Recent Publications
Antwi, E. K., R. S. Rempel, M. Carlson, J.
Boakye-Danquah, R. Winder, A. Dabros, W. Owusu-Banahene, E. Berryman,
and I. Eddy. 2023. A modelling approach to inform regional cumulative
effects assessment in northern Ontario. Frontiers in Environmental
Science 11.[PDF]
DeWitt, P. D., E. Kissler, A. Rodgers, R. S.
Rempel, J. A. Rodgers, B. Allison, F. Levec, P. Hubert, and B.
Patterson. 2023. Integrated Monitoring Framework recommendations for
moose monitoring: Final report[PDF].
Rempel, R. S., M. Carlson, A. R. Rodgers, J. L.
Shuter, C. E. Farrell, D. Cairns, B. Stelfox, L. M. Hunt, R. W.
Mackereth, and J. M. Jackson. 2021. Modeling Cumulative Effects of
Climate and Development on Moose, Wolf, and Caribou Populations. The
Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1355-1376. [PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. Rempel,
F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Exploring the tradeoffs among forest
planning, roads and wildlife corridors: a new approach. Optimization
Letters:1-42.[PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. S.
Rempel, F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Balancing Large-Scale Wildlife
Protection and Forest Management Goals with a Game-Theoretic Approach.
Forests 12:809.[PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, R. Rempel, N. Liu,
and F. H. Koch. 2020. Protecting wildlife habitat in managed forest
landscapes—How can network connectivity models help? Natural Resource
Modeling:e12286.[PDF]
Wildlife Responses to Managed
Ecosystems - Caribou, Moose, and Birds
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Rempel, R.S., B.J. Naylor, P.C. Elkie, J. Baker,
and J. Churcher, An indicator system to assess ecological integrity of
managed forests. Ecological Indicators, 2016. 60: p. 860 - 869. [PDF]
Rodgers, A. R., J. Shuter, J. A. Rodgers, R. S.
Rempel, K. Green, D. Brannen, D. Fortin and P. D. McLoughlin (2021).
Disturbance-Recruitment Relationships of Boreal Caribou in Boreal Shield
and Hudson Bay Lowland Ecozones. Abstract for North American Caribou
Workshop.
Hornseth, M.L. and R.S. Rempel, Seasonal resource
selection of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) across a
gradient of anthropogenic disturbance. Canadian Journal of Zoology,
2015. 94: p. 79 - 93. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S., Selecting focal songbird species
for biodiversity conservation assessment: Response to forest cover
amount and configuration. Avian Conservation and Ecology - Ecologie et
conservation des oiseaux, 2007. 2(1): p. Article 6.[PDF]
Rempel, R.S., P.C. Elkie, A.R. Rodgers, and M.J.
Gluck, Timber-management and natural-disturbance effects on moose
habitat: Landscape evaluation. Journal of Wildlife Management, 1997.
61(2): p. 517-524.[PDF]
Thompson, I.D., J.A. Baker, S.J. Hannon, R.S.
Rempel, and K.J. Szuba, Forest birds and forest management in Ontario:
Status, management, and policy. Forestry Chronicle, 2009. 85(2): p.
245-257.
Bottan, B., D. Euler, and R. Rempel, Adaptive
management of moose in Ontario. Alces, 2002. 38: p. 1-10.
Voigt, D.R., J.A. Baker, R.S. Rempel, and I.D.
Thompson, Forest vertebrate responses to landscape-level changes in
Ontario. Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape: Patterns and
Processes of Forest Landscapes in Ontario, ed. A.H. Perera, D.L. Euler,
and I.D. Thompson. 2000, Vancouver, B.C.: UBC Press, University of
British Columbia. 198-233.
Promaine, A. and R.S. Rempel. Applying criteria
and indicators to assess ecological integrity in a boreal national park
and adjacent forest management units. in Proceedings of the 1999
Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference - Science and Practice:
Sustaining the Boreal Forest. 1999. Edmonton, Alberta: Sustainable
Forest Management Network, University of Alberta.
Scenario Analysis & Cumulative
Effects Assessment
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Antwi, E. K., R. S. Rempel, M. Carlson, J.
Boakye-Danquah, R. Winder, A. Dabros, W. Owusu-Banahene, E. Berryman,
and I. Eddy. 2023. A modelling approach to inform regional cumulative
effects assessment in northern Ontario. Frontiers in Environmental
Science 11.
Rempel, R. S., M. Carlson, A. R. Rodgers, J. L.
Shuter, C. E. Farrell, D. Cairns, B. Stelfox, L. M. Hunt, R. W.
