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) Canada, G1V 0A6

(418) 656-2131 Poste 405971

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Biography | Research program | Research team
Publications

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

BIOGRAPHY
  • Professor at the Department of biology at University Laval .
  • Co-holder and then holder of the NSERC-Université Laval Industrial Research Chair in Silviculture and Wildlife (2009-2015).
  • Invited researcher:
Laboratorio Ecotono Inibioma, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, Bariloche, Argentina (2011).
Laboratoire de Biométrie et de Biologie Évolutive, Université Claude Bernard- Lyon I, France (2011).
OEB Department, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA (2010).

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: David Pothier (U. Laval), Julien Mainguy(MDDEFP), Christian Hébert (Service canadien des forêts) 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: Seth Cherry (Parks Canada) Link to Prince Albert National Park of Canada 

3. Ecological determinants of rabies spread potential in wild raccoon and skunk populations in Québec
This project assess the propagation potential of the racoon variant of rabies in Québec based on a multidisciplinary approach that combines spatial ecology, landscape genetics, behavioural ecology and population dynamics. More specifically, we are evaluating habitat selection and movement patterns of racoons and striped skunks in agro-forest landscapes, identifying genetic structure and gene flow for both species, and describing the social structure and demography of wild racoon populations. This information will be used to develop spatial models of epidemiology that can predict rabies spread. Our research is intended to help manage rabies in wildlife populations, and to reduce the risk of human exposure to the disease.

Main collaborators: Fanie Pelletier (U. de Sherbrooke), Dany Garant (U. de Sherbrooke) et Ariane Massé (MDDEFP)

4. Factors driving population dynamics of caribou across the boreal forest of Québec
The main objective of this research is to better understand the relationship between boreal caribou demography and a broad range of habitat features, so that we can identify disturbance thresholds that would not jeopardize the recovery of these populations across Québec’s boreal forest. More specifically, we will: 1) establish the functional link between site fidelity, calf mortality and caribou recruitment; 2) evaluate the consequences of selecting forest stands of different age and disturbance origin (fire or logging) on the survival of adult caribou, as a function of the regional fire cycle; and 3) establish the regional variation in the maximum level of natural and human disturbances that caribou populations can sustain, given the results of a detailed evaluation of habitat-demography relationships.

Main collaborators: Martin-Hugues St-Laurent (UQAR), Pierre Drapeau (UQÀM), Julien Mainguy (MDDEFP), Ariane Massé (MDDEFP), Sonia Légaré (MNR), Claude Dussault (MNR) et Sandra Heppell (MNR)

RESEARCH TEAM

From left to right: Jerod Merkle, Chrystel Losier, Caroline Gagné, Julie Martineau,
Angélique Dupuch, Daniel Fortin, Hélène Le Borgne, Orphé Bichet, Olivia Tardy, Nicolás
Caruso, Marie Sigaud
You can download all my bibliography in the BibTeX, BibTeX-CSV or EndNote format.

PUBLICATIONS
Books



Book chapters


  1. Fortin, D., Hebert, C., Legare, J.-P., Courbin, N., Swiston, K., Hodson, J., LeBlanc, M.-L., Dussault, C., Pothier, D., Ruel, J.-C. et al. (2011) Partial harvesting in old-growth boreal forests and the preservation of animal diversity from ants to woodland caribou. In Woodlands: Ecology, Management and Conservation. (Wallace, E.B., Eds.) New York, USA, Nova Science Publishers, pages 115-136
  2. Fortin, D., Dancose, K., Courbin, N., Harvey, L., Babin, J.-S., Courant, S., Wilmshurst, J.F., Frandsen, D. (2010) The use of ecological theory to guide bison management. In European bison conservation in Białowieża Forest. Threats and prospects of the population development. (Kowalczyk, R., Ławreszuk, D. and Wojcik, J.M., Eds.) Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland., pages 201-210


