Location: University of Guelph, Pathobiology Room 1800

Spatial ecology deals with issues such as migration, environmental differences, quality of habitat, location of prey and predators, and breeding sites, and how all of these aspects affect the populations of various species.  In recent years species distribution modelling has been a research area with intense international activity, with increasingly more sophisticated methods in spatial statistics being incorporated into the modelling approaches.  These models have wide applicability in such areas as designing and managing nature reserve networks, and predicting the potential geographic spread and impact of invasive species.  More recently climate change has become an issue of interest in spatial ecology since it can extend, reduce, or shift the suitable habitat.