Christopher Buddle

Regular member
Entomology

Université McGill
Macdonald-Stewart Building
Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Department of Natural Resource Sciences
21111 Lakeshore Road
Ste. Anne de Bellevue (Quebec) Canada, H9X 3V9

(514) 398-8026

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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
  • Postdoc in ecology, 2002 (Miami University)
  • Ph.D. in environmental biology and ecology, 2000 (University of Alberta)
  • B.Sc. in ecology, 1996 (University of Guelph)
RESEARCH THEMES

Chris Buddle has been working at McGill since 2002, in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill’s Macdonald Campus. His research program is focused on the biodiversity and community ecology of insects and spiders, with an emphasis on Arctic systems. He has long been involved with academic programs and administration in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, most recently teaching field biology and ecology in the Environmental Biology Program, and holding the position as Associate Dean (Student Affairs). Chris was appointed Dean of Students at McGill, on 1 August 2016, for a five-year term.

Arthropods (including insects, spiders and their relatives) comprise much of the known biodiversity of the planet, and contribute vastly to ecosystem functions. However, we know very little about what mechanisms explain species diversity of many terrestrial arthropods, and one common theme running throughout my research program is about exactly this. Additionally, it is important to understand how and in what way insects and spiders are affected by our demands on natural resources. One way to aid in conservation of biodiversity is to learn more about the role of arthropods in important ecosystem processes, and to understand some of the links between habitat features, ecosystem processes and arthropod communities.
I was originally trained as an ecologist, but learned about the value of good taxonomy when completing my Ph.D. on spiders occurring in Alberta's boreal forest. Good ecology is built upon good taxonomy, and ecologists must strive for accurate species-level identifications, and the value of natural history information cannot be understated.

RECENT DISTINCTIONS
  • November 2006 - Recipient of the C. Gordon Hewitt Award from the Entomological Society of Canada , for an early-career (under 40) researcher showing important contributions to entomology in Canada.
  • June 2008 - Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence

You can download all my bibliography in the BibTeX, BibTeX-CSV or EndNote format

PUBLICATIONS
Books


  1. Spicer Rice, E., Buddle, C.M. (2018) Dr Eleanor’s Book of Common Spiders. University of Chicago Press


Book chapters


  1. Ernst, C.M., Vinke, K., Giberson, D., Buddle, C.M. (2013) Insects in education: creating tolerance for some of the world’s smallest citizens. In The Management of Insects in Recreation and Tourism. (Lemelin, R.H., Eds.) Cambridge University Press, pages 289-305
  2. Cady, A.B., Buddle, C.M. (2007) Spider Predators. In Handbook of Forage and Rangeland Insects. (Lamp, W.O., Berberet, R.C., Higley, L.G. and Baird, C.R., Eds.) Lanham, MD, USA, Entomological Society of America & APS Press, pages 138-142
  3. Marshall, S.A., Buddle, C.M., Sinclair, B.J., Buckle, D.J. (2001) Spiders, flies and some other arthropods of the Fathom Five Islands and the upper Bruce Peninsula. In Ecology, culture, and conservation of a protected area: Fathom Five National Marine Park, Canada. (Parker, S. and Munawar, M., Eds.) Leiden, The Netherlands, Backhuys Publishers, pages 191-229


