Meghan Ward

Very excited to collaborate with FOCA - Federation of Ontario Cottagers' Associations to share my work on Phragmites management with cottagers in Ontario! FOCA releases an annual news article, which includes a segment about our work with Phragmites removal at Point Pelee National Park.

Two summer students catching butterflies in a shrubby field

student in a canoe holding a turtle (appropriate permits were in place)

Welcome to the DiLeo Lab's Bluesky account! We are excited to share our research, photos from the field, and our most recent findings!

How do aquatic #macroinvertebrate communities differ in #Phragmites invaded sites compared to #RestoredWetlands

Stick around to find out!

I had the chance to present at two International conferences in 2024 (SERNAC in Vancouver and ICAIS in Halifax)!

Let’s see what 2025 has in store!

I’m absolutely thrilled to announce I have been accepted as a Restoration Fellow with the Society for Ecological Restoration 🌱

Very excited to share some of the work that came from my MSc research!

Great Lakes coastal wetland plant biodiversity increases following the manual removal of invasive Phragmites australis - Wetlands Ecology and Management Invasive Phragmites australis australis is invading and homogenizing Great Lakes coastal wetlands at an alarming rate. Phragmites australis is thought to reduce wetland biodiversity both directly and ...

New wetland conservation research from @meglovesbugs.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Last day of MSc fieldwork or first day of PhD fieldwork? Who can tell 🌱🤓

Just submitted my first Vanier application! Really hoping I can secure a few years of funding to continue studying invasive species in one of Canada’s largest remaining Great Lakes coastal wetlands at Point Pelee National Park 🌱🦢 🐢 🦝

Me in front of shark jaws

Me with some shark mascots

Me with a large shark in the Everglades

Science on Bluesky is growing rapidly!

Science friends, introduce yourselves below and I’ll share! Who are you? What do you work on? Where are you based?

I’ll go first. I’m David, and I study sharks and their conservation. I’m based in the Washington, DC area.

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My name is Meghan and I’m an upcoming PhD student in Ontario - I study Great Lakes coastal wetlands and the invasive
species within them!

Picture of a flying squirrel

Heading out this evening to start autumn sampling for the 22nd year of the Kawartha Flying Squirrel Project, studying our changing flying squirrel distributions in a hybrid zone.
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Great Lakes coastal wetlands have a special place in my heart 🌱