Andrew Nicholas Kadykalo

Current position
Postdoctoral Researcher, ResNet Synthesis Team: NSERC - ResNet, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University 
Jointly supervised by Prof. Adam Ford (UBC-Okanagan)
Sessional Lecturer, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Ottawa
Education 
​PhD, Biology, Carleton University (2022)
Thesis: Evaluating evidence-informed decision-making in the management and conservation of British Columbia’s fish and wildlife resources
Supervisors: Prof. Steven J. Cooke, Prof. Nathan Young (University of Ottawa)
 
MSc, Environmental Sustainability, University of Ottawa (2017)
Major Research Paper: Agricultural Best Management Practices: Tradeoffs and Synergies between Crop Yield and Ecosystem Services
Supervisor: Prof. C. Scott Findlay
 
MSc, Biology, University of Ottawa (2013)
Thesis: Evaluating and predicting ecosystem services
Supervisor: Prof. C. Scott Findlay

B.B.A. in Business Administration, Biology Minor, Trent University (2009)
Research interests
I am an interdisciplinary conservation scientist who applies natural and social science tools, including policy-relevant evidence synthesis, interviews, and cognitive mapping to explore relationships between people and nature. My postdoc research will focus on interregional ecosystem service flows (e.g., biophysical flows through species migration and dispersal) and their transboundary governance in Western Canada, as well as systematically mapping wild harvested foods in Canada. Other ongoing research interests of mine include evaluating and predicting the delivery of pollination services, and the use of empirical evidence in wildlife management and biodiversity conservation.
  • Interregional ecosystem service flows
  • Governance of natural resources
  • Foodwebs and social-ecological cascades
  • Human-nature relationships
  • Ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies
  • Knowledge exchange and mobilization

Scholarships, Awards, Grants (selection)

  • International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) - Early Career Scientist Grant (2021)
  • Research Impact Canada (RIC) - RIC Engaged Scholarship Award Winner (2021)
  • Future Earth SRI 2021- SRI2021 Early Career Champion (2021)
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral (Wildlife Management) (2019-2021)
  • Mitacs - Accelerate Fellowship (2013)
  • Sustainable Prosperity - Research & Policy Grant (2010-2012)

Publications

  • Piczak ML, Kadykalo AN, Cooke SJ, Young N. 2022. Natural Resource Managers Use and Value Western-Based Science, but Barriers to Access Persist. Environmental Management 69: 17-30.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-021–01558-8
  • Andrachuk M, Kadykalo AN, Cooke SJ, Young N, Nguyen VM. 2021. Fisheries knowledge exchange and mobilization through a network of policy and practice actors. Environmental Science and Policy 125: 157-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2021.08.023
  • Young N, Kadykalo AN, Beaudoin C, Hackenburg DM, Cooke SJ. 2021. Is the Anthropause a useful symbol and metaphor for raising environmental awareness and promoting reform? Environmental Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892921000254
  • Kadykalo AN, Buxton RT, Morrison P, Anderson CM, Bickerton H, Francis CM, Smith AC, Fahrig L. 2021. Bridging Research and Practice in Conservation. Conservation Biology 35(6): 1725-1737. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.13732
  • Kadykalo AN, Kelly LA, Berberi A, Reid JL, Findlay CS. 2021. Research effort devoted to ecosystem services by environmental scientists and economists. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0252463. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252463
  • Howarth A, Jeanson AL, Abrams AEI, Beaudoin C, Mistry I, Berberi A, ... Kadykalo AN, Danylchuk AJ, Cooke SJ. 2021. COVID-19 restriction and recreational fisheries in Ontario, Canada: Preliminary insights from an online angler survey. Fisheries Research 240: 105961. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105961
  • Kadykalo AN, Cooke SJ, Young N. 2021. The role of western‐based scientific, Indigenous and local knowledge in wildlife management and conservation. People and Nature 3(3): 610-626. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10194
  • Kadykalo AN, Haddaway NR, Rytwinski T, Cooke SJ. 2021. Ten principles for generating accessible and useable COVID‐19 environmental science and a fit‐for‐purpose evidence base. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 2(1): e12041. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12041
  • Jarvis RM, Borrelle SB, Forsdick NJ, Pérez-Hämmerle K-V, Dubois NS, Griffin SR, ... Kadykalo AN, .. 2020. Navigating spaces between conservation research and practice: Are we making progress? Ecological Solutions and Evidence 1: e12028. https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12028
  • Balvanera P, Jacobs S, Nagendra H, O’Farrell P, Bridgewater P, Crouzat E, ... Kadykalo AN, .. 2020. The science-policy interface on ecosystems and people: challenges and opportunities. Ecosystems and People 16(1): 345-353. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2020.1819426
  • Kadykalo AN, Cooke SJ, Young N. 2020. Conservation genomics from a practitioner lens: evaluating the research-implementation gap in a managed freshwater fishery. Biological Conservation 241: 108350. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108350
  • Kadykalo AN, López-Rodriguez MD, Ainscough J, Droste N, Ryu H, Ávila-Flores G, ... 2019. Disentangling ‘ecosystem services’ and ‘nature’s contributions to people’. Ecosystems and People 15(1): 269-287. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1669713
  • Hackenburg DM, Adams A, Brownson K, Borokini IT, Gladkikh TM, Herd-Hoare SC, ... Kadykalo AN, .. 2019. Meaningfully engaging the next generation of ecosystem services specialists. Ecosystem Services 40: 101041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.101041
  • Jeanson AL, Soroye P, Kadykalo AN, ... 2019. Twenty actions for a ‘Good Anthropocene’ – Perspectives from early career conservation professionals. Environmental Reviews 28(1): 99-108. https://doi.org/10.1139/er-2019-0021
  • Kadykalo AN, Findlay CS. 2016. The flow regulation services of wetlands. Ecosystem Services 20: 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2016.06.005

Contact information

E-mail: andrew.kadykalo@mcgill.ca, andriy.kadykalo@gmail.com
Twitter: @andykadykalo
Website: andrewkadykalo.com