2024 Annual AISC Conference

Thank you so much for attending the AISC's 11th Annual Conference and AGM!

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POSTER PRESENTATIONS 2024

Understanding the Effects of Human Intervention on Wild Boar Ecology in Alberta

Hannah Bordin and Mark Boyce, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

Evaluating the Risks of Transboundary Movements of Invasive Wild Pigs at the Canada-United States Border: Implications for African Swine Fever Preparedness

Dr. Ryan Brook, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Saskatchewan

Environmental DNA for the Detection of Wild Boar in Alberta

Jim Davies, Susan Koziel, Jori Harrison, and Brian Eaton, InnoTech Alberta, and Hannah McKenzie, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation

Spatial Ecology of Invasive Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Canada: Informing Population and Disease Control

Devin Fitzpatrick, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary

Surveillance of Circulating Infectious Disease on Free-Ranging Invasive Wild Boar in Alberta, Canada

Oshin Ley Garcia and Mathieu Pruvot, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary

Aquatic Mesocosms for Invasive Species Research in Alberta

Jim Davies, Ryan Melnichuk, Zhongzhi Chen, and Brian Eaton, InnoTech Alberta

Factors Favouring Invasion by Caragana arborescens in the Southern Boreal Zone

Martin Hinojosa, Jacob Mamchur, James F. Cahill, and Viktoria Wagner, University of Alberta

Where Did the Trematodes Go? Carp Invasion Upends Host-Parasite Dynamics in a Eutrophic Wetland

Molly Tilley, Dilini Abeyrama, Cameron P. Goater, Steve Wiseman, and Matthew J. Bogard, Aquatic Biogeochemistry Lab, University of Lethbridge

Comparing the Effectiveness of Different Methodologies for Detecting Escaping Caragana arborescens

Jacob Mamchur, Martin Hinojosa, James F. Cahill, and Viktoria Wagner, University of Alberta

Battling the Perfect Invader: Overview of Efforts to Control Prussian Carp in City of Calgary Stormwater Ponds

Rick Robinson, Natalya Sapova and Eileen Teasdale, City of Calgary Water Services; Dean Foster and Jessica Eaton, Associated Engineering Group Ltd.; and Teagan Fladager, KBL Environmental

Tiny Plants, Big Impact? An Assessment of Invasiveness in Small-Sized, Exotic Annual Forbs in Southwestern Alberta

Britton McNerlin, Kelly Wu, Viktoria Wagner, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta

Seroprevalence of Trichinella in Alberta Wild Pigs

Kiera Middel, Chunu Mainali and Darcy Visscher, The Kings University; Hannah McKenzie, Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation

Initiating the Use of Canada Thistle Rust Fungus (Puccinia suaveolens) as a Biocontrol Agent for Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) in Elk Island National Park

Marissa Lynds, Parks Canada Agency, Elk Island National Park

Invasive and Noxious Species Management in The Gaetz Lake Sanctuary, Red Deer, Alberta, Managed by the Waskasoo Environmental Education Society. Techniques Used and Success’ Found Controlling Cicer Milk Vetch (Astragalus cicer), Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense), and Common Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) in Alberta’s Oldest Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary

Thomas Wooff, Todd Nivens MA, and Jeannette Hall, Kerry Wood Nature Centre & Historic Fort Normandeau

DAY ONE PRESENTATIONS - March 20, 2024

KEYNOTE: Invasive Species on a Global Scale, but Under an Alberta Perspective

Patrick Hanington, University of Alberta & Nicole Kimmel, Government of Alberta

130 Years of Plant Invasion History in Alberta: Patterns and Differences in the Delays Between Introduction and Subsequent Rapid Spread