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Latest papers
Vulnerability of alpine butterfly eggs to early winter warming.
Current research in insect science · 2026
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus.
Molecular ecology · 2024
Immigration allows population persistence and maintains genetic diversity despite an attempted experimental extinction.
Royal Society open science · 2024
Latest funding
- $168,000
Weather extremes and insect population dynamics
NSERC · 2017 · Principal investigator
- $170,000
Insect population dynamics in changing environments
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
- $580,000
Biogeoscience Institute
NSERC · 2008 · Co-investigator
13 publications.
Vulnerability of alpine butterfly eggs to early winter warming.
Turnbull KF, Elliott-Graves A, Anthony SE, Roland J, Matter SF, Sinclair BJ
Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus.
Lucas M, Rašić G, Filazzola A, Matter S, Roland J, Keyghobadi N
Immigration allows population persistence and maintains genetic diversity despite an attempted experimental extinction.
Park KY, Lucas M, Chaulk A, Matter SF, Roland J, Keyghobadi N
Inclusion of trophic interactions increases the vulnerability of an alpine butterfly species to climate change.
Filazzola A, Matter SF, Roland J
Demographic fluctuations lead to rapid and cyclic shifts in genetic structure among populations of an alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus.
Jangjoo M, Matter SF, Roland J, Keyghobadi N
Connectivity rescues genetic diversity after a demographic bottleneck in a butterfly population network.
Jangjoo M, Matter SF, Roland J, Keyghobadi N
Landscape structure and the genetic effects of a population collapse.
Caplins SA, Gilbert KJ, Ciotir C, Roland J, Matter SF, Keyghobadi N
Trophic cascades: linking ungulates to shrub-dependent birds and butterflies.
J Teichman K, Nielsen SE, Roland J
Variability in winter climate and winter extremes reduces population growth of an alpine butterfly.
Roland J, Matter SF
Treeline proximity alters an alpine plant-herbivore interaction.
Illerbrun K, Roland J
Weather extremes and insect population dynamics
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
Insect population dynamics in changing environments
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
Biogeoscience Institute
Principal investigators: Johnson, Edward
Spatial dynamics of insect populations
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
Kananaskis Field Stations (Barrier Lake Station & R.B. Miller Station)
Principal investigators: Johnson, Edward
Sustainable Forest Management/Réseau de gestion durable des forêts
Principal investigators: Fyles, James
Insect population dynamics at the landscape scale
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
Vehicle for large-scale studies of insect populations
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
Insect population dynamics at the landscape scale
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
Improved technology and protocol for monitoring forest tent caterpillar populations
Principal investigators: Roland, Jens
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
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