Dr. John S. Richardson Professor and Head of Department Associate of the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Associate member of the Department of Zoology John.Richardson@ubc.ca (604) 822-6586 (phone) (604) 822-9102 (fax) (604) 822-8927 (laboratory) Mailing Address Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences 3041 - 2424 Main Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 CANADA

Our research program addresses questions related to the mechanisms that structure stream and riparian area communities, and how various land-use practices affect those systems. In natural communities there are many processes that affect the rates of population growth (or decrease). We have taken a largely experimental approach to determining what those feedback processes are, how the rates are regulated, and how the multiple sets of interactions combine to affect population sizes and community structure. These kinds of questions are important for being able to predict the effects of human impacts on natural systems.

Some of our current projects include:

The Forest-Stream Linkages Project - Organic matter dynamics
Ecology of headwater streams
Effects of riparian management on streams and riparian areas
Amphibian population ecology (especially endangered species)
Stream restoration

For information regarding application for graduate studies at UBC, contact the graduate secretary at grad.forapp@ubc.ca

Greetings from an unusually snowy Vancouver - Members of our lab - December 2008 (from left to right): front - Aya, Kim; second row - Xanti (Santiago), Takashi, Trent, John K, John R    [missing: Maggie, Lisa, Rachael, Will, Pina]



View from our building over Strait of Georgia towards Vancouver Island (Dec. 2008)