Edited books, special journal editions and proceedings


None

Peer-reviewed articles


  1. Anthony, S.E., Buddle, C.M., Høye, T.T., Hein, N., Sinclair, B.J. (2021) Thermal acclimation has limited effect on the thermal tolerances of summer-collected Arctic and sub-Arctic wolf spiders. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 257
  2. Cloutier, C.A., Fyles, J.W., Buddle, C.M. (2021) Diversity and community structure of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in suburban, field, and forest habitats in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Canadian Entomologist, 153(4):393-411
  3. MacInnis, G., Buddle, C.M., Forrest, J.R.K. (2020) Small wild bee abundance declines with distance into strawberry crops regardless of field margin habitat. Basic and Applied Ecology, 44:14-23
  4. Solecki, A.M., Skevington, J.H., Buddle, C.M., Wheeler, T.A. (2020) Erratum: Phylogeography of higher Diptera in glacial and postglacial grasslands in western North America (BMC Ecology (2019) 19 (53) DOI: 10.1186/s12898-019-0266-4). BMC Ecology, 20(1)
  5. Anthony, S.E., Buddle, C.M., Høye, T.T., Sinclair, B.J. (2019) Thermal limits of summer-collected Pardosa wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from the Yukon Territory (Canada) and Greenland. Polar Biology, 42(11):2055-2064
  6. Henry, E., Adamchuk, V., Stanhope, T., Buddle, C.M., Rindlaub, N. (2019) Precision apiculture: Development of a wireless sensor network for honeybee hives. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 156:138-144
  7. Solecki, A.M., Skevington, J.H., Buddle, C.M., Wheeler, T.A. (2019) Phylogeography of higher Diptera in glacial and postglacial grasslands in western North America. BMC Ecology, 19(1)
  8. Wang, Y., Casajus, N., Buddle, C.M., Berteaux, D., Larrivee, M. (2018) Predicting the distribution of poorly-documented species, Northern black widow (Latrodectus variolus) and Black purse-web spider (Sphodros Niger), using museum specimens and citizen science data. PLOS ONE, 13(8)
  9. Turney, S., Buddle, C.M. (2018) Corrigendum: Pyramids of species richness: the determinants and distribution of species diversity across trophic levels (Oikos, (2016), 125, 9, (1224-1232), 10.1111/oik.03404). Oikos, 127(8):1225-1229
  10. Ste-Marie, E., Turney, S., Buddle, C.M. (2018) The effect of road proximity on arthropod communities in Yukon, Canada. Arctic, 71(1):89-98
  11. Loboda, S., Savage, J., Buddle, C.M., Schmidt, N.M., Hoye, T.T. (2018) Declining diversity and abundance of High Arctic fly assemblages over two decades of rapid climate warming. Ecography, 41(2):265-277
  12. Turney, S., Altshuler, I., Whyte, L.G., Buddle, C.M. (2018) Macroinvertebrate and soil prokaryote communities in the forest–tundra ecotone of the Subarctic Yukon. Polar Biology, 41(8):1619-1633
  13. Hudson, L.N., Newbold, T., Contu, S., Hill, S.L.L., Lysenko, I., De Palma, A., Phillips, H.R.P., Alhusseini, T.I., Bedford, F.E., Bennett, D.J. et al. (2017) The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7(1):145-188
  14. Normandin, E., Vereecken, N.J., Buddle, C.M., Fournier, V. (2017) Taxonomic and functional trait diversity of wild bees in different urban settings. PeerJ, 2017(3)
  15. Cameron, E.R., Buddle, C.M. (2017) Seasonal change and microhabitat association of Arctic spider assemblages (Arachnida: Araneae) on Victoria Island (Nunavut, Canada). Canadian Entomologist, 149(3):357-371
  16. Ernst, C.M., Loboda, S., Buddle, C.M. (2016) Capturing northern biodiversity: Diversity of arctic, subarctic and north boreal beetles and spiders are affected by trap type and habitat. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 9(1):63-73
  17. Maguire, D.Y., Bennett, E.M., Buddle, C.M. (2016) Sugar Maple Tree Canopies as Reservoirs for Arthropod Functional Diversity in Forest Patches Across a Fragmented Agricultural Landscape in Southern Quebec, Canada. Ecoscience, 23(1-2):1-12
  18. Turney, S., Buddle, C.M. (2016) Pyramids of species richness: the determinants and distribution of species diversity across trophic levels. Oikos, 125(9):1224-1232
  19. Anthony, S.E., Buddle, C.M., Sinclair, B.J. (2016) Thermal biology and immersion tolerance of the Beringian pseudoscorpion Wyochernes asiaticus. Polar Biology, 39(7):1351-1355
  20. Solecki, A.M., Buddle, C.M., Wheeler, T.A. (2016) Distribution and community structure of chloropid flies (Diptera: Chloropidae) in Nearctic glacial and post-glacial grasslands. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 9(4):358-368
  21. Ernst, C.M., Hanelt, B., Buddle, C.M. (2016) Parasitism of Ground Beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) by a New Species of Hairworm (Nematomorpha: Gordiida) in Arctic Canada. Journal of Parasitology, 102(3):327-335
