Jochen A.G. Jaeger

Experience

• 2012–present
  Associate Professor, Concordia University Montreal
• 2007–2012
  Assistant Professor , Concordia University Montreal
• 2005–2007
  Research Associate, ETH Zurich
• 2003–2005
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ETH Zurich
• 2001–2003
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Carleton University Ottawa

Education

• 2000 
  ETH Zurich, PhD (Dr. sc. nat.)
• 1992 
  ETH Zurich, Dipl. Phys. ETH

Publications

• 2020
  Aksamit, C.K., Blakley, J.A., Jaeger, J.A.G., Noble, B.F., Westman, C.N.: Sources of uncertainties in environmental assessment: Lessons about uncertainty disclosure and communication from an oil sands extraction project in Northern Alberta., Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 63(2): 317-334.
• 2020
  Spanowicz, A.G., Teixeira, F.Z., Jaeger, J.A.G.: An adaptive plan for prioritizing road sections for fencing to reduce animal mortality , Conservation Biology 34(5): 1210-1220. Online: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13502
• 2020
  Brunen, B., Daguet, C., Jaeger, J.A.G.: What attributes are relevant for drainage culverts to serve as efficient road crossing structures for mammals?, Journal of Environmental Management 268: 110423. Online: doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110423
• 2019
  Nazarnia, N., Harding, C., Jaeger, J.A.G.: How suitable is entropy as a measure of urban sprawl?, Landscape and Urban Planning 184: 32-43. Online at https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1YKi1cUG5AptL
• 2019
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Spanowicz, A.G., Bowman, J., Clevenger, A.P.: Clôtures et passages fauniques pour les petits et moyens mammifères le long de la route 175 au Québec: quelle est leur efficacité? , Le Naturaliste canadien 143(1): 69-80.
• 2019
  Spanowicz, A.G., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Measuring landscape connectivity: On the importance of within-patch connectivity, Landscape Ecology 34(10): 2261-2278
• 2018
  Deslauriers, M.R., Asgary, A., Nazarnia, N., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Implementing the connectivity of natural areas in cities as an indicator in the City Biodiversity Index (CBI)., Ecological Indicators 94: 99-115.
• 2018
  Schwick, C., Jaeger, J., Hersperger, A., Cathomas, G., Muggli, R. (2018): Measuring and limiting urban sprawl - measures and targets for Switzerland, its cantons, and its municipalities (in German: Zersiedelung messen und begrenzen - Massnahmen und Zielvorgaben für die Schweiz, ihre Kantone und Gemeinden)., Zürich, Bristol-Stiftung; Bern, Haupt-Verlag.
• 2017
  Pavlyuk, O., Noble, B.F., Blakley, J.A.E., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Fragmentary provisions for uncertainty disclosure and consideration in EA legislation, regulations and guidelines and the need for improvement, Environmental Impact Assessment Review 66: 14-23. PDF online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925517301312
• 2016
  Torres, A., Jaeger, J.A.G., Alonso, J.C.: Assessing large-scale wildlife responses to human infrastructure development., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) 113(30): 8472-8477. Online: http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2016/07/05/1522488113.abstract
• 2016
  Leung, W., Noble, B.F., Jaeger, J.A.G., Gunn, J.A.E.: Disparate perceptions about uncertainty consideration and disclosure practices in environmental assessment and opportunities for improvement., Environmental Impact Assessment Review 57: 89-100.
• 2016
  Nazarnia, N., Schwick, C., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Accelerated urban sprawl in Montreal, Quebec City, and Zurich: Investigating the differences using time series 1951-2011., Ecological Indicators 60: 1229-1251.
• 2016
  Rytwinski, T., Soanes, K., Jaeger, J.A.G., Fahrig, L., Findlay, C.S., Houlahan, J., van der Ree, R., van der Grift, E.A.: How effective is road mitigation at reducing road-kill? A meta-analysis., PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166941. Online: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0166941
