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Daniel Fortin

Regular Member
Animal Ecology/Conservation
Université Laval
Faculté des sciences et de génie
Département de biologie
Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, local 3039
1045 avenue de la Médecine
Québec(Québec) G1V 0A6
Canada

(418) 656-2131 Poste 5971

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Biography | Research program | Team
Publications

UNIVERSITY AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Postdoc in biology, 2003 (University of Alberta)
• Postdoc in zoology, 2001 (University of Guelph)
• Ph.D. in zoology, 2001 (University of Guelph)
• M.Sc. in biology, 1996 (Université Laval)
• B.Sc. in ecology, 1992 (Université de Sherbrooke)

BIOGRAPHY

Chairholder of the NSERC-Université Laval Industrial Research Chair in Silviculture and Wildlife .

M. Daniel Fortin is a professor in the Department of biology at University Laval . He received his Ph.D from University of Guelph in zoology in 2000 and has completed a post-doctoral internship at University of Alberta.

RESEARCH PROGRAM

My major research objective is to better understand the effect of behavioural mechanisms on animal distributions in heterogeneous landscapes. To reach this goal, I am investigating ecological topics such as: resource selection, trophic interactions, and behavioural response to anthropogenic modifications of the landscape. My approach to ecological questions combines theoretical studies and fieldwork. Knowledge gained from my studies is intended to help in the management of wildlife populations and preservation of biodiversity by increasing our ability to predict spatio-temporal dynamics of ecological systems.

My research program is currently comprised of four major themes:

1. Silviculture and wildlife in boreal forest

This research is part of the NSERC-Université Laval Industrial Research Chair in Silviculture and Wildlife. The overall objective is to gain the knowledge and expertise required to build ecosystemic silvicultural strategies adapted to uneven-aged boreal forests so as to comply with recognized criteria of sustainable forest management, including conservation of biodiversity. Fieldwork is conducted in the North Shore region. A large number of wildlife species are currently studied, ranging from invertebrate to woodland caribou.

Main collaborators: Louis Bélanger (U. Laval), Christian Dussault (MRNF), Réhaume Courtois (MRNF), Marcel Darveau (Ducks Unlimited), Christian Hébert (Canadian Forest Service), David Pothier (U. Laval) et Jean-Claude Ruel (U. Laval)

2. Bison in Prince Albert National Park

The conservation of free-ranging bison in Prince Albert National Park faces an important challenge from having to minimize the impact of this population on private lands adjacent to the park. This research on bison ecology is meant to help managers face this challenge. The aim is also to better understand the interactions between bison, other wildlife species and plant communities found in the park. To reach these objectives, we conduct empirical and theoretical research on the foraging behaviour, food and habitat selection, and movement pattern of bison in the park.

Main collaborator: Dan Frandsen (Parks Canada)

Link to Prince Albert National Park of Canada 

3. Bison of Grasslands National Park of Canada

In December 2005, 71 plains bison were reintroduced into Grasslands National Park. After 120 years of absence, bison were back in this key part of their historical range. The objectives of this research are to identify limiting resources for bison in mixedgrass prairie grasslands, and to uncover the factors influencing their distribution over the landscape. The study thus combines work on foraging behaviour and habitat selection.

Main collaborators: John Wilmshurst (Parks Canada), Robert Sissons (Parks Canada)

Link to Grassland National Park of Canada 

4.Interactions between woodland caribou and their predators in the Charlevoix region

This study focuses on the relationships between woodland caribou, wolves, and black bears in the managed forests of the Charlevoix region (North of Quebec city). Predation appears to be a significant source of mortality for this population of caribou. The research objective is to gain an ecological understanding of the predator-prey system in order to preserve forest-dwelling caribou by directing management decisions. Fieldwork will clarify the demographic trends of caribou and its predators, reveal how these three species interact in space and time, and determine how anthropogenic changes to the landscape influence these interactions

Main collaborators: Christian Dussault (MRNF), Réhaume Courtois (MRNF), Jean-Pierre Ouellet (UQAR)

TEAM

Upper row from left to right : David Pinaud, Ermias Azeria, Sabrina Courant, Karine Dancose, Mélina Houle, Mélanie-Louise Leblanc, Jérôme Lemaître

