Department of Geography

Dr. Dan J. Smith

Publications | Graduate Students
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Publications

  • Mood, B.J. and Smith, D.J. 2021. A multi-century July-August streamflow reconstruction of Metro Vancouver's water supply contribution from the Capilano and Seymour watersheds in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Water Resources Journal. [Abstract]

  • Coulthard, B.L., Anchukaitis, K.J., Pederson, G.T., Cook, E., Littell, J. and Smith, D.J. 2020. Snowpack signals in North American tree rings. Environmental Research Letters.16(3)034037. [Abstract]

  • Mood, B.J., Coulthard, B., and Smith, D.J. 2020. Three hundred years of snowpack variability in southwestern British Columbia reconstructed from tree-rings. Hydrological Processes. 34(25):5123-5133. [Abstract]

  • Klesse, S., DeRose, R.J., Babst, F., Black, B., Anderegg, L.D.L., Axelson, J., Ettinger, A., Griesbauer, H., Guiterman, C.H., Harley, G., Harvey, J.E., Lo, Y.H., Lynch, A.M., O'Connor, C., Restaino, C., Sauchyn, D., Shaw, J., Smith, D.J., Wood, L., Villanueva, J. and Evans, M.E.K. 2020. Continental-scale tree-ring based projection of Douglas-fir growth -Testing the limits of space-for-time substitution. Global Change Biology 26(9):5146-5163. [Abstract]

  • Welsh, C., Smith, D.J., and Coulthard, B. 2019. Tree-ring records unveil long-term influence of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation on snowpack dynamics in the Stikine River basin, northern British Columbia. Hydrological Processes. 33(5):720-736.[Abstract]

  • Alfaro, R.I., vanAkker, L., Berg, J., Van Hezewijk, B., Zhang, Q-B., Hebda, R., Smith, D.J. and Axelson, J.N. 2018. Change in the periodicity of a cyclical forest defoliator: an indicator of ecosystem alteration in Western Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 430:117-125. [Abstract]

  • Charbonneau, A., and Smith, D.J. 2018. An inventory of rock glaciers in the central British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada, from high resolution Google Earth imagery. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research. 50:1, DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2018.1489026 [Open Access]

  • Harvey, J.E., Axelson, J.N., and Smith, D.J.. 2018. Disturbance-climate relationships between wildfire and western spruce budworm in interior British Columbia. Ecosphere. DOI:10.1002/ecs2.2126 [Open Access]

  • Harvey, J.E., and Smith, D.J.. 2017. Interannual climate variability drives regional fires in west central British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences. DOI:10.1002/2016JG003661 [Abstract].

  • Harvey, J.E., Smith, D.J., and Veblen, T.T.. 2017. Mixed-severity fire history at a forest-grassland ecotone in west central British Columbia, Canada. Ecological Applications. DOI: 10.1002/eap.1563. [Abstract]

  • St. Hilaire, V.M., and Smith, D.J. 2016. Holocene glacier history of Frank Mackie Glacier, northern British Columbia Coast Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54(1):76-87. doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2015-0236 [Abstract].

  • Hoffman, K.M., Gavin, D.G., Lertzman, K.P., Smith, D.J. and Starzomski, B.M. 2016. 13,000 years of fire history derived from soil charcoal in a British Columbia coastal temperate rainforest. Ecosphere 7(7). DOI:10.1002/ecs2.1415View [Open Access].

  • Coulthard, B., and Smith, D.J. 2016. A 477-year dendrohydrological assessment of drought severity for Tsable River, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Hydrological Processes 30(11):1676-1690.doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10726 Abstract].

  • Coulthard, B., Smith, D.J., and Meko, D.M. 2016. Is worst-case scenario streamflow drought underestimated in British Columbia? A 332-year perspective for the south coast, derived from tree-rings. Journal of Hydrology 534:205-218. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.12.030 [Abstract].

