About

We help organizations understand biological systems.

We do this through data analysis, database design and software development.

What’s in a name?

Poisson is the French word for fish and the name of a statistical distribution of fundamental importance in population ecology.

Land Acknowledgement

We are grateful to live and work on the ancestral territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Kainai, Piikani Nations) and the Tsuut’ina, Stoney Nakoda, Sinixt, Syilx, and Ktunaxa Nations as well as the ancestral unceeded territories of the Haida, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and the homelands of the Metis Nation.

Publications

Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research

J.T. Fisher, S. Murray, M. Barrueto, K. Carroll, A.P. Clevenger, D. Hausleitner, W. Harrower, N. Heim, K. Heinemeyer, A.L. Jacob, T.S. Jung, Andrea Kortello, A. Ladle, R. Long, P. MacKay, M.A. Sawaya

DOI

Population genomics of Sitka black-tailed deer supports invasive species management and ecological restoration on islands

B.T. Burgess, Robyn Irvine, M.A. Russello

DOI

Kootenay Lake kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) collapse into a predator pit

W.G. Warnock, Joe Thorley, S.K. Arndt, T.J. Weir, J. Tyler, M.D. Neufeld, J.A. Burrows, G.F. Andrusak

DOI

Global origins of invasive brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the Haida Gwaii archipelago

B.M.F. Sjodin, E.E. Puckett, Robyn Irvine, J. Munshi-South, M.A. Russello

DOI

Recent Developments in Species Sensitivity Distribution Modeling

D.R. Fox, R.A. van Dam, R. Fisher, G.E. Batley, A.R. Tillmanns, Joe Thorley, C.J. Schwarz, D.J. Spry, K. McTavish

DOI

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Analyses

Duncan Lardeau Juvenile Rainbow Trout Abundance 2021

The suggested citation for this analytic report is: Thorley, J.L. and Amies-Galonski, E. (2021) Duncan Lardeau Juvenile Rainbow Trout Abundance 2021. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Appendix. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/1275560691. Background Rainbow Trout rear in the Lardeau and Lower Duncan rivers.

2021-06-04

Mica Dam Expansion Water Temperature and Fish Indexing Study 2020

The suggested citation for this analytic appendix is: Thorley, J.L. & Amies-Galonski, E. (2021) Mica Dam Expansion Water Temperature and Fish Indexing Study 2020. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Appendix. URL: https://www.

2021-05-21

Lower Columbia River Fish Population Indexing 2020

The suggested citation for this analytic report is: Thorley, J.L. & Hussein, N. (2021) Lower Columbia River Fish Population Indexing 2020. A Poisson Consulting Analysis Appendix. URL: https://www.poissonconsulting.ca/f/392669554. Background In the mid 1990s BC Hydro began operating Hugh L.

2021-04-29

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Posts

Andrea Kortello has joined our Team!

Welcome Andrea Kortello Poisson Consulting has hired Andrea Kortello as an Ecologist. Andrea brings to us her extensive experience leading projects on carnivore ecology and conservation as well as working on odonates and trout.

2022-05-30 1 min read

Charley Jolley has joined our Team!

Welcome Charley Jolley Poisson Consulting has hired Charley Jolley as a part-time Administrator. Charley brings to us her extensive experience as a Media Relations Assistant, Business Support Officer, Bookkeeper, Associate Producer, Office Coordinator and Records Clerk!

2021-09-20 1 min read

Shiny Upload App

We are pleased to announce that we can now efficiently deploy user-friendly web interfaces for clients to upload different types of data including punched excel workbooks, scanned field cards, photographs, logger downloads and GPS tracks.

2021-08-12 1 min read

Nadine Hussein has joined our Team!

Welcome Nadine Hussein Poisson Consulting has hired Nadine Hussein B.Sc. as a full-time Computational Biologist. Nadine has joined us having completed the Bachelors of Science in Ecology program at the University of Calgary and an internship with Poisson Consulting.

2021-08-09 1 min read

Ayla Pearson has joined our Team!

Welcome Ayla Pearson Poisson Consulting has hired Ayla Pearson M.Sc. as a full-time Computational Biologist. Ayla is joining us having completed the Master of Data Science program at UBC, the Haida Gwaii Institute’s program in Natural Resource Science, and a degree in Chemistry from the University of Victoria.

2020-11-02 1 min read

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