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David W. Langor is affiliated with Natural Resources Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with notable work in subfields such as global and planetary change, insect science, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, as well as nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics that include forest ecology and biodiversity studies, forest insect ecology and management, fire effects on ecosystems, forest management and policy, coleoptera taxonomy and distribution, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and lepidoptera biology and taxonomy.

David W. Langor has contributed scholarly articles to various publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • The Canadian Entomologist
  • ZooKeys
  • Ecography
  • Plant Ecology
  • Ecological Applications

Their recent papers include:

  • The biota of Canada: checklist of the centipedes of Canada (Myriapoda: Chilopoda), 2021, The Canadian Entomologist
  • Spatial and temporal variation of epigaeic beetle assemblages (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Staphylinidae) in aspen-dominated mixedwood forests across north-central Alberta, 2021, ZooKeys
  • Rapid recovery of boreal rove beetle (Staphylinidae) assemblages 16 years after variable retention harvest, 2022, Ecography
  • Long-term responses of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to clear-cutting and wildfire in lodgepole pine stands of western Alberta, Canada, 2022, The Canadian Entomologist
  • Comparison of edge effects from well pads and industrial roads on mixed upland boreal forest vegetation in Alberta, 2024, Plant Ecology

Collaboration is a significant part of their research, with frequent co-authors including H.E. James Hammond, John R. Spence, Jaime Pinzón, Linhao Wu, and Charles A. Nock.

David W. Langor has also published a book titled Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 5: Chrysomeloidea (Cerambycidae, Chrysomelidae, and Megalopodidae), published by Pensoft Publishers in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Effects of Clear-Cut Harvesting on Boreal Ground-Beetle Assemblages (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Western Canada

    Jari Niemelä;David Langor;John R. Spence

  • Potential for Range Expansion of Mountain Pine Beetle into the Boreal Forest of North America

    L. Safranyik;A.L. Carroll;J. Régnière;D.W. Langor

  • Arthropod responses to harvesting and wildfire: Implications for emulation of natural disturbance in forest management

    Christopher M. Buddle;David W. Langor;Greg R. Pohl;John R. Spence

  • Northern forestry and carabids: the case for concern about old-growth species

    John R. Spence;David W. Langor;Jari Niemela;Hector A. Carcamo

  • Succession of boreal forest spider assemblages following wildfire and harvesting

    Christopher M. Buddle;John R. Spence;David W. Langor

  • Effects of natural resource development on the terrestrial biodiversity of Canadian boreal forests 1

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  • Fire residuals as habitat reserves for epigaeic beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Staphylinidae)

    Kamal J.K Gandhi;John R Spence;David W Langor;David W Langor;Luigi E Morgantini

  • Saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) using Populus in boreal aspen stands of western Canada: spatiotemporal variation and conservation of assemblages

    HE James Hammond;David W Langor;John R Spence

  • Stand composition and structure of the boreal mixedwood and epigaeic arthropods of the Ecosystem Management Emulating Natural Disturbance (EMEND) landbase in northwestern Alberta

    Timothy T Work;David P Shorthouse;John R Spence;W Jan A Volney

  • Short-term impact of forest soil compaction and organic matter removal on soil mesofauna density and oribatid mite diversity

    Jeffrey P Battigelli;John R Spence;David W Langor;Shannon M Berch

  • Rove beetles and ground beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Carabidae) as indicators of harvest and regeneration practices in western Canadian foothills forests

    Gregory R. Pohl;David W. Langor;John R. Spence

  • Logging and boreal ground-beetle assemblages on two continents: implications for conservation.

    J. Niemelä;J. R. Spence;D. Langor;Y. Haila

  • Early colonization of Populus wood by saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera)

    H. E. James Hammond;David W. Langor;John R. Spence

  • Biodiversity and multiple disturbances : boreal forest ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) responses to wildfire, harvesting, and herbicide

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  • Influence of boreal forest succession and dead wood qualities on saproxylic beetles

    Joshua M. Jacobs;John R. Spence;David W. Langor

  • Mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence in weevils of the Pissodes strobi species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

    D. W. Langor;F. A. H. Sperling

  • Saproxylic insect assemblages in Canadian forests: diversity, ecology and conservation

    David W. Langor;H.E. James Hammond;John R. Spence;Joshua Jacobs

  • Diversity of non-native terrestrial arthropods on woody plants in Canada

    David W. Langor;Laura J. DeHaas;Robert G. Foottit

  • Virulence of, and interactions among, mountain pine beetle associated blue-stain fungi on two pine species and their hybrids in Alberta

    A. V. Rice;M. N. Thormann;D. W. Langor

  • Mountain pine beetle-associated blue-stain fungi are differentially adapted to boreal temperatures

    A. V. Rice;M. N. Thormann;D. W. Langor

  • Harvest retention patches are insufficient as stand analogues of fire residuals for litter-dwelling beetles in northern coniferous forests

    Kamal J. K. Gandhi;John R. Spence;David W. Langor;Luigi E. Morgantini

  • Evaluation of carabid beetles as indicators of forest change in Canada

    Timothy T. Work;Matti Koivula;Jan Klimaszewski;David Langor

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Spence
John R. Spence University of Alberta
Felix A. H. Sperling
Felix A. H. Sperling University of Alberta
Jari Niemelä
Jari Niemelä University of Helsinki
René I. Alfaro
René I. Alfaro Canadian Forest Service
Christopher M. Buddle
Christopher M. Buddle McGill University
Jacques Régnière
Jacques Régnière Natural Resources Canada
David Paré
David Paré Natural Resources Canada
Sylvie A. Quideau
Sylvie A. Quideau University of Alberta
Armand Séguin
Armand Séguin Natural Resources Canada
Bernard Slippers
Bernard Slippers University of Pretoria

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