  • Wood, L.J., Smith, D.J., and Hartley, I.D. 2016. Predicting softwood quality attributes from climate data in Interior British Columbia, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 361:81-89. [Abstract].

  • Mood, B.J., and Smith, D.J. 2015. Holocene glacier activity in the British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 128:14-36. [Abstract].

  • Mood, B.J., and Smith, D.J. 2015. Latest Pleistocene and Holocene behaviour of Franklin Glacier, Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. The Holocene 25(5):784-794. [Abstract].

  • Wood, L., and Smith, D.J. 2015. Intra-annual dendroclimatic reconstruction for northern British Columbia, Canada, using wood properties. Trees - Structure and Function 29(2):461-474. [Abstract]

  • Axelson, J.N., Smith, D.J., Daniels, L.D., and Alfaro, R. 2015. Multicentury reconstruction of western spruce budworm outbreaks in central British Columbia, Canada. Forest Ecology and Management 335:235-248. [Abstract]

  • Axelson, J.N., Bast, A., Alfaro, R., Smith, D.J., and Gartner, H. 2014. Variation in wood anatomical structure of Douglas-fir defoliated by the western spruce budworm: A case study in the coastal-transitional zone of British Columbia, Canada. Trees - Structure and Function 28(6):1837-1846. [Abstract]

  • Craig, J.A., and Smith, D.J. 2013. Late Holocene glacial history of Scimitar Glacier, Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50(12):1195-1208. [Abstract]

  • Pitman, K.J., and Smith, D.J. 2013. A dendroclimatic analysis of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) ring-width and maximum density parameters, southern British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Dendrochronologia 31(3):165-174. [Abstract]

  • Hoffman, K., and Smith, D.J. 2013. Late Holocene glacial activity at Bromley Glacier, Cambria Icefield, northern British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 50(6):599-606. [Abstract]

  • Coulthard, B., and Smith, D.J. 2013. Dendrochronology. In: Elias S.A. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science, vol. 1, pp. 453-458. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Abstract]

  • Coulthard, B., and Smith, D.J. 2013. Dendroglaciology. In: Elias S.A. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. vol 2, pp. 104-111. Amsterdam: Elsevier. [Abstract]

  • Wood, L., and Smith, D.J. 2013. Climate and glacier mass balance trends from 1780 to present in the Columbia Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. The Holocene 23(5):739-748. [Abstract]

  • Starheim, C., Smith, D.J., and Prowse, T. 2013. Multi-century reconstructions of Pacific salmon abundance from climate-sensitive tree-rings in west central British Columbia, Canada. Ecohydrology 6(2):228-240. [Abstract]

  • Harvey, J.E., and Smith, D.J. 2013. Lichenometric dating of Little Ice Age glacier activity in the central British Columbia Coast Mountains. Geografiska Annaler 95(1):1-14. [Abstract]

  • Starheim, C., Smith, D.J., and Prowse, T. 2013. Dendrohydroclimate reconstructions of July-August runoff for two nival-regime rivers in west central British Columbia. Hydrological Processes 27(3):405-420. [Abstract]

  • Coulthard, B., Smith, D.J., and Lacourse, T. 2013. Dendroglaciological investigations of mid- to late-Holocene glacial activity in the Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. The Holocene 23(1):129-139. [Abstract]

  • Pitman, K.J., and Smith, D.J. 2012. Tree-ring derived Little Ice Age temperature trends from the central British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Quaternary Research 78(3):417-426. [Abstract]

  • Harvey, J.E., Smith, D.J., Laxton, S., Desloges, J. and Allen, S. 2012. Mid-Holocene glacier expansion between 7500-4000 cal. yr BP in the British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. The Holocene 22(9):973-983. [Abstract]

  • Johnson, K., and Smith, D.J. 2012. Dendroglaciological reconstruction of late Holocene glacier activity at White and South Flat Glaciers, Boundary Range, northern British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. The Holocene 22(9):984-992. [Abstract]

