DARCY HENDERSON - Grassland Ecologist, Canadian Wildlife Service, Saskatoon
Darcy Henderson is the grassland ecologist for Environment Canada based in their Saskatoon, Saskatchewan office. He received his MSc and PhD from the University of Alberta studying climate, grazing, invasive species, fire and herbicide effects on prairie grassland soils and plant communities. He also spent 6 months with Parks Canada in Winnipeg, Manitoba developing several ecological research projects in his post-doctoral research, including authoring the Grasslands National Park Grazing Experiment plan.
In addition to his work on this project, his current responsibilities are divided between recovery planning for several prairie plant Species At Risk (http://www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca/), and the ecological restoration, management and monitoring of prairie grasslands in National Wildlife Areas and other federally protected areas in the Prairie Provinces (www.mb.ec.gc.ca/nature/whp/df00s11.en.html).
Darcy sits on the steering committee of the Grasslands National Park Grazing Experiment with responsibilities in project management, technical training, and reporting on the pilot phase that took place in 2005.
List of Recent Scientific Contributions
Henderson, D.C., and R. Chapman. 2006. Siberian pea shrub (Caragana arborescens) invasion in Elk Island National Park, Canada. Natural Areas Journal 83:1195-1205.
Henderson, D.C., and M.A. Naeth. 2005. Multi-scale impacts of an alien invasive species in Canadian mixed-grass prairie. Biological Invasions 7: 639-650.
Henderson, D.C., B.H. Ellert, and M.A. Naeth. 2004. Soil carbon and grazing along a gradient of grazed and ungrazed Alberta rangelands. Journal of Range Management 57: 402-410.
Henderson, D.C., B.H. Ellert, and M.A. Naeth. 2004. Utility of C13 for estimating ecosystem carbon turnover rates in grazed mixed-grass prairie. Geoderma 119: 219-231.