Vehicle grant for the wildlife research station

自1944年以来，野生动物研究站（WRS）一直为安大略省和北美各地的大学和政府研究人员提供访问和后勤支持。位于安大略省阿尔冈昆省立公园的Sasajewun湖上，在广阔的荒野地带的南端，WRS可以很好地代表大湖区的多样性。劳伦斯林区。该站的研究产生了世界级的科学研究成果，包括驼鹿脑蠕虫的传播、生态学和形态学；北美最长、连续的小型哺乳动物活捕种群研究（超过50年）；对彩龟和鳄龟进行了30多年的标记再捕获研究；大量关于黑蝇和蚊子群落的行为、系统、医学和生态方面的研究；以及发现和描述了25个以前未知的新物种。野生动物研究人员最近的研究工作正在跨越跨学科领域，重点是季节性能量学和生理生态学（Tattersall, Richardson, Schulte-Hostedde）。目前的建议是购买一辆卡车，供阿尔冈昆公园的水资源研究所使用。该车将由经理和助理经理使用，以履行维护该站的职责，以便nserc资助的生态学家，生理学家，生态生理学家和进化生物学家可以在野生动物研究站进行全部或部分研究（从大多数使用该站的大学开车3-5小时）。目前，随着一些新的科学家（新的教员任命）利用野生动物研究站提供的独特研究机会，该站正在经历振兴。主要的夏季新用户包括Schulte-Hostedde （Laurentian University）、Richardson （Brock）和Tattersall （Brock）。其他主要用户包括Hunter （Brock）、Nol （Trent）、Brooks （Guelph）、Dukas （McMaster）和Ramsay （WLU）。此外，塔特萨尔和其他人在冬天也会利用这个空间站。车辆是绝对需要的，以确保一个安全和高效的工作环境，为研究人员和他们的学生在一年中的所有季节。

The Wildlife Research Station (WRS) has been providing access and logistical support for University and government researchers from Ontario and across North America since 1944.  Situated on Lake Sasajewun in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, at the south end of an expansive wilderness zone, the WRS has access to an excellent representation of the diversity found in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence forest region.  Research at the station has produced world-class scientific studies, including the transmission, ecology, and morphology of the moose brain worm; the longest, continuous small mammal live trapping population study in North America (over 50 years); a 30+ year mark-recapture study of painted and snapping turtles; numerous studies on the behavioural, systematic, medical, and ecological aspects of black fly and mosquito communities; as well as the discovery and description of 25 new species previously unknown to science.  Recent research efforts of wildlife researchers are crossing over into interdisciplinary fields, with a focus on seasonal energetics and physiological ecology (Tattersall, Richardson, Schulte-Hostedde).  The current proposal is for the purchase of a truck to be used at the WRS in Algonquin Park. The truck would be used by the Manager and Assistant Manager in their duties of maintaining the Station so that NSERC-funded ecologists, physiologists, ecophysiologists, and evolutionary biologists can undertake all or part of their research at the Wildlife Research Station (which is a 3-5 hour drive from most Universities that make use of it).  The Station is undergoing a revitalization at present with a number of new scientists (new faculty appointments) taking advantage of the unique research opportunities that the Wildlife Research Station provides. Major new summer users include Schulte-Hostedde (Laurentian University), Richardson (Brock) and Tattersall (Brock). Other major users include Hunter (Brock), Nol (Trent), Brooks (Guelph), Dukas (McMaster), and Ramsay (WLU).  In addition, Tattersall and others make use of the Station during the winter.  The vehicle is absolutely required to ensure a safe and productive working environment for researchers and their students during all seasons of the year.