  • Wood, L., Smith, D.J., and Demuth, M.N. 2011. Extending the Place Glacier mass balance record to AD 1585, using tree-rings and wood density. Quaternary Research 76(3):305-313. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J., and Koehler, L. 2011. Tree ring indicators of glacier fluctuations. In: Encyclopedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Edited by V.P. Singh, P. Singh, and U.K Haritashya, Springer Press. 1205-1209. [Download paper PDF]

  • Abeysirigunawardena, D., Smith, D.J., and Taylor, B. 2011. Extreme sea-surge responses to climate variability in coastal British Columbia, Canada. Annals of the American Association of Geographers 101(5):992-1010. [Abstract]

  • Koehler, L., and Smith, D.J. 2011. Late-Holocene glacial activity in Manatee Valley, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 48(3):603-618. [Abstract]

  • Flower, A., and Smith, D.J. 2011. A dendroclimatic reconstruction of June-July mean temperature in the Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Dendrochonologia. 29(1):55-63. [Abstract]

  • Nelson, T., Laroque, C.P., and Smith, D.J. 2011. Detecting spatial connections within a dendrochronological network on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Dendrochonologia 29(1):49-54. [Abstract]

  • Hart, S.J., Clague, J.J., and Smith, D.J. 2010. Dendrogeomorphic reconstruction of Little Ice Age paraglacial activity in the vicinity of the Homathko Icefield, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Geomorphology 121(3-4):197-205. [Abstract]

  • Hart, S.J., Smith, D.J., and Clague, J.J. 2010. A multi-species dendroclimatic reconstruction of streamflow in the Chilko River, Canada. Hydrological Processes 24(19):2752-2761. [Abstract]

  • Johnson, A.L., and Smith, D.J. 2010. Geomorphology of snow avalanche impact landforms in the southern Canadian Cordillera. The Canadian Geographer 54(1):87-103. [Abstract]

  • Laxton, S.C. and Smith, D.J. 2009. Dendrochronological reconstruction of a snow avalanche activity in the Lahul Himalaya, Northern India. Natural Hazards 49(3):459-467. [Abstract]

  • Swerhun, K., Jamieson, G., Smith, D.J., and Turner, N. 2009. Establishing GLORIA long-term alpine monitoring in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science 83(2):101-116. [Download paper PDF]

  • Jackson, S.I., Laxton, S.C. and Smith, D.J. 2008. Dendroglaciological evidence for Holocene glacial advances in the Todd Icefield area, Northern British Columbia Coast Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 45(1):83-98. [Abstract]

  • Allen, S.M., and Smith, D.J. 2007. Late Holocene glacial activity of Bridge Glacier, British Columbia Coast Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 44(12):1753-1773. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J., and Lewis, D. 2007. Dendrochronology. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Edited by: S.A. Elias. Elsevier Scientific. Volume 1:459-465. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J., and Lewis, D. 2007. Dendroglaciology. Encyclopedia of Quaternary Science. Edited by: S.A. Elias. Elsevier Scientific. Volume 2:986-994. [Download paper PDF]

  • Campbell, R.; Smith, D.J., and Arsenault, A. 2006. Multicentury history of western spruce budworm outbreaks in Interior Douglas-fir forests near Kamloops, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(7):1758-1769 [Download paper PDF]

  • Gedalof, Z.; Pellatt, M., and Smith, D.J. 2006. From prairie to forest: Three centuries of environmental change at Rocky Point, Vancouver Island, B.C. Northwest Science 80(1):34-46. [Download paper PDF]

  • Reyes, A.V.; Luckman, B.H.; Smith, D.J.; Clague, J.J.; and Van Dorp, R.D. 2006. Tree-ring dates for the maximum Little Ice Age advance of Kaskawulsh Glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Canada. Arctic 59(1):14-20. [Download paper PDF]