• 2015
  Rytwinski, T., van der Ree, R., Cunnington, G.M., Fahrig, L., Findlay, C.S., Houlahan, J., Jaeger, J.A.G., Soanes, K., van der Grift, E.A.: Experimental study designs to improve the evaluation of road mitigation measures for wildlife., Journal of Environmental Management 154: 48-64. Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147971500064X
• 2015
  Hennig, E.I., Schwick, C., Soukup, T., Orlitova, E., Kienast, F., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Multi-scale analysis of urban sprawl in Europe: Towards a European de-sprawling strategy., Land Use Policy 49: 483-498. Online: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837715002367
• 2014
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Schwick, C.: Improving the measurement of urban sprawl: Weighted Urban Proliferation (WUP) and its application to Switzerland., Ecological Indicators 38: 294-308. doi 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.11.022
• 2014
  Roch, L., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Monitoring an ecosystem at risk: What is the degree of grassland fragmentation in the Canadian Prairies?, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 186(4): 2505-2534, doi: 10.1007/s10661-013-3557-9. + Erratum 186(5): 3299-3301, doi: 10.1007/s10661-014-3641-9
• 2013
  Thompson, U.-C., Marsan, J.-F., Fournier-Peyresblanques, B., Forgues, C., Ogaa, A., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Using Compliance Analysis for PPP to Bridge the Gap between SEA and EIA: Lessons from the Turcot Interchange Reconstruction in Montréal, Québec., Environmental Impact Assessment Review 42: 74-86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2012.10.001.
• 2013
  van der Grift, E.A., van der Ree, R., Fahrig, L., Findlay, C.S., Houlahan, J.E., Jaeger, J.A.G., Klar, N., Madriñan, L.F., Olson, L.: Evaluating the effectiveness of road mitigation measures., Biodiversity and Conservation 22: 425-448. DOI 10.1007/s10531-012-0421-0
• 2012
  Jaeger, J.A.G.: Road Ecology., Encyclopedia of Sustainability, Vol. 5: Ecosystem Management and Sustainability. Berkshire Publishing Group, Great Barrington, MA, pp. 344-350.
• 2011
  van der Ree, R., Jaeger, J.A.G., van der Grift, E., Clevenger, A.P.: Effects of roads and traffic on wildlife populations and landscape function: Road ecology is moving toward larger scales., Ecology and Society 16(1): 48. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol16/iss1/art48/
• 2011
  Grosman, P.D., Jaeger, J.A.G., Biron, P.M., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P.: Trade-off between road avoidance and attraction by roadside salt pools in moose: An agent-based model to assess measures for reducing moose-vehicle collisions., Ecological Modelling 222(8): 1423-1435. DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.01.022
• 2010
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Bertiller, R., Schwick, C., Kienast, F.: Suitability criteria for measures of urban sprawl. , Ecological Indicators 10(2): 397-406. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.07.007
• 2009
  Grosman, P.D., Jaeger, J.A.G., Biron, P.M., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P.: Reducing moose-vehicle collisions through salt pool removal and displacement: An agent-based modeling approach., Ecology and Society 14(2): 17. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ vol14/iss2/art17/
• 2008
  Girvetz, E.H., Thorne, J.H., Berry, A.M., Jaeger, J.A.G.: Integration of landscape fragmentation analysis into regional planning: a statewide multi-scale case study from California, USA. , Landscape and Urban Planning 86: 205-218.
• 2008
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Bertiller, R., Schwick, C., Müller, K., Steinmeier, C., Ewald, K.C., Ghazoul, J. (2008): Implementing landscape fragmentation as an indicator in the Swiss Monitoring System of Sustainable Development (MONET)., Journal of Environmental Management 88(4): 737-751.
• 2007
