James Schaefer

Ecologist, conservation biologist

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

As an ecologist, my goals are straightforward — understand, conserve, inspire. Understand the natural world through the lens of #science. Conserve #biodiversity with the help of this knowledge. And inspire the next generation to do so.

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Truths cannot walk on their own legs. They
must be carried by people to other people.
They must be explained, defended, and spread
through language, argument and appeal.

– Karlyn Campbell

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

@TorontoArgos 70
Lirim Hajrullahu is the kicker you want to ensure the points, whether it's the equalizer or the walk-off field goal. He showed his poise during the 2017 Grey Cup, and he's showing it again this year. No. 70 puts the foot into football.

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

So long 55.
And so long to the 109-yard rush (George Dixon, Wllie Fleming) and the 109-yard pass (Sam Etcheverry, Jerry Keeling, Damon Allen) — records never to be equaled.

[Aiden Maher @TheTurfGuy96]

It’s been fun🫡

#CFL

[Aiden Maher @TheTurfGuy96]

It’s been fun🫡

#CFL

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Logging #boreal forests makes carbon more likely to be released back into the atmosphere. Hence global estimates of carbon storage from timber products may be exaggerated.
New study @TrentUniversity
https://t.co/er0iFYrQ0r

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Refillable bottles are much better for the environment. Unhappily, if Moosehead is finished with bottles, I’m finished with Moosehead.

[CTV Kitchener @CTVKitchener]

Moosehead Breweries will no longer sell beer in bottles - New Brunswick-based Moosehead Breweries has announced it will stop selling its beer in bottles at the end of the year. https://t.co/l76krZWwUr

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Editor searching reviewers in August

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Post-doctoral research opportunity at Trent University in the ecology and conservation of woodland #caribou. Annual salary of $80,000. Apply to [email protected] by September 5, 2025.

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Summer employment opportunities in ecology @TrentUniversity

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

PhD opportunity in moose ecology @TrentUniversity @TrentENLSGrad

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Students often ask for lecture slides, but does access to slides enhance learning?

Using a within-subject design — evaluating each student, with & without slides — researchers report "access to slides ... had a negative impact on student performance."

https://t.co/fYYkEKSLQ5

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Add more capacity & traffic congestion eases. Or will it?

Study after study shows new roads cut travel times—temporarily. Soon, new capacity fills with more cars, more trips & longer drives.

The benefits evaporate; the environmental impacts endure.
https://t.co/KPzt57QLFi

[Conservation Café @TrentConserve]

Nov is just around the corner, and with it another Conservation Cafe! Dr. Vivian Nguyen will be our guest on the 12th, reflecting on 15 years of thinking about and contributing to interdisciplinary conservation research. What promotes pro-enviro behaviours? Drop in to find out!

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Time for the scientific community to make a difference in #conservation .
But it "must move beyond its comfort zone of writing papers & preaching to its own choirs. It must engage with the public and policymakers to turn knowledge into action."
https://t.co/Imxg9YoTTg

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

At least since Darwin, islands have played a disproportionate role in biological thought.

And islands are key to conservation. They hold a disproportionate share of the diversity and number of endangered species of plants. A new, global analysis.

https://t.co/zRLf5fh8ol

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

A full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the area of Plant Biology at Simon Fraser University.

https://t.co/cWYqkOSPa8

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Ecological changes are often subtle, complex, and drawn-out.

For research & researchers, the implications are clear: To speed ecological science, invest in the long haul.

https://t.co/Jk6UALGLit via @ConversationCA

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Conserving species and fighting climate change go hand-in-hand. In ecosystems richer in plant species, more carbon is stored — based on evidence from nearly 100 studies worldwide.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/86QapV7Z3K

[Conservation Café @TrentConserve]

Not in honour of thanksgiving, but perhaps nevertheless on theme, in October we will host an exciting talk about the Greater Sage Grouse and efforts to conserve its habitat from Trent's own @AutumnWatkinson!
Free with a cash bar, 7:30pm, Oct 8 at the Publican. 🦃

[James Schaefer @JamesASchaefer]

Compelling images from @TrentUniversity professor @NeilEverOsborne: "Nowhere on planet Earth will remain untouched by a warming world."

What On Earth with Laura Lynch: Can an image of frozen penguin chicks spark climate action? https://t.co/c9NS7nenzH