PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
- Loosen A, T Vilalta, KE Pigeon, P Wright, and A Jacob, (2023) Understanding the role of traditional and user-created recreation data in the cumulative footprint of recreation. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. XLINKX
- McClelland, C, JR., B Nobert, TA Larsen, KE Pigeon, and L Finnegan, (2023) The impact of mountain pine beetle outbreaks and their treatment methods on the abundance of plant-foods important to caribou and grizzly bears. Forest Ecology and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120841
- Garshelis DL, N Dharaiya, TR Sharp and KE Pigeon (2022) Investigating co-occurence among look-alike species: The case of three bears in Northeast India. Diversity. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14090717
- Garshelis DL, KE Pigeon, MH Hwang, M Proctor, WJ McShea, AK Fuller, and DJ Morin (2022) The need to step-up monitoring of Asian bears. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.10016/j.gecco.2022.e02087
- McShea WJ, MH Hwang, F Liu, S Li, C Lamb, B McLellan, DJ Morin, KE Pigeon, MF Proctor, H Hernandez-Yanez, T Frerich, and DL Garshelis (2022) Is the delineation of range maps useful for monitoring Asian bears? Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.10016/j.gecco.2022.e02068
- Proctor MF, DL Garshelis, P Thatte, R Steinmetz, B Crudge, B McLellan, W McShea, D Ngoprasert, M Nawaz, S Wong, S Sharma, A Fuller, N Dharaiya, KE Pigeon, G Fredriksson, D Wang, S Li, and MH Hwang (2022) Review of field methods for monitoring Asian bears. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.10016/j.gecco.2022.e02080
- Fuller AK, BC Augustine, DJ Morin, KE Pigeon, J Boulanger, DC Lee, F Bisi, and DL Garshelis (2022) The occupancy-abundance relationship and sampling designs using occupancy to monitor populations of Asian bears. Global Ecology and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.10016/j.gecco.2022.e02075
- Finnegan L, Viejou R, MacNearney D, KE Pigeon, G Stenhouse (2021) Unravelling the impacts of disturbance type and regeneration on movement of threatened species. Landscape Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-021-01259-x
- Buxton RT*, Nyboer E*, KE Pigeon, G Raby, T Rytwinsky, A Gallager, R Schuster, HY Lin, L Fahrig, J Bennett et al. (2021) Avoiding wasted research resources in conservation science. Conservation Science and Practice. in press
- McKay T, KE Pigeon, T Larsen, L Finnegan (2021) Close encounters of the fatal kind: landscape features associated with central mountain caribou mortalities. Ecology and Evolution. In press
- Pigeon KE, D MacNearney, M Hebblewhite, M Musiani, L Neufeld, J Cranston, GB Stenhouse, F Schmiegelow, and L Finnegan (2020) The density of anthropogenic features explains seasonal behaviour-based functional response in selection of linear features by a social predator. Scientific Reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-68151-7
- Nobert BR, TA Larsen, KE Pigeon, L Finnegan (2020) Caribou in the cross-fire? Considering terrestrial lichen forage in teh face of mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae) expansion. PLoS One, 15(4): e0232248, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232248
- MacDonald A, SF Bartels, SE MacDonald, KE Pigeon, D MacNearney, L Finnegan (2020) Wildlife forage cover and composition on pipeline corridors in Alberta: Implications for wildlife conservation. Forest Ecol Manage. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118189
- Finnegan L, KE Pigeon, D MacNearney (2019) Predicting patterns of vegetation recovery on seismic lines: Informing restoration based on understory species composition and growth. Forest Ecol Manage. 446: 175–192
- Hornseth ML, KE Pigeon, D MacNearney, TA Larsen, G Stenhouse, J Cranston, L Finnegan (2018) Motorized activity on legacy seismic lines: A predictive modeling approach to prioritize restoration efforts. Environ. Manage.
