Supervising:

Frédéric LeTourneux (Ph.D. student)

Mathilde Poirier (Ph.D. student)

Co-supervising:

Ilona Grentzmann (Ph.D. student)

Recent Theses and Dissertations

Gabriel Bergeron (Master - 2022)
A simplified seasonal state and transition approach to modeling a complex Arctic predator-prey system

Marianne Valcourt (Master - 2022)
Multiscale habitat influence on lemming distribution in the Canadian High Arctic

Yannick Seyer (Doctorate - 2022)
Annual movements, reproduction and competition in a tundra avian predator, the long-tailed jaeger

Charles Gignac (Master - 2022)
Long-term response of plant communities to climate change and herbivory by Greater Snow Geese in Canadian High-Arctic tundra wetlands

Alexis Grenier-Potvin (Master - 2021)
Fine-scaled habitat selection of Arctic foxes on Bylot Island

Cynthia Reséndiz (Doctorate - 2020)
Migration, nesting phenology and reproductive success of a long-distance migrant: the greater snow goose in a changing environment

Claire-Cécile Juhasz (Doctorate - 2020)
Impacts of the climatic variability on predator-prey interactions in the Arctic

Scientific Communications

Beardsell, A., Berteaux, D., Dulude-de Broin, F., Gauthier, G., Clermont, J., Gravel, D., Bêty, J., 2023. Predator-mediated interactions through changes in predator home range size can lead to local prey exclusion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 290(20231154): 1-11. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.1154.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Therrien, J.-F., Legagneux, P., Lecomte, N., 2023. Local food availability and nonbreeding carry-over effects affect breeding propensity and success of a tundra-nesting predator, the Long-tailed Jaeger. Ornithology, 140(5): ukad032. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad032.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., 2023. High site and mate fidelity in a monogamous Arctic seabird. Ibis, 165(2): 685-690. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.13132.

Beardsell, A., Gravel, D., Clermont, J., Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2022. A mechanistic model of functional response provides new insights into indirect interactions among arctic tundra prey. Ecology, 103(8), e3734. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3734.

Bolduc, D., Fauteux, D., Gagnon, C.-A., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Legagneux, P., 2022. Testimonials to reconstruct past abundances of wildlife populations. Basic and Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.11.005.

Deschamps, L., Maire, V., Chen, L., Fortier, D., Gauthier, G., Morneault, A., Hardy-Lachance, E., Dalcher-Gosselin, I., Tanguay, F., Gignac, C., McKenzie, J., Rochefort, L., Lévesque, E., 2022. Increased nutrient availability speeds up permafrost development, while goose grazing slows it down in a Canadian High Arctic wetland. Journal of Ecology, 00: 1-15. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14037.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., 2022. Density-dependent demography and movements in a cyclic brown lemming population. Ecology and Evolution, 12(7): e9055. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9055.

Gignac, C., Rochefort, L., Gauthier, G., Lévesque, E., Maire, V., Deschamps, L., Pouliot, R., Marchand-Roy, M., 2022. N/P addition is more likely than N addition alone to promote a transition from moss-dominated to graminoid-dominated tundra in the high-Arctic. Atmosphere, 13, 676. DOI: 10.3390/atmos13050676 .

LeTourneux, F., Gauthier, G., Pradel, R., Lefebvre, J., Legagneux, P., 2022. Evidence for synergistic cumulative impacts of marking and hunting in a wildlife species. Journal of Applied Ecology(published online 2022-08-06). DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.14268.

Poirier, M., Gauthier, G., Domine, F., Fauteux, D., 2022. Lemmings : À la conquête du manteau neigeux idéal. Réunion scientifique Sentinelle Nord 2022. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Lecomte, N., 2022. Data from: Study "Long-tailed Jaeger - GLS - Canadian Arctic". Movebank Data Repository. DOI: 10.5441/001/1.558kn337.

Seyer, Y., Therrien, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2022. Data from: Study "Long-tailed Jaeger - PTT - Canadian Arctic". Movebank Data Repository. DOI: 10.5441/001/1.384g5hc7.

Beardsell, A., Gravel, D., Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Clermont, J., Careau, V., Lecomte, N., Juhasz, C.-C., Royer-Boutin, P., Bêty, J., 2021. Derivation of predator functional responses using a mechanistic approach in a natural system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 630944. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.630944.

