Heather Proctor, MSc, BSc, PhD

Contact

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Science - Biological Sciences

Email: hproctor@ualberta.ca
Phone: (780) 492-5704
Address: CW-448 Bio Science - Centre Wing
11355 - Saskatchewan Drive

Edmonton AB

T6G 2E9

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Ecology Evolution Systematics Symbioses Invertebrates Arthropoda Acariformes Parasitiformes

About

Please see my lab website: https://hproctorlabuofa.blog/

Research

My theoretical research areas include community ecology of freshwater and soil invertebrates and relationships between hosts and symbionts. Much of my research has focused on the ecology, evolution, systematics and behaviour of mites (Arachnida: Acari), with a current focus on mites associated with birds. Other study organisms include terrestrial isopods and ectosymbiotic annelids of crayfish and snails.

Teaching

Zoology 250 - Survey of the Invertebrates

Announcements

I am in a phased post-retirement period until the end of 2026, and will continue to teach and supervise my remaining graduate students until then.

Courses

ZOOL 250 - Survey of the Invertebrates

The functional anatomy and life cycles of the major invertebrate taxa are emphasized. Prerequisite: BIOL 108 or SCI 100.

Winter Term 2026

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Featured Publications

The phoretic mite (Arachnida: Acari) assemblage of the Douglas-fir beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in central British Columbia, Canada

Laura-Anne Browning, Heather C. Proctor, Dezene P.W. Huber

The Canadian Entomologist. 2024 January; 10.4039/tce.2024.28

Host space, not energy or symbiont size, constrains feather mite abundance across passerine bird species

María del Mar Labrador, David Serrano, Jorge Doña, Eduardo Aguilera, José Luis Arroyo Matos, Francisco Atiénzar, Emilio Barba, Ana Bermejo-Bermejo, Guillermo Blanco, Antoni Borràs, Juan Antonio Calleja Alarcón, José L. Cantó, Verónica Cortés, Javier de la Puente, Diana De Palacio, Sofía Fernández‐González, Figuerola, Jordi, Óscar Frías, Benito Fuertes‐Marcos, Laszlo Zsolt Garamszegi, Oscar Gordo, Míriam Gurpegui, István Kovács, José L. Martínez, Leandro Meléndez, Alexandre Mestre, Anders Møller, Juan Salvador Monros, Rubén Moreno‐Opo, Carlos Navarro, Peter Laszlo Pap, Javier Pérez-Tris, Rubén Piculo, Carlos Ponce, Heather Proctor, Rubén Rodríguez, Ángel Sallent, Juan Carlos Senar, José L. Tella, Csongor I. Vágási, Matthias Vögeli, Roger Jovani

Journal of Animal Ecology. 2023 December; 10.1111/1365-2656.14032

Species boundaries among extremely diverse and sexually dimorphic Arrenurus water mites (Acariformes: Hydrachnidia: Arrenuridae)

Mariusz Więcek, Łukasz Broda, Heather Proctor, Mirosława Dabert, Bruce P. Smith, Jacek Dabert

Systematic and Applied Acarology. 2023 February; 10.11158/saa.28.2.14