Publications by Topic
This page highlights selected publications spanning habitat modelling, wildlife population response, cumulative effects assessment, climate change, bioacoustics, monitoring design, and forest management tools. These publications reflect a long-standing focus on connecting ecological science with practical planning and conservation decisions.
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- Recent Publications
- Wildlife Responses to Managed Ecosystems
- Scenario Analysis and Cumulative Effects Assessment
- Wildlife Habitat versus Wood Supply Trade-off Analysis
- Climate Change Research and Vulnerability Assessment
- Forest Management Planning and Assessment Tools
- Forest Songbirds and Bioacoustic Research
- Forest Birds and Waterfowl Research and Monitoring
- Moose Research and Monitoring
- Landscapes and Vegetation Research and Monitoring
- Wetlands Research and Monitoring
- Fisheries and Aquatic Insects
- Monitoring Concepts and Strategies
Recent Publications
Antwi, E. K., R. S. Rempel, M. Carlson, A. N. Darko, and P. T. Yohuno (Apronti). 2026 (in press). An Assessment of Mitigation Strategies for Maintaining a Balanced Moose-Wolf-Caribou System in Ontario's Ring of Fire Region. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
Dyson, M., S. Endicott, C. Simpkins, J. Turner, S. Avery-Gomm, C. Johnson, M. Leblond, E. W. Neilson, R. Rempel, P. Wiebe, J. Baltzer, J. Hughes, and F. Stewart. 2026 (in press). Effective conservation decisions require models designed for purpose: a case study for boreal caribou in Ontario’s Ring of Fire. in, Ecology and Evolution.
Antwi, E. K., R. S. Rempel, M. Carlson, J. Boakye-Danquah, R. Winder, A. Dabros, W. Owusu-Banahene, E. Berryman, and I. Eddy. 2023. A modelling approach to inform regional cumulative effects assessment in northern Ontario. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11. [PDF]
DeWitt, P. D., E. Kissler, A. Rodgers, R. S. Rempel, J. A. Rodgers, B. Allison, F. Levec, P. Hubert, and B. Patterson. 2023. Integrated Monitoring Framework recommendations for moose monitoring: Final report. [PDF]
Rempel, R. S., M. Carlson, A. R. Rodgers, J. L. Shuter, C. E. Farrell, D. Cairns, B. Stelfox, L. M. Hunt, R. W. Mackereth, and J. M. Jackson. 2021. Modeling Cumulative Effects of Climate and Development on Moose, Wolf, and Caribou Populations. The Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1355-1376. [PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. Rempel, F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Exploring the tradeoffs among forest planning, roads and wildlife corridors: a new approach. Optimization Letters. [PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. S. Rempel, F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Balancing Large-Scale Wildlife Protection and Forest Management Goals with a Game-Theoretic Approach. Forests 12:809. [PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, R. Rempel, N. Liu, and F. H. Koch. 2020. Protecting wildlife habitat in managed forest landscapes—How can network connectivity models help? Natural Resource Modeling e12286. [PDF]
Wildlife Responses to Managed Ecosystems
Rempel, R.S., B.J. Naylor, P.C. Elkie, J. Baker, and J. Churcher. 2016. An indicator system to assess ecological integrity of managed forests. Ecological Indicators 60:860-869. [PDF]
Rodgers, A. R., J. Shuter, J. A. Rodgers, R. S. Rempel, K. Green, D. Brannen, D. Fortin and P. D. McLoughlin. 2021. Disturbance-Recruitment Relationships of Boreal Caribou in Boreal Shield and Hudson Bay Lowland Ecozones. Abstract for North American Caribou Workshop.
Hornseth, M.L. and R.S. Rempel. 2015. Seasonal resource selection of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) across a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance. Canadian Journal of Zoology 94:79-93. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. 2007. Selecting focal songbird species for biodiversity conservation assessment: Response to forest cover amount and configuration. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2(1): Article 6. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S., P.C. Elkie, A.R. Rodgers, and M.J. Gluck. 1997. Timber-management and natural-disturbance effects on moose habitat: Landscape evaluation. Journal of Wildlife Management 61(2):517-524. [PDF]
Thompson, I.D., J.A. Baker, S.J. Hannon, R.S. Rempel, and K.J. Szuba. 2009. Forest birds and forest management in Ontario: Status, management, and policy. Forestry Chronicle 85(2):245-257.
Bottan, B., D. Euler, and R. Rempel. 2002. Adaptive management of moose in Ontario. Alces 38:1-10.
