The Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Research Laboratory (GLEL) is a Carleton University Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) laboratory founded in 2004. The focus of the GLEL is to advance habitat modelling/mapping and species conservation science through a synergistic integration of the research experience in Geomatics and Landscape Ecology of its members.

Directors:

Dr. Lenore Fahrig (Department of Biology)
Dr. Doug King (Geography and Environmental Studies)
Dr. Kathryn Lindsay (Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada)
Dr. Scott Mitchell (Geography and Environmental Studies)

More details here (presented to the CRSS, April 2005).

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Barker, Rebecca, and D.J. King. 2012. Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) potential habitat mapping using aerial orthophotographic imagery and object based classification. Remote Sensing. 4: 194-219. [PDF]

Torontow, Valerie, and D.J. King. 2012. Forest complexity modelling and mapping with remote sensing and topographic data: comparison of three methods. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing. 37(4): 387-402. [PDF]

McLaren, Ashley, L. Fahrig and N. Waltho. 2011. Movement of small mammals across divided highways with vegetated medians. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 89: 1214-1222. [PDF]

Blangy, S, H Donohoe and S Mitchell. 2011. Developing a geocollaboratory for Indigenous tourism research. Current Issues in Tourism. iFirst Article: 1-14. [PDF]

Ranius, T., V. Johansson and L. Fahrig. 2011. Predicting spatial occurrence of beetles and pseudoscorpions in hollow oaks in southeastern Sweden. Biodiversity and Conservation. 20: 2027-2040. [PDF]

Sun, Liu, S.W. Mitchell and A. Davidson. 2011. Multiple drought indices for agricultural drought risk assessment on the Canadian prairies. International J Climatology. 31: Online. [PDF]

Melles, Stephanie, D. Badzinski, M.-J. Fortin, F. Csillag, and K. Lindsay. 2009. Disentangling habitat and social drivers of nesting patterns in songbirds. Landscape Ecology. 24: 519-531. [PDF]

Olson, Leif, and K. F. Lindsay. 2009. Here today, gone tomorrow? Targeting conservation investment in the face of climate change. Journal of Geography and Regional Planning. 2(1): 20-29. [PDF]

GLEL is helping to organize, and hosting the website for, the 33^rd Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, 11-14 June 2012.

The GLEL website (and the Ottawa Breeding Bird Count website) are currently undergoing some renovations. If you find a broken link, please feel free to email current webmaster Scott to let him know.

Two GLEL Graduate students have published a brochure on amphibian conservation. Download a copy here!