  22. Maguire, D.Y., Buddle, C.M., Bennett, E.M. (2016) Within and among patch variability in patterns of insect herbivory across a fragmented forest landscape. PLOS ONE, 11(3)
  23. Hervieux, M., Maguire, D.Y., Johns, R.C., Bauce, E., Buddle, C.M., Quiring, D.T. (2016) Hanging in the treetops: an in situ experiment in ancient hemlock assessing outbreak defoliator performance among crown levels. Ecological Entomology, 41(4):413-420
  24. Maguire, D.Y., James, P.M.A., Buddle, C.M., Bennett, E.M. (2015) Landscape connectivity and insect herbivory: A framework for understanding tradeoffs among ecosystem services. Global Ecology and Conservation, 4:73-84
  25. Soluk, L., Buddle, C.M. (2015) Tweets from the forest: Using Twitter to increase student engagement in an undergraduate field biology course. F1000Research, 4
  26. Turney, S., Cameron, E.R., Cloutier, C.A., Buddle, C.M. (2015) Non-repeatable science: Assessing the frequency of voucher specimen deposition reveals that most arthropod research cannot be verified. PeerJ, 2015(8)
  27. Buddle, C.M. (2015) Life history and distribution of the arctic pseudoscorpion, Wyochernes asiaticus (Chernetidae). The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 129(2):134-138
  28. Ernst, C.M., Buddle, C.M. (2015) Drivers and patterns of ground-dwelling beetle biodiversity across northern Canada. PLOS ONE, 10(4)
  29. Royaute, R., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2015) Under the influence: Sublethal exposure to an insecticide affects personality expression in a jumping spider. Functional Ecology, 29(7):962-970
  30. Maguire, D.Y., Nicole, T., Buddle, C.M., Bennett, E.M. (2015) Effect of fragmentation on predation pressure of insect herbivores in a north temperate deciduous forest ecosystem. Ecological Entomology, 40(2):182-186
  31. Sim, K.A., Buddle, C.M., Wheeler, T.A. (2014) Species boundaries of Pardosa concinna and P. lapponica (Araneae: Lycosidae) in the northern Nearctic: Morphology and DNA barcodes. Zootaxa, 3884(2):169-178
  32. Maguire, D.Y., Robert, K., Brochu, K., Larrivee, M., Buddle, C.M., Wheeler, T.A. (2014) Vertical Stratification of Beetles (Coleoptera) and Flies (Diptera) in Temperate Forest Canopies. Environmental Entomology, 43(1):9-17
  33. Royaute, R., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2014) Interpopulation Variations in Behavioral Syndromes of a Jumping Spider from Insecticide-Treated and Insecticide-Free Orchards. Ethology, 120(2):127-139
  34. Bowden, J.J., Hoye, T.T., Buddle, C.M. (2013) Fecundity and sexual size dimorphism of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) along an elevational gradient in the Arctic. Polar Biology, 36(6):831-836
  35. Rypstra, A.L., Buddle, C.M. (2013) Spider silk reduces insect herbivory. Biology Letters, 9(1):--
  36. Ernst, C.M., Buddle, C.M. (2013) Seasonal patterns in the structure of epigeic beetle (Coleoptera) assemblages in two subarctic habitats in Nunavut, Canada. Canadian Entomologist, 145(2):171-183
  37. Bolduc, E., Casajus, N., Legagneux, P., McKinnon, L., Gilchrist, H.G., Leung, M., Morrison, R.I.G., Reid, D., Smith, P.A., Buddle, C.M. et al. (2013) Terrestrial arthropod abundance and phenology in the Canadian Arctic: Modelling resource availability for Arctic-nesting insectivorous birds. Canadian Entomologist, 145(2):155-170
  38. Timms, L.L., Bennett, A.M.R., Buddle, C.M., Wheeler, T.A. (2013) Assessing five decades of change in a high Arctic parasitoid community. Ecography, 36(11):1227-1235
  39. Aikens, K.R., Timms, L.L., Buddle, C.M. (2013) Vertical heterogeneity in predation pressure in a temperate forest canopy. PeerJ, 2013(1):--
  40. Timms, L.L., Bowden, J.J., Summerville, K.S., Buddle, C.M. (2013) Does species-level resolution matter? Taxonomic sufficiency in terrestrial arthropod biodiversity studies. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 6(4):453-462
  41. Bowden, J.J., Buddle, C.M. (2012) Egg sac parasitism of Arctic wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from northwestern North America. Journal of Arachnology, 40(3):348-350
  42. Bowden, J.J., Buddle, C.M. (2012) Life history of tundra-dwelling wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae) from the Yukon Territory, Canada. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 90(6):714-721
  43. Aikens, K.R., Buddle, C.M. (2012) Small-scale heterogeneity in temperate forest canopy arthropods: stratification of spider and beetle assemblages. Canadian Entomologist, 144(4):526-537
  44. Royaute, R., Buddle, C.M. (2012) Colonization dynamics of agroecosystem spider assemblages after snow-melt in Quebec (Canada). Journal of Arachnology, 40(1):48-58
  45. Larrivee, M., Buddle, C.M. (2011) Ballooning propensity of canopy and understorey spiders in a mature temperate hardwood forest. Ecological Entomology, 36(2):144-151