Bernier, M., Gauthier, G., 2021. Approches innovantes pour étudier l’impact de la neige sur les écosystèmes nordiques. Conférences scientifiques Sentinelle Nord: Suivi des changements environnementaux dans le Nord. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Brown, A., McCabe, R.A., Therrien, J.-F., Wiebe, K.L., Weidensaul, S., Brinker, D., Gauthier, G., Elliott, K.H., 2021. Nomadic breeders Snowy Owls (Bubo scandiacus) do not use stopovers to sample the summer environment. Ibis, 163(4): 1271-1281. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12950.

Duchesne, É., Lamarre, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., Gravel, D., Bêty, J., 2021. Variable strength of predator-mediated effects on species occurrence in an arctic terrestrial vertebrate community. Ecography, 44(8): 1236-1248. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05760.

Grenier-Potvin, A., Clermont, J., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2021. Prey and habitat distribution are not enough to explain predator habitat selection: addressing intraspecific interactions, behavioural state and time. Movement Ecology, 9, 12. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-021-00250-0.

Lamarre, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Lanctot, R.B., Saalfeld, S.T., Love, O.P., Reed, E., Johnson, O.W., Liebezeit, J., McGuire, R., Russell, M., Nol, E., Koloski, L., Sanders, F., McKinnon, L., Smith, P.A., Flemming, S.A., Lecomte, N., Giroux, M.-A., Bauer, S., Emmenegger, T., Bêty, J., 2021. Timing of breeding site availability across the North-American Arctic partly determines spring migration schedule in a long-distance neotropical migrant. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 710007. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.710007.

LeTourneux, F., Grandmont, T., Dulude-de Broin, F., Martin, M.-C., Lefebvre, J., Kato, A., Bêty, J., Gauthier, G., Legagneux, P., 2021. COVID19-induced reduction in human disturbance enhances fattening of an overabundant goose species. Biological Conservation, 255, 108968. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.108968.

McCabe, R.A., Therrien, J.-F., Wiebe, K.L., Gauthier, G., Brinker, D., Weidensaul, S., Elliott, K., 2021. Landscape cover type, not social dominance, is associated with the winter movement patterns of snowy owls in temperate areas. Ornithology, 138(2), ukaa082. DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukaa082.

Nishizawa, K., Deschamps, L., Maire, V., Bêty, J., Lévesque, E., Kitagawa, R., Masumoto, S., Gosselin, I., Morneault, A., Rochefort, L., Gauthier, G., Tanabe, Y., Uchida, M., Mori, A.S., 2021. Long-term consequences of goose exclusion on nutrient cycles and plant communities in the High-Arctic. Polar Science, 27(Special issue: Arctic Challenge for Sustainability Project (ArCS)), 100631. DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2020.100631.

Poirier, M., Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Domine, F., Lamarre, J.-F., 2021. Snow hardness impacts intranivean locomotion of arctic small mammals. Ecosphere, 12(11), e03835. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3835.

Robillard, A., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2021. Linking winter habitat use, diet and reproduction in snowy owls using satellite tracking and stable isotope analyses. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 57(2): 166-182. DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2020.1835888.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Therrien, J.-F., Lecomte, N., 2021. Seasonal variations in migration strategy of a long-distance arctic-breeding seabird. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 677: 1-16. DOI: 10.3354/meps13905.

Berner, L.T., Massey, R., Jantz, P., Forbes, B.C., Macias-Fauria, M., Myers-Smith, I., Kumpula, T., Gauthier, G., Andreu-Hayles, L., Gaglioti, B.V., Burns, P., Zetterberg, P., D’Arrigo, R., Goetz, S.J., 2020. Summer warming explains widespread but not uniform greening in the Arctic tundra biome. Nature Communications, 11, 4621. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18479-5.

Chevallier, C., Gauthier, G., Lai, S., Berteaux, D., 2020. Pulsed food resources affect reproduction but not adult apparent survival in arctic foxes. Oecologia, 193: 557–569. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04696-8.

Curk, T., Pokrovsky, I., Lecomte, N., Aarvak, T., Burnham, K., Dietz, A., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Jacobsen, K.-O., Kidd, J., Lewis, S.B., Øien, I.J., Solheim, R., Wiebe, K., Wikelski, M., Therrien, J.-F., Safi, K., 2020. Arctic avian predators synchronise their spring migration with the northern progression of snowmelt. Scientific Reports, 10, 7220. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63312-0.

