Shelley Alexander, University of Calgary

Research

human-animal relationships human dimensions of wildlife animal geography coyotes coexistence domestic animal husbandry management mortality

Latest papers

Coyote family activity in a landscape of fear.
Scientific reports · 2025 · senior author
Recognizing animal personhood in compassionate conservation.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology · 2020
An Analysis of Spatial Clustering of Stroke Types, In-hospital Mortality, and Reported Risk Factors in Alberta, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques · 2015

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Human-coyote relationships in the Foothills Parkland Region of Alberta
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$111,254

All 1 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Coyote family activity in a landscape of fear.

Mitchell R, Alexander S

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-28363-1 PMID: 41419540

02

Recognizing animal personhood in compassionate conservation.

Wallach AD, Batavia C, Bekoff M, Alexander S, Baker L, Ben-Ami D, Boronyak L, Cardilin APA, Carmel Y, Celermajer D, Coghlan S, Dahdal Y, Gomez JJ, Kaplan G, Keynan O, Khalilieh A, Kopnina H, Lynn WS, Narayanan Y, Riley S, Santiago-Ávila FJ, Yanco E, Zemanova MA, Ramp D

Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology2020

DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13494 PMID: 32144823

03

An Analysis of Spatial Clustering of Stroke Types, In-hospital Mortality, and Reported Risk Factors in Alberta, Canada, Using Geographic Information Systems.

van Rheenen S, Watson TW, Alexander S, Hill MD

The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques2015

DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2015.241 PMID: 26177856

Human-coyote relationships in the Foothills Parkland Region of Alberta

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Alexander, Shelley M.

Keywords: human-animal relationships; human dimensions of wildlife; animal geography; coyotes; coexistence; domestic animal husbandry; management; mortality; survival; land use; landscape change; interviews; geographic information systems

$111,254

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: human-animal relationships Dear Professor Alexander, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Coyote family activity in a landscape of fear." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]