  • Reyes, A.V.; Wiles, G.C.; Smith, D.J.; Barclay, D.J.; Allen, S.; Jackson, S.; Larocque, S.; Laxton, S.; Lewis, D.; Calkin, P.E.; and Clague, J.J. 2006. Expansion of alpine glaciers in Pacific North America in the first millennium AD. Geology 34(1):57-60. [Download paper PDF]

  • Campbell, R.; and Smith, D.J. 2005. Dendroentomological and forest management implications in the Interior Douglasfir zone of British Columbia, Canada. Dendrochronologia 22(3):135-140. [Download paper PDF]

  • Laroque, C.P.; and Smith, D.J. 2005. Predicted short-term radial-growth changes of trees based on past climate on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Dendrochronologia 22(3):163-168. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; Mackie, A.; and Sumpter, I. 2005. Building Quaksweaqwul: Dendroarchaeological investigations at Kiix?in National Historic Site, Vancouver Island, Canada, Canada. Dendrochronologia 22(3):195-201. [Download paper PDF]

  • Larocque, S.J.; and Smith, D.J. 2005. Little Ice Age proxy glacier mass balance records reconstructed from tree rings in the Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. The Holocene. 15(5):748-757. [Download paper PDF]

  • Larocque, S.J.; and Smith, D.J. 2005. A dendroclimatological reconstruction of climate since AD 1700 in the Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Dendrochronologia 22(2):93-106. [Download paper PDF]

  • Lewis, D.; and Smith, D.J. 2004. Dendroglaciological mass balance reconstruction, Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 36(4):598-606. [Download paper PDF]

  • Larocque, S.J.; and Smith, D.J. 2004. Calibrated Rhizocarpon geographicum growth curve for the Mount Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 36(4):407-418.
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  • Bachrach, T.; Jakobsen, K.; Kinney, J.; Nishimura, P.; Reyes, A.; Laroque, C.P.; and Smith, D.J. 2004. Dendrogeomorphological assessment of movement at Hilda rock glacier, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Geografiska Annaler 84A(1):1-9. [Download paper PDF]

  • Lewis, D.; and Smith, D.J. 2004. Little Ice Age glacial activity in Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 41(3):285-297. [Download paper PDF]

  • Wood, C.; and Smith, D.J. 2004. Dendroglaciological evidence for a Neoglacial advance of the Saskatchewan Glacier, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Tree-Ring Research 60(1):59-65. [Download paper PDF]

  • Hetherington, R.; Barrie, J.V.; Reid, R.G.B.; MacLeod, R.;and Smith, D.J. 2004. Paleogeography, glacially induced crustal displacement, and Late Quaternary coastlines on the continental shelf of British Columbia, Canada. Quaternary Science Reviews 23(3-4):295-318. [Download paper PDF]

  • Hetherington, R.; Barrie, J.V.; Reid, R.G.B.; MacLeod, R.; Smith, D.J.; James, T.S.; and Kung, R. 2003. Late Pleistocene coastal paleogeography of the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada, and its implications for terrestrial biogeography and early postglacial human occupation. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(12):1755-1766. [Download paper PDF]

  • Larocque, S.J.; and Smith, D.J. 2003. Little Ice Age glacial activity in the Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40(10):1413-1436. [Download paper PDF]

  • Laroque, C.P.; and Smith, D.J. 2003. Radial growth forecasts for five high-elevation conifer species on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Forest Ecology and Management 183(1-3):313-325. [Download paper PDF]

  • Laroque, C.P.; Lewis, D.H.; and Smith, D.J.. 2001. Treeline dynamics on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Western Geography 10/11:43-63. [Download paper PDF]

  • Gedalof, Z.; and Smith, D.J.. 2001. Interdecadal climate variability and regime-scale shifts in Pacific North America. Geophysical Research Letters 28(8):1515-1518. [Download paper PDF]

