Born: 

• Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England

• Canadian (since 1975)

• 1967 B. Sc. (Hons.) University of Adelaide, South Australia
• 1972 Ph. D. University of Saskatchewan, Regina, Canada

• Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Canada
• 1996- Professor
• 1993-96 Professor and Chair
• 1990-93 Professor
• 1985-90 Associate Professor
• 1981-85 NSERC University Research Fellow
• EPO Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A.
• 1980 Visiting Assistant Professor
• Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Canada
• 1977-80 Sessional Lecturer
• Zoology, University of Alberta, Canada
• 1974-77 Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Post-doctoral Fellow
• Zoology, University of Cape Coast, Ghana, West Africa
• 1972-74 Lecturer
• Animal Physiology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, South Australia
• 1967 Research Assistant

• 2000 W.C. Brown Teaching Award, Animal Behavior Society
• 1997 Fellow, Animal Behavior Society
• 1995 C. Hart Merriam Award for Distinguished Contributions to Mammalogy,   American Society of Mammalogists
• 1993 Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Lethbridge
• 1986 Wildlife Society Award for Editorship (with J. O. Murie)

• Keynote Address, Animal Behavior Society, Bucknell University, Pennsylvania.  June 1999.
• Chitty Lecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.  February 1997
• Keynote Address, American Society of Mammalogists, University of Vermont, Burlington.  June 1995.
• Brode Lecture in Science, Whitman College, Washington.  November 1992

• Canada Council.  Jury Member, Killam Selection Committee  1998-2000
• Animal Behavior Society.  Executive Member 1985-88, 1990-94.  President 1992-93
• Canadian Council on Animal Care.   Executive Member 1987-90.  President 1988-89

• research on Richardson's ground squirrels has been funded continuously since 1980 by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. 

• 45. Michener, G. R.  2001.  Great horned owl predation on Richardson's ground squirrels.   Canadian Field Natralist. In press.
• 45. Michener, G. R.  2000.  Caching of Richardson's ground squirrels by North American badgers.   J. Mammalogy, 81:1106-1117.
• 44. Michener, G. R. and C. D. Michener.  1999.  Mating behavior of Dianthidium curvatum (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) at a nest aggregation. Natural History Museum, The University of Kansas.  Special Publication, 24: 37-43.
• 43. Michener, G. R.  1998.  Sexual differences in reproductive effort of Richardson's ground squirrels.  J. Mammalogy, 79:1-19.
• 42. Michener, G. R. and I. G. McLean.  1996.  Reproductive behaviour and operational sex ratio in Richardson's ground squirrels.  Animal Behaviour, 52:743-758.
• 41. van Staaden, M. J., G. R. Michener, and R. K. Chesser.  1996. Spatial analysis of microgeographic genetic structure in Richardson's ground squirrels.  Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74: 1187-1195.
• 40. Pellis, S. M., N. MacDonald, and G. R. Michener.  1996.   The lateral display as a combat tactic in Richardson's ground squirrels. Aggressive Behavior, 22:119-134.
• 39. Dobson, F. S. and G. R. Michener. 1995.  Maternal traits and reproduction in Richardson's ground squirrels.  Ecology, 76: 851-862.
• 38. van Staaden, M. J., R. K. Chesser, and G. R. Michener.  1994. Genetic correlations and matrilineal structure in a population of Spermophilus richardsonii. J. Mammalogy, 75:573-582.
• 37. Michener, G. R.  1993.  Lethal myiasis of Richardson's ground squirrels by the sarcophagid fly Neobellieria citellivora. J. Mammalogy, 74:148-155.
• 36. Michener, G. R.  1992.  Sexual differences in over-winter torpor patterns of Richardson's ground squirrels in natural hibernacula. Oecologia, 89:397-406.
• 35. Michener, G.R. and L. Locklear. 1990.  Overwinter weight loss by Richardson's ground squirrels in relation to sexual differences in mating effort.  J. Mammalogy, 71:489-499.
• 34. Michener, G.R. and L. Locklear.  1990.  Differential costs of reproduction for male and female Richardson's ground squirrels.  Ecology, 71:855-868.

• Michener, G. R.  1993.  Sexual differences in hibernaculum contents of Richardson's ground squirrels: males store food.  In Life in the Cold: Ecological, physiological, and molecular mechanisms. Eds. C. Carey, G. L. Florant, B. A. Wunder, and B. Horwitz. Westview Press, Boulder.  pp. 109-118.
• Michener, G.R.  1990.  Use of body mass and sex ratio to interpret the behavioral ecology of Richardson's ground squirrels.  In Interpretation and explanation in the study of behavior.  Eds. M. Bekoff and D. Jamieson. Westview Press, Boulder. pp. 304-338.

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