Supervising:

Madeleine-Zoé Corbeil-Robitaille (Ph.D. student)

Laurence Gagnon (Master student)

Louis Moisan (Ph.D. student)

Co-supervising:

Marylou Beaudoin (Master student)

Matthieu Weiss-Blais (Master student)

Recent Theses and Dissertations

Philip Bertrand (Doctorate - 2022)
Effect of the cryosphere reduction on movement and reproductive ecology of the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)

Aurélie Chagnon-Lafortune (Master - 2021)
Modelisation of arthropod availability for insectivorous birds in the Arctic : past, present, future.

Éliane Duchesne (Master - 2020)
Spatio-temporal variations of tundra-nesting bird communities : effect of biotic interactions

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.

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.

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.

Barrio, I.C., Ehrich, D., Soininen, E.M., Ravolainen, V.T., Bueno, C.G., Gilg, O., Koltz, A.M., Speed, J., Hik, D.S., Mörsdorf, M., Alatalo, J.M., Angerbjörn, A., Bêty, J., Bollache, L., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Brown, G.S., Eischeid, I., Giroux, M.-A., Hájek, T., Hansen, B.B., Hofhuis, S.P., Lamarre, J.-F., Lang, J., Latty, C., Lecomte, N., Macek, P., McKinnon, L., Myers-Smith, I., Pedersen, Å.Ø., Prevéy, J.S., Roth, J.D., Saalfeld, S.T., Schmidt, N.M., Smith, P., Sokolov, A., Sokolova, N., Stolz, C., Van Bemmelen, R., Varpe, Ø., Woodard, P.F., Jónsdóttir, I.S., 2021. Developing common protocols to measure tundra herbivory across spatial scales. Arctic Science(published online 2021-03-12). DOI: 10.1139/as-2020-0020.

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.

Bertrand, P., Bêty, J., Yoccoz, N.G., Fortin, M.-J., Strøm, H., Steen, H., Kohler, J., Harris, S.M., Patrick, S.C., Chastel, O., Blévin, P., Hop, H., Moholdt, G., Maton, J., Descamps, S., 2021. Fine‑scale spatial segregation in a pelagic seabird driven by differential use of tidewater glacier fronts. Scientific Reports, 11: 22109. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-01404-1.

Bertrand, P., Strøm, H., Bêty, J., Steen, H., Kohler, J., Vihtakari, M., van Pelt, W., Yoccoz, N.G., Hop, H., Harris, S.M., Patrick, S.C., Assmy, P., Wold, A., Duarte, P., Moholdt, G., Descamps, S., 2021. Feeding at the front line: interannual variation in the use of glacier fronts by foraging black-legged kittiwakes. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 677: 197-208. DOI: 10.3354/meps13869.

Clermont, J., Grenier-Potvin, A., Duchesne, É., Couchoux, C., Dulude-de Broin, F., Beardsell, A., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2021. The predator activity landscape predicts the anti-predator behavior and distribution of prey in a tundra community. Ecosphere, 12(12), e03858. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3858.

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.

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.

Meyer, N., Bollache, L.J., Galipaud, M., Moreau, J., Dechaume‐Moncharmont, F., Afonso, E., Angerbjörn, A., Bêty, J., Brown, G., Ehrich, D., Gilg, V., Giroux, M.-A., Hansen, J.R., Lanctot, R.B., Lang, J., Latty, C., Lecomte, N., McKinnon, L., Kennedy, L., Reneerkens, J., Saalfeld, S.T., Sabard, B., Schmidt, N.M., Sittler, B., Smith, P.A., Sokolov, A., Sokolov, V., Sokolova, N., van Bemmelen, R., Gilg, O., 2021. Behavioural responses of breeding arctic sandpipers to ground-surface temperature and primary productivity. Science of the Total Environment, 755(Part 2), 142485. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142485.

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.

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.

