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RECENT (and not so recent) FINDINGS FROM OUR LAB

2009

  • Contrary to received wisdom, spatial overlap of landscapes per se does not lead to pseudoreplication in landscape-level analyses of habitat use (Desrochers et al).
  • Resource selection functions can be construed as temporally-paired designs, thus eliminating concerns about false zeros (Destochers et al).
  • In winter, forestry roads affect marten movements from a distance of 20-25 m in adjacent forest stands (Frouin, MSc).
  • Winter spatial distribution of marten can be explained by simple avoidance of open areas, through least-cost path modeling (Planckaert, MSc).

2008

  • Movement costs as perceived by Ovenbirds are 26 times higher in the open than under forest cover (Desrochers et al)
  • Forest habitat loss in Panama canal region leads to a sudden and precipitous decline in species richness when <40% of the historical forest cover is left (Rompré, PhD).
  • Mature fir forest birds frequently use the foliage of recent clearcuts in late summer to commute between mature forest patches.
  • Precommercial thinning in balsam fir forests does not reduce the production of fruit-bearing shrubs (Major, MSc).

2007

  • Mature forest birds are generally more area-sensitive at regional scales than at landscape or local scales (Renaud, MSc)
  • Young dispersing Siberian flying squirrels Pteromys volans establish home ranges in landscapes with a similar degree of fragmentation to those where they were born (coll. Selonen, Hanski)

2006

  • Boreal forest birds often cluster their territories, independently of habitat clustering
  • Bicknell's Thrush is an edge-friendly species (Aubry, PhD)
  • Bicknell's Thrush distribution in landscapes is 'patchy' (Aubry, PhD)
  • White-throated Sparrow: individual specialisation in habitat use (mature vs clearcut forest) (Rousseau, MSc)
  • Area-sensitivity in birds greatly dependent on the choice of landscape extent (radius 100m to 24 km) (Renaud, MSc)

2005

  • Forest area sensitivity by temperate hardwood birds explained by territory clustering (Bourque, PhD)
  • Forest bird diversity in Panama associated to forest fragmentation irrespective of plant diversity or forest loss (Rompré, PhD)
  • American Marten not old-growth specialist at Forêt Montmorency (Vigeant-Langlois, MSc)
  • American Marten exploratory behaviour mostly related to local prey activity, not habitat structure (Vigeant-Langlois, MSc)
  • Boreal Chickadees favor old growth forests but do not require forest interior (Hadley, MSc)
  • Joint effects of supplemental feeding and forest fragmentation on winter forest bird distribution (Turcotte, PhD)
  • Demographic response to fragmentation: meta-analysis confirms role of pairing success and nest predation/parasitism (coll. Lampila, Mönkkönen)
  • Landscape influences pond occupancy by amphibians (Mazerolle, PhD)

2004

  • Christmas Bird Count from Quebec city show that 26% of population trends explained by suburban sprawl (Huillet, MSc)
  • Gray Jays edge-friendly in managed boreal forest (Ibarzabal, PhD)
  • Peatland afforestation impacts bird communities (Lachance, PhD)

2003

  • Black-capped Chickadees more risk-prone to get food in fragmented vs. continuous forests (Turcotte, PhD)
  • Wilson's Warbler thrives in recent forest clearcuts, especially large ones (Tardif, MSc)
  • Nest predation independent of landscape or edge proximity in a managed boreal forest (Ibarzabal, PhD)

2002

  • Temperate hardwood birds often cluster their territories (Bourque, PhD)
  • Male Ovenbird settlement decisions uninfluenced by experimental removal of conspecific males (Bourque, PhD)
  • Landmarks influence territory delineation in hardwood forest birds (St-Louis, MSc)
  • Siberian Flying squirrels are not a forest interior species (Coll. Ilpo Hanski)
  • Three-toed Woodpeckers are not edge-sensitive (Imbeau, PhD)
  • Peatlands regionally significant for avian diversity in southern Québec (Calmé, PhD)

2001

  • Forest area sensitivity by temperate hardwood birds not explained by gap crossing ability (Bourque, PhD)
  • Large secondary cavity nesters likely to be hit in Canadian forests the way they were in 20th Century Fenno-Scandinavia (Imbeau, PhD)

2000

  • Black-capped Chickadees are edge friendly, because they take detours around open areas (not because of food or vegetation type)

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