Canadian Forest Service employee directory
Marc Rhainds
Research Scientist
Atlantic Forestry Centre
1350 Regent Street, P.O. Box 4000
Fredericton,
New Brunswick,
E3B 5P7
Tel.: (506) 452-3004
Profile
- Joined the Canadian Forest Service in 2010
Research subject areas:
- Entomology
Responsibilities:
- Development and implementation of environmentally-sound pest management strategies for insect pests
- Identification and testing of semiochemicals
Areas of interest:
- Chemical ecology
- Sampling methodology
- Population dynamics of phytophagous insect pests
- Evolution of mating systems
- Life history of Lepidopteran species with flightless females
Current research projects:
-
Integrated Pest Management
- Jackpine budworm
- Spruce budworm
- Balsam gall midge
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Forest Alien Invasive Species
- Brown spruce longhorn beetle
Research team:
- Peter Silk
- Jon Sweeney
- Rob Johns
- Gaetan LeClair
- Graham Thurston
- Eldon Eveleigh
Education
- B.A. with a focus in Archeology (1987), Université de Montréal à Montréal
- B.Sc. in Biology (1991),Université Laval
- Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (1999), Simon Fraser University