FOR 4545 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management
FOR 4095 Conservation
FOR 4655 Wildlife Investigation Techniques
BIOL 3873 Ethology
BIOL 4732 Mammalogy
BIOL 4191 Wildlife Management
BIOL 4443 International Ecology Field Course
ENVS 6002 Biophysical Foundations for Ecosystem Management
Research Interests:
The research conducted by myself and with my graduate students typically relates to acquiring information that can be used by resource managers in maintaining wildlife or biodiversity. Our work focuses on mammals, birds, and herpetofauna. We often work with management agencies such as Parks Canada (national parks), provincial departments of natural resources and wildlife, and industry. As Director of the New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, I assist provincial wildlife managers with some of their research questions. My area of personal interest is in meso-carnivore ecology.
Special Responsibilities:
Director, Sir James Dunn Wildlife Research Centre
Director, New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Director, Greater Fundy Ecosystem Research Project
Member, Science Team, Provincial Protected Areas Committee
Member, COSEWIC Sub-committee Terrestrial Mammals
Ongoing Research Projects:
1) Population Viability and Landscape Ecology of the Northern Flying Squirrel (Matthew Smith, Doctoral Student)
2) Dispersal and Gene Flow of Wolves in Manitoba (Astrid vik Stronen, Doctoral Student)
3) Caching Ecology of Agoutis and Brazil Nut in Amazonian Bolivia (Leeann Haggerty, MSc student)
4) Habitat Use by Wood Turtle on Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, NB (Vanessa Roy, MScF student)
5) Association of Small Mammals and Pre-commercial Forestry in New Brunswick (Julie Henderson, MScF student)
6) Ecology of the Nihoa Millerbird, Nihoa Island, Hawaii (Mark McDonald, MScF student)
Recent Publications:
Consumption of bats (Myotis spp.) by raccoons (Procyon lotor) during an outbreak of white-nose syndrome in New Brunswick, Canada: implications for estimates of bat mortality. D. McAlpine, K. Vanderwolf, G. Forbes, and D. Malloch. Canadian Field-Naturalist 125:257-260.
Dispersal in a plain landscape: short-distance genetic differentiation in southwestern Manitoba wolves, Canada. A. Stronen, G. Forbes, P. Paquet, G. Goulet, T. Sallows, and M. Musiani. 2011. Conservation Genetics {online: DOI 10.1007/s10592-011-0290-1}.
Independent effects of connectivity predicts homing success by northern flying squirrel in a forest mosaic. 2011. M. Smith, M. Betts, G. Forbes, D. Kehler, M. Bourgeois, and S. Flemming. Landscape Ecology 26 (5):709-721.
Evidence of multiple annual litters in Glaucomys sabrinus. 2011. M. Smith, G. Forbes and M. Betts. Northeastern Naturalist 18:386-389.
Disease and parasites in wolves of the Riding Mountain National Park region, Manitoba, Canada. 2011. A. Stronen, T. Sallows, G. Forbes, B. Wagner and P. Paquet. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 47:222-227.
Incorporating social information to improve the precision of models of avian habitat use. 2010. J. Nocera and G. Forbes. The Condor 112:235-244.
Wolf body mass, skull morphology and mitochondrial DNA haplotypes in the Riding Mountain region of Manitoba, Canada. 2010. Canadian Journal of Zoology 88:496-507.
Effects of landscape composition and configuration on northern flying squirrels in a forest mosaic. L. Ritchie, M. Betts, G. Forbes and K. Vernes. 2009. Forest Ecology and Management 257:1920-1929.
Aggregations from using inadvertent social information: a form of ideal habitat selection. J. Nocera, G. Forbes and L-A. Giraldeau. 2009. Ecography 32:143-152.
The relevance of local-scale relationships to habitat management and landscape patterns. Nocera, J, G. Forbes and R. Milton. 2008. Avian Conservation and Ecology 3(1):4 [online] URL: http://www.ace-eco.org/vol3/iss1/art4.
Thresholds in songbird occurrence in relation to landscape structure. Betts, M., G. Forbes, and A. Diamond. 2007. Conservation Biology 21(4):1046-1058.
Forbes, G., M. Betts and M. Steeves. 2007. The connection between ecosystem management and non-wood forest products in Canada. pp 425-433 in Proceedings of 1st Non-wood Forest Products Symposium. E. Bilgili (ed.). Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey.
Range extent and stand selection for roosting and foraging in forest dwelling Myotis septentrionalis and M. lucifugus in the Greater Fundy Ecosystem, New Brunswick. 2005. Broders, H., G. Forbes, S. Woodley and I. Thompson. Journal Wildlife Management 70(5):1174-1184.
Independent effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on songbirds in a forest mosaic: an organism-based approach. Betts, M., G. Forbes, T. Diamond, and P. Taylor. 2006. Ecological Applications 16(3):1076-1089.
Effects of post-fire snag removal on breeding birds of western Labrador. 2005. Schwab F., N. Simon, S. Stryde, and G. Forbes. Journal of Wildlife Management 70(5):1464-1469.
Habitat relationships of three grassland breeding bird species: broadscale comparisons and hayfield management implications. Nocera, J., G. Forbes, and G. Milton. 2007. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2(1):7 ([online] http://www.ace-eco.org/vol2/iss/art7).