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Schwarz-von Raumer, H.-G., Esswein, H., Müller, M., Schmidt-Lüttmann, M.: Time series of landscape fragmentation caused by transportation infrastructure and urban development: a case study from Baden-Württemberg (Germany). , Ecology and Society 12(1): 22. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss1/art22/
• 2007
  Moser, B., Jaeger, J.A.G., Tappeiner, U., Tasser, E., Eiselt, B.: Modification of the effective mesh size for measuring landscape fragmentation to solve the boundary problem., Landscape Ecology 22(3): 447-459.
• 2007
  Roedenbeck, I.A., Fahrig, L., Findlay, C.S., Houlahan, J., Jaeger, J.A.G., Klar, N., Kramer-Schadt, S., van der Grift, E.A.: The Rauischholzhausen-Agenda for Road Ecology., Ecology and Society 12(1): 11. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/ iss1/art11/
• 2006
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Fahrig, L., Ewald, K.: Does the configuration of road networks influence the degree to which roads affect wildlife populations? , In: IRWIN, C.L., GARRETT, P., MCDERMOTT, K.P. (eds.): Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET). Center for Transportation and the Environment, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, pp. 151-163.
• 2005
  Jaeger, J.A.G., Bowman, J., Brennan, J., Fahrig, L., Bert, D., Bouchard, J., Charbonneau, N., Frank, K., Gruber, B., and K. Tluk von Toschanowitz: Predicting when animal populations are at risk from roads: an interactive model of road avoidance behavior. , Ecological Modelling 185: 329-348.
• 2004
  Jaeger, J.A.G., and L. Fahrig: Effects of road fencing on population persistence. , Conservation Biology 18(6): 1651-1657.
• 2003
  Jaeger, J.: II-5.3 Landschaftszerschneidung. (II-5.3 Landscape fragmentation.), In: Konold, W., R. Böcker, U. Hampicke (Eds.) (1999ff.): Handbuch Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege. 11th fascicle 11/2003. Ecomed-Verlag, Landsberg, Germany. 30 pp. [handbook article]
• 2002
  Jaeger, J.: Landschaftszerschneidung. Eine transdisziplinäre Studie gemäß dem Konzept der Umweltgefährdung. (Landscape fragmentation. A transdisciplinary study according to the concept of environmental threat.), Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart. 447 pp.
• 2002
  Bowman, J., Jaeger, J.A.G., Fahrig, L.: Dispersal distance of mammals is proportional to home range size., Ecology 83(7): 2049-2055.
• 2001
  Jaeger, J.: Beschränkung der Landschaftszerschneidung durch die Einführung von Grenz- oder Richtwerten. (Curtailing landscape fragmentation by applying limiting standards or reference standards.), Natur und Landschaft 76(1): 26-34.
• 2000
  Jaeger, J., Scherringer, M.: Transdisciplinarity – just a buzzword? Overcoming some popular objections to transdisciplinary research. , In: HÄBERLI, R., SCHOLZ, R.W., BILL, A., and M. WELTI (Eds.): Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem-solving among science, technology and society. Proceedings of the international transdisciplinarity 2000 conference; Workbook I. Haffmans Sachbuch Verlag, Zürich: 259–262.
• 2000
  Scheringer, M., Jaeger, J., Esfeld, M.: Transdisciplinarity and holism – how are different disciplines connected in environmental research? , In: HÄBERLI, R., SCHOLZ, R.W., BILL, A., and M. WELTI (Eds.): Transdisciplinarity: Joint Problem-solving among science, technology and society. Proceedings of the international transdisciplinarity 2000 conference; Workbook I. Haffmans Sachbuch Verlag, Zürich: 35–37.
• 2000
  Jaeger, J.A.G.: Landscape division, splitting index, and effective mesh size: New measures of landscape fragmentation. , Landscape Ecology 15(2): 115–130.
• 1998
  Jaeger, J., Scheringer, M.: Transdisziplinarität: Problemorientierung ohne Methodenzwang. (Transdisciplinary research: problem-orientation and unconstrained choice of appropriate methods.) , GAIA 7(1): 10–25.
• 1998
  Jaeger, J.: Exposition und Konfiguration als Bewertungsebenen für Umweltgefährdungen. (On the use of exposition and configuration as stages for assessing environmental threats.), Zeitschrift für angewandte Umweltforschung (ZAU) 11(3/4): 444–466.

Professional Memberships

• Loyola Sustainability Research Centre (LSRC) of Concordia University, Montreal