First, we would like to acknowledge the unceded Okanagan territory where this study takes place.
Special acknowledgements for Dr. J.B. Phipps for describing many of the hawthorn species found in the Okanagan Region and for helping identifying specimens.
Additional acknowledgements for Paul Couch and Brigitte Rozema.
This project is part of a Masters thesis for graduate student Brian Muselle of the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus (UBC-Okanagan) in Kelowna, B.C. The title of the research is: Agent-based scenario models of invasion and movement of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) within the southern interior of British Columbia. For more information on the research, contact Brian.
Brian’s supervisors are Associate Professor Dr. Jason Pither of UBC-Okanagan in Kelowna, B.C., and Research Scientist Dr. Howard Thistlewood of the Summerland Research and Development Centre (SuRDC) in Summerland, B.C; formerly Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (PARC). Also, Dr. Robert Lalonde and Dr. Lael Parrott of UBC-Okanagan are a part of Brian’s supervisory committee.
Team contact list:
Brian Muselle
BSc. Honours in Zoology
Masters Student
UBC-Okanagan
email: [email protected]
Dr. Jason Pither
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus
ASC367 – 3187 University Way
Kelowna, B.C., V1V 1V7
tel: 250-807-9629
email: [email protected]
web: http://jasonpither.weebly.com
Dr. Howard Thistlewood
Research Scientist, Science & Technology Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) / Summerland Research and Development Centre (SuRDC)
4200 Highway 97
Summerland, B.C., V0H 1Z0
tel: 250-494-6419
email: [email protected]
web: http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/science-and-innovation/research-centres/british-columbia/pacific-agri-food-research-centre-summerland/scientific-staff-and-expertise/thistlewood-howard-mpm-phd/?id=1181923175739
Distributors:
The following is a list of organizations that are helping distribute this website:
- Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA): www.syilx.org
- Don Burnett (The Garden Expert): www.thegardenexpert.com
- Central Okanagan Naturalists' Club: www.okanagannature.org
- Kelowna Daily Courier: article - www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/local_news/article_76528a84-a95a-11e6-9046-236ccf74a303.html
- UBC News: article - http://news.ubc.ca/2016/11/14/website-provides-info-about-invasive-fruit-fly/
- Times Colonist: article - http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/okanagan-is-only-apple-maggot-free-zone-in-north-america-so-far-1.3002632
- Vancouver Sun: article - http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/okanagan-is-only-apple-maggot-free-zone-in-north-america-so-far
- The Province: article -www.theprovince.com/news/local+news/okanagan+only+apple+maggot+free+zone+north+america/12412590/story.html
Special acknowledgements for Dr. J.B. Phipps for describing many of the hawthorn species found in the Okanagan Region and for helping identifying specimens.
Additional acknowledgements for Paul Couch and Brigitte Rozema.
This project is part of a Masters thesis for graduate student Brian Muselle of the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus (UBC-Okanagan) in Kelowna, B.C. The title of the research is: Agent-based scenario models of invasion and movement of Rhagoletis pomonella (Diptera: Tephritidae) within the southern interior of British Columbia. For more information on the research, contact Brian.
Brian’s supervisors are Associate Professor Dr. Jason Pither of UBC-Okanagan in Kelowna, B.C., and Research Scientist Dr. Howard Thistlewood of the Summerland Research and Development Centre (SuRDC) in Summerland, B.C; formerly Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre (PARC). Also, Dr. Robert Lalonde and Dr. Lael Parrott of UBC-Okanagan are a part of Brian’s supervisory committee.
Team contact list:
Brian Muselle
BSc. Honours in Zoology
Masters Student
UBC-Okanagan
email: [email protected]
Dr. Jason Pither
Associate Professor
Department of Biology
University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus
ASC367 – 3187 University Way
Kelowna, B.C., V1V 1V7
tel: 250-807-9629
email: [email protected]
web: http://jasonpither.weebly.com
Dr. Howard Thistlewood
Research Scientist, Science & Technology Branch
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) / Summerland Research and Development Centre (SuRDC)
4200 Highway 97
Summerland, B.C., V0H 1Z0
tel: 250-494-6419
email: [email protected]
web: http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/science-and-innovation/research-centres/british-columbia/pacific-agri-food-research-centre-summerland/scientific-staff-and-expertise/thistlewood-howard-mpm-phd/?id=1181923175739
Distributors:
The following is a list of organizations that are helping distribute this website:
- Okanagan Nation Alliance (ONA): www.syilx.org
- Don Burnett (The Garden Expert): www.thegardenexpert.com
- Central Okanagan Naturalists' Club: www.okanagannature.org
- Kelowna Daily Courier: article - www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/local_news/article_76528a84-a95a-11e6-9046-236ccf74a303.html
- UBC News: article - http://news.ubc.ca/2016/11/14/website-provides-info-about-invasive-fruit-fly/
- Times Colonist: article - http://www.timescolonist.com/news/b-c/okanagan-is-only-apple-maggot-free-zone-in-north-america-so-far-1.3002632
- Vancouver Sun: article - http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/okanagan-is-only-apple-maggot-free-zone-in-north-america-so-far
- The Province: article -www.theprovince.com/news/local+news/okanagan+only+apple+maggot+free+zone+north+america/12412590/story.html