Bottom row from left to right : Louis-Olivier Falardeau Alain , Nicolas Courbin, James Hodson, Daniel Fortin, Etienne Renaud-Roy, Jean-Sébastien Babin, Philippe Janssen

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Book chapters

Edited books or proceedings

Articles published in journals with revision committee

1. Hodson, J., Fortin, D. and Belanger, L. (2010) Fine-scale disturbances shape space-use patterns of a boreal forest herbivore. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(3):607-619. (Scopus  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
2. Houle, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. and Ouellet, J.P. (2010) Cumulative effects of forestry on habitat use by gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the boreal forest. Landscape Ecology, 25:419-433. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
3. Courant, S. and Fortin, D. (2010) Foraging decisions of bison for rapid energy gains can explain the relative risk to neighboring plants in complex swards. Ecology, 91:1841-1849. (EndNote | BibTeX)
4. Lemaitre, J., Fortin, D., Morris, D.W. and Darveau, M. (2010) Deer mice mediate red-backed vole behaviour and abundance along a gradient of habitat alteration. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 12:203-216. (EndNote | BibTeX)
5. Duchesne, T., Fortin, D. and Courbin, N. (2010) Mixed conditional logistic regressions for habitat selection studies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79:548-555. (EndNote | BibTeX)
6. Hodson, J., Fortin, D., LeBlanc, M.-L. and Belanger, L. (2010) An appraisal of the fitness consequences of forest disturbance for wildlife using habitat selection theory. Oecologia. (Scopus  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
7. McLoughlin, P.D., Morris, D.W., Fortin, D., Vander Wal, E. and Contasti, A. L. (2010) Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(1):4-12. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
8. Azeria, E.T., Fortin, D., Hebert, C., Peres-Neto, P., Pothier, D. and Ruel, J.-C. (2009) Using null model analysis of species co-occurrences to deconstruct biodiversity patterns and select indicator species. Diversity and Distributions, 15(6):958-971. (Scopus  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
9. Lemaitre, J., Fortin, D., Montiglio, P.O. and Darveau, M. (2009) Bot fly parasitism of the red-backed vole: host survival, infection risk, and population growth. Oecologia, 159(2):283-294. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
10. Azeria, E.T., Fortin, D., Lemaître, J., Janssen, P., Hebert, C., Darveau, M. and Cumming, S.G. (2009) Fine-scale structure and cross-taxon congruence of bird and beetle assemblages in an old-growth boreal forest mosaic. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 18(3):333-345. (URL  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
11. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C. and Courtois, R. (2009) Landscape management for woodland caribou: the protection of forest blocks influences wolf-caribou co-occurrence. Landscape Ecology, 24(10):1375-1388. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
12. Janssen, P., Fortin, D. and Hebert, C. (2009) Beetle diversity in a matrix of old-growth boreal forest: influence of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales. Ecography, 32(3):423-432. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
13. Fortin, D. and Fortin, M.E. (2009) Group-size-dependent association between food profitability, predation risk and distribution of free-ranging bison. Animal Behaviour, 78(4):887 - 892. (URL  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
14. Fortin, D., Fortin, M.-E., Beyer, H.L., Duchesne, T., Courant, S. and Dancose, K. (2009) Group-size-mediated habitat selection and group fusion-fission dynamics of bison under predation risk. Ecology, 90(9):2480-2490. (URL  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
15. Courtois, R., Gingras, A., Fortin, D., Sebbane, A., Rochette, B. and Breton, L. (2008) Demographic and behavioural response of woodland caribou to forest harvesting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38:2837–2849. (PDF  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
16. Craiu, R.V., Duchesne, T. and Fortin, D. (2008) Inference Methods for the Conditional Logistic Regression Model with Longitudinal Data. Biometrical Journal, 50(1):97-109. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
17. Brodeur, V., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. and Fortin, D. (2008) Habitat selection by black bears in an intensively logged boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86:1307-1316. (URL  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
18. Fortin, D., Morris, D.W. and McLoughlin, P.D. (2008) Habitat Selection And The Evolution Of Specialists In Heterogeneous Environments. Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution, 54(3-4):311-328. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
19. Fortin, D., Courtois, R., Etcheverry, P., Dussault, C. and Gingras, A. (2008) Winter selection of landscapes by woodland caribou: behavioural response to geographical gradients in habitat attributes. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45(5):1392-1400. (URL  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
20. Forester, J.D., Ives, A.R., Turner, M.G., Anderson, D.P., Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L., Smith, D.W. and Boyce, M.S. (2007) State-space models link elk movement patterns to landscape characteristics in Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Monographs, 77(2):285-299. (EndNote | BibTeX)
21. Ruel, J.-C., Roy, V., Lussier, J.-M., Pothier, D., Meek, P. and Fortin, D. (2007) Development of a silviculture adapted to the irregular boreal forest. Forestry Chronicle, 83(3):367-374. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
