Élise Filotas

Regular member
Ecological complexity and modelling

Département Science et Technologie
TÉLUQ, Université du Québec
5800 rue Saint-Denis
Bureau 1105
Montréal, Québec, H2S 3L5

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EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Geography, 2009 (Université de Montréal;
• M.Sc. Physics, 2002 (McGill University;
• B.Sc. Mathematics-Physics, 2000 (Université de Montréal)

RESEARCH THEMES

I am interested in applying concepts and models from complex systems science to study forest ecosystems at multiple scales. My interdisciplinary research activities are focused on developing quantitative, theoretical and applied modelling and analysis tools in the study of two main themes:

• The dynamics of ecological communities in forest landscapes.
  How do inter- and intraspecific interactions between individuals, and their dispersal ability influence the dynamics of their population at different temporal and spatial scales?
• The interplay between forest management and forest function.
  How do interactions between ecological processes and management affect the dynamics and function of forest ecosystems?

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Book chapters

1. Filotas, E., Witte, I., Aquilue, N., Brimacombe, C., Drapeau, P., Keeton, W.S., Kneeshaw, D.D., Messier, C., Fortin, M.-J. (2023) Network Framework for Forest Ecology and Management. In Boreal Forests in the Face of Climate Change: Sustainable Management. (Montoro Girona, M., Morin, H., Gauthier, S. and Bergeron, Y., Eds.) Cham, Springer International Publishing, pages 685-717
2. Messier, C., Carpentier, S, Angers, V.-A., Tittler, R., St-Denis, A., Handa, I.T., Filotas, E., Paquette, A. (2015) La véritable valeur des arbres et bois urbains et péri-urbains. In L’économie de la biodiversité et des services produits par les écosystèmes: Un regard sur les concepts, outils et sur l’état de l’avancement de la recherche au Québec. (Revéret J-P and Dupras J, Eds.) Presses de l’Université du Québec