Davidson, S.C., Bohrer, G., Gurarie, E., LaPoint, S., Mahoney, P.J., Boelman, N.T., Eitel, J.U.H., Prugh, L.R., Vierling, L.A., Jennewein, J., Grier, E., Couriot, O., Kelly, A.P., Meddens, A.J.H., Oliver, R.Y., Kays, R., Wikelski, M., Aarvak, T., Ackerman, J.T., Alves, J.A., Bayne, E., Bedrosian, B., Belant, J.L., Berdahl, A.M., Berlin, A.M., Berteaux, D., Bêty, J., Boiko, D., Booms, T.L., Borg, B.L., Boutin, S., Boyd, W.S., Brides, K., Brown, S., Bulyuk, V.N., Burnham, K.K., Cabot, D., Casazza, M., Christie, K., Craig, E.H., Davis, S.E., Davison, T., Demma, D., DeSorbo, C.R., Dixon, A., Domenech, R., Eichhorn, G., Elliott, K., Evenson, J.R., Exo, K.-M., Ferguson, S.H., Fiedler, W., Fisk, A., Fort, J., Franke, A., Fuller, M.R., Gauthier, G., Gilchrist, G., Glazov, P., Gray, C.E., Grémillet, D., Griffin, L., Hallworth, M.T., Harrison, A.-L., Hennin, H.L., Hipfner, J.M., Hodson, J., Johnson, J.A., Joly, K., Jones, K., Katzner, T.E., Kidd, J.W., Knight, E.C., Kochert, M.N., Kölzsch, A., Kruckenberg, H., Lagassé, B.J., Lai, S., Lamarre, J.-F., Lanctot, R.B., Larter, N.C., Latham, A.D.M., Latty, C.J., Lawler, J.P., Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Lee, H., Lewis, S.B., Love, O.P., Madsen, J., Maftei, M., Mallory, M.L., Mangipane, B., Markovets, M.Y., Marra, P.P., McGuire, R., McIntyre, C.L., McKinnon, E.A., Miller, T.A., Moonen, S., Mu, T., Müskens, G.J.D.M., Ng, J., Nicholson, K.L., Øien, I.J., Overton, C., Owen, P.A., Patterson, A., Petersen, A., Pokrovsky, I., Powell, L.L., Prieto, R., Quillfeldt, P., Rausch, J., Russell, K., Saalfeld, S.T., Schekkerman, H., Schmutz, J.A., Schwemmer, P., Seip, D.R., Shreading, A., Silva, M.A., Smith, B.W., Smith, F., Smith, J.P., Snell, K.R., Sokolov, A., Sokolov, V., Solovyeva, D.V., Sorum, M.S., Tertitski, G., Therrien, J.-F., Thorup, K., Tibbitts, T.L., Tulp, I., Uher-Koch, B.D., van Bemmelen, R.S.A., Van Wilgenburg, S., Von Duyke, A.L., Watson, J.L., Watts, B.D., Williams, J.A., Wilson, M.T., Wright, J.R., Yates, M.A., Yurkowski, D.J., Žydelis, R., Hebblewhite, M., 2020. Ecological insights from three decades of animal movement tracking across a changing Arctic. Science, 370(6517): 712-715. DOI: 10.1126/science.abb7080.

Ehrich, D., Schmidt, N.M., Gauthier, G., Alisauskas, R., Angerbjörn, A., Clark, K., Ecke, F., Eide, N.E., Framstad, E., Frandsen, J., Franke, A., Gilg, O., Giroux, M.-A., Henttonen, H., Hörnfeldt, B., Ims, R.A., Kataev, G.D., Kharitonov, S.P., Killengreen, S.T., Krebs, C.J., Lanctot, R.B., Lecomte, N., Menyushina, I.E., Morris, D.W., Morrisson, G., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Olofsson, J., Pokrovsky, I.G., Popov, I.Y., Reid, D.G., Roth, J.D., Saalfeld, S.T., Samelius, G., Sittler, B., Sleptsov, S.M., Smith, P.A., Sokolov, A.A., Sokolova, N.A., Soloviev, M.Y., Solovyeva, D.V., 2020. Documenting lemming population change in the Arctic: Can we detect trends? Ambio, 49: 786-800. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-019-01198-7.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Legagneux, P., Lefebvre, J., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2020. Population study of greater snow geese and its nesting habitat on Bylot Island, Nunavut in 2019: a progress report. Rapport préparé pour Arctic Goose Joint Venture; Environnement Canada; Parcs Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut. 46 pages.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Seyer, Y., Therrien, J.-F., 2020. Monitoring of avian predator reproduction on Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. DOI: 10.5885/45591AW-F9B906CC647948E0.

