Find Out What Research Projects Take Place at the Environmental Sciences Western Field Station

To be released on December 16, 2025 on YouTube.

Find out more about on-site research at the Field Station at Western University, London, Ontario including bird banding and transmitters used on bats and birds, where movement is tracked by Motus towers across the continent. Aviaries are used for the ecology of fear research. An area of naturalization is studied where succession is underway on former farmland. Find out how prescribed burns are used to manage oak tree habitat. Take a tour of the Agrotunnel, a net-zero farming system used to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in northern climates, powered by solar panels.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:58 Introducing staff, Grant Edwards and Hugh Henry, and their roles

02:19 Overview of tracking Bird and Bat movement using bands and transmitters for Motus towers

04:02 Harvest Time at the Field Station

04:54 Mobile Field Laboratory and Tractor Storage Facility

06:00 Tour of Agrotunnel

10:28 Aviaries used for Ecology of Fear Research

11:41 Naturalization of Former Farmland

12:22 Prescribed Burns used to Manage Oak Forest and Open Fields

13:02 Photo and Video Credits