Turcotte, Y., Lamarre, J.-F., Duchesne, É., Bêty, J., 2021. Salt marsh width positively affects the occurrence of Least and Pectoral Sandpipers in the St. Lawrence River Estuary during fall migration. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 135(2): 192-202. DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v135i2.2659.

Bêty, J., 2020. Cackling geese breeding on Bylot Island. Conférence Grand Public, Nattinak Visitor Centre. Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada.

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.

Émond, K., Sainte-Marie, B., Bêty, J., 2020. Long‐term trends and drivers of larval phenology and abundance of dominant brachyuran crabs in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (Canada). Fisheries Oceanography, 29(2): 185-200. DOI: 10.1111/fog.12463.

Gagnon, C.-A., Gérin-Lajoie, J., Bêty, J., Legagneux, P., 2020. Sharing workshop on ecological monitoring - Summary report. 24 pages.

Galipeau, P., Franke, A., Leblond, M., Bêty, J., 2020. Multi-scale selectionmodels predict breeding habitat for two arctic-breeding raptor species. Arctic Science, 6(1): 24-40. DOI: 10.1139/as-2018-0026.

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.

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.

Kankaanpää, T., Vesterinen, E., Hardwick, B., Schmidt, N.M., Andersson, T., Aspholm, P.E., Barrio, I.C., Beckers, N., Bêty, J., Birkemoe, T., DeSiervo, M., Drotos, K.H.I., Ehrich, D., Gilg, O., Gilg, V., Hein, N., Høye, T.T., Jakobsen, K.M., Jodouin, C., Jorna, J., Kozlov, M.V., Kresse, J.-C., Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Lecomte, N., Loonen, M., Marr, P., Monckton, S.K., Olsen, M., Otis, J.-A., Pyle, M., Roos, R.E., Raundrup, K., Rozhkova, D., Sabard, B., Sokolov, A., Sokolova, N., Solecki, A.M., Urbanowicz, C., Villeneuve, C., Vyguzova, E., Zverev, V., Roslin, T., 2020. Parasitoids indicate major climate‐induced shifts in arctic communities. Global Change Biology, 26(11): 6276-6295. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15297.

Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Bêty, J., 2020. Vulnerability to predation may affect species distribution: plovers with broader arctic breeding range nest in safer habitat. Scientific Reports, 10, 5032. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-61956-6.

Meyer, N., Bollache, L.J., Dechaume‐Moncharmont, F., Moreau, J., Afonso, E., Angerbjörn, A., Bêty, J., Ehrich, D., Gilg, V., Giroux, M.-A., Hansen, J.R., Lanctot, R.B., Lang, J., Lecomte, N., McKinnon, L., Reneerkens, J., Saalfeld, S.T., Sabard, B., Schmidt, N.M., Sittler, B., Smith, P., Sokolov, V., Sokolov, A., Sokolova, N., van Bemmelen, R., Gilg, O., 2020. Nest attentiveness drives nest predation in arctic sandpipers. Oikos, 129(10): 1481-1492. DOI: 10.1111/oik.07311.

Weiser, E.L., Lanctot, R.B., Brown, S.C., Gates, H.R, Bêty, J., Boldenow, M.L., Brook, R.W., Brown, G.S., English, W.B., Flemming, S.A., Franks, S.E., Gilchrist, G., Giroux, M.-A., Johnson, A., Kendall, S., Kennedy, L.V., Koloski, L.J., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J.-F., Lank, D.B., Latty, C.J., Lecomte, N., Liebezeit, J.R., McGuire, R.L., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Payer, D., Perz, J., Rausch, J., Robards, M., Saalfeld, S.T., Senner, N.R., Smith, P.A., Soloviev, M., Woodard, P.F., Solovyeva, D., Ward, D.H., Sandercock, B.K., 2020. Annual adult survival drives trends in Arctic-breeding shorebirds but knowledge gaps in other vital rates remain. The Condor, 122(3): 1-14. DOI: 10.1093/condor/duaa026.