Hutchison, C., Guichard, F., Legagneux, P., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., Fauteux, D., Gravel, D., 2020. Seasonal food webs with migrations: Multi-season models reveal indirect species interactions in the Canadian Arctic tundra. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A, 378(2181), 20190354. DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0354.

Juhasz, C.-C., Shipley, B., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., Lecomte, N., 2020. Direct and indirect effects of regional and local climatic factors on trophic interactions in the arctic tundra. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(3): 704-715. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13104.

Reséndiz, C., Gauthier, G., 2020. Temporal changes in reproductive success and optimal breeding decisions in a long-distance migratory bird. Scientific Reports, 10, 22067. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78565-y.

Reséndiz, C., Gauthier, G., Souchay, G., 2020. Consequences of a changing environment on the breeding phenology and reproductive success components in a long‐distance migratory bird. Population Ecology, 62(2): 284-296. DOI: 10.1002/1438-390X.12046.

Schmidt, E.E., Fauteux, D., Therrien, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Seyer, Y., 2020. Improving diet assessment of Arctic terrestrial predators with the size of rodent mandibles. Journal of Zoology, 311(1): 23-32. DOI: 10.1111/jzo.12756.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Fauteux, D., Therrien, J.-F., 2020. Resource partitioning among avian predators of the Arctic tundra. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89(12): 2934-2945. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13346.

Cadieux, M.-C., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., Seyer, Y., Beardsell, A., 2019. Technical manual for monitoring avian predators of the arctic tundra - Version 1. 61 pages.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Lefebvre, J., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2019. Population study of greater snow geese and its nesting habitat on Bylot Island, Nunavut in 2018: a progress report. Rapport préparé pour Arctic Goose Joint Venture; Environnement Canada; Parcs Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut. 43 pages.

Poirier, M., Gauthier, G., Domine, F., 2019. What guides lemmings movements through the snowpack? Journal of Mammalogy, 100(5): 1416-1426. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz129.

Rheubottom, S.I., Barrio, I.C., Kozlov, M.V., Alatalo, J.M., Andersson, T., Asmus, A.L., Baubin, C., Brearley, F.Q., Egelkraut, D.D., Ehrich, D., Gauthier, G., Jónsdóttir, I.S., Konieczka, S., Lévesque, E., Olofsson, J., Prevéy, J.S., Slevan-Tremblay, G., Sokolov, A., Sokolova, N., Sokovnina, S., Speed, J.D.M., Suominen, O., Zverev, V., Hik, D.S., 2019. Hiding in the background: community-level patterns in invertebrate herbivory across the tundra biome. Polar Biology, 42(10): 1881-1897. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-019-02568-3.

Rioux, M.-J., Beardsell, A., Duchesne, É., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2019. Reproductive and migratory ecology of Canada and Cackling Geese on Bylot Island. 5 pages.

Santonja, P., Mestre, I., Weidensaul, S., Brinker, D., Huy, S., Smith, N., McDonald, T., Blom, M., Zazelenchuk, D., Weber, D., Gauthier, G., Lecomte, N., Therrien, J.-F., 2019. Age composition of winter irruptive snowy owls in North America. Ibis, 161(1): 211-215. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12647.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Bernatchez, L., Therrien, J.-F., 2019. Sexing a monomorphic plumage seabird using morphometrics and assortative mating. Waterbirds, 42(4): 380-392. DOI: 10.1675/063.042.0403.

Curk, T., McDonald, T., Zazelenchuk, D., Weidensaul, S., Brinker, D., Huy, S., Smith, N., Miller, T.A., Robillard, A., Gauthier, G., Lecomte, N., Therrien, J.-F., 2018. Winter irruptive Snowy Owls (Bubo scandiacus) in North America are not starving. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 96(6): 553-558. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0278.

Domine, F., Gauthier, G., Vionnet, V., Fauteux, D., Dumont, M., Barrère, M., 2018. Snow physical properties may be a significant determinant of lemming population dynamics in the high Arctic. Arctic Science, 4(4): 813-826. DOI: 10.1139/AS-2018-0008.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., Palme, R., Boonstra, R., 2018. High Arctic lemmings remain reproductively active under predator-induced elevated stress. Oecologia, 187(3): 657-666. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4140-4.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., 2018. Estimating small mammals and winter nest densities using capture-recapture and distance sampling with R - Version 1. 40 pages.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Mazerolle, M.J., Coallier, N., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2018. Evaluation of invasive and non-invasive methods to monitor rodent abundance in the Arctic. Ecosphere, 9(2): e02124. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2124.