  46. Buddle, C.M. (2010) Photographic key to the Pseudoscorpions of Canada and the adjacent USA. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, 10:1-77
  47. Larrivee, M., Buddle, C.M. (2010) Scale dependence of tree trunk spider diversity patterns in vertical and horizontal space. Ecoscience, 17(4):400-410
  48. Bowden, J.J., Buddle, C.M. (2010) Determinants of ground-dwelling spider assemblages at a regional scale in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Ecoscience, 17(3):287-297
  49. Bowden, J.J., Buddle, C.M. (2010) Spider Assemblages across Elevational and Latitudinal Gradients in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Arctic, 63(3):261-379
  50. Sylvain, Z.A., Buddle, C.M. (2010) Effects of forest stand type on oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) assemblages in a southwestern Quebec forest. Pedobiologia, 53(5):321-325
  51. Saint-Germain, M., Buddle, C.M., Drapeau, P. (2010) Substrate selection by saprophagous wood-borer larvae within highly variable hosts. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 134(3):227-233
  52. Dechene, A.D., Buddle, C.M. (2010) Decomposing logs increase oribatid mite assemblage diversity in mixedwood boreal forest. Biodiversity and Conservation, 19(1):237-256
  53. Schroeder, B., Buddle, C.M., Saint-Germain, M. (2009) Activity of flying beetles (Coleoptera) at two heights in canopy gaps and intact forests in a hardwood forest in Quebec. Canadian Entomologist, 141(5)
  54. Dechene, A.D., Buddle, C.M. (2009) Effects of experimental forest harvesting on oribatid mite biodiversity. Forest Ecology and Management, 258(7):1331-1341
  55. Larrivee, M., Buddle, C.M. (2009) Diversity of canopy and understorey spiders in north-temperate hardwood forests. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 11(2):225-237
  56. Mercado, A., Buddle, C.M. (2009) Introduced and native ground beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) along a successional gradient in an urban landscape. Journal of Insect Conservation, 13(2):151-163
  57. Sackett, T.E., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2009) Dynamics of spider colonization of apple orchards from adjacent deciduous forest. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 129(1-3):144 - 148
  58. Saint-Germain, M., Drapeau, P., Buddle, C.M. (2009) Landing Patterns of Phloem- and Wood-feeding Coleoptera on Black Spruce of Different Physiological and Decay States. Environmental Entomology, 38(3):797-802
  59. Webb, A., Buddle, C.M., Drapeau, P., Saint-Germain, M. (2008) Use of remnant boreal forest habitats by saproxylic beetle assemblages in even-aged managed landscapes. Biological Conservation, 141(3):815-826
  60. Saint-Germain, M., Drapeau, P., Buddle, C.M. (2008) Persistence of pyrophilous insects in fire-driven boreal forests: Population dynamics in burned and unburned habitats. Diversity and Distributions, 14(4):713-720
  61. Hibbert, A.C., Buddle, C.M. (2008) Assessing the dispersal of spiders within agricultural fields and an adjacent mature forest. Journal of Arachnology, 36(1):195-198
  62. Sackett, T.E., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2008) Relevance of collected juveniles to the analysis of spider communities. Journal of Arachnology, 36(1):187-190
  63. Sackett, T.E., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2008) Comparisons of the composition of foliage-dwelling spider assemblages in apple orchards and adjacent deciduous forest. Canadian Entomologist, 140(3):338-347
  64. Buddle, C.M., Shorthouse, D.P. (2008) Effects of experimental harvesting on spider (Araneae) assemblages in boreal deciduous forests. Canadian Entomologist, 140(4):437-452
  65. Saint-Germain, M., Buddle, C.M., Drapeau, P. (2007) Primary attraction and random landing in host-selection by wood-feeding insects: a matter of scale? Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 9(3):227-235
  66. Saint-Germain, M., Drapeau, P., Buddle, C.M. (2007) Host-use patterns of saproxylic phloeophagous and xylophagous Coleoptera adults and larvae along the decay gradient in standing dead black spruce and aspen. Ecography, 30(6):737-748
  67. Saint-Germain, M., Drapeau, P., Buddle, C.M. (2007) Occurrence patterns of aspen-feeding wood-borers (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae) along the wood decay gradient: active selection for specific host types or neutral mechanisms? Ecological Entomology, 32(6):712-721
  68. Mercado, A., Buddle, C.M. (2007) Distribution and potential range expansion of seven introduced ground beetle species (Coleoptera : Carabidae) in Quebec, Canada. Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(1):135-142