Bédard, A., Bêty, J., Gilg, O., Giroux, M.-A., 2019. Les colonies d'oies supportées par les activités anthropiques peuvent-elles affecter l'activité des prédateurs de la toundra? Une comparaison multi-site à l'échelle circumpolaire. 30e Colloque des jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs de l'Université de Moncton. Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada.

Bulla, M., Reneerkens, J., Weiser, E.L., Sokolov, A.G., Taylor, A.R., Sittler, B., McCaffery, B.J., Ruthrauff, D.R., Catlin, D.H., Payer, D.C., Ward, D.H., Solovyeva, D.V., Santos, E.S.A., Rakhimberdiev, E., Nol, E., Kwon, E., Brown, G.S., Hevia, G.D., Gates, H.R., Johnson, J.A., van Gils, J.A., Hansen, J.R., Lamarre, J.-F., Rausch, J., Conklin, J.R., Liebezeit, J., Bêty, J., Lang, J., Alves, J.A., Fernández-Elipe, J., Exo, K.-M., Bollache, L.J., Bertellotti, M., Giroux, M.-A., van de Pol, M., Johnson, M., Boldenow, M.L., Valcu, M., Soloviev, M., Sokolova, N., Senner, N.R., Lecomte, N., Meyer, N., Schmidt, N.M., Gilg, O., Smith, P.A., Machín, P., McGuire, R.L., Cerboncini, R.A.S., Ottvall, R., van Bemmelen, R.S.A., Swift, R.J., Saalfeld, S.T., Jamieson, S.E., Brown, S., Piersma, T., Albrecht, T., D’Amico, V., Lanctot, R.B., Kempenaers, B., 2019. Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”. Science, 364(6445), eaaw8529. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw8529.

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.

Guéry, L., Descamps, S., Hodges, K., Pradel, R., Moe, B., Hanssen, S.A., Erikstad, K.E., Gabrielsen, G.W., Gilchrist, G., Jenouvrier, S., Bêty, J., 2019. Winter extratropical cyclone influence on seabird survival: variation between and within common eider Somateria mollissima populations. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 627: 155-170. DOI: 10.3354/meps13066.

Guéry, L., Rouan, L., Descamps, S., Bêty, J., Fernandez-Chacon, A., Gilchrist, G., Pradel, R., 2019. Covariate and multinomial: Accounting for distance in movement in capture–recapture analyses. Ecology and Evolution, 9(2): 818-824. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4827.

Hennin, H.L., Legagneux, P., Gilchrist, G., Bêty, J., McMurtry, J.P., Love, O.P., 2019. Plasma mammalian leptin analogue predicts reproductive phenology, but not reproductive output in a capital‐income breeding seaduck. Ecology and Evolution, 9(3): 1515-1522. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4873.

Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Lamarre, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2019. Seasonal variation in migration strategies used to cross ecological barriers in a nearctic migrant wintering in Africa. Journal of Avian Biology, 50(6), e02101. DOI: 10.1111/jav.02101.

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.

Tiusanen, M., Huotari, T., Hebert, P.D.N., Andersson, T., Asmus, A., Bêty, J., Davis, E., Gale, J., Hardwick, B., Hik, D., Körner, C., Lanctot, R.B., Loonen, M.J.J.E., Partanen, R., Reischke, K., Saalfeld, S.T., Senez-Gagnon, F., Smith, P.A., Šulavík, J., Syvänperä, I., Urbanowicz, C., Williams, S., Woodard , P., Zaika, Y., Roslin, T., 2019. Flower‐visitor communities of an arcto‐alpine plant - Global patterns in species richness, phylogenetic diversity and ecological functioning. Molecular Ecology, 28(2 - Special Issue: Species interactions, ecological networks and community dynamics): 318-335. DOI: 10.1111/mec.14932.

Bêty, J., 2018. Predator-mediated effects of overabundant snow geese on tundra wildlife. 14th North American Arctic Goose Conference and Workshop. Lincoln, Nebraska, États-Unis.

