Kaegan Finn

Conservation Biologist

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

Awesome writing by my friend Kevin featuring my research on long-toed salamanders, his work on native fish in Southern Alberta, our shared passion for fly fishing, and how they all overlap. Kevin’s got a way with words! Check him out!
https://t.co/tdvj0TPOFD

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

This month's cover image features a long-toed salamander on a bed of moss, taken by Arianna Kuhn 📸

The corresponding article discusses how sensitivity tests are critical when using species distribution models to inform conservation translocations 📊

🔗 https://t.co/cZqvq7Sq63

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

Our study made the cover! Go check it out along with many other great papers in this April issue of @JAppliedEcology. Thanks @PseudohajeSci for the beautiful photo!
@NorthernNiches

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

Our April issue is here! 🦎
Below you can find some of this month's highlights 👇

View the whole issue here: https://t.co/IkTPmLoaRt

[Journal of Applied Ecology @JAppliedEcology]

Habitat modelling decisions like study extent, bias correction & environmental variables can impact translocation release site selection: A long-toed salamander case study 🦎

Recommends careful model development & independent validation 📊

🔗 https://t.co/cZqvq7Sq63

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

New Paper! We explored the use of SDMs in translocation planning, and found that independent evaluation and sensitivity testing are critical.

Stoked to share the main findings from my MSc with the world! Read more:

https://t.co/yACNeTWge0

[J.A. Lee-Yaw @NorthernNiches]

Excited to see ⁦@FinnKaegan’s⁩ MSc work out (with undergrad collaborator, Jayna Bergman)! Testing the impacts of modelling decisions on SDM rankings of release sites for conservation translocations. https://t.co/MklXkKaxyd

[J.A. Lee-Yaw @NorthernNiches]

Another student gets the “boot”! A huge congrats to ⁦@FinnKaegan⁩ for a spectacular job defending his MSc thesis on species distribution models and salamander conservation! (Nerdy lab cookie tradition continues as well!)

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

@NorthernNiches Haha!! Woot woot!

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

@cairns_na Congrats Nick!!

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

@emilyaskingwhy WOWW!!

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

Would mean the world to get some votes for my submission to this years @uLethbridge “Images of Research” competition, highlighting the amazing Dustin Snider representing undergrad field techs everywhere! https://t.co/BOSSXizKui

[J.A. Lee-Yaw @NorthernNiches]

We have opened our doors at the University of Ottawa and are recruiting! Two PhDs and one MSc.
https://t.co/xCf9f7C1LY
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[J.A. Lee-Yaw @NorthernNiches]

A huge congratulations to @BrassardDylan for successfully defending his MSc today! Bears and fire and human recreation oh my!

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

@NorthernNiches Thanks Julie!!

[J.A. Lee-Yaw @NorthernNiches]

Super proud of MSc student ⁦@FinnKaegan⁩ who bravely continues to represent the Lee-Yaw lab in Alberta. My phone and inbox have been going off about his talk today! Catch him next at the Alberta Amphibian and Reptile Specialist Group Meeting!

[Dan Hunter @sometimesimdan]

Penstemon 👅

[SRWP @SRWP_H2O]

That's a wrap on the 2022 field season! Wishing everyone the best as the season comes to a close, from our field crew to yours. We look forward to our return once there is a little bit more snow on the landscape.

[Kaegan Finn @FinnKaegan]

Sweet write up on our lab’s after work antics this past spring!

[ULethbridge @uLethbridge]

#ULethbridge biology students spotted the elusive Plains Spadefoot Toad earlier this summer when enough rain fell to bring them out of their underground homes to breed.
Read more on UNews: https://t.co/QcRgbPiQye

[ULethbridge @uLethbridge]

#ULethbridge biology students spotted the elusive Plains Spadefoot Toad earlier this summer when enough rain fell to bring them out of their underground homes to breed.
Read more on UNews: https://t.co/QcRgbPiQye

[J.A. Lee-Yaw @NorthernNiches]

Me to lab: "Who wants to come out tonight at 11 pm, in the rain, to look for a species none of you are working on...for fun?"
Spontaneous #labnaturewalk;
#TeamSalamander and #TeamToad do #spadefoots; Photo credit: Dustin Snider