Edited books, special journal editions and proceedings



Peer-reviewed articles


  1. Bouderbala, I., Labadie, G., Beland, J.-M., Tremblay, J.A., Boulanger, Y., Hebert, C., Desrosiers, P., Allard, A., Fortin, D. (2023) Long-term effect of forest harvesting on boreal species assemblages under climate change. PLOS Climate, 2(3):1-20
  2. Labadie, G., Hardy, C., Boulanger, Y., Vanlandeghem, V., Hebblewhite, M., Fortin, D. (2023) Global change risks a threatened species due to alteration of predator–prey dynamics. Ecosphere, 14(3):e4485
  3. Bouderbala, I., Labadie, G., Beland, J.-M., Boulanger, Y., Hebert, C., Desrosiers, P., Allard, A., Fortin, D. (2023) Effects of global change on bird and beetle populations in boreal forest landscape: An assemblage dissimilarity analysis. Diversity and Distributions, 29(6):757-773
  4. Fortin, D., Berube, A.-J., Boudreau, S., Shrader, A., Ward, D. (2022) Density-dependent habitat selection varies between male and female African elephants. Biological Conservation, 276:109794
  5. Prima, M.-C., Duchesne, T., Merkle, J.A., Chamaille-Jammes, S., Fortin, D. (2022) Multi-mode movement decisions across widely ranging behavioral processes. PLOS ONE, 17(8 August)
  6. Terrigeol, A., Ewane Ebouele, S., Darveau, M., Hebert, C., Rivest, L.-P., Fortin, D. (2022) On the efficiency of indicator species for broad-scale monitoring of bird diversity across climate conditions. Ecological Indicators, 137
  7. Mazaleyrat, A., Lorenzetti, F., Aubin, I.e, Venier, L.A., Hébert, C., Fortin, D., Dupuch, A. (2022) Towards a better understanding of the effect of anthropogenic habitat disturbance on the invasion success of non-native species: slugs in eastern Canadian forests. Biological Invasions, 24(5):1267 – 1281
  8. Drever, R., Hutchison, C., Drever, M.C., Fortin, D., Johnson, C.A., Wiersma, Y.F. (2021) Corrigendum to ‘Conservation through co-occurrence: Woodland caribou as a focal species for boreal biodiversity [Biol. Conserv. 232 (2019) 238–252]’ (Biological Conservation (2019) 232 (238–252), (S0006320718317269), (10.1016/j.biocon.2019.01.026)). Biological Conservation, 260
  9. Neufeld, B.T., Superbie, C., Greuel, R.J., Perry, T., Tomchuk, P.A., Fortin, D., McLoughlin, P.D. (2021) Disturbance-Mediated Apparent Competition Decouples in a Northern Boreal Caribou Range. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 85(2):254-270
  10. Labadie, G., McLoughlin, P.D., Hebblewhite, M., Fortin, D. (2021) Insect-mediated apparent competition between mammals in a boreal food web. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118(30)
  11. Vanlandeghem, V., Drapeau, P., Prima, M.-C., St-Laurent, M.-H., Fortin, D. (2021) Management-mediated predation rate in the caribou–moose–wolf system: spatial configuration of logging activities matters. Ecosphere, 12(6)
  12. Brooke, C.F., Fortin, D., Kraaij, T., Fritz, H., Kalule-Sabiti, M.-J., Venter, J.A. (2020) Poaching impedes the selection of optimal post-fire forage in three large grazing herbivores. Biological Conservation, 241:108393
  13. Fortin, D., McLoughlin, P.D., Hebblewhite, M. (2020) When the protection of a threatened species depends on the economy of a foreign nation. PLOS ONE, 15(3)
  14. Simon, R.N., Fortin, D. (2020) Crop raiders in an ecological trap: optimal foraging individual-based modeling quantifies the effect of alternate crops. Ecological Applications, 30(5)
  15. Le Borgne, H.L., Fortin, D. (2020) Functional responses in habitat use explain changes in animal–habitat interactions during forest succession. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 50(6):549-556
  16. Shave, J.R., Cherry, S.G., Derocher, A.E., Fortin, D. (2020) Seasonal and inter-annual variation in diet for gray wolves Canis lupus in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan. Wildlife Biology, 2020(3)
  17. Sigaud, M., Mason, T.H.E., Barnier, F., Cherry, S.G., Fortin, D. (2020) Emerging conflict between conservation programmes: when a threatened vertebrate facilitates the dispersal of exotic species in a rare plant community. Animal Conservation, 23(6):660-669
  18. Fortin, D., Brooke, C.F., Lamirande, P., Fritz, H., McLoughlin, P.D., Pays, O. (2020) Quantitative Spatial Ecology to Promote Human-Wildlife Coexistence: A Tool for Integrated Landscape Management. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4:230
  19. Simon, R.N., Cherry, S.G., Fortin, D. (2019) Complex tactics in a dynamic large herbivore–carnivore spatiotemporal game. Oikos, 128(9):1318-1328
  20. Drever, R.D., Hutchison, C., Drever, M.C., Fortin, D., Johnson, C.A., Wiersma, Y.F. (2019) Conservation through co-occurrence: Woodland caribou as a focal species for boreal biodiversity. Biological Conservation, 232:238 - 252
  21. Prima, M.-C., Duchesne, T., Fortin, A., Rivest, L.-P., Drapeau, P., St-Laurent, M.-H., Fortin, D. (2019) A landscape experiment of spatial network robustness and space-use reorganization following habitat fragmentation. Functional Ecology, 33(9):1663-1673
  22. Patin, R., Fortin, D., Sueur, C., Chamaille-Jammes, S. (2019) Space Use and Leadership Modify Dilution Effects on Optimal Vigilance under Food-Safety Trade-Offs. American Naturalist, 193(1):E15-E28
  23. Simon, R.N., Fortin, D. (2019) Linking habitat use to mortality and population viability to disarm an ecological trap. Biological Conservation, 236:366-374
  24. Lafontaine, A., Drapeau, P., Fortin, D., Gauthier, S., Boulanger, Y., St-Laurent, M.-H. (2019) Exposure to historical burn rates shapes the response of boreal caribou to timber harvesting. Ecosphere, 10(5)
  25. Cherry, S.G., Merkle, J.A., Sigaud, M., Fortin, D., Wilson, G.A. (2019) Managing Genetic Diversity and Extinction Risk for a Rare Plains Bison (Bison bison bison) Population. Environmental Management, 64(5):553-563