Fauteux, D., Slevan-Tremblay, G., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2018. Life in the fast lane: learning from the rare multi-year recaptures of brown lemmings in the High Arctic. Arctic Science, 4(1): 146-151. DOI: 10.1139/AS-2017-0017.

Franke, A., Berteaux, D., Ferguson, S., Gauthier, G., Marcoux, M., Martin, Z., Sahanatien, V., Statham, S., Szor, G., Tallman, R., 2018. Climate change impacts on managed wildlife. Pages 417-457 dans From Science to Policy in the Eastern Canadian Arctic: An Integrated Regional Impact Study (IRIS) of Climate Change and Moderization. ArcticNet.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Lefebvre, J., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2018. Population study of greater snow geese and its nesting habitat on Bylot Island, Nunavut in 2017: a progress report. Rapport préparé pour Environnement Canada et Parcs Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut. 41 pages.

Gauthier, G., Lefebvre, J., 2018. Projecting the population dynamic of greater snow geese into an uncertain future: the interplay between management actions and climate change. 14th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop. Lincoln, Nebraska, États-Unis.

Gérin-Lajoie, J., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2018. Consultation on ecological monitoring in the North Baffin region (Pond inlet, Nunavut, January 22nd to February 9th, 2018). 38 pages.

Juhasz, C.-C., Lycke, A., Careau, V., Gauthier, G., Giroux, J.-F., Lecomte, N., 2018. Picking the right cache: Caching-site selection for egg predators in the Arctic. Polar Biology, 41(11): 2233-2238. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-018-2358-6.

LeTourneux, F., Gauthier, G., Pradel, R., Lefebvre, J., 2018. Impact of recent changes in hunting regulation on seasonal survival of male and female greater snow geese. 14th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop. Lincoln, Nebraska, États-Unis.

Meltofte, H., Cuyler, C., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Hotson, C., Lévesque, E., Loya, W., 2018. Terrestrial ecosystems. Pages 153-162 dans Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).

Merkel, F.R, Franke, A., Ugarte, F., Statham, S., Ferguson, S., Wenzel, G., Hotson, C., Gauthier, G., Lee, D., Berteaux, D., 2018. Hunting. Adaptation Actions for a Changing Arctic: Perspectives from the Baffin Bay/Davis Strait Region. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).

Rioux, M.-J., Beardsell, A., Chagnon-Lafortune, A., Duchesne, É., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2018. Reproductive and migratory ecology of insectivores (shorebirds and songbirds) and the effect of climate change on insectivore-insect interactions on Bylot Island. 8 pages.

Robillard, A., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2018. Wintering space use and site fidelity in a nomadic species, the snowy owl. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(5): jav-01707. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01707.

Beardsell, A., Gauthier, G., Fortier, D., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2017. Vulnerability to geomorphological hazards of an arctic cliff-nesting raptor, the rough-legged hawk. Arctic Science, 3(2): 203-219. DOI: 10.1139/AS-2016-0025.

Berteaux, D., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Gilchrist, G., 2017. Effects of climate shifts on the canadian arctic wildlife. Report on the 2016-2017 activities. Rapport préparé pour Network of Centers of Excellence of Canada ArcticNet. 40 pages.

Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Gilchrist, G., Gravel, D., Lecomte, N., 2017. Effects of climate shifts on the Canadian Arctic wildlife: Ecosystem-based monitoring and modeling. Rapport préparé pour ArcticNet. 17 pages.

Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Domine, F., Ims, R.A., Lamoureux, S.F., Lévesque, E., Yoccoz, N.G., 2017. Effects of changing permafrost and snow conditions on tundra wildlife: critical places and times. Arctic Science, 3: 65-90. DOI: 10.1139/as-2016-0023.

Chevallier, C., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2017. Age estimation of live arctic foxes Vulpes lagopus based on teeth condition. Wildlife Biology: wlb.00304. DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00304.

Doyle, F.I., Therrien, J.-F., Reid, D.G., Gauthier, G., Krebs, C.J., 2017. Seasonal movements of female snowy owls breeding in the western North American Arctic. Journal of Raptor Research, 51(4): 428-438. DOI: 10.3356/JRR-16-51.1.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., Bosson, C., Palme, R., Boonstra, R., 2017. Assessing stress in arctic lemmings: fecal metabolite levels reflect plasma free corticosterone levels. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 90(3): 370-382. DOI: 10.1086/691337.