Bêty, J., 2018. Seasonal interactions in artcic migratory birds: from individual to ecosystem. Departmental Seminar, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Winnipeg. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2018. Shorebirds breeding on Bylot Island. Festival of Birds Community day, Nattinak Visitor Centre, Sirmilik National Park. Pond Inlet, Nunavut.

Bêty, J., 2018. Species interactions in the warming Canadian Arctic: new challenges for migrants. Netherlands Institute of Ecology, seminar. Wageningen, Pays-bas.

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.

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.

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.

Hennin, H.L., Dey, C.J., Bêty, J., Gilchrist, G., Legagneux, P., Williams, T.D., Love, O.P., 2018. Higher rates of prebreeding condition gain positively impacts clutch size: A mechanistic test of the condition‐dependent individual optimization model. Functional Ecology, 32(8): 2019-2028. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13133.

Jacques, S., Bêty, J., Léger, S., Giroux, M.-A., 2018. Que se passe-t-il quand on ajoute des proies dans un écosystème arctique? Modélisation de la compétition apparente entre l’oie des neiges et le bécasseau semipalmé. 29e Colloque des jeunes chercheuses et chercheurs, Université de Moncton. Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick.

Jean-Gagnon, F., Legagneux, P., Gilchrist, G., Bélanger, S., Love, O.P., Bêty, J., 2018. The impact of sea ice conditions on breeding decisions is modulated by body condition in an arctic partial capital breeder. Oecologia, 186(1): 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-4002-5.

Lamarre, V., Legagneux, P., Franke, A., Casajus, N., Currie, D., Berteaux, D., Bêty, J., 2018. Precipitation and ectoparasitism reduce reproductive success in anarctic-nesting top-predator. Scientific Reports, 8: Article number: 8530. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-26131-y.

Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Jaffré, M., Bêty, J., 2018. A rare dark morph in the Canadian Arctic raises questions about molting and polymorphism in Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus). Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 130(1): 337-340. DOI: 10.1676/1559-4491-130.1.337.

Legagneux, P., Casajus, N., Cazelles, K., Chevallier, C., Chevrinais, M., Guéry, L., Jacquet, C., Jaffré, M., Naud, M.-J., Noisette, F., Ropars, P., Vissault, S., Archambault, P., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., Gravel, D., 2018. Our house is burning: discrepancy in climate change vs biodiversity coverage in the media as compared to scientific literature. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5, 175. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00175.

Leung, M.C.-Y., Bolduc, É., Doyle, F.I., Reid, D.G., Gilbert, S., Kenney, A.J., Krebs, C.J., Bêty, J., 2018. Phenology of hatching and food in low arctic passerines and shorebirds: is there a mismatch? Arctic Science, 4(4): 538-556. DOI: 10.1139/as-2017-0054.

Peck, K., Franke, A., Lecomte, N., Bêty, J., 2018. Nesting habitat selection and distribution of an avian top predator in the Canadian Arctic. Arctic Science, 4(4): 499-512. DOI: 10.1139/as-2017-0048.

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.

Weiser, E.L., Brown, S.C., Lanctot, R.B., Gates, H.R., Abraham, K.F., Bentzen, R.L., Bêty, J., Boldenow, M.L., Brook, R.W., Donnelly, T.F., English, W.B., Flemming, S.A., Franks, S.E., Gilchrist, G., Giroux, M.-A., Johnson, A., Kennedy, L.V., Koloski, L.J., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J.-F., Lank, D.B., Lecomte, N., Liebezeit, J.R., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Perz, J., Rausch, J., Robards, M., Saalfeld, S.T., Senner, N.R., Smith, P.A., Soloviev, M., Solovyeva, D., Ward, D.H., Woodard, P.F., Sandercock, B.K., 2018. Effects of environmental conditions on reproductive effort and nest success of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Ibis, 160(3): 608-623. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12571.

