{"id":1403,"date":"2021-02-25T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T19:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/?page_id=1403"},"modified":"2021-04-07T17:03:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T17:03:36","slug":"birch-gano","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/birch-gano\/","title":{"rendered":"Birch Gano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/04\/IMG_0731.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1445 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2021\/04\/IMG_0731.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"627\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I am the assistant researcher for the long standing Ya Ha Tinda Elk Ecology study. I am responsible for organizing and conducting field work. The data I collect will help us to better understand the decline in the YHT elk population and the changes in their migratory behaviour. By doing daily observations, herd counts and classifications, cow:calf resights and investigating mortality sites we can understand the intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of migration and if survival and reproduction success varies in migrant vs resident strategies.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">I grew up in Sundre, Alberta and completed my BSc in biology at the University of Victoria. My work experience has primarily been focused on conservation research where I have been able to work closely in the field with several of Canada\u2019s species at risk. I am excited to be back in this beautiful area of Alberta and working on this project which I have always been very interested in and eager to be a part of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am the assistant researcher for the long standing Ya Ha Tinda Elk Ecology study. I am responsible for organizing and conducting field work. The data I collect will help us to better understand the decline in the YHT elk population and the changes in their migratory behaviour. By doing daily observations, herd counts and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1403","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1446,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1403\/revisions\/1446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/merrill\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}