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Bell, A. J., Paterson, S. M. A., Van Wilgenburg, S. L. A., Laroque, C. P., Wardle, D. A., & Phillips, I. D. (2026). Pyrodiversity of boreal lake islands begets biodiversity of beetles, plants, and birds. Ecological Applications 36: e70218.

Phillips, I. D., Bell, A. J., & Drummond, F. (2026). Demonstration of an instream flow model to accommodate a threatened tiger beetle in riverine dune habitat. Insect Conservation and Biodiversity X: 1-15.

Phillips, I. D., Bell, A. J., & Paterson, S. (2026). Records of terrestrial earthworms in a Canadian river as possible evidence of non-native dispersion. Biological Invasions 28: 57.

Giesbrecht, L. S., Bell, A. J., Jardine, T. D., Prager, S. M., & Phillips, I. D. (2025). Establishing isotopic turnover rates and trophic discrimination factors in tiger beetle (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) larvae through a diet switch experiment. PeerJ 13:e19279

Prestie, K. S., Frie, G., Earl, L., & Phillips, I. D. (2024). First records of Stonecat (Noturus flavus) in the Qu’Appelle River watershed, Saskatchewan. The Canadian Field Naturalist 138: 300-302.

Srayko, S. H., Jardine, T. D., Phillips, I. D., Morrissey, C. A., & Chivers, D. P. (2023). Sulfur stable isotopes as a tracer of insect migration and consumption by fish predators. Freshwater Science 42 (3): 215-228.

Kowall, C. A., Batabyal, A., Lukowiak, K., & Phillips, I. (2023). Agricultural use of insecticides alters homeostatic behaviors and cognitive ability in Lymnaea stagnalis. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 42 (11): 2466-2477.

Srayko, S. H., Mihalicz, J. E., Jardine, T. D., Phillips, I. D., & Chivers, D. P. (2023). Overwintering capacity of water boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) and other invertebrates encased in the ice of shallow prairie wetlands. Canadian Journal of Zoology. DOI: https://cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.1139/cjz-2022-0166

Bell, A. J. (2023). Like moths to a flame: A review of what we know about pyrophilic insects. Forest Ecology and Management 528: 120629. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120629

Bell, A. J., Calladine, K. S., Wardle, D. A., & Phillips, I. D. (2022). Rapid colonization of the post-burn environment improves egg survival in pyrophilic ground beetles. Ecosphere 13: e4213. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4213

Srayko, S. H., Jardine, T. D., Phillips, I. D., & Chivers, D. P. (2022). Seasonal mass migration of water boatmen (Hemiptera: Corixidae) as a wetland–river linkage and dietary subsidy to riverine fish. Ecosystems. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00734-5

French, R. L. K., Bell, A. J., Calladine, K. S., Acorn, J. H., & Sperling, F. A. H. (2021). Genomic distinctness despite shared color patterns among threatened populations of a tiger beetle. Conservation Genetics. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01370-1

Swinton, C., Swinton, E., Phillips, I., & Lukowiak, K. (2021). A thermal stressor, propanol and long-term memory formation in freshly collected Lymnaea. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb242293.

Boyle, K. A., LaMontagne, J. M., Phillips, I. D., Milanovich, J. R., & Bystriansky, J. S. (2021). Physiological adaptations of gray tiger salamander larvae (Ambystoma tigrinum diaboli) inhabiting saline wetlands. Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16(3): 704-714.

Bell, A. J., Calladine, K. S., & Phillips, I. D. (2019). Distribution, abundance, and ecology of the threatened Gibson’s Big Sand Tiger Beetle (Cicindela formosa gibsoni Brown) in the Elbow Sand Hills of Saskatchewan. Journal of Insect Conservation. 23: 957-965.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-019-00183-5

Prestie, K., Phillips, I. D., Chivers, D. P., & Jardine, T. D. (2019). Effects of ontogeny and invasive crayfish on feeding ecology and mercury concentrations of predatory fishes. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfas-2018-0455

Braun, D. P., Phillips, I. D., Nanayakkara, L., & Wissel, B. (2018). Diet characterization and a preliminary investigation into trophic niche placement for an endangered lake sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) population in the Saskatchewan River, SK, Canada. PLoS One, 13 (11): e0206313

Phillips, I. D., Srayko, S., Prestie, K. S., Bell, A. J., & Parker, D. (2017). Range extension of the giant water bug Belostoma flumineum Say 1832 (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) to Saskatchewan, Canada. Western North American Naturalist. 77: 269-271.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3398/064.077.0214

Bell, A. J., Phillips, I. D., Nielsen, S. E., & Spence, J. R. (2017). Species traits modify the species-area relationship in ground-beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages on islands in a boreal lake. PLoS ONE, 12(12): e0190174.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0190174

Bell, A. J., Phillips, I. D., Nielsen, S. E., & Spence, J. R. (2017). Boreal ground-beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) assemblages of the mainland and islands in Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan, Canada. The Canadian Entomologist. 
DOI: 10.4039/tce.2017.12

Hughes, E., Shymansky, T., Swinton, E., Lukowiak, K. S., Swinton, C., Sunada, H., Protheroe, A., Phillips, I., & Lukowiak, K. (2017). Strain-specific differences of the effects of stress on memory in Lymnaea. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 891-899.

Shymansky, T., Protheroe, A., Hughes, E., Swinton, C., Swinton, E., Lukowiak, K. S., Phillips, I., & Lukowiak, K. (2017). Juveniles of Lymnaea ‘smart’ snails do not perseverate and have the capacity to form LTM. Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, 408-413.

Kreitals, N. M., Hobson, K. A., Hoemsen, B. M., Crane, A. L., Wishingrad, V., Sloychuk, J., Pollock, M., Chivers, D. P., & Phillips, I. D. (2016). Turnover of hydrogen isotopes in lake sturgeon blood: implications for tracking movements of wild populations. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 1-11.

Hoemsen, B. M., Phillips, I. D., Parker, D. W., Bell, A. J., Bergsveinson, J. A., Armstrong, J. S., & Chivers, D. P. (2015). Extended family: a caddisfly new to Saskatchewan, Canada with notes on the life history of Neophylax splendens (Trichoptera: Thremmatidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 147(04), 425-431.

Bell, A. J., Boyes, E. J., Schmidt, A. T., & Phillips, I. D. (2014). Hidden in plain view: the range expansion of Carabus granulatus L. (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and new provincial record for Saskatchewan, Canada. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 68(4), 700-702.

Kreitals, N. M., Davies, J.M., Phillips, D., Phillips, I. D. (2014). Overwintering observations of Northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) activity under ice. IRCF Reptiles and Amphibians, 21(20), 60-65.

Bell, A. J., Phillips, I. D., Floate, K. D., Hoemsen, B. M., & Phillips, C. E. (2014). Effects of pitfall trap lid transparency and habitat structure on the catches of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in tame pasture. Environmental entomology, 43(1), 139-145.

Phillips, I. D., Parker, D., Hoemsen, B. M., Bell, A. J., & Chivers, D. P. (2013). Biological notes and range expansion of the non-biting midge Odontomesa fulva (Kieffer) (Diptera: Chironomidae). Western North American Naturalist, 73(2), 244-247.