  • Gedalof, Z.; and Smith, D.J. 2001. Dendroclimatic response of mountain hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) in Pacific North America. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 31(2):322-332. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; and Desloges, J.R. 2000. Little Ice Age history of Tzeetsaytsul Glacier, Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, British Columbia. Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, 54(2):135-141. [Download paper PDF]

  • Saunderson, H.C.; Smith, D.J.; and Woo, M-K. 2000. Progress in Canadian Geomorphology and Hydrology 1996-2000. The Canadian Geographer, 44(1):7-86. [Download paper PDF]

  • Kellner, A.M.E.; Laroque, C.P.; Smith, D.J.; and Harestad, A.S. 2000. Chronological dating of high-elevation snags on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Northwest Science 74(3):215-256. [Download paper PDF]

  • Carter, R.; LeRoy, S.; Nelson, T.; Laroque, C.P.; and Smith, D.J. 2000. Dendroglaciological investigations at Hilda Creek rock glacier, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains.Géographie Physique et Quaternaire, 53(3):365-371. [Download paper PDF]

  • Gedalof, Z.; and Smith, D.J. 1999. Inderdecadel climate variability in the northeast Pacific interpreted from the annual growth rings of mountain hemlock. Proceedings of the Workshop on Decoding Canada's Environmental Past: Adaption Lessons Based on Changing Trends and Extremes in Climate and Biodiversity. Edited by: D.C. MacIver. Downsview: Atmospheric Environment Service. p. 49-58.

  • Lewis, D.H.; and Smith, D.J.. 1999. Little Ice Age climate trends at treeline in Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island: Insights from glaciers and trees. Proceedings of the Workshop on Decoding Canada's Environmental Past: Adaption Lessons Based on Changing Trends and Extremes in Climate and Biodiversity. Edited by: D.C. MacIver. Downsview: Atmospheric Environment Service. p. 19-30.

  • Koning, D.M.; and Smith, D.J. 1999. Movement of Kings Throne rock glacier, Mount Rae area, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 10:151-162. [Download paper PDF]

  • Laroque, C.P.; and Smith, D.J. 1999. Tree-ring analysis of yellow-cedar (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 28:115-123. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; and Laroque, C.P. 1998. Mountain hemlock growth dynamics on Vancouver Island. Northwest Science 72 (Special Issue 2): 67-70. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; and Laroque, C.P. 1998. High-elevation dendroclimatic records from Vancouver Island. Proceedings of the Workshop on Decoding Canada's Environmental Past: Climate Variations and Biodiversity Change during the Last Millennium. Edited by: D.C. MacIver and R.E. Meyer. Downsview: Atmospheric Enviroment Service. p. 33-44.

  • Smith, D.J. 1997. Those magnificent men and their flying machines: aerial reconnaissance in the Alberta Rocky Mountains during the 1920s. Western Geography 7:73-96. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; and Laroque, C.P. 1996. Dendroglaciological dating of a Little Ice Age glacial advance at Moving Glacier, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Geographie physique et Quaternaire 50:47-55. [Abstract] [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J. 1995. Hydrological behaviour of Rae Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Mountain Hydrology: Peaks and Valleys in Research and Applications. Edited by: B.T. Guy and J. Barnard. Cambridge, Ontario: Canadian Water Resources Association. 113-121. [Download paper PDF]

  • McCarthy, D.P.; and Smith, D.J. 1995. Growth curves for calcium-tolerant lichens in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Arctic and Alpine Research, 27(3):290-297. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; and McCarthy, D.P., and Colenutt, M.E. 1995. Little Ice Age glacial activity in Peter Lougheed and Elk Lakes Provincial Parks, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 32(5):579-589. [Download paper PDF]

  • Lawby, C.L.; Smith, D.J.; Laroque, C.P.; and Brugman, M.M. 1994. Glaciological studies at Rae Glacier, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Physical Geography, 15(5):425-441. [Abstract] [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J.; McCarthy, D.P.; and Luckman, B.H. 1994. Snow avalanche impact pools in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Arctic and Alpine Research 26(2):116-127. [Download paper PDF]