  26. Muhly, T.B., Johnson, C.A., Hebblewhite, M., Neilson, E.W., Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M., Latham, A.D.M., Latham, M.C., McLoughlin, P.D., Merrill, E. et al. (2019) Functional response of wolves to human development across boreal North America. Ecology and Evolution, 9(18):10801-10815
  27. Speed, J.D.M., Skjelbred, I.A., Barrio, I.C., Martin, M.D., Berteaux, D., Bueno, C.G., Christie, K.S., Forbes, B.C., Forbey, J., Fortin, D. et al. (2019) Trophic interactions and abiotic factors drive functional and phylogenetic structure of vertebrate herbivore communities across the Arctic tundra biome. Ecography, 42(6):1152-1163
  28. Le Borgne, H., Dupuch, A., Fortin, D. (2018) Ecological processes determining the distribution dynamics of vole populations during forest succession. Oecologia, 188(3):721-732
  29. Prima, M.-C., Duchesne, T., Fortin, A., Rivest, L.-P., Fortin, D. (2018) Combining network theory and reaction–advection–diffusion modelling for predicting animal distribution in dynamic environments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(5):1221-1231
  30. Tardy, O., Masse, A., Pelletier, F., Fortin, D. (2018) Interplay between contact risk, conspecific density, and landscape connectivity: An individual-based modeling framework. Ecological Modelling, 373:25-38
  31. Le Borgne, H., Hébert, C., Dupuch, A., Bichet, O., Pinaud, D., Fortin, D. (2018) Temporal dynamics in animal community assembly during post-logging succession in boreal forest. PLOS ONE, 13(9)
  32. Zhao, Q., Mason, T. H. E., Azeria, E. T., Le Blanc M.-L., Lemaitre, J., Barnier, F., Bichet, O., Fortin, D. (2017) Robust predictive performance of indicator species despite different co-occurrence patterns of birds in natural and managed boreal forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 397:108 - 116
  33. Merkle, J. A., Potts, J. R., Fortin, D. (2017) Energy benefits and emergent space use patterns of an empirically parameterized model of memory-based patch selection. Oikos, 126(2)
  34. Sigaud, M., Merkle, J.A., Cherry, S.G., Fryxell, J.M., Berdahl, A., Fortin, D. (2017) Collective decision-making promotes fitness loss in a fusion-fission society. Ecology Letters, 20(1):33-40
  35. Nicosia, A., Duchesne, T., Rivest, L.P., Fortin, D. (2017) A general hidden state random walk model for animal movement. Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 105:76 - 95
  36. Cyr, G., Raulier, F., Fortin, D., Pothier, D. (2017) Using operating area size and adjacency constraints to mitigate the effects of harvesting activities on boreal caribou habitat. Landscape Ecology, 32(2):377-395
  37. Mason, T. H. E., Fortin, D. (2017) Functional responses in animal movement explain spatial heterogeneity in animal-habitat relationships. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86(4):960-971
  38. Fortin, D., Barnier, F., Drapeau, P., Duchesne, T., Dussault, C., Heppell, S., Prima, M.-C., St-Laurent, M.-H., Szor, G. (2017) Forest productivity mitigates human disturbance effects on late-seral prey exposed to apparent competitors and predators. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
  39. Prima, M.-C., Duchesne, T., Fortin, D. (2017) Robust inference from conditional logistic regression applied to movement and habitat selection analysis. PLOS ONE, 12(1)
  40. Nicosia, A., Duchesne, T., Rivest, L.-P., Fortin, D. (2017) A multi-state conditional logistic regression model for the analysis of animal movement. The Annals of Applied Statistics, 11(3):1537-1560
  41. Lafontaine, A., Drapeau, P., Fortin, D., St-Laurent, M.-H. (2017) Many places called home: the adaptive value of seasonal adjustments in range fidelity. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86(3):624-633
  42. Martineau, J., Pothier, D., Fortin, D. (2016) Processes driving short-term temporal dynamics of small mammal distribution in human-disturbed environments. Oecologia, 181(3):831-840
  43. Bichet, O., Dupuch, A., Hebert, C., Le Borgne, H., Fortin, D. (2016) Maintaining animal assemblages through single-species management: The case of threatened caribou in boreal forest. Ecological Applications, 26(2):612-623
  44. Lardy, S., Fortin, D., Pays, O. (2016) Increased exploration capacity promotes group fission in gregarious foraging herbivores. PLOS ONE, 11(12)
  45. Gagne, C., Mainguy, J., Fortin, D. (2016) The impact of forest harvesting on caribou-moose-wolf interactions decreases along a latitudinal gradient. Biological Conservation, 197:215-222
  46. Caruso, N., Lucherini, M., Fortin, D., Casanave, E.B. (2016) Species-Specific Responses of Carnivores to Human-Induced Landscape Changes in Central Argentina. PLOS ONE, 11(3)
  47. Rivest, L.-P., Duchesne, T., Nicosia, A., Fortin, D. (2016) A general angular regression model for the analysis of data on animal movement in ecology. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C-Applied Statistics, 65:445-463
  48. Merkle, J.A., Sigaud, M., Fortin, D. (2015) To follow or not? How animals in fusion–fission societies handle conflicting information during group decision-making. Ecology Letters, 18(8):799-806
  49. Fortin, D., Merkle, J.A., Sigaud, M., Cherry, S.G., Plante, S., Drolet, A., Labrecque, M. (2015) Temporal dynamics in the foraging decisions of large herbivores. Animal Production Science, 55(3):376-383
  50. Duchesne, T., Fortin, D., Rivest, L.-P. (2015) Equivalence between step selection functions and biased correlated random walks for statistical inference on animal movement. PLOS ONE, 10(4)
  51. Tardy, O., Masse, A., Pelletier, F., Fortin, D. (2015) Resampling Method for Applying Density-Dependent Habitat Selection Theory to Wildlife Surveys. PLOS ONE, 10(6):e0128238
  52. Merkle, J.A., Cherry, S.G., Fortin, D. (2015) Bison distribution under conflicting foraging strategies: site fidelity vs. energy maximization. Ecology, 96(7):1793-1801
