Tag Archives: Northern Biodiversity Program

High fliers: a new paper on some new arctic flies

Posted on February 27, 2015 by terry wheeler

Many people see the arctic as a pretty barren place, with not much biological diversity. In fact, one of the most well-known patterns in ecology — the latitudinal diversity gradient — incorporates that idea. As you leave the tropics and … Continue reading →

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Yukon Ho! The quest for northern flies continues

Posted on July 22, 2013 by terry wheeler

Since 2009 I’ve been part of the Northern Biodiversity Program, a collaborative project with some excellent colleagues and a whole team of fantastic students. We collected a arthropods at 12 sites in northern Canada so we could start addressing some … Continue reading →

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“Mastering” northern flies: another student crosses the finish line

Posted on June 8, 2013 by terry wheeler

I’ve written previously about our work on the flies from the Northern Biodiversity Program (the joys of collecting them, and the challenge of processing them). Three years, tons of travel, a mind-boggling number of hours in the lab, and more … Continue reading →

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I like the Tombstone Mountains

Posted on September 28, 2012 by terry wheeler

The Dempster Highway is a 750 kilometer, gravel, narrow, bumpy, dusty, muddy, rutted washboarded road with one gas station at the beginning, one in the middle and a couple near the end. It runs from near the Klondike gold fields … Continue reading →

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Another year – autumn in the lab

Posted on September 25, 2012 by terry wheeler

As always, fall is a busy time in the museum. We have a few personnel changes (fairly standard for this time of year), a pile of upcoming conference talks, and some big ongoing research projects. Amélie Grégoire Taillefer, who has … Continue reading →

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Drowning in Diptera

Posted on August 29, 2012 by terry wheeler

Sometimes I think there might be such a thing as too much data. I expanded my research program a few years ago from just taxonomy and systematics, into community ecology of insects. This meant I had to change the way … Continue reading →

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Conference round-up

Posted on November 18, 2011 by terry wheeler

Conferences are a great opportunity to let colleagues know about the work we’re doing, and also to see what research is going on in other labs. They’re a chance to catch up with colleagues that we usually only interact with … Continue reading →

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High flies: arctic to alpine

Posted on October 3, 2011 by terry wheeler

It’s a widely known pattern in biology that higher latitudes are similar to higher elevations in many ways – as we go toward the poles or toward mountain summits we see similar changes in life zones, we cross a tree … Continue reading →

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Conference Season

Posted on September 24, 2011 by terry wheeler

Conferences are a great opportunity to present research before the papers appear in print and to showcase the work we do in the lab. Of course, they’re also a great way to see what other labs and researchers are doing. … Continue reading →

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Notes from the field – Banks Island, NT

Posted on August 25, 2011 by terry wheeler

Our most remote field site in 2011 was Green Cabin, in Aulavik National Park on Banks Island. Five Northern Biodiversity Program team members (Terry Wheeler and Anna Solecki from the Lyman, Doug Currie, Brad Hubley and Ruben Cordero from the … Continue reading →

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