Hargreaves lab
Anna Hargreaves
(she/her but they is fine too)
Associate Professor, Biology Department
Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Ecology & Biogeography
Current lab members
all McGill student email addresses have the form firstname.lastname@mail.mcgill.ca
Olivia Rahn
PhD.
Does habitat availability decline toward species range edges?
(she/they - either is fine)
Kristin Olson
PhD.
Understanding white trillium's current range and predicting it's future under climate warming
(she/her)
Simon Petley
MSc.
The role of soil in limiting the northern distribution of an at-risk legume
James Connolly
MSc.
How often and far to plants disperse seeds beyond their current range?
Nora Hand-Lennon
BSc Honours thesis.
Do mammal predators become functionally specialized toward low latitudes?
Julie Corbeil-Walsh
MSc.
Local adaptation to urbanization and urban pollinators in jewelweed
(co-advised - based out of Montreal Botanical Garden, Université de Montreal)
Maggie Blondeau
Lab manager (part time)
email = same format as for students but without the "mail"
Lab alumni (sniff. we miss you!)
thesis/project title and where they went next...
Leia Swayze BSc Honours thesis. 2025
Erasing female leads: how well do kids movies portray female power in animal societies?
now on exchange in Scotland
Sophie Krouse (she/they) BSc Honours thesis. 2025
Does predation become more specialized at lower latitudes?
now working as lead intern at Gault Nature Reserve
Rajapandian Kanagaraj (he) Post doc. 2024
Where will cold-adapted arctic birds breed in a warmer future?
now postdoc in Germany
Jory Griffith (she) MSc. 2023
Urbanization weakens the latitudinal diversity gradient in birds
now data analyst at GEO Bon Canada
(paper)
Nora Bartram-Forbes (she/her) BSc honours thesis 2024.
Community indicators of white trillium population health
Shannon Meadley Dunphy. PhD.
Neighbour shifts from hosts to competitors across the ranges of hemi-parasitic plants
working for the Nature Conservancy, Manitoba
Maggie Blondeau MSc. 2023
Reproduction and biotic interactions toward the northern range edge of an at-risk lupine
(thesis)
pursuing diploma in Environmental Assessment and working as our lab manager - yay!!)
Antonio Rodriguez-Campbell MSc. 2023
What drives the intensity of species interactions? A distributed experiment from the Arctic to Patagonia
(thesis, published paper on why clay models are not great for biogeographic studies of predation)
working as biological consultant, Montreal
Ella Martin MSc. 2022
Testing biogeographic theories with syntheses of plant traits
pursuing PhD at University of Toronto
Marie Hardouin. BSc Honours thesis 2021.
Identifying hotspots of Canada's at-risk flora and fauna
working at Ecomuseum Zoo on west island
Vida Javidi BSc Honours thesis 2021.
Experimental manipulations of seed defenses
(thesis)
research technician at Mass Eye and Ear clinic
Cole Larsen MSc. 2020.
Use and production of miniature landscapes to study species distributions
science teacher in California
Josh Persi MSc. 2020.
Elevational patterns in seed fates: experimental tests in the Rocky Mountains
(thesis)
working at Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Emma Dawson-Glass. BSc Honours thesis 2020.
Does pollen limitation increase toward plant species range edges?
research technician at Holden arboretum, now pursuing PhD at U Michigan
Alexandra Paquette.BSc Honours thesis 2020.
Review: what determines species' high elevation and latitude range limits?
doing a PhD in Biology at McGill
Clara Kitt (they/them). BSc 2020.
Chemical seed defenses to deter ant predation: a lab experiment. (thesis)
lab manager at Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, Seattle Children's Hospital
Pascale Caissy. BSc Honours thesis 2019.
Range position vs conservation status & protection of Canadian plants at risk.
did MSc at Laval, now working at Department of Fisheries and Oceans
Victor Cameron. BSc Honours thesis 2019.
Range position vs conservation risk of Canadian mammals.
did MSc at U Sherbrooke, data analyst at Biodiversité Quebec
Mikayla Salmon-Beitel. BSc Independent Study 2018.
Small mammal abundance vs. seed predation along elevation gradients in Alberta
doing Masters of Social Work at Universite de Montreal
Noemie Sheppard. BSc Independent Study 2018.
Elevational changes in seed predators, Alaska to Ecuador..
went on to MSc at Redpath Museum, McGill
Sandra Klemet-N'Guessan. BSc Independent Study 2017.
Dispersal evolution during bacterial range expansion.
(published paper from side project on species at risk)
finished PhD in Biology at Trent University, now working as NSERC post-doc