Publications – Melissa Todd
Position Title: Research Wildlife Ecologist
Contact: B.C. Government Directory
Melissa conducts applied field research into the biology and ecology of a range of coastal vertebrate and invertebrate wildlife species, communities and habitats: from bugs to bears. Her research fills scientific knowledge gaps to improve the success of wildlife and habitat conservation in land use policy, planning and management in coastal BC.
Current research projects
- Population, habitat, and spatial ecology of coastal amphibians
- Molecular detection of cryptic aquatic herptiles
- Trophic ecology of coastal mesocarnivores
- Cumulative effects of invasive species and land use
- Wildlife response to drought in coastal ecosystems
- Habitat ecology of dead wood in coastal forests
Publications
Listed in order of publication date.
2021:
- McEwan, A.L., C.J. Johnson, M. Todd, and P. Govindarajulu. 2021. Resource selection and movement of the coastal tailed frog in response to forest harvesting. For. Ecol. Manag. 497 (2021) 119448 [Link]
- Breault, D.N., C.J. Johnson, M. Todd, and M.P. Gillingham. 2021. Resource use by an apex mesocarnivore, Pacific marten, in a highly modified forested island ecosystem. For. Ecol. Manag. 492 (2021) 119167 [Link]
- Breault, D.N., C.J. Johnson, M. Todd, S.S. Verenitch, and M.P. Gillingham. 2021. Spatial and temporal variability in the diet of Pacific marten (Martes caurina) on Haida Gwaii: an apex predatory in a highly modified ecosystem. Can. J. Zool. 99 (6): 459–469 (2021). [Link]
2020:
- Canuti, M., M. Todd, P. Monteiro, K. Van Osch, R. Weir, H. Schwantje, A.P. Britton, and A.S. Lang. 2020. Ecology and infection dynamics of multi-host amdoparvoviral and protoparvoviral carnivore pathogens. Pathogens 9(2): 124 [Link]
2017:
- F. L. Waterhouse, F.I. Doyle, L. Turney, B. Wijdeven, M. Todd, C. Bergman, and R.G. Vennesland. 2017. Spring and winter home ranges of the Haida Gwaii Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus brooksi). J. Rapt. Res. 51(2):153-164
2016:
- Mahalle, L., C. Dymond, S. Berch, C. Bulmer, S. Tedder, B. Titus, and M. Todd. 2016. Using life cycle assessment to evaluate the sustainability of British Columbia's forest-based economy. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 101.
2015:
- D'Anjou, B., F.L. Waterhouse, M. Todd, and P. Braumberger. 2015. A systematic review of stand level forest management for enhancing and recruiting Spotted Owl habitat in British Columbia. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 091. www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/Tr091.htm [Link]
2014:
- Gyug, L.W., R.J. Higgins, M.A. Todd, J.M. Meggs, and B. Staffan Lindgren. 2014. Dietary dependence of Williamson’s Sapsucker nestlings on ants associated with dead and decaying wood In British Columbia. Can. J. For. Res. 44: 628-637
2013:
- Mahalle, L., S. Berch, C. Dymond, S. Tedder, B. Titus, and M. Todd. 2013. Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis Sub-project of the Woody Biomass Innovative Project: A Preliminary Assessment. Prov. B.C. Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 076.
2012:
- Berch, S.M., M. Curran, C. Dymond, K. Hannam, M. Murray, S. Tedder, B. Titus, and M. Todd. 2012. Criteria and guidance considerations for sustainable tree stump harvesting in British Columbia. Scand. J. For. Res. 27(8):709-723.
- Mah, S., K. Astridge, C. DeLong, C. Wickland, M. Todd, L. McAuley, P. LePage, D. Coates, B. Heemskerk, A. Banner, and E. Hall. 2012. A Landscape-level Species Strategy for Forest Management in British Columbia: Exploration of Development and Implementation Issues. Prov. B.C., Victoria, B.C. Tech. Rep. 067. www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/pubs/Docs/Tr/Tr067.htm [Link]
