TRIA-FoR
The current mountain pine beetle (MPB) epidemic has killed approximately 20 million hectares of mainly lodgepole pine forests in British Columbia and Alberta. Climate change and forest management practices have allowed MPB to spread from its original occurrence in central British Columbia, through new regions in Alberta, establishing in a new host, the jack pine. Jack pine is a boreal forest species that extends to the Atlantic Ocean, raising the potential of continued eastward spread of MPB across Canada.
TRIA-FoR will use state-of-the-art biology, math, and social sciences to help reduce the impact and risk for the current MPB epidemic, and to help predict and deal with future epidemics. We will study MPB-pine-climate interactions that affect MPB population changes, the decision-making processes in forest resource management, and the impacts on diverse communities and groups connected to forests at risk.
Landscape Genomics of Mosquito Born Diseases
Mosquito-borne viruses, including those unseen due to often asymptomatic progressions like West Nile and Jamestown Canyon Virus, pose global threats to humans and wildlife and present significant financial strains due to treatment and control costs. The present research aims to bridge knowledge gaps in understanding the prevalence, movement, and amplification of these viruses in Canada, especially amid concerns of increased prevalence due to climate change. Utilizing an integrated landscape genomic approach, this study, focusing on the diverse environments of the South Nation River Watershed in eastern Ontario, seeks to understand how various landscapes contribute to viral movement by examining genetic data from species affected and identifying landscape-level factors influencing viral persistence and movements. This approach, integrating reservoir and vector hosts, aims to enhance mosquito-borne viral monitoring and inform targeted interventions and strategies.
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