Author Archives: Andrew A Bryant

Scientific publications

  • Bryant, A.A. 1996. Demography of Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) in natural and clearcut environments. Pages 157-168 in LeBerre, M., R. Ramousse and L. Le Guelte (Editors): Biodiversity in Marmots. International Marmot Network, Moscow, Russia and Lyon, France.
  • Bryant, A.A., J.P.L. Savard and R.M. McLaughlin. 1994. Breeding bird distribution and abundance in old-growth forests of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Journal of Field Ornithology Research Note on Avian Biology. 135: 203.
  • Bryant, A.A., J.P.L Savard and R.M. McLaughlin. 1992. Bird communities in old-growth and regenerating forests of western Vancouver Island. Northwest Environmental Journal. 8: 224-225.

Academic theses

Conference proceedings

  • Bryant, A.A. 2000.  Forestry and metapopulation dynamics of Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis). Abstracts, 80th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Durham, NH, Jun. 17-21 2000.  Abstract.
  • Bryant, A.A., and D. Eastman. 2000. Forestry and historical population dynamics of Vancouver Island marmots (Marmota vancouverensis).  Poster.  Society for Ecological Restoration, Liverpool, UK, Sep. 16-18 2000.  Abstract.
  • Bryant, A.A. 1996. Demography of Vancouver Island Marmots (Marmota vancouverensis) in natural and clearcut environments. Pages 157-168 in LeBerre, M., R. Ramousse and L. Le Guelte (Editors): Biodiversity in Marmots. International Marmot Network, Moscow, Russia and Lyon, France.
  • Bryant, A.A. 1992. Burrowing owls in the south Okanagan: status and opportunities. Pages 75-82 in Rautio, S. (Editor). Community Action for Endangered Species. Symposium proceedings, Northwest Wildlife Preservation Society and Federation of B.C. Naturalists, Sept. 28/29, 1991, Vancouver, BC. ISBN 0969163320

Government publications

2012 Texada

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These images are from our first visit to Texada, the largest of the Gulf Islands.  What a spectacular place!

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As is true elsewhere on these pages, click on any image to start a full-screen slide-show…
On the ferry from Powell River
Beautiful BC
Shelter Point, Texada Island
A favourite local swimming hole – abandoned and flooded quarry
Photographically wonderful
…but way too chilly for swimming in November!
Beautiful Heather strikes a dramatic pose
Dick Island
By the time we reached Bob’s Lake it had begun to snow…
Texada high traffic area
Another high traffic area
Definitely a low traffic area
Strange faces in the woods
More faces
Downtown Van Anda
More downtown Van Anda
I was tempted…
On the road again…
The major power line corridor that bisects Texada
It just kept snowing…
On the way to Anderson Bay
We really enjoyed meeting the locals…

 

Book chapters and contributions

  • Miles, Victoria, with Andrew Bryant. 1995. A marmot meadow. Pages 143-148 in How I Learned to Speak Dog and Other Animal Stories, collected by the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, BC. 188 pp.
  • Bryant, A.A. 1994. Habitat change and species replacement: the case of Red-tailed and Red-shouldered Hawks. Pages 229-235 in McNicholl, M.K., and J.L. Cranmer-Bing (Editors). Ornithology in Ontario. Ontario Field Ornithologists Special Publication No. 1, Burlington, ON. 400 pp.
  • Campbell, C.A., D.P. Coulson and A.A. Bryant. 1990. Status, distribution and life history characteristics of some butterflies at risk in the Carolinian forest zone of Ontario. Pages 207-252 in Allen, G.M., P.F.J. Eagles and S.D. Price (Editors).  Conserving Carolinian Canada. University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON. 346 pp.
  • Bryant, A.A. 1987. Spotted sandpiper. Pages 168-169 in Cadman, M.D., P.F.J. Eagles and F.M. Helleiner, (Editors).  Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Ontario. University of Waterloo Press, Waterloo, ON. 617 pp.
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Popular articles

  • Bryant, A.A., with D.A. Blood. 1999. Vancouver Island Marmot. Wildlife at risk in British Columbia. Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria, BC. 6 pp.

Published photographs

Adult female Vancouver Island marmot, Haley Lake Ecological Reserve, 2 July 1988

Adult female Vancouver Island marmot, Haley Lake Ecological Reserve, 2 July 1988

My images have appeared in magazines such as National Geographic, BBC Wildlife, International Wildlife, Equinox, Maclean’s, Western Living, and many other brochures, popular magazines  and scientific publications..

Some have also seen print in books such as

Squirrels of the World (2012)
Hope for Animals and their World (2011)
Rodents and Lagomorphs of BC (2010) 
Wild Science (2004) 
Saving Endangered Species With a Scientist (2004)
Die Murmeltiere der welt (1996)
(The Marmots of the World)

 

It’s not that I’m the world’s greatest photographer or anything, but I did get to spend a lot of time with a particular endangered rodent.  Indeed if you Google “Vancouver Island marmot images”, you’ll see a bunch of my work, more often than not uncredited.

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Squirrels of the World Hope for Animals and their WorldRodents and Lagamorphs of bCWild ScienceSaving endangered species with a scientist

Portfolio

I enjoy helping other people create or enhance their on-line presence.

Gary's Creations

Gary’s Creations

Once upon a time I built websites “from the ground up” with HTML and Notepad. Increasingly I have come to rely upon the mostly-free services and support available through WordPress.com

Here are two efforts.

The first is a simple page that I built for a local craftsman who creates wonderful wooden toys for children.  I spent a few hours photographing his creations, and a few more building his page.

Malaspina Naturalists

Malaspina Naturalist Club

The second is more elaborate, and involved scores of field-trip reports, photographs, documents, links, clickable image maps, live calendar feeds, and a password-protected instruction manual.

The philosophy remains the same: to create websites that are attractive, informative, and easily maintained by the owner.

 
 Do you want or need something similar?  
Or something very different?
Let’s talk…

About me

For over twenty-five years I have worked an independent consultant, specializing in conservation biology and endangered species management.  

I hold a Bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Waterloo (1984), a Masters degree in environmental science from the University of Calgary (1990), and a Ph.D. in biology from the University of Victoria (1998).

Past projects have included work on

  • red-shouldered hawks (Ontario),
  • burrowing owls (B.C. and Washington State),
  • hibernating bats (B.C.),
  • old-growth forest songbirds (B.C.),
  • aquatic plants (Quebec),
  • grizzly bears (B.C.),
  • rare butterflies (Ontario),
  • rare insectivorous plants (Nova Scotia),
  • spider monkeys (Costa Rica),
  • hoary marmots (Alaska) and endemic kingfishers (Atiu, south Pacific).
  • From 1987 through 2009 he was primarily focused on the conservation biology of Vancouver Island marmots (B.C.) 
He lives with his wife Heather on a small property in Powell River, British Columbia, where he enjoys playing with his cat, camera, computers and grandchildren.