- Finnegan L, KE Pigeon, J Cranston, M Hebblewhite, M Musiani, L Neufeld, F Schmiegelow, J Duval, GB Stenhouse (2018) Natural regeneration on seismic lines influences movement behaviour of wolves and grizzly bears. PLoS One, 13:e0195480
- Finnegan L, D MacNearney, KE Pigeon (2018) Divergent patterns of understory species growth after seismic line exploration: Implications for caribou habitat restoration. Forest Ecol Manage. 409: 634–652
- Pigeon KE, E Cardinal, GB Stenhouse, SD Côté (2017) Recognizing the importance of an all-inclusive approach to brown bear conservation now and into the future. Oecologia. doi: 10.1007/s00442-017-3950-0 (http://rdcu.be/vIA9)
- Pigeon KE, GB Stenhouse, SD Côté (2016) Drivers of hibernation: Linking food and weather to denning behaviour of grizzly bears. Behav Ecol Sociobiol. 70: 1745–1754
- Pigeon KE, E Cardinal, GB Stenhouse, SD Côté (2016) Staying cool in a changing landscape: The influence of maximum daily ambient temperature on grizzly bear habitat selection. Oecologia. 181: 1101–1116
- Pigeon KE, SD Côté, GB Stenhouse (2016) Assessing den selection and den characteristics of grizzly Bears. J Wildl Manage. 80: 884–893
- Pigeon KE, M Anderson, D MacNearney, J Cranston, G Stenhouse, L Finnegan (2016) Towards the restoration of caribou habitat: Understanding factors associated with human motorized use of legacy seismic lines. Environ. Manage. 58: 821–832
- MacNearney D, K Pigeon, G Stenhouse, W Nijland, NC Coops, L Finnegan (2016) Heading for the hills? Evaluating spatial distribution of woodland caribou in response to a growing anthropogenic disturbance footprint. Ecol Evol. 6: 6484–6509
- Jansen H, T Leise, G Stenhouse, K Pigeon, W Kasworm, J Teisberg, T Radant, R Dallman, S Brown, C Robbins (2016) The bear circadian clock doesn’t sleep in hibernation. Front Zool. 13: 42
- Pigeon KE, SE Nielsen, GB Stenhouse, SD Côté (2014) Den selection by grizzly bear on a managed landscape. J Mammal 95: 559–571
- Pigeon KE, H Jiskoot (2008) Meteorological controls on snowpack formation and dynamics in the southern Canadian Rocky Mountains. Arct Antarct Alp Res 40: 716–730
BOOK CHAPTER
- Harendra Singh Bargali, Karine E. Pigeon, Naim Akhtar, Thomas Sharp Kajal K. Jadav. (2020) Part II - Species Account, Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus). Chapter 9. Bears of the World, Ecology, Conservation and Management, edited by Vincenzo Penteriani and Mario Melletti. Cambridge University Press, pp.99
- Chinatsu Kozakai, Ivan Seryodkin, Karine E. Pigeon, Koji Yamazaki, Sangay Wangchuk, Shinsuke Koike, Toshio Tsubota, Yonten Jamtsho. (2020) Part II - Species Account, Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus). Chapter 10. Bears of the World, Ecology, Conservation and Management, edited by Vincenzo Penteriani and Mario Melletti. Cambridge University Press, pp.110
- Mark A. Haroldson, Melanie Clapham, Cecily C. Costello, Kerry A. Gunther, Katherine C. Kendall, Sterling D. Miller, Karine E. Pigeon, Michael F. Proctor, Karyn D. Rode, Christopher Servheen, Gordon B. Stenhouse, Frank T. van Manen (2020) Part II - Species Account, Brown Bear (Ursus arctos; North America). Chapter 13. Bears of the World, Ecology, Conservation and Management, edited by Vincenzo Penteriani and Mario Melletti. Cambridge University Press, pp.162
INVITED SPEAKER
- Public presentation – Tofield Gun Club –Bear species of Asia 2020
- Student presentation - Arrow Heights Elementary school, Revelstoke – Bear species overlap in NE India: How to thell these species apart and why it matters 2019
- Private seminar - Forest Resource Advisory group – update on the fRI Resarch Caribou Program 2017
- Open seminar – Trent University – From integrated research to science priorities 2017
- Public presentation – Tofield Gun Club – Den selection by grizzly bears on a managed landscape 2017
- Public presentation – Whisky Jack Club – Staying cool in a warming climate: Denning behaviour and habitat selection of grizzly bears 2016
- Student presentation – Lakehead University – Overview of the FRI Grizzly Bear Program 2015
- Public presentation – JNP - Climate Change & Denning behaviour 2011
- Public presentation – Les Grimpeurs de l’est – Backcountry skiing 2010
SELECTED CONFERENCES
- Finnegan L, D MacNearney, T McKay, B Nobert, K Pigeon, D Wismer (2019) Translating research into conservation action: Lesson learned from threatened woodland caribou in Canada. International Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Pigeon KE, T McKay, B Nobert, L Finnegan (2018) Death and Disturbance: Predators and landscape features associated with central mountain caribou mortalities. Oral Presentation, North American Caribou Workshop, November 2018, Ottawa, Canada
- Finnegan L, B Nobert, D Wismer, T McKay, KE Pigeon, D MacNearney (2018) Caribou Webtools: an interactive web-based GIS application for caribou recovery. Oral Presentation, North American Caribou Workshop, November 2018, Ottawa, Canada
- Finnegan L, T McKay, B Nobert, KE Pigeon (2018) Caribou conservation in Alberta through scientific partnership. Invited contribution to 25 Years of conservation science across Yellowstone to Yukon Symposium. Oral Presentation, North American Congress on Conservation Biology, July 2018, Toronto, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, D MacNearney, T McKay, L Finnegan (2017) Predator-prey dynamics on linear features: a broadly applicable, non-invasive approach to understand multi-species behavioural responses to anthropogenic landscape features. Oral Presentation, 25th International Conference on Bear Research & Management Nov. 2017, Quito, Ecuador.