  53. Basille, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2015) Plastic response of fearful prey to the spatiotemporal dynamics of predator distribution. Ecology, 96(10):2622-2631
  54. Ye, X., Wang, T., Skidmore, A.K., Fortin, D., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Parrott, L. (2015) A wavelet-based approach to evaluate the roles of structural and functional landscape heterogeneity in animal space use at multiple scales. Ecography, 38(7):740-750
  55. Fortin, D., Buono, P.-L., Schmitz, O.J., Courbin, N., Losier, C., St-Laurent, M.-H., Drapeau, P., Heppell, S., Dussault, C., Brodeur, V. et al. (2015) A spatial theory for characterizing predator - Multiprey interactions in heterogeneous landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 282(1812)
  56. Losier, C.L., Couturier, S., St-Laurent, M.-H., Drapeau, P., Dussault, C., Rudolph, T.D., Brodeur, V., Merkle, J.A., Fortin, D. (2015) Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(2):496-504
  57. Latombe, G., Fortin, D., Parrott, L. (2014) Spatio-temporal dynamics in the response of woodland caribou and moose to the passage of grey wolf. Journal of Animal Ecology, 83(1):185-198
  58. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. (2014) Logging-induced changes in habitat network connectivity shape behavioral interactions in the wolf–caribou–moose system. Ecological Monographs, 84:265-285
  59. Merkle, J.A., Fortin, D. (2014) Likelihood-based photograph identification: Application with photographs of free-ranging bison. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 38(1):196-204
  60. Latombe, G., Parrott, L., Basille, M., Fortin, D. (2014) Uniting statistical and individual-based approaches for animal movement modelling. PLOS ONE, 9(6)
  61. Tardy, O., Masse, A., Pelletier, F., Mainguy, J., Fortin, D. (2014) Density-dependent functional responses in habitat selection by two hosts of the raccoon rabies virus variant. Ecosphere, 5(10)
  62. Allard-Duchene, A., Pothier, D., Dupuch, A., Fortin, D. (2014) Temporal changes in habitat use by snowshoe hares and red squirrels during post-fire and post-logging forest succession. Forest Ecology and Management, 313:17-25
  63. Merkle, J.A., Fortin, D., Morales, J. M. (2014) A memory-based foraging tactic reveals an adaptive mechanism for restricted space use. Ecology Letters, 17(8):924-931
  64. Fortin, D., Buono, P.-L., Fortin, A., Courbin, N., Tye Gingras, C., Moorcroft, P.R., Courtois, R., Dussault, C. (2013) Movement responses of caribou to human-induced habitat edges lead to their aggregation near anthropogenic features. American Naturalist, 181(6):827-836
  65. Basille, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2013) Ecologically based definition of seasons clarifies predator-prey interactions. Ecography, 36(2):220-229
  66. Dupuch, A., Fortin, D. (2013) The extent of edge effects increases during post-harvesting forest succession. Biological Conservation, 162:9 - 16
  67. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Fargeot, V., Courtois, R. (2013) Multi-trophic resource selection function enlightens the behavioural game between wolves and their prey. Journal of Animal Ecology, 82(5):1062-1071
  68. Ruel, J.-C., Fortin, D., Pothier, D. (2013) Partial cutting in old-growth boreal stands: An integrated experiment. Forestry Chronicle, 89(03):360-369
  69. Harvey, L., Fortin, D. (2013) Spatial Heterogeneity in the Strength of Plant-Herbivore Interactions under Predation Risk: The Tale of Bison Foraging in Wolf Country. PLOS ONE, 8(9):e73324
  70. Zhao, Q., Azeria, E.T., Le Blanc, M.-L., Lemaitre, J., Fortin, D. (2013) Landscape-Scale Disturbances Modified Bird Community Dynamics in Successional Forest Environment. PLOS ONE, 8(11):e81358
  71. Beguin, J., McIntire, E.J.B., Fortin, D., Cumming, S.G., Raulier, F., Racine, P., Dussault, C. (2013) Explaining geographic gradients in landscape selection by boreal caribou with implications under global changes. PLOS ONE
  72. Vanak, A.T., Fortin, D., Thaker, M., Ogden, M., Owen, C., Greatwood, S., Slotow, R. (2013) Moving to stay in place: Behavioral mechanisms for coexistence of African large carnivores. Ecology, 94(11):2619-2631
  73. Langrock, R., King, R., Matthiopoulos, J., Thomas, L., Fortin, D., Morales, J.M. (2012) Flexible and practical modeling of animal telemetry data: hidden Markov models and extensions. Ecology, 93(11):2336-2342
  74. Lemaitre, J., Darveau, M., Zhao, Q., Fortin, D. (2012) Multiscale assessment of the influence of habitat structure and composition on bird assemblages in boreal forest. Biodiversity and Conservation, 21(13):3355-3368
  75. Hodson, J.K., Fortin, D., Belanger, L., Renaud-Roy, E. (2012) Browse history as an indicator of snowshoe hare response to silvicultural practices adapted for old-growth boreal forests. Ecoscience, 19(3):266-284
  76. Courant, S., Fortin, D. (2012) Search efficiency of free-ranging plains bison for optimal food items. Animal Behaviour, 84(4):1039-1049
  77. Dussault, C., Pinard, V., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R., Fortin, D. (2012) Avoidance of roads and selection for recent cutovers by threatened caribou: Fitness rewarding or maladaptive behaviour? Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 279(1746):4481-4488
  78. Courant, S., Fortin, D. (2012) Time allocation of bison in meadow patches driven by potential energy gains and group size dynamics. Oikos, 121(7):1163-1173
  79. Periquet, S., Todd-Jones, L., Valeix, M., Stapelkamp, B., Elliot, N., Wijers, M., Pays, O., Fortin, D., Madzikanda, H., Fritz, H. et al. (2012) Influence of immediate predation risk by lions on the vigilance of prey of different body size. Behavioral Ecology, 23(5):970-976