Fauteux, D., Slevan-Tremblay, G., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2017. Feeding preference of brown lemmings (Lemmus trimucronatus) for plant parts of Arctic willow (Salix arctica). Polar Biology, 40(11): 2329–2334. DOI: 10.1007/s00300-017-2147-7.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Lefebvre, J., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2017. Population study of greater snow geese and its nesting habitat on Bylot Island, Nunavut in 2016: a progress report. Rapport préparé pour Environnement Canada et Parcs Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut. 41 pages.

Lamarre, J.-F., Legagneux, P., Gauthier, G., Reed, E.T., Bêty, J., 2017. Predator-mediated negative effects of overabundant snow geese on arctic-nesting shorebirds. Ecosphere, 8(5): e01788. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1788.

Lefebvre, J., Gauthier, G., Giroux, J.-F., Reed, A., Reed, E.T., Béchet, A., Reed, E.T., 2017. Managing an overabundant population: the greater snow goose in North America. Dutch scientific goose meeting. Leuvarde.

Lefebvre, J., Gauthier, G., Giroux, J.-F., Reed, A., Reed, E.T., Bélanger, L., 2017. The greater snow goose Anser caerulescens atlanticus: Managing an overabundant population. Ambio, 46(Suppl 2): 262-274. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-016-0887-1.

Rioux, M.-J., Beardsell, A., Chagnon-Lafortune, A., Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Duchesne, É., Casajus, N., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2017. Reproductive and migratory ecology of insectivores (shorebirds and songbirds) and the effect of climate change on insectivore-insect interactions on Bylot Island. Sirmilik National Park, Summary report. 12 pages.

Robillard, A., Beardsell, A., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2017. Movement ecology and long-term monitoring of raptors breeding in the High Arctic. Symposium: Canada's Arctic Biodiversity: The Next 150 Years, Musée canadien de la nauture. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Robillard, A., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., Fitzgerald, G., Provencher, J.F, Bêty, J., 2017. Variability in stable isotopes of snowy owl feathers and contribution of marine resources to their winter diet. Journal of Avian Biology, 48(6): 759–769. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01257.

Barrio, I.C., Bueno, C.G., Gartzia, M., Soininen, E.M., Christie, K.S., Speed, J.D.M., Ravolainen, V.T., Forbes, B.C., Gauthier, G., Horstkotte, T., Hoset, K.S., Høye, T.T., Jónsdóttir, I.S., Lévesque, E., Mörsdorf, M.A., Olofsson, J., Wookey, P.A., Hik, D.S., 2016. Biotic interactions mediate patterns of herbivore diversity in the Arctic. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(9): 1108-1118. DOI: 10.1111/geb.12470.

Beardsell, A., Gauthier, G., Fortier, D., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2016. Vulnérabilité des nids d’un rapace de l’Arctique: à la rencontre de l’écologie et de la géomorphologie. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Beardsell, A., Gauthier, G., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2016. Nest site characteristics, patterns of nest reuse, and reproductive output in an Arctic-nesting raptor, the Rough-legged Hawk. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 133(4): 718-732. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-16-54.1.

Berteaux, D., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Gilchrist, G., 2016. Effects of climate shifts on the canadian arctic wildlife. Report on the 2015-2016 activities. Rapport préparé pour Network of Centers of Excellence of Canada ArcticNet. 38 pages.

Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Gilchrist, G., Gravel, D., Lecomte, N., 2016. Effects of climate shifts on the Canadian Arctic wildlife : Ecosystem-based monitoring and modeling. Rapport préparé pour ArcticNet. 39 pages.

Coallier, N., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2016. Validation d’indices d’abondance chez deux espèces de lemmings en Arctique canadien. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Doucet, C., Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Bolduc, É., Bêty, J., Gauthier, G., 2016. Reproductive and migratory ecology of insectivores (shorebirds and songbirds) and the effect of climate change on insectivore-insect interactions on Bylot Island: Summary report. Rapport préparé pour Sirmilik National Park. 10 pages.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2016. Top-down limitation of lemmings revealed by experimental reduction of predators. Ecology, 97(11): 3231-3241. DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1570.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., Palme, R., Boonstra, R., 2016. Effets létaux et non létaux de la prédation chez les lemmings arctiques. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Lefebvre, J., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2016. Population study of greater snow geese and its nesting habitat on Bylot Island, Nunavut in 2015: a progress report. Rapport préparé pour Plan conjoint des oies de l'Arctique, Environnement Canada, QC et Parcs Canada, Iqualuit, Nunavut. 37 pages.