- Pigeon KE, D MacNearney, G Stenhouse, J Cranston, M Hebblewhite, M Musiani, L Neufeld, L Finnegan (2017) Habitat heterogeneity and functional responses explain seasonal and behaviour-based selection of regenerating seismic lines for a social predator. Oral Presentation, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, May 2017, Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, D MacNearney, J Cranston, G Stenhouse, L Finnegan (2016) Towards stable caribou populations: Considering resource selection by grizzly bears, wolves, and caribou to prioritize restoration of legacy seismic lines in Alberta, Canada. Oral Presentation, 24th International Conference on Bear Research & Management, Jun. 2016, Anchorage, USA.
- Yadav B, KE Pigeon, D Garshelis (2016) Camera trapping for tigers across the Terai-arc landscape of Nepal yields valuable information on occupancy and habitat selection of sloth bears. Oral Presentation, 24th International Conference on Bear Research & Management, Jun. 2016, Anchorage, USA.
- MacNearney D, B Nobert, KE Pigeon, L Finnegan (2016) Caribou behaviour and calving success in relation to oil and gas development: Are all disturbances created equal? Oral Presentation, ACTWS. Mar. 2016, Drumheller, AB, Canada.
- Viejou R, D MacNearney, KE Pigeon, J Cranston, G Stenhouse, L Finnegan (2016) Movement patterns of two species at risk within an industrial landscape. Oral Presentation, ACTWS. Mar. 2016, Drumheller, AB, Canada.
- MacNearney D, KE Pigeon, J Cranston, G Stenhouse, L Finnegan (2016) Towards stable caribou populations in Alberta: Considering resource selection by wolves, grizzly bears, and caribou to prioritize restoration of legacy seismic lines. Poster Presentation. CMI. Apr. 2016, Revelstoke, BC, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, SD Côté, GB Stenhouse (2015) Climate change and hibernation: Linking food and weather to denning behaviour of grizzly bears. Oral Presentation, ACTWS. Mar. 2015, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, SD Côté, GB Stenhouse (2014) Climate change and hibernation: Linking food and weather to denning behaviour of grizzly bears. Oral Presentation, 23rd International Conference on Bear Research & Management, Oct. 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece.
- Pigeon KE, E Cardinal, G Stenhouse, SD Côté (2013) Staying cool in a managed landscape: The influence of ambient temperatures on grizzly bear habitat selection. Oral Presentation, 22th international conference on bear research and management, Sept. 2013, Provo, USA.
- Pigeon KE, SE Nielsen, G Stenhouse, SD Côté (2012) Factors determining den site selection of grizzly bears at multiple spatial scales in the boreal forest. Oral presentation, Feb. 4th, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, SE Nielsen, G Stenhouse, SD Côté (2012) Den site selection for grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountains and Foothills of Alberta, Canada. Oral Presentation, 21th international conference on bear research and management, Nov. 2012, New Delhi, India.
- Pigeon KE, SD Côté, G Stenhouse (2011) Denning behaviour and climate change: linking environmental variables to denning of grizzly bears in the Rocky Mountains and boreal forest of Alberta, Canada. Oral Presentation, 20th international conference on bear research and management, Jul. 2011, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, SD Côté, G Stenhouse (2011) Les facteurs déterminant le comportement d’hibernation de l’ours grizzly dans les piedmonts et les montagnes Rocheuses de l’Alberta. Oral Presentation, 36e Colloque Annuel de la Société Québécoise pour l’Étude Biologique du Comportement (SQÉBC), Nov. 2011, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
- Pigeon KE, G Stenhouse, SD Côté (2007). Climate change and denning behaviour of grizzly bears: A preliminary study. Poster Presentation, 18th international conference on bear research and management, Nov. 2007, Monterrey, Mexico.