  80. Pays, O., Fortin, D., Gassani, J., Duchesne, J. (2012) Group Dynamics and Landscape Features Constrain the Exploration of Herds in Fusion-Fission Societies: The Case of European Roe Deer. PLOS ONE, 7(3):e34678
  81. Pinard, V., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Fortin, D., Courtois, R. (2012) Calving rate, calf survival rate, and habitat selection of forest-dwelling caribou in a highly managed landscape. Journal of Wildlife Management, 76(1):189-199
  82. Moreau, G., Fortin, D., Couturier, S., Duchesne, T. (2012) Multi-level functional responses for wildlife conservation: The case of threatened caribou in managed boreal forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 49(3):611-620
  83. Mabille, G., Berteaux, D., Thomas, D.W., Fortin, D. (2011) Behavioural responses of wintering porcupines to their heterogeneous thermal environment. Ecoscience, 18(4):341-353
  84. Azeria, E.T., Bouchard, M., Pothier, D., Fortin, D., Hebert, C. (2011) Using biodiversity deconstruction to disentangle assembly and diversity dynamics of understorey plants along post-fire succession in boreal forest. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20(1):119-133
  85. Babin, J.-S., Fortin, D., Wilmshurst, J.F., Fortin, M.-E. (2011) Energy gains predict the distribution of plains bison across populations and ecosystems. Ecology, 92(1):240-252
  86. Bastille-Rousseau, G., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R., Ouellet, J.-P. (2011) Foraging strategies by omnivores: Are black bears actively searching for ungulate neonates or are they simply opportunistic predators? Ecography, 34(4):588-596
  87. Dancose, K., Fortin, D., Xulin, G.U.O. (2011) Mechanisms of functional connectivity: The case of free-ranging bison in a forest landscape. Ecological Applications, 21(5):1871-1885
  88. Latombe, G., Parrott, L., Fortin, D. (2011) Levels of emergence in individual based models: Coping with scarcity of data and pattern redundancy. Ecological Modelling, 222(9):1557-1568
  89. Craiu, R.V., Duchesne, T., Fortin, D., Baillargeon, S. (2011) Conditional logistic regression with longitudinal follow-up and individual-level random coefficients: A stable and efficient two-step estimation method. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics, 20(3):767-784
  90. Hodson, J., Fortin, D., Belanger, L. (2011) Changes in relative abundance of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) across a 265-year gradient of boreal forest succession. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 89(10):908-920
  91. Houle, M., Fortin, D., Mainguy, J., Canac-Marquis, P. (2011) Landscape composition and structure influence the abundance of mesopredators: Implications for the control of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) variant of rabies. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 89(11):1107-1116
  92. Janssen, P., Hebert, C., Fortin, D. (2011) Biodiversity conservation in old-growth boreal forest: black spruce and balsam fir snags harbour distinct assemblages of saproxylic beetles. Biodiversity and Conservation, 20(13):2917-2932
  93. Leblond, M., Frair, J., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2011) Assessing the influence of resource covariates at multiple spatial scales: an application to forest-dwelling caribou faced with intensive human activity. Landscape Ecology, 26(10):1433-1446
  94. Faille, G., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Fortin, D., Courtois, R., St-Laurent, M.-H., Dussault, C. (2010) Range fidelity: The missing link between caribou decline and habitat alteration? Biological Conservation, 143(11):2840-2850
  95. Hodson, J., Fortin, D., LeBlanc, M.-L., Belanger, L. (2010) An appraisal of the fitness consequences of forest disturbance for wildlife using habitat selection theory. Oecologia, 164(1):73-86
  96. Hodson, J., Fortin, D., Belanger, L. (2010) Fine-scale disturbances shape space-use patterns of a boreal forest herbivore. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(3):607-619
  97. Duchesne, T., Fortin, D., Courbin, N. (2010) Mixed conditional logistic regressions for habitat selection studies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(3):548-555
  98. Lemaitre, J., Fortin, D., Morris, D.W., Darveau, M. (2010) Deer mice mediate red-backed vole behaviour and abundance along a gradient of habitat alteration. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 12(2):203-216
  99. Courant, S., Fortin, D. (2010) Foraging decisions of bison for rapid energy gains can explain the relative risk to neighboring plants in complex swards. Ecology, 91(6):1841-1849
  100. Houle, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R., Ouellet, J.P. (2010) Cumulative effects of forestry on habitat use by gray wolf (Canis lupus) in the boreal forest. Landscape Ecology, 25(3):419-433
  101. McLoughlin, P.D., Morris, D.W., Fortin, D., Vander Wal, E., Contasti, A. L. (2010) Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(1):4-12
  102. Le Blanc, M.-L., Fortin, D., Darveau, M., Ruel, J.-C. (2010) Short Term Response of Small Mammals and Forest Birds to Silvicultural Practices Differing in Tree Retention in Irregular Boreal Forests. Ecoscience, 17(3):334-342
  103. Bastille-Rousseau, G., Fortin, D., Dussault, C. (2010) Inference from habitat-selection analysis depends on foraging strategies. Journal of Animal Ecology, 79(6):1157-1163
  104. Lemaitre, J., Fortin, D., Montiglio, P.O., Darveau, M. (2009) Bot fly parasitism of the red-backed vole: host survival, infection risk, and population growth. Oecologia, 159(2):283-294
  105. Janssen, P., Fortin, D., 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
  106. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. (2009) Landscape management for woodland caribou: the protection of forest blocks influences wolf-caribou co-occurrence. Landscape Ecology, 24(10):1375-1388