  69. Saint-Germain, M., Buddle, C.M., Larrivee, M., Mercado, A., Motchula, T., Reichert, E., Sackett, T.E., Sylvain, Z., Webb, A. (2007) Should biomass be considered more frequently as a currency in terrestrial arthropod community analyses? Journal of Applied Ecology, 44(2):330-339
  70. Sackett, T.E., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2007) Effectsof kaolin on the composition of generalist predator assemblages and parasitism of Choristoneura rosaceana (Lep., Tortricidae) in apple orchards. Journal of Applied Entomology, 131(7):478-485
  71. Varady-Szabo, H., Buddle, C.M. (2006) On the relationships between ground-dwelling spider (Araneae) assemblages and dead wood in a northern sugar maple forest. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15(13):4119-4141
  72. Buddle, C.M., Langor, D.W., Pohl, G.R., Spence, J.R. (2006) Arthropod responses to harvesting and wildfire: Implications for emulation of natural disturbance in forest management. Biological Conservation, 128(3):346-357
  73. Saint-Germain, M., Buddle, C.M., Drapeau, P. (2006) Sampling saproxylic Coleoptera: Scale issues and the importance of behavior. Environmental Entomology, 35(2):478-487
  74. Saint-Germain, M., Larrivee, M., Drapeau, P., Fahrig, L., Buddle, C.M. (2005) Short-term response of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to fire and logging in a spruce-dominated boreal landscape. Forest Ecology and Management, 212(1-3):118-126
  75. Buddle, C.M., Beguin, J., Bolduc, E., Mercado, A., Sackett, T.E., Selby, R.D., Varady-Szabo, H., Zeran, R.M. (2005) The importance and use of taxon sampling curves for comparative biodiversity research with forest arthropod assemblages. Canadian Entomologist, 137(1):120-127
  76. Sackett, T.E., Buddle, C.M., Vincent, C. (2005) Effect of kaolin on fitness and behavior of Choristoneura rosaceana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) larvae. Journal of Economic Entomology, 98(5):1648-1653
  77. Shik, J.Z., Francoeur, A., Buddle, C.M. (2005) The effect of human activity on ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) richness at the Mont St. Hilaire Biosphere Reserve, Quebec. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 119(1):38-42
  78. Bolduc, E., Buddle, C.M., Bostanian, N.J., Vincent, C. (2005) Ground-dwelling spider fauna (Araneae) of two vineyards in southern Quebec. Environmental Entomology, 34(3):635-645
  79. Lessard, J.P., Buddle, C.M. (2005) The effects of urbanization on ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with the Molson Nature Reserve, Quebec. Canadian Entomologist, 137(2):215-225
  80. Buddle, C.M., Higgins, S., Rypstra, A.L. (2004) Ground-dwelling Spider Assemblages Inhabiting Riparian Forests and Hedgerows in an Agricultural Landscape. American Midland Naturalist, 151(1):15-26
  81. Buddle, C.M., Draney, M.L. (2004) Phenology of linyphiids in an old-growth deciduous forest in central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Arachnology, 32(2):221-230
  82. Graham, A.K., Buddle, C.M., Spence, J.R. (2003) Habitat affinities of spiders living near a freshwater pond. Journal of Arachnology, 31(1):78-89
  83. Buddle, C.M., Rypstra, A.L. (2003) Factors initiating emigration of two wolf spider species (Araneae: Lycosidae) in an agroecosystem. Environmental Entomology, 32(1):88-95
  84. Balfour, R.A., Buddle, C.M., Rypstra, A.L., Walker, S.E., Marshall, S.D. (2003) Ontogenetic shifts in competitive interactions and intra-guild predation between two wolf spider species. Ecological Entomology, 28(1):25-30
  85. Buddle, C.M., Hammond, H.E.J. (2003) Comparison of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and spiders (Araneae) collected in pan and pitfall traps. Canadian Entomologist, 135(4):609-611
  86. Buddle, C.M., Walker, S.E., Rypstra, A.L. (2003) Cannibalism and density-dependent mortality in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology, 81(8):1293-1297
  87. Buddle, C.M. (2002) Interactions among young stages of the wolf spiders Pardosa moesta and P. mackenziana (Araneae: Lycosidae). Oikos, 96(1):130-136
  88. Work, T.T., Buddle, C.M., Korinus, L.M., Spence, J.R. (2002) Pitfall trap size and capture of three taxa of litter-dwelling arthropods: Implications for biodiversity studies. Environmental Entomology, 31(3):438-448
  89. Buddle, C.M. (2001) Spiders (Araneae) associated with downed woody material in a deciduous forest in central Alberta, Canada. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 3(4):241-251
  90. Buddle, C.M. (2000) Life history of Pardosa moesta and Pardosa mackenziana (Araneae, Lycosidae) in Central Alberta, Canada. Journal of Arachnology, 28(3):319-328
  91. Buddle, C.M., Spence, J.R., Langor, D.W. (2000) Succession of boreal forest spider assemblages following wildfire and harvesting. Ecography, 23(4):424-436