Weiser, E.L., Brown, S.C., Lanctot, R.B., Gates, H.R., Abraham, K.F., Bentzen, R.L., Bêty, J., Boldenow, M.L., Brook, R.W., Donnelly, T.F., English, W.B., Flemming, S.A., Franks, S.E., Gilchrist, G., Giroux, M.-A., Johnson , A., Kennedy, L.V., Koloski, L., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J.-F., Lank, D.B., Lecomte, N., Liebezeit, J.R., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Perz, J., Rausch, J., Robards, M., Saalfeld, S.T., Senner, N.R., Smith, P.A., Soloviev, M., Solovyeva, D., Ward, D.H., Woodard, P.F., Sandercock, B.K., 2018. Life‐history tradeoffs revealed by seasonal declines in reproductive traits of arctic‐breeding shorebirds. Journal of Avian Biology, 49(2), jav-01531. DOI: 10.1111/jav.01531.

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.

Bêty, J., 2017. Interactions saisonnières chez les migrateurs de l’Arctique: de l’individu aux écosystèmes. Séminaire en biologie, Université de Moncton. Moncton, Nouveau-Brunswick, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2017. Interactions saisonnières chez les migrateurs de l’Arctique: de l’individu aux écosystèmes. Séminaire en biologie, Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2017. Seasonal interactions in arctic migratory birds: from individual to ecosystem. Biology Seminar Series, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Kempton, Pennsylvanie.

Bêty, J., 2017. Seasonal interactions in arctic migratory birds: from individual to ecosystem. Biology Seminar Series, University of Guelph. Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2017. Seasonal interactions in arctic migratory birds: from individual to ecosystem. Biology Seminar Series, University of Windsor. Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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.

Guéry, L., Descamps, S., Pradel, R., Hanssen, S.A., Erikstad, K.E., Gabrielsen, G.W., Gilchrist, G., Bêty, J., 2017. Hidden survival heterogeneity of three Common eider populations in response to climate fluctuations. Journal of Animal Ecology, 86(3): 683–693. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12643.

Lai, S., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2017. Movement tactics of a mobile predator in a meta-ecosystem with fluctuating resources: the arctic fox in the High Arctic. Oikos, 126(7): 937-947. DOI: 10.1111/oik.03948.

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.

Lamarre, V., Franke, A., Love, O.P., Legagneux, P., Bêty, J., 2017. Linking pre-laying energy allocation and timing of breeding in a migratory arctic raptor. Oecologia, 183(3): 653-666. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3797-9.

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.

Rioux, M.-J., Lai, S., Casajus, N., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2017. Winter home range fidelity and extraterritorial movements of Arctic fox pairs in the Canadian High Arctic. Polar Research, 36(Issue sup1: Arctic Fox Biology and Management): 11. DOI: 10.1080/17518369.2017.1316930.

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.

Therrien, J.-F., Lecomte, N., Zgirski, T., Jaffré, M., Beardsell, A., Goodrich, L.J., Bêty, J., Franke, A., Zlonis, E., Bildstein, K.L., 2017. Long-term phenological shifts in migration and breeding-area residency in eastern North American raptors. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 134: 871-881. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-17-5.1.

Turcotte, Y., Lamarre, J.-F., Bêty, J., 2017. Annual and seasonal variation in shorebird abundance in the St. Lawrence River estuary during fall migration. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 131(3): 203-214. DOI: 10.22621 /cfn.v131i3.1870.

Weiser, E.L., Lanctot, R.B., Brown, S.C., Gates, H.R., Bentzen, R.L., Bêty, J., Boldenow, M.L., English, W.B., Franks, S.E., Koloski, L.J., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J.-F., Lank, D.B., Liebezeit, J.R., McKinnon, L., Nol, E., Rausch, J., Saalfeld, S.T., Senner, N.R., Ward, D.H., Woodard, P.F., Sandercock, B.K., 2017. Environmental and ecological conditions at arctic breeding sites have limited effects on true survival rates of adult shorebirds. The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 135(1): 29-43. DOI: 10.1642/AUK-17-107.1.