  107. Azeria, E.T., Fortin, D., Lemaitre, J., Janssen, P., Hebert, C., Darveau, M., 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
  108. Fortin, D., Fortin, M.-E., Beyer, H.L., Duchesne, T., Courant, S., Dancose, K. (2009) Group-size-mediated habitat selection and group fusion-fission dynamics of bison under predation risk. Ecology, 90(9):2480-2490
  109. Azeria, E.T., Fortin, D., Hebert, C., Peres-Neto, P., Pothier, D., 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
  110. Fortin, D., 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
  111. Fortin, D., Morris, D.W., 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
  112. Fortin, D., Courtois, R., Etcheverry, P., Dussault, C., 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
  113. Craiu, R.V., Duchesne, T., Fortin, D. (2008) Inference Methods for the Conditional Logistic Regression Model with Longitudinal Data. Biometrical Journal, 50(1):97-109
  114. Courtois, R., Gingras, A., Fortin, D., Sebbane, A., Rochette, B., Breton, L. (2008) Demographic and behavioural response of woodland caribou to forest harvesting. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 38:2837–2849
  115. Brodeur, V., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R., Fortin, D. (2008) Habitat selection by black bears in an intensively logged boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86:1307-1316
  116. Ruel, J.-C., Roy, V., Lussier, J.-M., Pothier, D., Meek, P., Fortin, D. (2007) Mise au point d'une sylviculture adaptée à la forêt boréale irrégulière. Forestry Chronicle, 83(3):367-374
  117. Forester, J.D., Ives, A.R., Turner, M.G., Anderson, D.P., Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L., Smith, D.W., Boyce, M.S. (2007) State-space models link elk movement patterns to landscape characteristics in Yellowstone National Park. Ecological Monographs, 77(2):285-299
  118. Ruel, J.-C., Roy, V., Lussier, J.-M., Pothier, D., Meek, P., Fortin, D. (2007) Development of a silviculture adapted to the irregular boreal forest. Forestry Chronicle, 83(3):367-374
  119. Visscher, D.R., Merrill, E.H., Fortin, D., Frair, J.L. (2006) Estimating woody browse availability for ungulates at increasing snow depths. Forest Ecology and Management, 222(1-3):348-354
  120. Fortin, D. (2006) The allometry of plant spacing that regulates food intake rate in mammalian herbivores. Ecology, 87(7):1861-1866
  121. Frair, J.L., Merrill, E.H., Visscher, D.R., Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L., 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
  122. Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L., Boyce, M.S., Smith, D.W., Duchesne, T., Mao, J.S. (2005) Wolves influence elk movements: behavior shapes a trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park. Ecology, 86(5):1320-1330
  123. Anderson, D.P., Forester, J.D., Turner, M.G., Frair, J.L., Merrill, E.H., Fortin, D., Mao, J.S., Boyce, M.S. (2005) Factors influencing female home range sizes in elk (Cervus elaphus) in North American landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 20(3):257-271
  124. Morales, J.M., Fortin, D., Frair, J.L., Merrill, E.H. (2005) Adaptive models for large herbivore movements in heterogeneous landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 20:301-316
  125. Fortin, D., Morales, J.M., Boyce, M.S. (2005) Elk winter foraging at fine scale in Yellowstone National Park. Oecologia, 145(2):335-343
  126. Fortin, D., Boyce, M.S., Merrill, E.H., Fryxell, J.M. (2004) Foraging costs of vigilance in large mammalian herbivores. Oikos, 107(1):172-180
  127. Fortin, D., Boyce, M.S., Merrill, E.H. (2004) Multi-tasking by mammalian herbivores: Overlapping processes during foraging. Ecology, 85(8):2312-2322
  128. Fortin, D., Andruskiw, M. (2003) Behavioral response of free-ranging bison to human disturbance. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 31(3):804-813
  129. Fortin, D. (2003) Searching behavior and use of sampling information by free-ranging bison (Bos bison). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 54(2):194-203
  130. Boyce, M.S., Mao, J.S., Merrill, E.H., Fortin, D., Turner, M.G., Fryxell, J., Turchin, P. (2003) Scale and heterogeneity in habitat selection by elk in Yellowstone National Park. Ecoscience, 10(4):421-431
  131. Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M., O'Brodovich, L., 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
  132. Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M., Pilote, R. (2002) The temporal scale of foraging decisions in bison. Ecology, 83(4):970-982
  133. Fortin, D. (2002) Optimal searching behaviour: the value of sampling information. Ecological Modelling, 153(3):279-290
  134. Fortin, D. (2001) An adjustment of the extended contingency model of Farnsworth & Illius (1998). Functional Ecology, 15(1):138-139
  135. Fortin, D. (2001) The use heated taxidermic mounts in studies of ecological energetics. Mammalia, 65(2):195-203
  136. Bergman, C.M., Fryxell, J.M., Gates, C.C., Fortin, D. (2001) Ungulate foraging strategies: energy maximizing or time minimizing? Journal of Animal Ecology, 70(2):289-300
  137. Fortin, D., Gauthier, G., Larochelle, J. (2000) Body temperature and resting behavior of Greater Snow Goose goslings in the high Arctic. Condor, 102(1):163-171
  138. Fortin, D., 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
  139. Fortin, D., Larochelle, J., 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
  140. Fortin, D., Liechti, F., 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
  141. Thomas, D.W., Pacheco, M.A., Fournier, F., 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
  142. Fortin, D., 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