SELECTED TECHNICAL REPORTS
- Pigeon K, T McKay, L Finnegan (2019) Targeting alternate prey to understand caribou and moose habitat management choices in a regenerating landscape: increasing functional habitat for caribou within west-central ranges. Final Report prepared for the Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund, 2019, Pp +30, BCIP-2016-15.
Pigeon K, D MacNearney, B Nobert, L Finnegan (2017) Caribou and wolf behaviour in relation to oil and gas development. Final Report prepared for the British Columbia Oil & Gas Research & Innovation Society, BCIP-2016-15. - Pigeon K, D MacNearney, T McKay, and L Finnegan (2017) Restoration of seismic cutline in southern mountain and boreal caribou range in west-central and north-western Alberta: Maximising success and targeting areas used by alternate prey. Final Report prepared for the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk, 2016HSP7488
- MacNearney D, T McKay, K Pigeon, B Nobert, D Vitt, M House, and L Finnegan (2017) Identifying high-quality habitat and silviculture practices to aid caribou recovery in west-central Alberta. Year One Final Report prepared for the Alberta Conservation Association and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative
- Finnegan L. D. MacNearneyy, K Pigeon, B Nobert, R Veijou, S Milligan, J Cranston, G Stenhouse (2016) Response of threatened species to linear features and landscape change in a managed forest in west-central Alberta. Final Report prepared for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI 2013-003)
- Finnegan L, D MacNearney, K Pigeon, M Hornseth, J Cranston, R Viejou, G Stenhouse (2016) Analysis and restoration of seismic cutlines in southern mountain and boreal caribou range in west-central Alberta Phase 3. Final Report prepared for the Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk, 2015HSP7195
- Pigeon K, M Hornseth, D MacNearney, L Finnegan (2016) Analysis and improvement of linear features to increase caribou functional habitat in west-central and north-western Alberta. Final report prepared for the Forest Resource Improvemetn Association of Alberta (FRIP OF-13-006), Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund (15-ERPC-01), and BC Oil and Gas Research and Innovation Society (BC OGRIS 15-04)
- MacNearney D, K Pigeon, L Finnegan (2016) Behaviour and calving success of boreal caribou in relation to oil and gas development. Final Report, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, Alberta Upstream Petroleum Research Fund (15-ERPC-06) and British Columbia Oil and Gas Research and Innovation Society (2016-15)
- Finnegan L, B Macbeth, D MacNearney, K Pigeon, T Larsen, H Schwantje, S Kutz (2016) Caribou mortality and disease prevalence in west-central Alberta. Year one Report, Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada, and Alberta Upstream Research Petroleum Fund
- MacNearney D, M Anderson, K Pigeon, L Finnegan (2015) Analysis and restoration of seismic cutlines in Southern Mountain and Boreal Caribou Range in West-Central Alberta: Phase 2. HSP 6699 Final Report, Environment Canada
- Finnegan LA, K Pigeon, J Cranston, G Stenhouse (2014) Analysis and restoration of seismic cutlines in Southern Mountain and Boreal Caribou Range in West-Central Alberta. HSP 6617 Final Report, Environment Canada
- Pigeon K (2012) Den site Selection for Grizzly Bears in the Rocky Mountains and Foothills of Alberta, Canada: A spatially Explicit and Hierarchical Approach. In: Stenhouse G and K Graham (eds). Foothills Research Institute Grizzly Bear Program (FRIGBP) 2011 Annual Report. Hinton, Alberta
- Pigeon K (2011) Denning Behaviour and Climate Change: Linking Environmental Variables to Denning of Grizzly Bears. In: The Rocky Mountains And Boreal Forest Of Alberta, Canada. In: Stenhouse G and K Graham (eds). FRIGBP 2010 Annual Report. Hinton, Alberta
- Pigeon K (2010) Denning Behaviour, Thermoregulation, And Environmental Variables. In: Stenhouse G and K Graham (eds). FRIGBP 2009 Annual Report. Hinton, Alberta
- Pigeon K (2009) Denning, Habitat Selection, and Weather. In: Stenhouse G and K Graham (eds). FRIGBP 2008 Annual Report. Hinton, Alberta
- Hobson D, Stenhouse G, Cranston J, Larsen T, Pigeon K (2008) Program Field Activities 2007. In: Stenhouse G and K Graham (eds). FRIGBP 2007 Annual Report. Hinton, Alberta
- Larsen T, Pigeon K (2007) The diet of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) in North-Central Alberta, Canada, part of a new food-based model approach to mapping grizzly bear habitat. In: Stenhouse G. and K Graham. Foothills Model Forest Grizzly Bear Research Program (FMFGBRP) 2006 Annual Report. Hinton, Alberta