Mackereth, and J. M. Jackson. 2021. Modeling Cumulative Effects of
Climate and Development on Moose, Wolf, and Caribou Populations. The
Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1355-1376.[PDF]
Rempel, R.S., J. Baker, P.C. Elkie, M.J. Gluck,
J. Jackson, R.S. Kushneriuk, T. Moore, and A.H. Perera, Forest policy
scenario analysis: Sensitivity of songbird community to changes in
forest cover amount and configuration. Avian Conservation and Ecology -
Ecologie et Conservation des oiseaux, 2007. 2(1): p. Article 5.[PDF]
Wildlife Habitat versus Wood Supply
Trade-off Analysis
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Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. S.
Rempel, F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Balancing Large-Scale Wildlife
Protection and Forest Management Goals with a Game-Theoretic Approach.
Forests 12:809.[PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. Rempel,
F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Exploring the tradeoffs among forest
planning, roads and wildlife corridors: a new approach. Optimization
Letters:1-42.[PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, R. Rempel, N. Liu,
and F. H. Koch. 2020. Protecting wildlife habitat in managed forest
landscapes—How can network connectivity models help? Natural Resource
Modeling:e12286. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and C.K. Kaufmann, Spatial modeling
of harvest constraints on wood supply versus wildlife habitat
objectives. Environmental Management, 2003. 32(3): p. 334-347.
Kauffman, C. and R.S. Rempel. Analysis of spatial
harvest constraints on ecological (wildlife habitat) versus economic
(timber harvest) objectives. in Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable
Forest Management Network Conference - Science and Practice: Sustaining
the Boreal Forest. 1999. Edmonton, Alberta: Sustainable Forest
Management Network, University of Alberta.
Climate Change Research &
Vulnerability Assessment - Moose and Birds
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Rempel, R. S., J. M. Jackson, S. L. Van
Wilgenburg, and J. A. Rodgers. 2019. A multiple detection state
occupancy model using autonomous recordings facilitates correction of
false positive and false negative observation errors. Avian Conservation
and Ecology 14. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S., Effects of climate change on moose
populations: Exploring the response horizon through biometric and
systems models. Ecological Modelling, 2011. 222(18): p. 3355 - 3365.[PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and M.L. Hornseth, Binational
climate change vulnerability assessment of migratory birds in the Great
Lakes Basins: Tools and impediments. PLoS ONE, 2017: p. 1 - 17.[PDF]
Rempel, R.S., Effects of Climate Change on Moose
Populations: A vulnerability analysis for the Clay Belt Ecodistrict
(3E-1) in northeastern Ontario, in Climate Change Research Report 2012:
Ontario.
Forest Management Planning &
Assessment Tools
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Elkie, P.C., A. Smiegielski, J. Elliot, R.
Kushneriuk, and R.S. Rempel, Ontario’s Landscape Tool User’s Manual, in
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Forest Policy Section. Sault Ste.
Marie Ontario 2012.
Rempel, R.S., M. Donnelly, L. Van Damme, M.
Gluck, R. Kushneriuk, and T. Moore. Spatial landscape assessment models:
A meta-modelling framework for biodiversity conservation planning. 2006.
Academia Italiana di Scienze Forestali.
Elkie, P.C., G. Hooper, A.P. Carr, and R.S.
Rempel, Ontario Marten Analyst and Marten Models: Directions for
applying the forest management Guidelines for the provision of marten
habitat in the the Northwest Region, 1999, Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources, Northwest Science and Technology: Thunder Bay, ON. p. 31.
Kushneriuk, R.S. and R.S. Rempel, LSL- Landscape
Scripting Language 2011, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Centre
for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Rempel, R.S., A. Carr, C. Kauffman, P. Elkie, and
J. McNicol. Natural disturbance analysis and planning tools:
development, integration, and application of models to support forest
management planning. in Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest
Management Network Conference - Science and Practice: Sustaining the
Boreal Forest. 1999. Edmonton, Alberta: Sustainable Forest Management
Network, University of Alberta.
Forest Songbirds -Bioacoustic
Research & Monitoring
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Rempel, R.S., C.M. Francis, J.N. Robinson, and
M. Campbell, Comparison of audio recording system performance for
detecting and monitoring songbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology, 2013.
84(1): p. 86-97.
Rempel, R.S., K.A. Hobson, G. Holborn, S.L. Van
Wilgenburg, and J. Elliott, Bioacoustic monitoring of forest songbirds:
interpreter variability and effects of configuration and digital
processing methods in the laboratory. Journal of Field Ornithology,
2005. 76(1): p. 1-11.
Hobson, K.A., R.S. Rempel, H. Greenwood, B.
Turnbull, and S.L. VanWilgenburg, Acoustic surveys of birds using
electronic recordings: new potential from an omnidirectional microphone
system. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2002. 30(3): p. 709-720.