Articles published in proceedings


  1. Anthony, S.E., Buddle, C.M., Hoye, T.T., Hein, N., Beckers, N., Sinclair, B.J. (2018) Thermal limits of spiders, mites, and pseudoscorpions from Arctic and temperate habitats.


Scientific reports, manuals and others


None

Theses, dissertations and essays


  1. Buddle, C.M. (2000) Spider communities in boreal mixed-wood forests: succession, species interactions and habitat utilization. PhD thesis, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta.


Supervised theses, dissertations and essays


  1. Mercado Cardenas, A. (2012) Ecology of beetle assemblages in a Panamanian tropical forest with taxonomic notes on Curculionidae and Histeridae. PhD thesis, McGill University
  2. Hervieux, M. (2011) Factors affecting defoliation of eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) by the pale-winged gray moth (Iridopsis ephyraria). Master's thesis, McGill University
  3. Bowden, J.J. (2011) Biodiversity, biogeography and life history of ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Yukon Territory, Canada. PhD thesis, McGill University
  4. Boyce, S. (2009) Microhabitat selection and characterization of the Woolly Beech Scale (Cryptococcus fagisuga), in Southern Quebec. Master's thesis, McGill University
  5. Larrivee, M. (2009) Diversity of canopy spiders in north-temperate hardwood forests. PhD thesis, McGill University
  6. Kwasniewska, A. (2009) Field and laboratory studies on the effects of host fruit volatiles on Rhagoletis mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae) adults. Master's thesis, McGill University
  7. Dechene, A. (2008) The effects of harvesting and decaying logs on oribatid (acari: oribatida) mite assemblages in eastern Canadian mixedwood boreal forest. Master's thesis, Université McGill
  8. Frost, C. (2008) Effects of dispersal and local dynamics on spider diversity (Araneae) in an old field system. Master's thesis, McGill University
  9. Aikens, K. (2008) Heterogeneity in a temperate forest canopy: describing patterns of distribution and depredation of arthropod assemblages. Master's thesis, McGill University
  10. Sackett, T.E. (2007) Natural enemy ecology in apple orchards: spider colonization of orchards and effects of kaolin on the apple pest «Choristoneura rosaceana» and its natural enemies. PhD thesis, Univesité McGill
  11. Sylvain, Z. (2007) Oribatid mite (Acari:Oribatida) assemblage response to changes in litter depth and habitat type in a beech-maple forest in southwestern Quebec. Master's thesis, McGill University
  12. Saint-Germain, M. (2007) Host use patterns in saproxylic Coleoptera: explaining species succession along the wood decay gradient. PhD thesis, Université McGill
  13. Motchula, T. (2006) Spatial and temporal patterns of Beech Bark Disease. Master's thesis, Université McGill
  14. Webb, A. (2006) The effects of alternative harvesting practices on saproxylic beetles in eastern mixedwood boreal forests of Quebec. Master's thesis, Université McGill
  15. Bailey-Jourdain, C. (2006) Cytoplasmic incompatibility caused by caused by Wolbachia in Chrysomelidae beetles in Panama. Master's thesis, Université McGill


Non peer-reviewed articles


  1. Buddle, C.M. (2009) Bylot Island and the Northern Biodiversity Program: ongoing studies about arctic entomology and arachnology. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada, 28(1):63-65
  2. Buddle, C.M. (2005) Monitoring biodiversity close to home: collecting generalist arthropod predators from McGill University’s research forests. Arthropods of Canadian Forests, 1:3-7
  3. Buddle, C.M. (2005) A primer on pseudoscorpions and taxonomic status in Canada. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), 24(1):12-16


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Summer School in Evolutionary Ecology and Biology 2024 
Pedagogical coordinator is Adam Ali.
24 juin - 3 juillet 2024
Campus Triolet, Montpellier, France

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