I am interested in questions at the interface of ecological modelling and spatial analysis, and their applications to natural resources management and conservation; in particular, how the spatial structure of landscapes may influence the movement of organisms, and how spatial genetic data can be used to inform management decisions.

Applications of this work include making sure wildlife can move freely to access habitat they require, and preventing the spread of pests, pathogens and invasive species.

I came to the boreal forest region in 2001 as a secondary school teacher, working at first for a remote First Nations community and later for a regional First Nations high school.  Between 2008 and 2012 I completed a PhD thesis at the University of Manitoba with applied aspects of my work focusing on boreal systems.

Peer-reviewed publications

• 7.  Galpern, P., and M. Manseau.  Scaling landscape connectivity: comparing new and existing methods for measuring effective distance at multiple spatial grains. (In review)
• 6.  Galpern, P., and M. Manseau.  2012. Modelling the influence of landscape connectivity on animal distribution:  a functional grain approach. Ecography. (In press)
• 5.  Galpern, P., M. Manseau, P. J. Wilson.  2012.  Grains of connectivity:  analysis at multiple spatial scales in landscape genetics. Molecular Ecology 21:3996-4009.
• 4.  Galpern, P., M. Manseau, P. Hettinga, K. Smith, P.J. Wilson.  2012. ALLELEMATCH: an R package for identifying unique multilocus genotypes where genotyping error and missing data may be present. Molecular Ecology Resources 12:771-778.
• 3.  Galpern, P., M. Manseau, A. Fall. 2011.  Patch-based graphs of landscape connectivity: a guide to construction, analysis, and application for conservation. Biological Conservation 144:44-55.
• 2.  Houle, D., J. Mezey, P. Galpern, and A. Carter. 2003. Automated measurement of Drosophila wings. BMC Evolutionary Biology 3:25.
• 1.  Houle, D., J. Mezey, and P. Galpern. 2002. Interpretation of the results of common principal component analyses. Evolution 56:433-440.

Books

• 2. Galpern, P., C. Kirstein, L, Leesti, G. Reither. 2007. Learn Smart: Strategies to Succeed in School and Life. Teacher’s Resource. Emond Montgomery, Toronto.  (Publisher)
• 1.  Pegis, J., M. Emond., P. Galpern, G. Hall, C. Kirstein, L, Leesti, G. Reither. 2007. Learn Smart: Strategies to Succeed in School and Life. Emond Montgomery, Toronto. (Publisher)