22. Visscher, D.R., Merrill, E.H., Fortin, D. and Frair, J.L. (2006) Estimating woody browse availability for ungulates at increasing snow depths. Forest Ecology and Management, 222(1-3):348-354. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
23. Fortin, D. (2006) The allometry of plant spacing that regulates food intake rate in mammalian herbivores. Ecology, 87(7):1861-1866. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
24. Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L., Boyce, M.S., Smith, D.W., Duchesne, T. and Mao, J.S. (2005) Wolves influence elk movements: behavior shapes a trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park. Ecology, 86(5):1320-1330. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
25. Morales, J.M., Fortin, D., Frair, J.L. and Merrill, E.H. (2005) Adaptive models for large herbivore movements in heterogeneous landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 20:301-316. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
26. Fortin, D., Morales, J.M. and Boyce, M.S. (2005) Elk winter foraging at fine scale in Yellowstone National Park. Oecologia, 145(2):335-343. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
27. Frair, J.L., Merrill, E.H., Visscher, D.R., Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L. and Morales, J.M. (2005) Scales of movement by elk (Cervus elaphus) in response to heterogeneity in forage resources and predation risk. Landscape Ecology, 20(3):273-287. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
28. Anderson, D.P., Forester, J.D., Turner, M.G., Frair, J.L., Merrill, E.H., Fortin, D., Mao, J.S. and Boyce, M.S. (2005) Factors influencing female home range sizes in elk (Cervus elaphus) in North American landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 20(3):257-271. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
29. Fortin, D., Boyce, M.S. and Merrill, E.H. (2004) Multi-tasking by mammalian herbivores: Overlapping processes during foraging. Ecology, 85(8):2312-2322. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
30. Fortin, D., Boyce, M.S., Merrill, E.H. and Fryxell, J.M. (2004) Foraging costs of vigilance in large mammalian herbivores. Oikos, 107(1):172-180. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
31. Fortin, D. (2003) Searching behavior and use of sampling information by free-ranging bison (Bos bison). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 54(2):194-203. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
32. Boyce, M.S., Mao, J.S., Merrill, E.H., Fortin, D., Turner, M.G., Fryxell, J. and Turchin, P. (2003) Scale and heterogeneity in habitat selection by elk in Yellowstone National Park. Écoscience, 10(4):421-431. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
33. Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M., O'Brodovich, L. and Frandsen, D. (2003) Foraging ecology of bison at the landscape and plant community levels: the applicability of energy maximization principles. Oecologia, 134(2):219-227. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
34. Fortin, D. and Andruskiw, M. (2003) Behavioral response of free-ranging bison to human disturbance. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 31(3):804-813. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
35. Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M. and Pilote, R. (2002) The temporal scale of foraging decisions in bison. Ecology, 83(4):970-982. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
36. Fortin, D. (2002) Optimal searching behaviour: the value of sampling information. Ecological Modelling, 153(3):279-290. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
37. Fortin, D. (2001) The use heated taxidermic mounts in studies of ecological energetics. Mammalia, 65(2):195-203. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
38. Bergman, C.M., Fryxell, J.M., Gates, C.C. and Fortin, D. (2001) Ungulate foraging strategies: energy maximizing or time minimizing? Journal of Animal Ecology, 70(2):289-300. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
39. Fortin, D. (2001) An adjustment of the extended contingency model of Farnsworth & Illius (1998). Functional Ecology, 15(1):138-139. (EndNote | BibTeX)
40. Fortin, D., Larochelle, J. and Gauthier, G. (2000) The effect of wind, radiation and body orientation on the thermal environment of Greater Snow goose goslings. Journal of Thermal Biology, 25(3):227-238. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
41. Fortin, D., Gauthier, G. and Larochelle, J. (2000) Body temperature and resting behavior of Greater Snow Goose goslings in the high Arctic. Condor, 102(1):163-171. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
42. Fortin, D. and Gauthier, G. (2000) The effect of postural adjustment on the thermal environment of greater snow goose goslings. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 78(5):817-821. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
43. Fortin, D., Liechti, F. and Bruderer, B. (1999) Variation in the nocturnal flight behaviour of migratory birds along the northwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Ibis, 141(3):480-488. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
44. Thomas, D.W., Pacheco, M.A., Fournier, F. and Fortin, D. (1998) Validation of the effect of helox on thermal conductance in homeotherms using heated models. Journal of Thermal Biology, 23(6):377-380. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
45. Fortin, D. and Arnold, G.W. (1997) The influence of road verges on the use of nearby small shrubland remnants by birds in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia. Wildlife Research, 24(6):679-689. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)