  • Luckman, B.H.; Matthews, J.A.; Smith, D.J.; McCarroll, D.; McCarthy, D.P. 1994. Snow avalanche impact pools: a brief discussion of terminology. Arctic and Alpine Research 26(2): 128-129. [Download paper PDF]

  • McCarthy, D.P.; and Smith, D.J. 1994. Historical glacier activity in the vicinity of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Western Geography 4:94-109. [Abstract] [Download paper PDF]

  • Wig, J.A.; and Smith, D.J. 1994. Dendroclimatological investigations in the Mount Rae area, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Western Geography 4:110-126. [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J. 1993. Solifluction and climate in the Holocene: a North American perspective. Palaoklimaforschung/Paleoclimate Research, Special Issue: ESF Project European Palaeoclimate and Man. 6:123-141. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. 1992. Long-term rates of contemporary solifluction activity in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Periglacial Geomorphology. Edited by: J. Dixon and A. Abrahams. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. 201-221. [Abstract] [Download paper PDF]

  • Smith, D.J. 1988. Rates and controls of soil movement on a solifluction slope in the Mount Rae area, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, N.F. Suppl. Bd. 71:25-44. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. 1988. Geobotanical observations of turf-banked solifluction lobes in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. In: The Moose Mountain Papers. Edited by: A.H. Paul and R.W. Widdis. University of Regina: Regina. Regina Geographical Studies. 5:100-1219. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. 1987. Patterned ground activity in the Mt. Rae area, Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, 1977-1985. Current Research by Western Canadian Geographers: The University of Alberta Papers, 1986. Edited by: E. Jackson .Tantalus Research Ltd.: Vancouver. B.C. Geographical Series 44:99-111. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. 1987. Observations of turf-banked solifluction lobe geomorphometry. The Albertan Geographer 23:45-55. [Abstract]

  • Shannon, R. and Smith, D.J. 1987. Observations of the precipitation regime of the Cypress Hills area, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Albertan Geographer 23:33-44.

  • Smith, D.J.1987. Solifluction in the Southern Canadian Rockies. The Canadian Geographer 31(4):309-318. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. 1987. Late Holocene solifluction lobe activity in the Mount Rae area,southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Canadian Journal of Earth Science 24(8):1634-1642. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. 1987. Frost heave activity in the Mount Rae area, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Arctic and Alpine Research 19(2):155-166. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. and Gardner, J.S. 1985. Geomorphic effects of ground squirrels in the Mount Rae area, Canadian Rocky Mountains. Arctic and Alpine Research 17(2):205-210. [Abstract]

  • Smith, D.J. and Gardner, J.S. 1979. The distribution and significance of patterned ground in the Mt. Rae area, southwest Alberta. The Albertan Geographer 15:49-67. [Abstract]

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    Graduate Students

      Current

      • Jenny Berg (M.Sc. candidate)
        Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) silviculture practices in the ESSF of southeastern BC

        Completed - University of Victoria
        • Dilumie Abeysirigunawardena (Ph.D., 2010)
          Climate Variability and Change Impacts on Coastal Environmental Variables in British Columbia, Canada
          [Abstract}

        • Sandy Allen (M.Sc., 2006)
          Late Holocene Glacial Activity of Bridge Glacier, British Columbia Coast Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Jodi Axelson (Ph.D., 2015).
          The effects of western spruce budworm (Choristoneura occidentalis) defoliation on Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menzeisii): disturbance dynamics from the landscape to the cellular level.
          [Abstract]

        • Gillian Bray (M.Sc., 1995)
          Sculptured Bedrock Forms in the Victoria area, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Karen Brelsford (M.Sc., 2004)
          Dendroarchaeological and Contextural Investigations of Remote Log Structures in Jasper, Banff and Kootenay National Parks
          [Abstract]

