@UBC research associate studying landscapes, biodiversity, agriculture, and ecosystem services. Father, traveller, ultimate frisbee enthusiast.
Vancouver, Canada
Joined November 2012
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Urban birds are great! How can we manage our landscapes to protect different attributes of their diversity? Check out our new paper in @ESAApplications doi.org/10.1002/eap.2713 @j_r_rhodes @martine_maron @MGEMitchell
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@thebatmobike's research in the @VancouverSun! Bats in cities need freshwater and insect-supporting plants, and don't like bright city lights vancouversun.com/news/local-…
Her full thesis: open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRc…
Conducted with @KaiChanUBC @MGEMitchell @HaroldEyster & @CoriLausen
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
Forest fragments provide several ESS even if small. Big trees play an important role in this regard. Paper calls for conservation of multi-functional forest fragments in and around cities.
Thanks @MGEMitchell for a fantastic collaboration!!
@ubcforestry
Excited to share a new paper with @TahiaDevisscher in Landscape and Urban Planning on forest #ecosystemservices and #multifunctionality along an urban-rural gradient. We found higher ES at rural end but no effect of forest fragment size: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
What is a #ClimateEmergency Declaration? Are they doing anything? How do they expose simplistic assumptions about how emergencies are governed in law? If you’re interested in #climatechange, emergencies and law, check out my new article @TELjournal: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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Two postdoc positions open in our multi-university-NGO collaboration to map nature’s contributions to people in 🇨🇦! Work with @ElenaBennett, @MGEMitchell, @RicSchuster, @bio_diverse - more info: nsercresnet.ca/opportunities… #ecosystemservices #NCP
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🌳New Paper!
I'm excited to share the most significant piece of my PhD research, out today in @esaecosphere!
"Woody perennial polycultures in the U.S. Midwest enhance biodiversity and ecosystem functions"
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi…
This paper was a team effort - so🧵
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
Back from the field, we and co-authors @smsmukler @MGEMitchell, A Czajewska, @keefekeeley, @ajverster,@KaiChanUBC examined a whole range of attributes. I designed #Bayesian multispecies abundance models of birds in @mcmc_stan to examine alpha and beta diversity across farm types
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
What was the thought process for vaccines mandates in restaurants but not schools, masks for Grade 4 students but not Grade 3 students, universities being able to mandate vaccines for faculty but not students?
Who the heck knows.
But it's here now. Let's hope it works.
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
"Colleges and universities may choose to adopt their own vaccine policies, or ask for proof of vaccination that go beyond those set out in the provincial health order. Those that do so should work with public health and will be responsible for doing their own due diligence."
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
Universities: We’re a world class research institution that pours money into STEM
Us: Can you implement covid mitigation measures based on the latest scientific literature?
Universities: lol nah
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
Episode #2 arrives on Monday! Amazing chat with @MGEMitchell & @Aerin_J about their research where they mapped the supply and demand of ecosystem services across Canada to inform conservation planning. Subscribe on your favourite podcatcher! (new episodes every 1.5 wks)
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
Canada has pledged to conserve at least 30 per cent of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030.
We’ll need innovative solutions to make that happen, @MGEMitchell writes in this opinion piece. via @ConversationCA
thenarwhal.ca/opinion-canada…
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With planet’s future on the line, scientists seek a full accounting of nature’s assets /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/canada/a…
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Also, join @MGEMitchell and @Aerin_J for a webinar digging into the details of this work on April 8 y2y.net/events/carbon-water-…
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
In new analysis released today, @MGEMitchell maps out hotspots in B.C. Three key benefits people get from nature were mapped, showing the inland temperate rainforest as a conservation priority in the province.
Read more, including the research briefing: y2y.net/blog/pinpointing-pla…
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This new research shows that some of the most critical areas where people benefit from nature do not occur within currently protected areas and may be threatened by current and future natural resource extraction.
Photo: N Raynolds
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
Out today, first-of-its-kind research — co-authored by Y2Y's @Aerin_J — maps out Canada’s most important spots for freshwater, recreation and carbon storage, providing an important tool for conservation decisions.
Our release: y2y.net/blog/new-research-id…
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Read the study in @IOPenvironment from Y2Y, @UBC, @Carleton_U @mcgillu
📃doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab…
In Canada? Explore the tool to see ecosystem services hot spots near you
🌍forbasin.forestry.ubc.ca/ES_…
ALT A sweeping mountain view on a cloudy fall day in southeastern British Columbia's Jumbo Valley
Matthew Mitchell retweeted
“Most research that studies the benefits people get from nature only evaluates where nature has the potential to produce these benefits. Because our work also models and maps human access and demand, we identify where people actually receive these benefits," says @MGEMitchell.