Rempel, R.S., J.M. Jackson, and J.N. Robinson,
Acoustic monitoring and assessment of forest songbirds: Sample design,
analysis methods, and observation error, 2014, Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources and Forestry - Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem
Research: Thunder Bay, Ontario. p. 38 pp. + append.
Forest Birds and Waterfowl - Research
& Monitoring
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Ross, R.K., K.F. Abraham, T.R. Gadawski, R.S.
Rempel, T.S. Gabor, and R. Maher, Abundance and distribution of breeding
waterfowl in the great clay belt of northern Ontario. Canadian
Field-Naturalist, 2002. 116(1): p. 42-50.[PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and R.S. Kushneriuk, The influence
of sampling scheme and interpolation method on the power to detect
spatial effects of forest birds in Ontario (Canada). Landscape Ecology,
2003. 18(8): p. 741-757.
Gabor, T.S., T.R. Gadawski, R.K. Ross, R.S.
Rempel, and D.W. Kroeker, Visibility bias of waterfowl brood surveys
using helicopters in the Great Clay Belt of Northern Ontario. Journal of
Field Ornithology, 1995. 66(1): p. 81-87.
Hobson, K.A. and R. Rempel, Recommendations for
Forest Bird Monitoring, Version 1.1, 2001, Saskatchewan Environment and
Resource Management. p. 42.
Rempel, R.S., C.A. Debruyne, J.M. Jackson, and
J.N. Robinson, Effectiveness Monitoring of Forest Management Guides:
Songbird Community Response / Protocols and Methodologies, 2011: Thunder
Bay. p. 16.
Moose - Research & Monitoring
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Rempel, R.S., A.R. Rodgers, and K.F. Abraham,
Performance of a GPS animal location system under boreal forest canopy.
Journal of Wildlife Management, 1995. 59(3): p. 543-551.[PDF]
McKenney, D.W., R.S. Rempel, L.A. Venier, Y.H.
Wang, and A.R. Bisset, Development and application of a spatially
explicit moose population model. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1998.
76(10): p. 1922-1931.[PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and A.R. Rodgers, Effects of
differential correction on accuracy of a GPS animal location system.
Journal of Wildlife Management, 1997. 61(2): p. 525-530. [PDF]
Rodgers, A.R., R.S. Rempel, and K.F. Abraham, A
GPS-based telemetry system. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 1996. 24(3): p.
559-566.
Rodgers, A.R., R.S. Rempel, R. Moen, J.
Paczkowski, C.C. Schwartz, E.J. Lawson, and M.J. Gluck, GPS collars for
moose telemetry studies: a workshop. Alces, 1997. 33: p. 203-209.
Timmermann, H.R. and R.S. Rempel, Age and sex
structure of hunter harvested moose under two harvest strategies in
north central Ontario. Alces, 1998. 34(1): p. 21-30.
Bisset, A.R. and R.S. Rempel, Linear analysis of
factors affecting the accuracy of moose aerial inventories. Alces, 1991.
27: p. 127-139.
Rodgers, A.R., S.M. Tomkiewicz, E.J. Lawson, T.R.
Stephenson, K.J. Hundertmark, P.J. Wilson, B.N. White, and R.S. Rempel,
New technology for moose management: a workshop. Alces, 1998. 34(1): p.
239-244.
Landscapes and Vegetation - Research
& Monitoring
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Rempel, R.S., D.E.B. Reid, and J. Jackson,
Batcheler-corrected point distance versus belt transect for sampling
habitat and woody vegetation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 2012.
42: p. 2052 - 2063.[PDF]
Andison, D.W., R. Wright, R. Rempel, D. Dye, R.
Nesdoly, B. Christensen, D. Ens, P. Mackasey, P. Maczek, and R. Fincati,
Vegetation Pattern Indicators, Version 6.3, 2002, Saskatchewan
Environment and Resource Management.
Kimmins, J.P., R.S. Rempel, C.V.J. Welham, B.
Seely, and K.C.J. Van Rees, Biophysical sustainability, process-based
monitoring and forest ecosystem management decision support systems. The
Forestry Chronicle, 2007. 83(4): p. 502 - 514.
Elkie, P.C. and R.S. Rempel, Detecting scales of
pattern in boreal forest landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management,
2001. 147(2-3): p. 253-261.
France, R., J.S. Felkner, M. Flaxman, and R.
Rempel, Spatial investigation of applying Ontario's timber management
guidelines: GIS analysis for riparian areas of concern. Handbook of
Water Sensitive Planning and Design, ed. R.L. France. 2002, Boca Raton,
Florida: CRC Press LLC. 601-613.
Gluck, M.J. and R.S. Rempel, Structural
characteristics of post-wildfire and clearcut landscapes. Environmental
Monitoring and Assessment, 1996. 39(1-3): p. 435-450.