Edited books, special journal editions and proceedings

Peer-reviewed articles

1. Loreau, M., Barbier, M., Filotas, E., Gravel, D., Isbell, F., Miller, S.J., Montoya, J.M., Wang, S., Aussenac, R., Germain, R. et al. (2021) Biodiversity as insurance: from concept to measurement and application. Biological Reviews, 96(5):2333-2354
2. Gonzalez, A., Germain, R.M., Srivastava, D.S., Filotas, E., Dee, L.E., Gravel, D., Thompson, P.L., Isbell, F., Wang, S., Kéfi, S. et al. (2020) Scaling-up biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research. Ecology Letters, 23(4):757-776
3. Aquilué, N., Filotas, E., Craven, D., Fortin, M.-J., Brotons, L., Messier, C. (2020) Evaluating forest resilience to global threats using functional response traits and network properties. Ecological Applications, 30(5)
4. Mayrand, P., Filotas, E., Wittische, J., James, P.M.A. (2019) The role of dispersal, selection, and timing of sampling on the false discovery rate of loci under selection during geographic range expansion. Genome, 62(11):715-727
5. Laginha Pinto Correia, D., Bouchard, M., Filotas, E., Raulier, F. (2019) Disentangling the effect of drought on stand mortality and productivity in northern temperate and boreal forests. Journal of Applied Ecology, 56(3):758-768
6. Laginha Pinto Correia, D., Raulier, F., Bouchard, M., Filotas, E. (2018) Response diversity, functional redundancy, and post-logging productivity in northern temperate and boreal forests. Ecological Applications, 28(5):1282-1291
7. Carpentier, S., Filotas, E., Handa, I.T., Messier, C. (2017) Trade-offs between timber production, carbon stocking and habitat quality when managing woodlots for multiple ecosystem services. Environmental Conservation, 44(1):14-23
8. Nenzen, H.K., Filotas, E., Peres-Neto, P., Gravel, D. (2017) Epidemiological landscape models reproduce cyclic insect outbreaks. Ecological Complexity, 31:78 - 87
9. Laginha Pinto Correia, D., Raulier, F., Filotas, E., Bouchard, M. (2017) Stand height and cover type complement forest age structure as a biodiversity indicator in boreal and northern temperate forest management. Ecological Indicators, 72:288 - 296
10. Messier, C., Puettmann, K., Filotas, E., Coates, D.K. (2016) Dealing with Non-linearity and Uncertainty in Forest Management. Current Forestry Reports, 2(2):150-161
11. Craven, D., Filotas, E., Angers, V.-A., Messier, C. (2016) Evaluating resilience of tree communities in fragmented landscapes: linking functional response diversity with landscape connectivity. Diversity and Distributions, 22(5):505-518
12. Tittler, R., Filotas, E., Kroese, J., Messier, C. (2015) Maximizing Conservation and Production with Intensive Forest Management: It's All About Location. Environmental Management, 56(5):1104-1117
13. Messier, C., Puettmann, K., Chazdon, R., Andersson, K.P., Angers, V.-A., Brotons, L., Filotas, E., Tittler, R., Parrott, L., Levin, S.A. (2015) From Management to Stewardship: Viewing Forests As Complex Adaptive Systems in an Uncertain World. Conservation Letters, 8(5):368-377
14. Filotas, E., Parrott, L., Burton, P.J., Chazdon, R.L., Coates, D.K., Coll, L., Haeussler, S., Martin, K., Nocentini, S., Puettmann, K.J. et al. (2014) Viewing forests through the lens of complex systems science. Ecosphere, 5(1):art1-
15. Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., Rikvold, P.A. (2010) Positive interactions and the emergence of community structure in metacommunities. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 266(3):419-429
16. Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., Rikvold, P.A. (2010) The effect of positive interactions on community structure in a multi-species metacommunity model along an environmental gradient. Ecological Modelling, 221(6):885-894
17. Chisholm, R.A., Filotas, E. (2009) Critical slowing down as an indicator of transitions in two-species models. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 257(1):142-149
18. Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L., Rikvold, P.A. (2008) Community-driven dispersal in an individual-based predator-prey model. Ecological Complexity, 5(3):238-251
19. Burgess, C.P., Filotas, E., Klein, M., Quevedo, F. (2003) Low-energy brane-world effective actions and partial supersymmetry breaking. Journal of High Energy Physics, 7(10):1003-1029
20. Burgess, C.P., Cline, J.M., Filotas, E., Matias, J., Moore, G.D. (2002) Loop-generated bounds on changes to the graviton dispersion relation. Journal of High Energy Physics, 6(3):1033-1066
21. Atwood, D., Burgess, C.P., Filotas, E., Leblond, F., London, D., Maksymyk, I. (2001) Supersymmetric large extra dimensions are small and/or numerous. Physical Review D, 63(2):025007

Articles published in proceedings

1. Rikvold, P.A., Filotas, E., Grant, M., Parrott, L. (2011) Mutualistic Interactions and Community Structure in Biological Metacommunities. In APS Meeting Abstracts. Page 44014

Scientific reports, manuals and others

1. Tittler, R., James, P.M.A., Filotas, E. (2016) Faciliter l'intégration des principes d'aménagement multiservice des programmes de certification. Technical report, Resolute Forest Products
2. Craven D., Angers, V.-A., Filotas, E., Tittler, R., Desrochers, M., James, P.M.A., Messier, C. (2013) L'aménagement écosystémique de forêts privées du Centre-du-Québec dans le contexte des changements globaux. Technical report, Agence Forestière des Bois-Francs

Theses, dissertations and essays

1. Filotas, E. (2009) Structure et dynamique des communautés multi-espèces : le rôle de l’espace. PhD thesis, Université de Montréal
2. Filotas, E. (2002) Partial supersymmetry breaking in brane-world scenarios. Master's thesis, Université McGill

Supervised theses, dissertations and essays

1. Gagne, C. (2023) Analyse spatiotemporelle d’un territoire agroforestier : quand les conditions paysagères du passé et du présent s’unissent pour influencer les communautés forestières. PhD thesis, UQAM
2. Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2018) Potentiel d'utilisation de la diversité fonctionnelle des arbres dans l'aménagement durable des forêts tempérées nordiques et boréales. PhD thesis, Université Laval
3. Carpentier, S. (2015) Services écologiques et aménagement forestier-vers une nouvelle approche en forêt privée du sud du Québec. Master's thesis, Université du Québec à Montréal

Non peer-reviewed articles

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