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.

Bêty, J., 2016. L’Arctique en changement. Université du troisième âge. Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2016. La recherche dans l’Arctique. Musée régional de Rimouski. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2016. Le dessous de la recherche arctique. Musée régional de Rimouski - Conférence dans le cadre de l’exposition: À plumes ou à poils dans le froid…. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

Bêty, J., 2016. Reproductive and migratory ecology of insectivores (shorebirds and songbirds) and the effect of climate change on insectivore-insect interactions on Bylot Island: Investigator annual report. Rapport préparé pour Sirmilik National Park. 5 pages.

Bulla, M., Valcu, M., Dokter, A.M., Dondua, A.G., Kosztolanyi, A., Rutten, A.L., Helm, B., Sandercock, B.K., Casler, B., Ens, B.J., Spiegel, C.S., Hassell, C.J., Küpper, C., Minton, C., Burgas, D., Lank, D.B., Payer, D.C., Loktionov, E.Y., Nol, E., Kwon, E., Smith, F., Gates, H.R., Vitnerova, H., Prüter, H., Johnson, J.A., St Clair, J.J., Lamarre, J.-F., Rausch, J., Reneerkens, J., Conklin, J.R., Burger, J., Liebezeit, J., Bêty, J., Coleman, J.T., Figuerola, J., Hooijmeijer, J.C.E.W., Alves, J.A., Smith, J.A.M., Weidinger, K., Koivula, K., Gosbell, K., Exo, K.-M., Niles, L., Koloski, L., McKinnon, L., Praus, L., Klaassen, M., Giroux, M.-A., Sladecek, M., Boldenow, M.L., Goldstein, M.I., Salek, M., Senner, N., Rönkä, N., Lecomte, N., Gilg, O., Vincze, O., Johnson, O.W., Smith, P.A., Woodard, P.F., Tomkovich, P.S., Battley, P.F., Bentzen, R., Lanctot, R.B., Porter, R., Saalfeld, S.T., Freeman, S., Brown, S.C., Yezerinac, S., Székely, T., Montalvo, T., Piersma, T., Loverti, V., Pakanen, V.-M., Tijsen, W., Kempenaers, B., 2016. Unexpected diversity in socially synchronized rhythms of shorebirds. Nature, 540(7631): 109-113. DOI: 10.1038/nature20563.

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.

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.

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.

Giroux, M.-A., Trottier-Paquet, M., Bêty, J., Lamarre, V., Lecomte, N., 2016. Is it safe to nest near conspicuous neighbours? Spatial patterns in predation risk associated with the density of American Golden-Plover nests. PeerJ, 4: e2193. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.2193.

Hennin, H.L., Bêty, J., Legagneux, P., Gilchrist, G., Williams, T.D., Love, O.P., 2016. Energetic physiology mediates individual optimization of breeding phenology in a migratory arctic seabird. The American Naturalist, 188(4): 434-433. DOI: 10.1086/688044.

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.

Lamarre, V., Franke, A., Hedlin, E., Bêty, J., 2016. Mortality in peregrine falcon nestlings due to the massive outbreak of black flies in the Canadian Arctic. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Léandri-Breton, D.-J., Bêty, J., 2016. Libre-échange entre l’Arctique canadien et l’Afrique: la migration transatlantique du pluvier grand-gravelot (Charadrius hiaticula). Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Legagneux, P., Hennin, H.L., Gilchrist, G., Williams, T.D., Love, O.P., Bêty, J., 2016. Unpredictable perturbation reduces breeding propensity regardless of pre-laying reproductive readiness in a partial capital breeder. Journal of Avian Biology, 47(6): 880-886. DOI: 10.1111/jav.00824.

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.

