A bug geek who loves rolling prairies and dark chocolate. Research Scientist with the Canadian Forest Service. Tweets are my own and not those of my employer
Joined June 2012
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Amanda Roe retweeted
15 Jun 2023
Insect production & quarantine scientist Dr. Amanda Roe (@docaroe) is someone else to follow. Her research helps us understand the impact of #InvasiveSpecies like the spotted lanternfly, ultimately helping us protect Canada's forests.
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17 Jun 2022
Calling all naturalists! Help us learn about caterpillar swimming abilities! Send us videos of caterpillars in puddles.
17 Jun 2022
🧵Nine years ago, central British Columbia was experiencing a major forest tent caterpillar outbreak. At the time my youngest son was four-years old. He spent a lot of his time outside among the caterpillars. One day @joyelmarie and I found him tossing caterpillars into a puddle.
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Amanda Roe retweeted
15 Jun 2022
FREE ONLINE TRAINING | On June 22 CIF-IFC and the ISC will host a FREE Online training webinar for forestry workers in Eastern Ontario. Topics covered include impacts, management and action. Learn more about registration and eligibility criteria: bit.ly/3NjVIzt
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Amanda Roe retweeted
1 Apr 2022
Our #GenARCC forestry team is excited to be working on a new project involving several federal departments!! @AAFC_Canada @NRCan @environmentca @NRC_CNRC @nisabel1 @docaroe @PhilippeTangua2 @nfeau #climatechange #trees #insects #pest #modeling #geneticoffset #MachineLearning
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Amanda Roe retweeted
28 Mar 2022
Parents: remember as you cash your $250 childcare rebate cheque this May that you lost $1250 because @fordnation decided to delay the childcare deal until election season.
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29 Mar 2022
Great article on letting Indigenous knowledge guides tree seed preservation at the National Tree Seed Centre (Atlantic Foresetry Centre, Fredericton, NB) @NRCan @NRCanScience
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Amanda Roe retweeted
The Entomological Society of Canada has adopted the common name of ‘spongy moth’ for Lymantria dispar.
Read the announcement: esc-sec.ca/2022/03/02/new-co…
ALT Female moth (Lymantria dispar) sitting on a treetrunk above an orange, spongy egg mass.
ALT Male spongy moth sitting on a pale background
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23 Feb 2022
We need to change the language around all of our public health measures. Why not call them protections instead of restrictions. Language matters and might help much of the conversation.
23 Feb 2022
“I am a fan of keeping masks on for now until we have very, very low rates (of Omicron).” @BogochIsaac this morning.
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17 Feb 2022
Great example of collaborative work between @GLFC_CFS and @westernuBio
17 Feb 2022
Winnipeg emerald ash borers are much more cold-tolerant than their counterparts in Southern Ontario - findings in @brentjsinclair's team's newest paper in @cois_cris.
Read more in #WesternU News: news.westernu.ca/2022/02/eme…
@westernuBio
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Amanda Roe retweeted
17 Feb 2022
Emerald ash borer takes on polar vortex: study news.westernu.ca/2022/02/eme… via @westernu
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17 Feb 2022
Some "cool" science I was part of on the #emeraldashborer that shows that Winnipeg bugs a significantly more cold tolerant than their S. Ontario relatives. #invasive #winter
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Amanda Roe retweeted
10 Sep 2021
Tenure Track Entomology position at Lakehead in Thunder Bay, Deadline Oct 1 lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-sta…
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30 Jul 2021
The callous disregard for our children's health by the AB provincial government is breath taking. #AbLeg #COVID19AB
30 Jul 2021
Public health specialist here. One of the most important facts in this discussion is that Alberta children aged 4-9 can be vaccinated against the seasonal flu.
Parent here. Please set the bar for kids' safety somewhere above winding up in the ICU.
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29 Jul 2021
More @NRCanScience on #budworm cold tolerance in a special issue on insect cold tolerance with @ke_marshall
#NRCanSci @GLFC_CFS #forestry
22 Jul 2021
Skye Butterson, @docaroe, and @ke_marshall assess cold tolerance plasticity in populations of spruce budworm. Northern populations have increased plasticity, and predicting overwintering survival of this outbreak pest should incorporate this plasticity. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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29 Jul 2021
New @NRCanScience & @BioSAFE_genome research on #ALB published in a special issue on insect cold tolerance
22 Jul 2021
@AlexSTorson @brentjsinclair and others measure cold tolerance of an emerging forest pest, Asian longhorned beetle. Lower lethal limits are pretty low (around -25C!), so if you're in North America or Europe and have a hardwood tree, be on the lookout!
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Amanda Roe retweeted
28 Jun 2021
I reviewed a paper based on a survey that suffered strongly from this bias, and I tell you what, it’s insidious and scary when people don’t realise how their survey methods bias their findings.
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16 Jun 2021
Agreed! Do not wrap your trees in tape. Many other creatures get stuck to the tape - birds, reptiles, amphibians - and end up dying a horrible death. Burlap is a much better option.
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11 Jun 2021
Super excited to share our paper on regional cold tolerance differences in #sprucebudworm - DYK that N pops can handle more cold than S pops? Great work by Skye Butterson for her MSc @ZoologyUBC with @ke_marshall and us @GLFC_CFS @NRCanScience
authors.elsevier.com/c/1dDfs…
ALT #sprucebudworm #budworm Choristoneura fumiferana
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