Tyler Wheeldon

Education
PhD candidate, Environmental & Life Sciences, Trent University (since Jan. 2010)
MSc, Environmental & Life Sciences, Trent University (2009)
BSc, Environmental Science, Carleton University (2006)

Research
My research from 2006 to 2009 was focused on the genetic characterization of Canis populations in the Great Lakes region of Canada and the United States for the purpose of assessing gene flow among populations and hybridization between wolves and coyotes. Continuing research on the delineation of Canis populations aims to combine genetic and morphological data. My current PhD research focuses on the demographic response of eastern coyotes to human exploitation and the role of dispersal in maintaining hunted populations. 

Work Experience
Resource Management Technician / Research Biologist, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Oct.2008 - Dec. 2009)

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals
Wheeldon, Tyler, Patterson, Brent and Bradley N. White (2010). Sympatric wolf and coyote populations of the Western Great Lakes region are reproductively isolated. Molecular Ecology (in press).

Wheeldon T, White B (2009) Genetic analysis of historic western Great Lakes region wolf samples reveals early Canis lupus/lycaon hybridization. Biology Letters, 5, 101-104.

Rutledge LY, Wilson PJ, Kyle CJ, Wheeldon TJ, Patterson BR, White BN (2009) How the gray wolf got its color. Science 325, 33-34.

Wheeldon T, Patterson B, White B (2010) Colonization history and ancestry of northeastern coyotes. Biology Letters, 6, 246-247.
Way JG, Rutledge L, Wheeldon T, White BN (2010) Genetic characterization of eastern “coyotes” in eastern Massachusetts. Northeastern Naturalist, 17, 189-204

Masters Thesis
Wheeldon T (2009) Genetic characterization of Canis populations in the western Great Lakes region. Masters thesis, Trent University, Peterborough, 120 pp.

Contact Information
E-mail: twheeldon@nrdpfc.ca

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