Ralph Cartar
Positions
Associate Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
Contact information
Phone number
Office: +1 (403) 616 0385
Background
Educational Background
BSc Zoology, University of Toronto, 1981
MSc Ecology, Queen's University, 1983
PhD Behavioural Ecology, Simon Fraser University, 1990
More Information
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=tqzOiyoAAAAJ&hl=en
Ralph's research interests include:
- the ecology of resource-tracking and the mechanisms underlying the distribution of competitors across their resources, particularly where resources are flowers and competitors are bees.
- the relationship between physical wear and foraging in wild bumble bees, with an interest in linking foraging and life history traits in these organisms.
- detecting ecological impacts (particularly habitat loss or modification, such as from forest management) on pollinator populations, incorporating theories of spatial density-dependence.
- foraging of pollinators in agricultural crops.
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