Kelly graduated from the School of Resource & Environmental Management in 2013. Her Ph.D. thesis is entitled "Implications for Forest Management of Bird-Vegetation Relationships in the Mixedwood Boreal Forest of Northeastern British Columbia".
Ph.D. Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University (2013)
M.Sc. Conservation Biology, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia (2003)
B.Sc. (Honours) Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1997)
Habitat thresholds; Species-habitat modeling; Species prioritization for allocation of conservation resources; Forest management for biodiversity; Biodiversity monitoring; Science and epistemology; Traditional Ecological Knowledge.
Major Awards- BC Forest Science Program, Graduate Student Scholarship,
2007-2009. - Accelerate BC, Graduate Research Internship, 2007.
- NSERC, Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2006-2007.
- NSERC, Post-Graduate Scholarship, 2000-2002.
Peer-reviewed
- Squires, K.A., K. Martin, and R.I. Goudie. 2007. Vigilance behaviour in Harlequin Ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus) during the pre–incubation period in Labrador – are males vigilant for self or social partner?Auk 124: 241-252.
- Bunnell, F.L., R. Wayne Campbell, and K.A. Squires. 2005. Assessing the need for conservation action in British Columbia. Journal of Ecosystems and Management 6: 33-40.
- Bunnell, F.L., R.W. Campbell, and K.A. Squires. 2004. Conservation priorities for peripheral species: the example of British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 34: 2240-2247.
- Whittaker, C., K.A. Squires, and J.L. Innes. 2004. Biodiversity research in the boreal forests of Canada: Protection, management and monitoring. Ecological Bulletins 51: 59-76.
- Bunnell, F.L., K.A. Squires, and I. Houde. 2004. Evaluating the effects of large-scale salvage logging for mountain pine beetle on terrestrial and aquatic vertebrates. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Forestry Centre, Victoria, British Columbia. Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Working Paper 2004.
- Bunnell, F.L., and K.A. Squires. 2005. Evaluating potential influences of climate change on historical trends in bird species. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.