Voigt, D.R., J.A. Baker, R.S. Rempel, and I.D. Thompson. 2000. Forest vertebrate responses to landscape-level changes in Ontario. In Ecology of a Managed Terrestrial Landscape: Patterns and Processes of Forest Landscapes in Ontario.
Promaine, A. and R.S. Rempel. 1999. Applying criteria and indicators to assess ecological integrity in a boreal national park and adjacent forest management units. In Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference.
Scenario Analysis and Cumulative Effects Assessment
Antwi, E. K., R. S. Rempel, M. Carlson, J. Boakye-Danquah, R. Winder, A. Dabros, W. Owusu-Banahene, E. Berryman, and I. Eddy. 2023. A modelling approach to inform regional cumulative effects assessment in northern Ontario. Frontiers in Environmental Science 11.
Rempel, R. S., M. Carlson, A. R. Rodgers, J. L. Shuter, C. E. Farrell, D. Cairns, B. Stelfox, L. M. Hunt, R. W. Mackereth, and J. M. Jackson. 2021. Modeling Cumulative Effects of Climate and Development on Moose, Wolf, and Caribou Populations. The Journal of Wildlife Management 85:1355-1376. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S., J. Baker, P.C. Elkie, M.J. Gluck, J. Jackson, R.S. Kushneriuk, T. Moore, and A.H. Perera. 2007. Forest policy scenario analysis: Sensitivity of songbird community to changes in forest cover amount and configuration. Avian Conservation and Ecology 2(1): Article 5. [PDF]
Wildlife Habitat versus Wood Supply Trade-off Analysis
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. S. Rempel, F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Balancing Large-Scale Wildlife Protection and Forest Management Goals with a Game-Theoretic Approach. Forests 12:809. [PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, N. Liu, R. Rempel, F. H. Koch, and A. Rodgers. 2021. Exploring the tradeoffs among forest planning, roads and wildlife corridors: a new approach. Optimization Letters. [PDF]
Yemshanov, D., R. G. Haight, R. Rempel, N. Liu, and F. H. Koch. 2020. Protecting wildlife habitat in managed forest landscapes—How can network connectivity models help? Natural Resource Modeling e12286. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and C.K. Kaufmann. 2003. Spatial modeling of harvest constraints on wood supply versus wildlife habitat objectives. Environmental Management 32(3):334-347.
Kauffman, C. and R.S. Rempel. 1999. Analysis of spatial harvest constraints on ecological (wildlife habitat) versus economic (timber harvest) objectives. In Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference.
Climate Change Research and Vulnerability Assessment
Rempel, R. S., J. M. Jackson, S. L. Van Wilgenburg, and J. A. Rodgers. 2019. A multiple detection state occupancy model using autonomous recordings facilitates correction of false positive and false negative observation errors. Avian Conservation and Ecology 14. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. 2011. Effects of climate change on moose populations: Exploring the response horizon through biometric and systems models. Ecological Modelling 222(18):3355-3365. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and M.L. Hornseth. 2017. Binational climate change vulnerability assessment of migratory birds in the Great Lakes Basins: Tools and impediments. PLoS ONE. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. 2012. Effects of Climate Change on Moose Populations: A vulnerability analysis for the Clay Belt Ecodistrict (3E-1) in northeastern Ontario. Ontario Climate Change Research Report.
Forest Management Planning and Assessment Tools
Elkie, P.C., A. Smiegielski, J. Elliot, R. Kushneriuk, and R.S. Rempel. 2012. Ontario’s Landscape Tool User’s Manual. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Rempel, R.S., M. Donnelly, L. Van Damme, M. Gluck, R. Kushneriuk, and T. Moore. 2006. Spatial landscape assessment models: A meta-modelling framework for biodiversity conservation planning.
Elkie, P.C., G. Hooper, A.P. Carr, and R.S. Rempel. 1999. Ontario Marten Analyst and Marten Models: Directions for applying the forest management Guidelines for the provision of marten habitat in the Northwest Region.
Kushneriuk, R.S. and R.S. Rempel. 2011. LSL - Landscape Scripting Language. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research.
Rempel, R.S., A. Carr, C. Kauffman, P. Elkie, and J. McNicol. 1999. Natural disturbance analysis and planning tools: development, integration, and application of models to support forest management planning. In Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference.
Forest Songbirds and Bioacoustic Research
Rempel, R.S., C.M. Francis, J.N. Robinson, and M. Campbell. 2013. Comparison of audio recording system performance for detecting and monitoring songbirds. Journal of Field Ornithology 84(1):86-97.