Gauthier, G., Péron, G., Lebreton, J.-D., Grenier, P., van Oudenhove, L., 2016. Partitioning prediction uncertainty in climate-dependent population models. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283: 20162353.

Giroux, M.-A., Lecomte, N., Gravel, D., Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Legagneux, P., Bêty, J., 2016. Faire le pont entre les approches empiriques et théoriques pour mieux comprendre les écosystèmes arctiques soumis aux pressions globales. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Juhasz, C.-C., Lecomte, N., Gauthier, G., 2016. Comment les interactions prédateurs-proies peuvent moduler les effets climatiques contrôlant les succès reproducteurs des proies: le cas de la Grande Oie des Neiges. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Lamarre, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2016. Liaison annuelle Arctique - Amérique du Sud: connectivité migratoire des pluviers bronzés. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Marmillot, V., Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Legagneux, P., 2016. Plasticity in moult speed and timing in an arctic-nesting goose species. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(5): 650-658. DOI: 10.1111/jav.00982.

Mills, J.A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., Becker, P.H., Birkhead, T.R., Bize, P., Blumstein, D.T., Bonenfant, C., Boutin, S., Bushuev, A., Cam, E., Cockburn, A., Côté, S.D., Coulson, J.C., Daunt, F., Dingemanse, N.J., Doligez, B., Drummond, H., Espie, R.H.M., Festa-Bianchet, M., Frentiu, F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Furness, R.W., Garant, D., Gauthier, G., Grant, P.R., Griesser, M., Gustafsson, L., Hansson, B., Harris, M.P., Jiguet, F., Kjellander, P., Korpimäki, E., Krebs, C.J., Lens, L., Linnell, J.D.C., Low, M., McAdam, A., Margalida, A., Merilä, J., Møller, A.P., Nakagawa, S., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nisbet, I.C.T., van Noordwijk, A.J., Oro, D., Pärt, T., Pelletier, F., Potti, J., Pujol, B., Réale, D., Rockwell, R.F., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Roulin, A., Sedinger, J.S., Swenson, J.E., Thébaud, C., Visser, M.E., Wanless, S., Westneat, D.F., Wilson, A.J., Zedrosser, A., 2016. Solutions for archiving data in long-term studies: A reply to Whitlock et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31(2): 85-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.12.004.

Robillard, A., Therrien, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Clark, K.M., Bêty, J., 2016. Pulsed resources at tundra breeding sites affect winter irruptions at temperate latitudes of a top predator, the snowy owl. Oecologia, 181(2): 423-433. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3588-3.

Ropars, P., Gauthier, G., Gravel, D., Lecomte, N., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Gilchrist, G., Berteaux, D., 2016. Modélisation de la vulnérabilité aux changements climatiques de la toundra du Nord du Québec. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2016. De l’Arctique canadien à la côte ouest de l’Afrique: la migration trans-équatoriale du labbe à longue queue. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Slevan-Tremblay, G., Gauthier, G., Lévesque, E., 2016. Validation d'une méthode non-destructive pour estimer l'impact du broutement des lemmings dans la toundra arctique. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Beardsell, A., Gauthier, G., Fortier, D., Therrien, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2015. Écologie de la nidification d'un prédateur de l'arctique: la buse pattue. Colloque du CEN 2015. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Berteaux, D., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Gauthier, G., Gilchrist, G., 2015. Effects of climate change on the Canadian Arctic wildlife. Report on the 2014-2015 activities of project 2.9 - Arctic wildlife to the Network of Centers of Excellence of Canada ArcticNet. 15 pages.

Cadieux, M.-C., Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., 2015. Technical manual for sampling small mammals in the Arctic - Version 1. 55 pages.

Doiron, M., Gauthier, G., Lévesque, E., 2015. Trophic mismatch and its effects on the growth of young in an arctic herbivore. Global Change Biology, 21(12): 4364-4376. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13057.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2015. Effets directs de la prédation sur les lemmings du haut-Arctique. 6e Colloque annuel du Département de biologie, Université Laval. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Fauteux, D., Gauthier, G., Berteaux, D., 2015. Seasonal demography of a cyclic lemming population in the canadian Arctic. Journal of Animal Ecology, 84(5): 1412-1422. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12385.

