Karen L. Wiebe
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Saskatchewan
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology
InstitutionsUniversity of Saskatchewan
Websitehttps://www.usask.ca/biology/wiebe/

Karen L. Wiebe is a Canadian ornithologist and the Stuart and Mary Houston Professor of Ornithology in the Department of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[1][2]

Education

Wiebe received her doctorate at the University of Saskatchewan in 1993.[1]

Research

Wiebe and her students focus on basic research in avian biology and behavior.[2] She studies the ecology and theoretical behavior of birds, with particular attention to their reproductive success. Factors influencing reproductive success can include habitat, predation, availability of food, and selection of nest sites.[1] Among the birds that she studies are northern flickers, bluebirds and tree swallows.[3][4] Wiebe leads a long-term study which began in 1997, of flickers at Riske Creek, British Columbia.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b c MacPherson, Colleen (May 10, 2012). "Wiebe awarded Houston professorship". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b Grainger, John (Aug 10, 2021). "USask research is for the birds". Green and White. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Dr. Karen Wiebe". University of Saskatchewan.
  4. ^ Mikusiński, Grzegorz; Roberge, Jean-Michel; Fuller, Robert J. (2018). Ecology and conservation of forest birds. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. p. 106. ISBN 9781107420724.
  5. ^ "Temperature and size of cavity examined as factors in successfully raising young". Bluebird: Journal of the North American Bluebird Society. 25 (2): 12–13. 2003.
  6. ^ Gow, Elizabeth A.; Wiebe, Karen L. (December 2014). "Males migrate farther than females in a differential migrant: an examination of the fasting endurance hypothesis". Royal Society Open Science. 1 (4): 140346. doi:10.1098/rsos.140346. PMC 4448777. PMID 26064574. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  7. ^ Davidson, Pete; Drever, Mark; Martin, Kathy; Norris, Andrea; Wiebe, Karen (2009). "Keystone Carpenters: Secrets of our Forest Engineers" (PDF). BirdWatchCanada (49). Retrieved 22 August 2021.
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