Rempel, R.S., K.A. Hobson, G. Holborn, S.L. Van Wilgenburg, and J. Elliott. 2005. Bioacoustic monitoring of forest songbirds: interpreter variability and effects of configuration and digital processing methods in the laboratory. Journal of Field Ornithology 76(1):1-11.
Hobson, K.A., R.S. Rempel, H. Greenwood, B. Turnbull, and S.L. VanWilgenburg. 2002. Acoustic surveys of birds using electronic recordings: new potential from an omnidirectional microphone system. Wildlife Society Bulletin 30(3):709-720.
Rempel, R.S., J.M. Jackson, and J.N. Robinson. 2014. Acoustic monitoring and assessment of forest songbirds: Sample design, analysis methods, and observation error. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Forest Birds and Waterfowl Research and Monitoring
Ross, R.K., K.F. Abraham, T.R. Gadawski, R.S. Rempel, T.S. Gabor, and R. Maher. 2002. Abundance and distribution of breeding waterfowl in the great clay belt of northern Ontario. Canadian Field-Naturalist 116(1):42-50. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and R.S. Kushneriuk. 2003. The influence of sampling scheme and interpolation method on the power to detect spatial effects of forest birds in Ontario (Canada). Landscape Ecology 18(8):741-757.
Gabor, T.S., T.R. Gadawski, R.K. Ross, R.S. Rempel, and D.W. Kroeker. 1995. Visibility bias of waterfowl brood surveys using helicopters in the Great Clay Belt of Northern Ontario. Journal of Field Ornithology 66(1):81-87.
Hobson, K.A. and R. Rempel. 2001. Recommendations for Forest Bird Monitoring, Version 1.1. Saskatchewan Environment and Resource Management.
Rempel, R.S., C.A. Debruyne, J.M. Jackson, and J.N. Robinson. 2011. Effectiveness Monitoring of Forest Management Guides: Songbird Community Response / Protocols and Methodologies.
Moose Research and Monitoring
Rempel, R.S., A.R. Rodgers, and K.F. Abraham. 1995. Performance of a GPS animal location system under boreal forest canopy. Journal of Wildlife Management 59(3):543-551. [PDF]
McKenney, D.W., R.S. Rempel, L.A. Venier, Y.H. Wang, and A.R. Bisset. 1998. Development and application of a spatially explicit moose population model. Canadian Journal of Zoology 76(10):1922-1931. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and A.R. Rodgers. 1997. Effects of differential correction on accuracy of a GPS animal location system. Journal of Wildlife Management 61(2):525-530. [PDF]
Rodgers, A.R., R.S. Rempel, and K.F. Abraham. 1996. A GPS-based telemetry system. Wildlife Society Bulletin 24(3):559-566.
Rodgers, A.R., R.S. Rempel, R. Moen, J. Paczkowski, C.C. Schwartz, E.J. Lawson, and M.J. Gluck. 1997. GPS collars for moose telemetry studies: a workshop. Alces 33:203-209.
Timmermann, H.R. and R.S. Rempel. 1998. Age and sex structure of hunter harvested moose under two harvest strategies in north central Ontario. Alces 34(1):21-30.
Bisset, A.R. and R.S. Rempel. 1991. Linear analysis of factors affecting the accuracy of moose aerial inventories. Alces 27:127-139.
Rodgers, A.R., S.M. Tomkiewicz, E.J. Lawson, T.R. Stephenson, K.J. Hundertmark, P.J. Wilson, B.N. White, and R.S. Rempel. 1998. New technology for moose management: a workshop. Alces 34(1):239-244.
Landscapes and Vegetation Research and Monitoring
Rempel, R.S., D.E.B. Reid, and J. Jackson. 2012. Batcheler-corrected point distance versus belt transect for sampling habitat and woody vegetation. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 42:2052-2063. [PDF]
Andison, D.W., R. Wright, R. Rempel, D. Dye, R. Nesdoly, B. Christensen, D. Ens, P. Mackasey, P. Maczek, and R. Fincati. 2002. Vegetation Pattern Indicators, Version 6.3.
Kimmins, J.P., R.S. Rempel, C.V.J. Welham, B. Seely, and K.C.J. Van Rees. 2007. Biophysical sustainability, process-based monitoring and forest ecosystem management decision support systems. Forestry Chronicle 83(4):502-514.
Elkie, P.C. and R.S. Rempel. 2001. Detecting scales of pattern in boreal forest landscapes. Forest Ecology and Management 147(2-3):253-261.
France, R., J.S. Felkner, M. Flaxman, and R. Rempel. 2002. Spatial investigation of applying Ontario's timber management guidelines: GIS analysis for riparian areas of concern. In Handbook of Water Sensitive Planning and Design.