        • Lee Britton (M.Sc., 2017)
          Predicting Retention of Diluted Bitumen in Marine Shoreline Sediments, Southwestern British Columbia, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Deirdre Bruce (M.Sc., 2008)
          Production and Quality of Sap from Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum Marsh) on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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        • Rochelle Campbell (M.Sc., 2003)
          Multicentury History of Western Spruce Budworm Outbreaks in Interior Douglas-Fir Forests near Kamloops, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Ansly Charbonneau (M.Sc., 2015)
          Rock Glacier Activity and Distribution in the Southeastern British Columbia Coast Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Bethany Coulthard (M.Sc., 2009)
          Dendroclimatological and Dendroglaciological Investigations at Confederation and Franklin Glaciers, Central Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Bethany Coulthard (Ph.D., 2016).
          Multi-century records of snow water equivalent and streamflow drought from energy-limited tree rings in south coastal British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Jessica Craig (M.Sc., 2012)
          Late Holocene Glacial History of Scimitar Glacier, Mt. Waddington area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Kelly Eakins (M.Sc., 1996). [co-supervised with E. Hetherington]
          Effects of Clearcut Timber Harvesting on Annual Water Yields in the Carnation Creek Watershed, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Lauren Farmer (M.Sc., 2020)
          Dendrochronological reconstruction of precipitation trends to 1591 AD in the Sooke Watershed, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Aquila Flower (M.Sc., 2009)
          A Dendroclimatic Investigation in the Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Ze'ev Gedalof (M.Sc., 2002)
          Low Frequency Climate Variability in the Northeast Pacific Interpreted from the Annual Growth-Rings of Mountain Hemlock
          [Abstract]

        • Sarah Hart (M.Sc., 2009). [co-supervised with J.J. Clague]
          A Dendrochronological Investigation of Paraglacial Activity and Streamflow in the Vicinity of the Homathko Icefield, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Jill Harvey (M,Sc, 2011)
          Holocene Glacier Activity in the Central British Columbia Coast Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Jill Harvey (Ph.D., 2017)
          Disturbance dynamics in west central British Columbia: multi-century relationships of fire, western spruce budworm outbreaks and climate
          [Abstract]

        • Renee Hetherington (Ph.D., 2002). [co-supervised with J.V. Barrie]
          Interdisciplinary Insights into Paleoenvironments of the Queen Charlotte Islands/Hecate Strait Region
          [Abstract]

        • Angela Hunter (M.A., 2010). [co-supervised with R. Rollins])
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        • Trisha Jarrett (M.Sc., 2008). [co-supervised with T. Prowse]
          A Dendroclimatic Investigation of Moisture Variability and Drought in the Greater Victoria Water Supply Area, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
          [Abstract]

        • Alexis Johnson (M.Sc., 2003)
          Snow Avalanche Impact Landform Geomorphology in the Southern Canadian Cordillera.
          [Abstract]

        • Kate Johnson (M.Sc., 2010)
          Late Holocene Climate and Glacier Fluctuations in the Cambria Icefield Area, British Columbia Coast Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Lynn Koehler (M.Sc., 2009)
          Late Holocene Glacial History of Manatee Valley, Upper Lillooet Provincial Park, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Sonya Larocque (Ph.D., 2003)
          Glacier and Climate Fluctuations During the Little Ice Age, Mt. Waddington Area, Southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Colin Laroque (M.Sc., 1995)
          The Dendrochronology and Dendroclimatology of Yellow-cedar on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
          [Abstract]

        • Colin Laroque (Ph.D., 2002)
          Dendroclimatic Response of High-Elevation Conifers, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Sarah Laxton (M.Sc., 2005)
          Dendroglaciological Reconstruction of Late Holocene Glacier Activity at Todd Glacier, Boundary Range, Northwestern British Columbia Coast Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Dave Lewis (M.Sc., 2001)
          Little Ice Age Investigations in Strathcona Provincial Park, Vancouver Island, B.C.
          [Abstract]