Articles published in proceedings


  1. Latombe, G., Parrott, L., Fortin, D. (2011) Système d’aide à la décision pour étudier les effets de la structure du paysage sur la dynamique des populations du caribou forestier, de l’orignal et du loup en forêt boréale. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 121-123. Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune
  2. Basille, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2011) Fuir ou se cacher quand on est chassé? ou Comment le caribou forestier évalue le risque de prédation. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 91-93
  3. St-Laurent, M.-H., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Dussault, C., Fortin, D., Courtois, R. (2011) Impacts des routes, des chalets et de la perte et fragmentation de l’habitat du caribou forestier dans Charlevoix et au Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 114-116
  4. Pinard, V., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Fortin, D., Courtois, R. (2011) Lien entre la sélection d’habitat des femelles caribou et la survie de leur faon dans un paysage aménagé. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 97-98
  5. Moreau, G., Fortin, D., Duchesne, T., Couturier, S. (2011) Réponse fonctionnelle dans la sélection de l’habitat du caribou forestier en forêt boréale aménagée. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 20-21
  6. Leblond, M., Frair, J., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2011) Sélection des ressources par le caribou forestier de Charlevoix : un modèle multi-échelle pour mesurer l’impact des routes et des chemins forestiers. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 54-56
  7. Labbe, M.-C., Basille, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2011) Patron de déplacement du caribou face à la prédation du loup en forêt aménagée. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 88-89
  8. Houle, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R., Ouellet, J.-P. (2011) Effets cumulés des activités forestières sur la sélection d'habitat du loup gris en forêt boréale aménagée. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 84-87
  9. Fortin, D., Buono, P.-L., Fortin, A., Courbin, N., Gingras, C.T., Moorcroft, P.R., Courtois, R., Dussault, C. (2011) Sélection de l’habitat hivernal du caribou forestier à l’échelle provincial. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 31-33
  10. Faille, G., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Fortin, D., Courtois, R., St-Laurent, M.-H., Dussault, C. (2011) Impacts des activités humaines sur la fidélité au site du caribou de Charlevoix, du Saguenay et de la Côte-Nord. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 27-30
  11. Couturier, S., Cote, S.D., Otto, R.D., Fortin, D., Beauchemin, A. (2011) Taille corporelle et condition physique de trois écotypes de caribous du Québec-Labrador. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 75-76
  12. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. (2011) Considérations multi-trophiques pour une meilleure stratégie de conservation du caribou-Étude des relations loup-caribou sur la Côte-Nord. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 111-113
  13. Bastille-Rousseau, G., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. (2011) Comportement de prédation de l’ours noir dans Charlevoix. In Actes du colloque «le caribou forestier : un enjeu de biodiversité et de développement durable.». Pages 94-95
  14. Fryxell, J.M., Bergman, C., Fortin, D., 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


Scientific reports, manuals and others


  1. St-Laurent, M.-H., Cimon-Morin, J., Cote, S., Drapeau, P., Festa-Bianchet, M., Fortin, D., Pelletier, F., Tremblay, J.-P. (2022) Analyse critique des scénarios de conciliation des activités socioéconomiques et des impératifs de rétablissement des populations de caribous des bois (écotypes forestier et montagnard de la Gaspésie) proposés par le gouvernement du Québec. Technical report Mémoire présenté à la Commission indépendante sur les caribous forestiers et montagnards, Centre d’étude de la forêt, Centre d’études nordiques et Centre de la science de la biodiversité du Québec
  2. Barnier, F., Drapeau, P., Duchesne, T., Dussault, C., Heppell, S., Prima, M.-C., St-Laurent, M.-H., Szor, G., Fortin, D. (2017) Analyse des impacts des niveaux de perturbations de l’habitat sur la démographie des populations de caribous forestiers au Québec. Technical report, Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Québec
  3. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R., Bichet, O. (2013) Les changements de la connectivité de l’habitat du caribou forestiersuite à la coupe forestière influencent les interactions loup-caribou-orignal. Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 15 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Université Laval en sylviculture et faune, Université Laval
  4. Fortin, D., Buono, P.-L., Fortin, A., Courbin, N., Gingras, C.T., Moorcroft, P.R., Courtois, R., Dussault, C., Allard-Duchene, A. (2013) Comment l’effet de lisière lié aux perturbations anthropiques modifie-t-il la répartition des populations du caribou forestier? Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 20 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Université Laval en sylviculture et faune, Université Laval
  5. Bastille-Rousseau, G., Dussault, C., Couturier, S., Fortin, D., St-Laurent, M.-H., Drapeau, P., Dussault, C., Brodeur, V. (2012) Sélection d’habitat du caribou forestier en forêt boréale québécoise. Technical report, Québec, ministère du Développement durable, de l’Environnement, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction générale de l’expertise sur la faune et ses habitats
  6. Moreau, G., Fortin, D., Couturier, S., Duchesne, T., Allard-Duchene, A. (2012) L’attractivité d’un milieu pour le caribou forestier dépend-elle de l’abondance des perturbations environnantes ? Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 15 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG – Université Laval en sylviculture et faune. Université Laval.
  7. Allard-Duchene, A., Pothier, D., Fortin, D. (2012) La structure et la composition des peuplements issus de coupe et de feu influencent-elles l’abondance du lièvre d’Amérique et de l’écureuil roux à long terme? Technical report 17, Bulletin de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Université Laval en sylviculture et faune, Université Laval, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique
  8. Mainguy, J., Guerin, D., Landry, F., Fortin, D., Pelletier, F. (2011) Étude de l’utilisation de l’habitat par les ratons laveurs (Procyon lotor) et moufettes rayées (Mephitis mephitis) en Montérégie dans le cadre des opérations de contrôle de la rage du raton laveur. Rapport d’étape, Ministère des Ressources naturelles et de la Faune, Direction de l’expertise sur la faune et ses habitats, Service de la biodiversité et des maladies de la faune. Québec, Québec.
  9. Fortin, D., Hebert, C., Legare, J.-P., Courbin, N., Swiston, K., Hodson, J., Le Blanc, M.-L., Dussault, C., Pothier, D., Ruel, J.-C. et al. (2011) La cpptm appliquée en forêt boréale permet-elle de conserver la biodiversité animale? Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 14 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Université Laval en sylviculture et faune, Université Laval, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique.
  10. Fortin, D., Hebert, C., Legare, J.-P., Courbin, N., Swiston, K., Hodson, J., Leblanc, M.-L., Dussault, C., Pothier, D., Ruel, J.-C. et al. (2011) La CPPTM appliquée en forêt boréale permet-elle de conservation la biodiversité animale? Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 14 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG – Université Laval en sylviculture et faune. Université Laval.
  11. Houle, M., Fortin, D. (2009) Identification des mesures de mitigation pour réduire les accidents routiers avec les cervidés. Technical report, Ministère des Transports du Québec
  12. Le Blanc, M.-L., Fortin, D., Darveau, M., Ruel, J.-C. (2009) Aménagement écosystémique: Coupes de jardinage et communautés animales en forêt boréale irrégulière. Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 8 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG – Université Laval en sylviculture et faune. Université Laval.
  13. Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. (2008) Les massifs de protection: la voie de caribou… et des loups ! Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 10 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG – Université Laval en sylviculture et faune. Université Laval.
  14. Janssen, P., Fortin, D., Hebert, C. (2007) Diversité des insectes en forêt boréale: Influence de l’hétérogénéité environnementale à plusieurs échelles. Technical report, Bulletin d’information no. 8 de la Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG – Université Laval en sylviculture et faune. Université Laval.
  15. Courtois, R., Sebbane, A., Gingras, A., Rochette, B., Breton, L., 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