The importance of spatial autocorrelation, extent and resolution in predicting forest bird occurrence. Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W., Forbes, G.J., Villard, M.-A. and Gunn, J. 2006. Ecological Modelling 191:197-224.
Inadvertent social information in breeding site selection of natal dispersing birds. Nocera, J., G. Forbes, and L.A. Giraldeau. 2006. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 273:349-355.
The influence of local habitat and landscape composition on cavity-nesting birds in a forested mosaic. Warren, T., Betts, M.G., Diamond, A.W. and Forbes, G.J. 2005. Forest Ecology and Management 214:331-343.
Betts, M. and G. Forbes (editors) 2005. Forest Management Guidelines to Protect Native Biodiversity in the Greater Fundy Ecosystem. New Brunswick Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, University of New Brunswick. 110 pp.
Are Blarina brevicauda significant predators of small mammals: effect of Blarina brevicauda odour on trap success of small mammals in forests. C. Brittain, G. Forbes and J. Bowman. 2005. Journal of Mammalogy 86:606-609.
Plantations and biodiversity: A comment on the plantations and biodiversity debate in New Brunswick. M. Betts, A. Diamond, G. Forbes, K. Frego, J. Loo, B. Matson, M. Roberts, M-A. Villard, R. Wissink and L. Wuest. 2005. Forestry Chronicle 81:265-269.
Interspecific and intersexual variation in roost-site selection of northern long-eared and little brown bats in the Greater Fundy National Park Ecosystem
H. Broders and G. Forbes. 2004. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:602-610.
Species status and the spatial and temporal patterns of activity of bats in southwest Nova Scotia. H. Broders, G. Quinn and G. Forbes. 2003. Northeastern Naturalist. 10(4):383-398.
Within-yard habitat use by white-tailed deer at varying winter severity. 2003. Morrison, S., G. Forbes, S. Young, and S. Lusk. Forest Ecology and Management. 172:173-182.
Browse occurrence, biomass, and use by white-tailed deer in a northern New Brunswick deer yard. Morrison, S, Forbes, GJ, and Young, SJ. 2002. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 32: 1518-1524.
Over-wintering and reproduction by the Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus, in New Brunswick. D. McAlpine, F. Muldoon, G. Forbes, A. Wanderler, S. Makepeace, H. Broders, and J. Goltz. 2002. Canadian Field Naturalist 116:645-647.
A landscape approach to private woodlot planning in New Brunswick, Canada. Betts, M., J. Knox, and G. Forbes. 2002. Natural Areas Journal 22:311-317.
Migration behavior of white-tailed deer under varying winter climate regimes of New Brunswick. D. Sabine, S. Morrison, H. Whitlaw, W. Ballard, G. Forbes, and J. Bowman. 2002. Journal of Wildlife Management 66:718-728.
Similarity of small mammal abundance in post-fire and clearcut forests. Simon, N., C. Stratton, G. Forbes and F. Schwab. 2002. Forest Ecology and Management. 165:163-172.
Spatial scales of trapping in small-mammal research. Bowman, J.C., C. Corkum, and G. Forbes. 2001. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 115:472-475.
Should diet be based on biomass? Importance of larger prey to the American marten. Cumberland, R., J. Dempsey, and G. Forbes. 2001. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 29:1125-1130.
Status of the eastern pipistrelle (Pipistrellus subflavus) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in New Brunswick. Broders, H., McAlpine, D., and G. Forbes. 2001. Northeastern Naturalist. 8:331-336.
Fractal dimension of ermine Mustela erminea movement patterns as an indicator of resource use. Edwards, M., G. Forbes, and J. Bowman. 2001. Mammalia 65:220-225.
The spatiotemporal scale and dynamics of a deer mouse irruption. Bowman, J. C., G. Forbes, and T. Dilworth. 2001. Journal of Mammalogy. 82:567-572.
The spatial component of variation in small-mammal abundance at three scales. Bowman, J., G. J. Forbes, and T. G. Dilworth. 2001. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 79:137-144.
Distance moved by small woodland rodents within large trapping grids. Bowman, J. C., G. Forbes, and T. Dilworth. 2001. Canadian Field-Naturalist 115: 64-67
Use of mixedwoods by wintering white-tailed deer in southern New Brunswick. Sabine, D., W. B. Ballard, G. J. Forbes, J. Bowman, and H. Whitlaw. 2001. Forestry Chronicle. 77:97-103.
Landscape context and small mammal abundance in a managed forest. Bowman, J. C., G. Forbes, and T. Dilworth. 2001. Forest Ecology and Management 140:241-255.
The association of small mammals with coarse woody debris at log and stand scales. Bowman, J. C., D. Sleep, M. Edwards, and G. Forbes. 2000. Forest Ecology and Management. 129:119-124.
The spatial scale of variability in small mammal populations. Bowman, J. C., G. Forbes, and T. Dilworth. 2000. Ecography 23:314-320.
New yellow rail (Coturnicops noveboracencis) site in Atlantic Canada.Kehoe, P., L. Swanson, G. Forbes, P. Pearce, and S. Bowes. 2000. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 114(2):295-303.
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