some French and American Sign Language

Animals, Brain, Genetics, Human Behavior, Mental Health, Psychiatry

mouse models of disease; transgenic mice; knock-out mice; abnormal brain development; mental illness; behavior; genetics; genomics; violence; human disease; molecular genetics; neuronal stem cells

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Taylor

Eric

Science

-

Animals, Aquaculture, Environment, Fisheries, Genetics, Science

possible threats to native fish; native BC fish biodiversity; fish biology and conservation; evolution

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Trites

Andrew

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

French

Animals, Environment, Fisheries, Wildlife

marine mammals and interactions with fisheries; whale watching; sea lions; seals

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Vatikiotis-Bateson

Eric

Arts

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Animals, Artificial Intelligence, Brain, Communications, Culture, Engineering, Human Behavior, Japan, Language, Philosophy, Robots, Science, Speech Sciences, Students, Telecommunications, United States

Cognitive Systems, Linguistics, Auditory-Visual Speech Processing, Physical and computational modeling of speech motor control, Talking heads animation, Language and Gesture, Communicating systems

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Vincent

Amanda

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

French

Alternative Medicine, Animals, Asian Affairs, Environment, Fisheries, Natural Resources, Science, Sustainability, Third World, Wildlife

marine conservation, subsistence fisheries, marine protected areas, non-food fisheries, aquarium fish, traditional Chinese medicine, coastal management, Philippines, fisheries trade policy, seahorses, pipefishes

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Weary

D.M.

Land and Food Systems

French

Animals

animal welfare; animal ethics

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Last reviewed 07-Jun-2010 Env: PROD / USER

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