Gagnon Lupien, N., Gauthier, G., Lavoie, C., 2015. Effect of the invasive common reed on the abundance, richness and diversity of birds in freshwater marshes. Animal Conservation, 18(1): 32-43. DOI: 10.1111/acv.12135.

Gauthier, G., Cadieux, M.-C., Dionne, M., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2015. Population study of greater snow geese and its nesting habitat on Bylot Island, Nunavut in 2014: a progress report. Rapport préparé pour le Plan conjoint des oies de l'Arctique, Environnement Canada, QC et Parcs Canada, Iqualuit, Nunavut. 38 pages.

Gauthier, G., Legagneux, P., Valiquette, M.-A., Cadieux, M.-C., Therrien, J.-F., 2015. Diet and reproductive success of an Arctic generalist predator: Interplay between variations in prey abundance, nest site location, and intraguild predation. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 132: 735-747. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-14-273.1.

Lamarre, J.-F., Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Doucet, C., Bolduc, É., Bêty, J., Gauthier, G., 2015. Reproductive and migratory ecology of insectivorous (shorebirds and songbirds) and the effect of climate change on insectivorous-insect interactions on Bylot Island. Rapport préparé pour Parks Canada. 8 pages.

Mills, J.A., Teplitsky, C., Arroyo, B., Charmantier, A., Becker, P.H., Birkhead, T.R., Bize, P., Blumstein, D.T., Bonenfant, C., Boutin, S., Bushuev, A., Cam, E., Cockburn, A., Côté, S.D., Coulson, J.C., Daunt, F., Dingemanse, N.J., Doligez, B., Drummond, H., Espie, R.H.M., Festa-Bianchet, M., Frentiu, F., Fitzpatrick, J.W., Furness, R.W., Garant, D., Gauthier, G., Grant, P.R., Griesser, M., Gustafsson, L., Hansson, B., Harris, M.P., Jiguet, F., Kjellander, P., Korpimäki, E., Krebs, C.J., Lens, L., Linnell, J.D.C., Low, M., McAdam, A., Margalida, A., Merilä, J., Møller, A.P., Nakagawa, S., Nilsson, J.-Å., Nisbet, I.C.T., van Noordwijk, A.J., Oro, D., Pärt, T., Pelletier, F., Potti, J., Pujol, B., Réale, D., Rockwell, R.F., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Roulin, A., Sedinger, J.S., Swenson, J.E., Thébaud, C., Visser, M.E., Wanless, S., Westneat, D.F., Wilson, A.J., Zedrosser, A., 2015. Archiving primary data: Solutions for long-term studies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 30(10): 581-589. DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.07.006.

Royer-Boutin, P., Berteaux, D., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., 2015. Effets des cycles de lemming sur le succès reproducteur d'oiseaux nichant dans l'Arctique et utilisant différentes stratégies antiprédateurs. Colloque du CEN 2015. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Seyer, Y., Gauthier, G., Bêty, J., Therrien, J.-F., 2015. Stratégies de migration du labbe à longue queue dans l’Arctique canadien. Colloque du CEN 2015. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Soininen, E.M., Gauthier, G., Bilodeau, F., Berteaux, D., Gielly, L., Taberlet, P., Gussarova, G., Bellemain, E., Hassel, K., Stenøien, H.K., Epp, L., Schrøder-Nielsen, A., Brochmann, C., Yoccoz, N.G., 2015. Highly overlapping winter diet in two sympatric lemming species revealed by DNA metabarcoding. PLoS one, 10(1): e0115335. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115335.

Souchay, G., Gauthier, G., Lefebvre, J., Pradel, R., 2015. Absence of difference in survival between two distant breeding sites of greater snow geese. Journal of Wildlife Management, 79(4): 570-578. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.879.

Therrien, J.-F., Gauthier, G., Robillard, A., Lecomte, N., Bêty, J., 2015. Écologie de la reproduction du harfang des neiges dans l'Arctique canadien. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 139(1): 17-23. DOI: 10.7202/1027666ar.

Therrien, J.-F., Pinaud, D., Gauthier, G., Lecomte, N., Bildstein, K.L., Bêty, J., 2015. Is pre-breeding prospecting behaviour affected by snow cover in the irruptive snowy owl? A test using state-space modelling and environmental data annotated via Movebank. Movement Ecology, 3: 1. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-015-0028-7.