Rempel, R.S., G.D. Racey, and K.A. Cumming,
Predicting moose browse production using the Northwestern Ontario Forest
Ecosystem Classification. Alces, 1997. 33: p. 19-31.
Rempel, R.S., P. Elkie, M. Gluck, J. Jackson, T.
Moore, A. Rudy, B. Seely, and C. Welham, Habitat element curves:
Development and evaluation of empirical versus process-based models.,
2009, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources - Centre for Northern Forest
Ecosystem Research: Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Rempel, R.S., J. McNicol, J. Baker, M. Gluck, and
L. Forsyth. A new spatially-explicit approach to specifying landscape
design using the hexagon-class histogram. in Proceedings of the 1999
Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference - Science and Practice:
Sustaining the Boreal Forest. 1999. Edmonton, Alberta: Sustainable
Forest Management Network, University of Alberta.
Elkie, P.C. and R.S. Rempel. Identifying
hierarchical structure in Ontario landscapes as a component of emulating
natural disturbance. in Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest
Management Network Conference - Science and Practice: Sustaining the
Boreal Forest. 1999. Edmonton, Alberta: Sustainable Forest Management
Network, University of Alberta.
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Rempel, R.S., K.F. Abraham, T.R. Gadawski, S.
Gabor, and R.K. Ross, A simple wetland habitat classification for boreal
forest waterfowl. Journal of Wildlife Management, 1997. 61(3): p.
746-757.[PDF]
Gluck, M.J., R.S. Rempel, and P.W.C. Uhlig, An
evaluation of remote sensing for regional wetland mapping application,
1996, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Forest Research
Institute: Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Gluck, M.J. and R.S. Rempel, The effect
of spatial resolution on landscape measurements of post disturbance
vegetation. Earsel Advances in Remote Sensing, 1996. 4(4): p. 170-176.
Koeln, G.T., J.E. Jacobson, D.E. Wesley, and R.S.
Rempel. Wetland inventories derived from Landsat data for waterfowl
management planning. in Wetland Inventories from Landsat - Transactions
of the Fifty-third North American Wildlife and Natural Resources
Conference. 1988.
Fisheries & Aquatic Insects
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Rempel, R.S. and P.J. Colby, A statistically
valid model of the morphoedaphic index. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences, 1991. 48(10): p. 1937-1943. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and T.G. Northcote, Winter feeding
and spatial distribution of lacustrine Dolly Varden charr and cutthroat
trout populations. Physiol. Ecol. Japan, 1989. Spec. Volume 1: p.
323-336.
Rempel, R.S. and A.D. Harrison, Structural and
functional composition of the community of Chironomidae (Diptera) in a
Canadian Shield stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1987. 65: p.
2545-2554.
Rempel, R.S. and J.C.H. Carter, Temperature
influences on adult size, development, and reproductive potential of
aquatic diptera. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences,
1987. 44(10): p. 1743-1752.
Rempel, R.S. and J.C.H. Carter, Modelling the
effects of accelerated development and reduced fecundity on the
population dynamics of aquatic diptera. Canadian Journal of Fisheries
and Aquatic Sciences, 1987. 44(10): p. 1737-1742.
Rempel, R.S. and J.C.H. Carter, An experimental
study on the effect of elevated temperature on the heterotrophic and
autotrophic food resources of aquatic insects in a forested stream.
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1986. 64(11): p. 2457-2466.
Monitoring Concepts &
Strategies
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Rempel, R.S., D.W. Andison, and S.J. Hannon,
Guiding principles for developing an indicator and monitoring framework.
Forestry Chronicle, 2004. 80(1): p. 82-90. Andison, D.W., H. Kimmins, K.
Van Rees,
R. Rempel, K. Hobson, R. Granger, F. McCallum, G.
Melville, P. Chambers, J. Beatty, H. Greenwood, and V. Adamowicz,
Saskatchewan Forest Ecosystem Impacts Monitoring Framework Part 1:
Rationale and Strategy, Version 1.5, 2001, Saskatchewan Environment and
Resource Management. p. 32.
Kimmins, J.P., C. Welham, B. Seely, M. Meitner,
R. Rempel, and T. Sullivan, Science in Forestry: Why does it sometimes
disappoint or even fail us? Forestry Chronicle, 2005. 81(5): p. 723-734.
Rempel, R.S., R.W. Mackereth, A.R. Rodgers, E.P.
Iwachewski, P.D. Furlong, J.S. Hagens, J.L. Shuter, J.M. Jackson, R.S.
Kushneriuk, and D.J. McCormick, Support for development of a long term
environmental monitoring strategy for the Ring of Fire area, 2016,
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Rempel, R.S., J. Baker, G. Brown, J. Churcher,
M. Gluck, and B. Naylor. Guide Effectiveness Monitoring: Strategic
Direction. 2011; 18].