Weiser, E.L., Lanctot, R.B., Brown, S.C., Alves, J.A., Battley, P.F., Bentzen, R., Bêty, J., Bishop, M., Boldenow, M., Bollache, L., Casler, B., Christie, M., Coleman, J.T., Conklin, J.R., English, W.B., Gates, H.R., Gilg, O., Giroux, M.-A., Gosbell, K., Hassell, C., Helmericks, J., Johnson, A., Katrínardóttir, B., Koivula, K., Kwon, E., Lamarre, J.-F., Lang, J., Lank, D.B., Lecomte, N., Liebezeit, J., Loverti, V., McKinnon, L., Minton, C., Mizrahi, D., Nol, E., Pakanen, V.-M., Perz, J., Porter, R., Rausch, J., Reneerkens, J., Rönkä, N., Saalfeld, S., Senner, N., Sittler, B., Smith, P.A., Sowl, K., Taylor, A., Ward, D.H., Yezerinac, S., Sandercock, B.K., 2016. Effects of geolocators on hatching success, return rates, breeding movements, and change in body mass in 16 species of Arctic-breeding shorebirds. Movement Ecology, 4: 12. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0077-6.

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.

Bêty, J., 2015. La recherche nordique: un regard québécois, une portée internationale. Écosystèmes arctiques en changement - Journée de la recherche du Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Bêty, J., Ims, R., 2015. Écosystème arctique en changement: identifier les relations interspécifiques dominantes grâce aux études multi-sites. Journée de la recherche du FRQNT: La recherche nordique - Un regard québécois, une portée internationale, Université Laval. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Émond, K., Sainte-Marie, B., Galbraith, P.S., Bêty, J., 2015. Top-down vs. bottom-up drivers of recruitment in a key marine invertebrate: investigating early life stages of snow crab. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72(5): 1336-1348. DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu240.

Galipeau, P., Franke, A., Bêty, J., 2015. Forte capacité de prédiction des sites de nidifications de deux rapaces au nord de l’Île de Baffin, Nunavut. Colloque du CEN 2015. Québec, Québec, Canada.

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.

Harms, N.J., Legagneux, P., Gilchrist, G., Bêty, J., Love, O.P., Forbes, M.R., Bortolotti, G.R., Soos, C., 2015. Feather corticosterone reveals effect of moulting conditions in the autumn on subsequent reproductive output and survival in an Arctic migratory bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282: 20142085. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2085.

Hennin, H.L., Legagneux, P., Bêty, J., Williams, T.D., Gilchrist, G., Baker, T.M., Love, O.P., 2015. Pre-breeding energetic management in a mixed-strategy breeder. Oecologia, 177(1): 235-243. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3145-x.

Jaffré, M., Franke, A., Anctil, A., Galipeau, P., Hedlin, E., Lamarre, V., L’Hérault, V., Nikolaiczuk, L., Peck, K., Robinson, B., Bêty, J., 2015. Écologie de la reproduction du faucon pèlerin au Nunavut. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 139(1): 54-64. DOI: 10.7202/1027671ar.

Lai, S., Bêty, J., Berteaux, D., 2015. Spatio–temporal hotspots of satellite–tracked arctic foxes reveal a large detection range in a mammalian predator. Movement Ecology, 3: 37. DOI: 10.1186/s40462-015-0065-2.

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.

Lamarre, V., Franke, A., Hedlin, E., Bêty, J., 2015. Mortalités chez les jeunes faucons pèlerins causées par une émergence massive de mouches noires dans l’Arctique canadien. Colloque du CEN 2015. Québec, Québec, Canada.

Peck, K., Franke, A., Lecomte, N., Bêty, J., 2015. Distribution et sélection d’habitats de nidification du faucon pèlerin au Nunavut, Canada. Colloque du CEN 2015. Québec, Québec, Canada.

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.

Steenweg, R.J., Hennin, H., Bêty, J., Gilchrist, G., Williams, T.D., Crossin, G.T., Love, O.P., 2015. Sources of diel variation in energetic physiology in an arctic-breeding, diving seaduck. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 216: 39-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.04.012.

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.