Articles published in proceedings

1. Fryxell, J.M., Bergman, C., Fortin, D. and Wilmshurst, J. (2001) On the scale dependence of foraging in terrestrial herbivores. In Proceedings of the XIX International Grassland Congress. FEALQ, Sao Pedro, Brazil. (J.A. Gomide, W. Mattos & S.C. da Silva. FEALQ., Eds.) Pages 271-275. (EndNote | BibTeX)

Scientific reports

1. Houle, M. and Fortin, D. (2009) Identification des mesures de mitigation pour réduire les accidents routiers avec les cervidés. Technical report, Ministère des Transports du Québec. (EndNote | BibTeX)
2. Courtois, R., Sebbane, A., Gingras, A., Rochette, B., Breton, L. and Fortin, D. (2006) Changement d'abondance et adaptations du caribou dans un paysage sous aménagement. Technical report, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la faune, Direction de la recherche sur la faune et Direction de l'aménagement de la faune de la Côte-Nord. (EndNote | BibTeX)

Dissertations and theses

Dissertations and theses supervised

1. Babin, J.-S. (2009) Quête alimentaire et répartition spatiale du bison dans les prairies canadiennes. Master's thesis, Université Laval. (EndNote | BibTeX)
2. Leblanc, M.-L. (2009) Réaction des micromammifères et des oiseaux à différentes intensités de coupe en forêt boréale irrégulière. Master's thesis, Université Laval. (PDF  | EndNote | BibTeX)
3. Houle, M. (2008) Utilisation de l'habitat et patron de déplacement du loup gris dans la forêt boréale aménagée. Master's thesis, Université Laval. (PDF  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
4. Janssen, P. (2008) Typologie forestière et biodiversité des coléoptères dans la forêt boréale irrégulière. Master's thesis, Université Laval. (Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)
5. Fortin, M.-E. (2007) Effets de la taille du groupe sur la sélection de l'habitat à plusieurs échelles spatio-temporelles par le bison des plaines (Bison bison bison). Master's thesis, Université Laval. (PDF  | Abstract | EndNote | BibTeX)

Articles published in journals without revision committee

1. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C. and Courtois, R. (2009) Des espions au service de la conservation. Le Couvert Boréal, 5:33. (EndNote | BibTeX)
2. Lambert, C., Courtois, R., Breton, L., Lemieux, R., Brodeur, V., Ouellet, J.-P. and Fortin, D. (2005) Etude de la predation du caribou forestier dans un ecosystème exploite : Resultats preliminaires. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 130:44-50. (EndNote | BibTeX)
3. Fortin, D. (2003) Competition. Revue de livre (Keddy, P. A. 2002. Competition. 2e Edition. Kluwer Academic Publishers). Écoscience, 10:291-292. (EndNote | BibTeX)
4. Fortin, D. and Frandsen, D. (1999) Some preliminary results on the ecological hierarchy of foraging activities in bison. Research Links, 7(1):13-15. (EndNote | BibTeX)

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