Publications and Presentations
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gonzalez, A., Rayfield, B., and Lindo, Z. 2011. The disentangled bank: how habitat loss fragments and disassembles ecological networks. American Journal of Botany 98:503-516.
Lindo, Z., and Whiteley, J.A. 2011. Old trees contribute bio-available nitrogen through canopy bryophytes. Plant and Soil 342:141-148.
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Chisholm, C.*, Lindo, Z., and Gonzalez, A. 2011. Metacommunity diversity depends on connectivity and patch arrangement in heterogeneous habitat networks. In press with Ecography. [Early View]
* indicates supervised undergraduate authorship
Lindo, Z., and Gonzalez, A. 2010. The bryosphere: an integral and influential component of the Earth’s biosphere. Ecosystems 13: 612-627.
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Staddon, P., Lindo, Z., Crittenden, P.D., Gilbert, F., and Gonzalez, A. 2010. Connectivity, non-random extinction, and ecosystem function in experimental metacommunities. Ecology Letters 13: 543-552.
Lindo, Z., Clayton, M., and Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2010. Systematics and ecology of the genus Dendrozetes (Acari: Oribatida: Peloppiidae) from arboreal habitats in Western North America. Zootaxa 2403: 10-22.
Lindo, Z., and Winchester, N.N. 2009. Spatial and environmental factors contributing to patterns in arboreal and terrestrial oribatid mite diversity across spatial scales. Oecologia 160: 817-825.
Lindo, Z., Winchester, N.N., and Didham, R.K. 2008. Nested patterns of community assembly in the colonisation of artificial canopy habitats by oribatid mites. Oikos 117: 1856-1864.
Lindo, Z., Clayton, M., and Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2008. Systematics and ecology of Anachipteria geminus sp. nov. (Acari: Oribatida: Achipteria) from arboreal lichens from Western North America. The Canadian Entomologist 140: 539-556.
Winchester, N.N., Lindo, Z., and Behan-Pelletier, V.M. 2008. Oribatid mite communities in the canopy of montane Abies amabilis and Tsuga heterophylla trees on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Environmental Entomology 37: 464-471.
Lindo, Z., and Winchester, N.N. 2008. Scale dependent diversity patterns in arboreal and terrestrial oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) communities. Ecography 31: 53-60.
Lindo, Z., and Stevenson, S.K. 2007. Diversity and distribution of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) associated with arboreal and terrestrial habitats in Interior Cedar-Hemlock forests, British Columbia, Canada. Northwest Science 81: 305-315.
Lindo, Z., and Winchester, N.N. 2007. Local-regional boundary shifts in oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) communities: species-area relationships in arboreal habitat islands of a coastal temperate rain forest, Vancouver Island, Canada. Journal of Biogeography 34: 1611-1621.
Lindo, Z., and Winchester, N.N. 2007. Oribatid mite communities and foliar litter decomposition in canopy suspended soils and forest floor habitats of western redcedar forests, Vancouver Island, Canada. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 39: 2957-2966.
Lindo, Z., and Winchester, N.N. 2007. Resident corticolous oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida): Decay in community similarity with vertical distance from the ground. Écoscience 14: 223-229.
Lindo, Z., and Winchester, N.N. 2006. A comparison of microarthropod assemblages with emphasis on oribatid mites in canopy suspended soils and forest floors associated with ancient western redcedar trees. Pedobiologia 50: 31-41.
Lindo, Z., and Visser, S. 2004. Forest floor microarthropod abundance and oribatid mite (Acari: Oribatida) composition following partial and clear-cut harvesting in the mixed-wood boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 998-1006.
Lindo, Z., and Visser, S. 2003. Microbial biomass, nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization, and mesofauna in boreal conifer and deciduous forest floors following partial and clear-cut harvesting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 33: 1610-1620.
Manuscripts in Submission
Huebner, K.*, Lindo, Z., and Lechowicz, M. Post-fire succession of collembolan communities in a northern hardwood forest. Submitted to Pedobiologia.
* indicates supervised undergraduate authorship
Other Refereed Contributions
Lindo, Z. In press. Canopy organisms and forest floor associations. Contributing author. In: Stevenson, S.K. et al. (eds.), Ecology, conservation and management of British Columbia’s inland rainforest. UBC Press.
Lindo, Z. 2010. Communities of Oribatida associated with litter input in western redcedar tree crowns: Are moss mats “magic carpets” for oribatid mite dispersal? In: Bruin, J. et al. (eds.), XIIth International Congress of Acarology Proceedings. August 21-28, 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Lindo, Z., and Visser, S. 2002. Forest floor nutrient availability, microarthropod abundance and biological properties following partial- and clear-cut harvesting in conifer and deciduous stands. In: Veeman, T.S. et al. (eds.), Sustainable Forest Management Network Conference Proceedings. November 13-15, 2002, Edmonton, Alberta.
Scientific Presentations
| 2011 | Soil Ecology Society, Kelowna, BC. Oral Presentation. University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, London, Ont. Invited speaker. Portland State University, Department of Biology, Portland, Oregon. Invited speaker. |
| 2010 | Memorial University, Department of Biology, St. John’s, NL. Invited speaker. Entomological Society of Canada, Vancouver, BC. Invited speaker. Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Seminar Series, Bamfield BC. Invited speaker. Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Quebec City, QC. Oral presentation. Université du Québec à Montréal, CEF Seminar Series, Montreal QC. Oral presentation. |
| 2009 | Soil Ecology Society, Burlington, Vermont. Oral presentation Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Halifax, NS. Oral presentation. McGill University, Ecology and Evolution Seminar, Montreal QC. Oral presentation. |
| 2008 | Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution, Vancouver, BC. Oral presentation. International Colloquium on Soil Zoology, Curitiba, Brazil. Oral presentation. Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa, ON. Invited speaker. Acarological Society of America, Reno, Nevada. Invited speaker. |
| 2007 | Entomological Society of Canada, Saskatoon, SK. Invited speaker. Entomological Society of British Columbia, Victoria, BC. Oral presentation (1st prize). |
| 2006 | International Congress of Acarology, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Symposium organiser and oral presentation. |
| 2005 | Entomological Society of Canada, Canmore, AB. Oral presentation. Entomological Society of British Columbia, Victoria, BC. Oral presentation (1st prize). Ecological Society of America, Montreal, QC. Poster presentation. International Canopy Conference, Leipzig, Germany. Poster presentation (1st prize). |
| 2004 | Ecological Society of America, Portland, Oregon. Oral presentation. |
| 2003 | Soil Ecology Society, Palm Springs, California. Poster presentation. Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance, Edmonton, AB. Oral presentation. |
| 2002 | Sustainable Forest Management Network, Edmonton, AB. Poster presentation. Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance, Edmonton, AB. Oral presentation. |
Contact Information
Dr. Zoë Lindo
McGill University,
Department of Biology
1205 Docteur Penfield
Montreal QC H3A 1B1 Canada
Office: 514-398-5971
Lab: 514-398-6414
Email: zoe.lindo@mcgill.ca