Gluck, M.J. and R.S. Rempel. 1996. Structural characteristics of post-wildfire and clearcut landscapes. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 39(1-3):435-450.
Rempel, R.S., G.D. Racey, and K.A. Cumming. 1997. Predicting moose browse production using the Northwestern Ontario Forest Ecosystem Classification. Alces 33:19-31.
Rempel, R.S., P. Elkie, M. Gluck, J. Jackson, T. Moore, A. Rudy, B. Seely, and C. Welham. 2009. Habitat element curves: Development and evaluation of empirical versus process-based models.
Rempel, R.S., J. McNicol, J. Baker, M. Gluck, and L. Forsyth. 1999. A new spatially-explicit approach to specifying landscape design using the hexagon-class histogram. In Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference.
Elkie, P.C. and R.S. Rempel. 1999. Identifying hierarchical structure in Ontario landscapes as a component of emulating natural disturbance. In Proceedings of the 1999 Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference.
Wetlands Research and Monitoring
Rempel, R.S., K.F. Abraham, T.R. Gadawski, S. Gabor, and R.K. Ross. 1997. A simple wetland habitat classification for boreal forest waterfowl. Journal of Wildlife Management 61(3):746-757. [PDF]
Gluck, M.J., R.S. Rempel, and P.W.C. Uhlig. 1996. An evaluation of remote sensing for regional wetland mapping application. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.
Gluck, M.J. and R.S. Rempel. 1996. The effect of spatial resolution on landscape measurements of post disturbance vegetation. Earsel Advances in Remote Sensing 4(4):170-176.
Koeln, G.T., J.E. Jacobson, D.E. Wesley, and R.S. Rempel. 1988. Wetland inventories derived from Landsat data for waterfowl management planning. In Transactions of the Fifty-third North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference.
Fisheries and Aquatic Insects
Rempel, R.S. and P.J. Colby. 1991. A statistically valid model of the morphoedaphic index. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 48(10):1937-1943. [PDF]
Rempel, R.S. and T.G. Northcote. 1989. Winter feeding and spatial distribution of lacustrine Dolly Varden charr and cutthroat trout populations. Physiology and Ecology Japan, Special Volume 1:323-336.
Rempel, R.S. and A.D. Harrison. 1987. Structural and functional composition of the community of Chironomidae (Diptera) in a Canadian Shield stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology 65:2545-2554.
Rempel, R.S. and J.C.H. Carter. 1987. Temperature influences on adult size, development, and reproductive potential of aquatic diptera. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44(10):1743-1752.
Rempel, R.S. and J.C.H. Carter. 1987. Modelling the effects of accelerated development and reduced fecundity on the population dynamics of aquatic diptera. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 44(10):1737-1742.
Rempel, R.S. and J.C.H. Carter. 1986. An experimental study on the effect of elevated temperature on the heterotrophic and autotrophic food resources of aquatic insects in a forested stream. Canadian Journal of Zoology 64(11):2457-2466.
Monitoring Concepts and Strategies
Rempel, R.S., D.W. Andison, and S.J. Hannon. 2004. Guiding principles for developing an indicator and monitoring framework. Forestry Chronicle 80(1):82-90.
Andison, D.W., H. Kimmins, K. Van Rees, R. Rempel, K. Hobson, R. Granger, F. McCallum, G. Melville, P. Chambers, J. Beatty, H. Greenwood, and V. Adamowicz. 2001. Saskatchewan Forest Ecosystem Impacts Monitoring Framework Part 1: Rationale and Strategy, Version 1.5.
Kimmins, J.P., C. Welham, B. Seely, M. Meitner, R. Rempel, and T. Sullivan. 2005. Science in Forestry: Why does it sometimes disappoint or even fail us? Forestry Chronicle 81(5):723-734.
Rempel, R.S., R.W. Mackereth, A.R. Rodgers, E.P. Iwachewski, P.D. Furlong, J.S. Hagens, J.L. Shuter, J.M. Jackson, R.S. Kushneriuk, and D.J. McCormick. 2016. Support for development of a long term environmental monitoring strategy for the Ring of Fire area. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Rempel, R.S., J. Baker, G. Brown, J. Churcher, M. Gluck, and B. Naylor. 2011. Guide Effectiveness Monitoring: Strategic Direction.
Research Supporting Practice
These publications reflect the scientific foundation underlying FERIT’s applied consulting work. Together, they span habitat and population modelling, cumulative effects assessment, monitoring design, climate change, and environmental decision support.
For project applications of this work, visit the Applications page or explore caribou-specific work on the Caribou WebTool page.