Theses, dissertations and essays


  1. Fortin, D. (2000) Foraging decisions at multiple spatial and temporal scales: a bison perspective. PhD thesis, University of Guelph
  2. Fortin, D. (1995) L'environnement thermique des oisons de la grande oie des neiges (Chen caerulescens atlantica) dans l'arctique canadien. Master's thesis, Université Laval


Supervised theses, dissertations and essays


  1. Lamirande, P. (2022) Modélisation mathématique des écosystèmes du caribou forestier de l'Est et de l'Ouest du Canada : une analyse comparative. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  2. Terrigeol, A. (2021) L'utilisation d'espèces indicatrices dans un contexte de changement climatique : cas des oiseaux de l'est de la forêt boréale canadienne. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  3. Berube, A.-J. (2021) La sélection d'habitat dépendante de la densité varie entre les mâles et les femelles chez l’éléphant d’Afrique (Loxodonta africana). Master's thesis, Université Laval
  4. Vanlandeghem, V. (2019) Modélisation des effets de la configuration spatiale des interventions de coupes sur la mortalité du caribou des bois en forêt boréale. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  5. Prima, M.-C. (2019) Utilisation de l’espace par les grands herbivores dans un environnement hétérogène et dynamique : méthodologie et applications. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  6. Simon, R. (2019) Répartition et viabilité d'une population vulnérable de bisons des prairies. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  7. Patin, R. (2018) Jeu spatial et interactions comportementales dans l’interaction prédateur-proie. PhD thesis, Université de Montpellier
  8. Sigaud, M. (2018) Le bison des prairies entre aire protégée et terres agricoles : causes, conséquences et perspectives de gestion. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  9. Le Borgne, H. (2017) Processus écologiques déterminant les changements fauniques le long d'une chronoséquence après coupe en forêt boréale. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  10. Tardy, O. (2016) Utilisation de l’espace par le raton laveur et la moufette rayée, deux principaux hôtes d’un variant du virus de la rage. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  11. Merkle, J.A. (2014) Mécanismes comportements de l’expansion de la répartition du bison des plaines. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  12. Gagne, C. (2014) Le potentiel de compétition apparente entre l’orignal (Alces alces) et le caribou forestier (Rangifer tarandus caribou) varie le long d’un gradient latitudinal. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  13. Lucas, K. (2014) Modélisation de l'influence de la fragmentation d'habitats sur le risque de prédation chez le caribou forestier. Master's thesis, Université de Montréal
  14. Bichet, O. (2014) L'aménagement de l'habitat du caribou forestier permet-il la conservation de la biodiversité? Master's thesis, Université Laval
  15. Martineau, J. (2014) Changements de sélection de l’habitat du campagnol à dos roux à la suite d’une coupe forestière. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  16. Harvey, L. (2013) Les variations spatiales de l'effort d'approvisionnement du bison des plaines soumis à la prédation par le loup gris. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  17. Courbin, N. (2013) Interactions entre le loup gris, le caribou forestier et l’orignal en forêt boréale aménagée. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  18. Latombe, G. (2013) Développement d’un modèle centré sur l’individu des déplacements du caribou, du loup et de l’orignal, et de leurs interactions, en forêt boréale aménagée. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  19. Losier, C. (2013) Les réponses fonctionnelles dans la sélection de l'habitat influencent la survie du caribou forestier (Rangifer tarandus) en forêt boréale. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  20. Allard-Duchene, A. (2012) Changements temporels de l'abondance du lièvre d'Amérique et de l'écureuil roux le long de successions forestières après feu et après coupe. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  21. Courant, S. (2012) Maximiser des gains énergétiques dans un monde hétérogène : un exemple chez un grand herbivore grégaire, le bison des plaines. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  22. Moreau, G. (2012) Réponse fonctionnelle dans la sélection d’habitat du caribou forestier en forêt boréale aménagée. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  23. Labbe, M.-C. (2012) Jeu prédateur-proie entre le caribou forestier et le loup gris: un effet saute-mouton spatialement structuré. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  24. Hodson, J. (2011) Sélection d'habitat du lièvre d'Amérique en forêt boréale irrégulière aménagée. PhD thesis, Université Laval
  25. Dancose, K. (2010) Mécanimes de connectivité fonctionnelle : un exemple avec le bison des plaines en milieu forestier. Master's thesis, Université Laval
  26. Bastille-Rousseau, G. (2010) Stratégies d'approvisionnement d'un omnivore: l'ours noir oriente-t-il sa recherche de nourriture vers les jeunes cervidés? Master's thesis, Université Laval
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