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Al Hanson

Room 308, Avard-Dixon
Mount Allison University
144 Main Street
Sackville, NB E4L 1A7
tel. 506-364-2326
fax. 506-364-2625
email ahanson@mta.ca

Degrees
Appointments
Research Interests
Recent Publications

 

Degrees

Ph. D. The University of Western Ontario 2001
M. Sc. The University of Western Ontario 1988
B. Sc. Mount Allison University 1984

Appointments

Acadia University – Honorary Research Associate, Biology
Dalhousie University – Honorary Research Associate, Environmental Studies
University of New Brunswick - Honorary Research Associate, Biology
New Brunswick Protected Natural Areas - Scientific Advisory Committee
Gulf of Maine Council Habitat Monitoring Working Group – Co-Chair
Research Interests

Wetland Inventory and Mapping
Wetland Restoration
Wetland Ecology
Wetland Conservation Policy
Conservation Planning for Protected Areas
Wildlife Habitat Conservation Planning
Spatially-explicit Wildlife Population Models
Science-based tools for Environmental Assessment

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Recent Publications

Austen, E. and Hanson A. 2008. Identifying Wetland Compensation Principles and Mechanisms for Atlantic Canada using a Delphi Approach. Wetlands 28: 640-655.

Rubec, C.D.A. and Hanson A.R. 2008. Wetland mitigation and compensation: Canadian experience. Wetland Ecology and Management. (Available Online)

Austen, E. and Hanson A. 2007. Compensating for unavoidable wetland loss: An analysis of wetland policy in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal. 32(3): 163-178.

Nocera, J.J., Fitzgerald T.M., Hanson, A.R. and Milton G.R. 2007. Differential habitat use by Acadian Nelson’s Sharp-tailed Sparrow: Implications for regional conservation. Journal of Field Ornithology 78(1):50-55.

M.L. Mahoney, A.R. Hanson and S. Gilliland. 2007. An evaluation of a methodology for wetland classification and inventory for Labrador. Technical Report Series No. 480. Canadian Wildlife Service, Atlantic Region. viii + 40 pp.

Hanson, A.R. and Kerekes, J.J. (Eds). 2006. Limnology and Aquatic Birds. Hydrobiologia Volume 567. Kluwer Publishers. Dordrecht.

Hanson, A., D. Bérubé, D. Forbes, S. O’Carroll, J. Ollerhead, and L. Olsen. 2006. Impacts of sea-level rise and residential development on salt marsh area in southeastern New Brunswick, 1944-2001. Pp. 408-421 in: Impacts of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change on the Coastal Zone of Southeastern New Brunswick. R.A. Daigle (Editor). Minister of Environment, Ottawa, Canada

Hanson, A.R., and G. Shriver. 2006. Breeding birds of northeast saltmarshes: habitat use and conservation. In: Terrestrial Vertebrates of Tidal Marshes: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. Greenberg and Droege (Eds.). Studies in Avian Biology No. 32: 141-154.

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