        • Stuart Mackinnon (M.Sc., 2016)
          A 258-year record of precipitation as snow from tree-rings, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Bryan Mood (M.Sc., 2015)
          Latest Pleistocene and Holocene behaviour of Franklin Glacier, Mt. Waddington Area, British Columbia Coast Mountains, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Bryan Mood (Ph.D., 2019)
          Dendrohydrological reconstruction and hydroclimatic variability in southwestern British Columbia, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Kelly Penrose (M.Sc., 2007)
          Radial-Growth Response of Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Trees to Climate Variations Along a Longitudinal Transect, Northwestern British Columbia, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Kara Pitman (M.Sc., 2011)
          Extending the Duration and Dendroclimatic Potential of Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana) Tree-Ring Chronologies in the Southern British Columbia Coast Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Krista Roessingh (M.Sc. 2012) [co-supervised with D. Jelinski]
          Nesting Habitat and Diet Studies of Sandhill Cranes (Grus canadensis) from the Central and North Coast of British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Will Roush (M.Sc., 2009). [co-supervised with E. Higgs]
          A Substantial Upward Shift of the Alpine Treeline Ecotone in the Southern Canadian Rocky Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Len Silecki (Ph.D., 2016)
          The Deer-Vehicle Collision Phenomena in the United States
          [Abstract]

        • Vikki St-Hillaire (M.Sc., 2014)
          Holocene Glacier History of the Bowser River Watershed, Northern Coast Mountains, British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Collete Starheim (M.Sc., 2011) [co-supervised with T. Prowse]
          Regional Scale Tree-Ring Reconstructions of Hydroclimate Dynamics and Pacific Salmon Abundance in West Central British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Kristina Swerhun (M.Sc., 2007). [co-supervised with N. Turner]
          Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (GLORIA): Establishment of sites in south-west British Columbia

        • Graham Watt-Gremm (M.Sc., 2007). [co-supervised with E. Higgs]
          Taking a Good Long Look: Disturbance, Succession, Landscape Change and Repeat Photography in the Upper Blakiston Valley, Waterton Lakes National Park
          [Abstract]

        • Cedar Welsh (Ph.D., 2019)
          Multi-century records of hydroclimate dynamics and anadromous steelhead trout abundance from tree rings in Northern British Columbia, Canada
          [Abstract]

        • Chris Wood (M.Sc., 2002)
          Neoglaciation and Dendroglaciology at the Saskatachewan Glacier, Banff National Park, Canadian Rocky Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Lisa Wood (Ph.D., 2012)
          Wood Fibre Properties and their Application to Tree-Ring Studies in British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        Completed - University of Saskatchewan
        • Susan Bookbinder (M.Sc., 1992)
          Ecological Characteristics of Grasslands in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan

        • Donna Koning (M.Sc., 1994)
          Sediment Transfer Dynamics of King's Throne Cirque Rock Glacier, Kananaskis Country, Southwestern Alberta
          [Abstract]

        • Carolyn Lawby (M.Sc., 1994)
          The Response of Rae Glacier to Climate Variations, Canadian Rocky Mountains
          [Abstract]

        • Dan McCarthy (Ph.D., 1993)
          Geobotanical Dating in Alpine Carbonate Terrain: A Chronology for Little Ice Age Glacial Activity in Peter Lougheed and Elk Lake Provincial Park, Alberta and British Columbia
          [Abstract]

        • Raymond Shannon (M.Sc., 1989)
          Relationship Between Precipitation and Topography in the Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan

        • Gina Styranko (M.Sc., 1994)
          Wild Rice (Zizania palustris) Variability in Northern Saskatchewan

        • Jodi Wig (M.Sc., 1992)
          A Proxy Record of Recent Climatic Change in the Mount Rae Area, Canadian Rocky Mountains
          [Abstract]

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