Supervising:

Lisandre Robichaud (Master student)

Louana Tassi (Master student)

Co-supervising:

Caroline Deslongchamps (Master student)

Recent Theses and Dissertations

Ève Rioux (Doctorate - 2022)
Linking diet, physiological condition, trophic relationships, and fitness in a declining population

Scientific Communications

Desgagnés, J.-F., Schneider, R., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2022. Winter browsing in absence of an apical predator: Do high moose densities compromise tree regeneration? Forest Ecology and Management, 520, 120403. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120403.

Johnson, C.J., Ray, J.C., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2022. Efficacy and ethics of intensive predator management to save endangered caribou. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(7), e12729. DOI: 10.1111/csp2.12729.

Neilson, E.W., Castillo-Ayala, C., Beckers, J.F., Johnson, C., St-Laurent, M.-H., Mansuy, N., Price, D.T., Kelly, A., Parisien, M.-A., 2022. The direct and habitat-mediated influence of climate on the biogeography of boreal caribou in Canada. Climate Change Ecology, 3, 100052. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecochg.2022.100052.

Rioux, È., Pelletier, F., Mosbacher, J.B., Lesmerises, F., St-Louis, R., Kutz, S., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2022. Links between individual performance, trace elements and stable isotopes in an endangered caribou population. Global Ecology and Conservation, 38, e02234. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02234.

St-Laurent, M.-H., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Manka, F., Drapeau, P., Gauthier, S., 2022. Lowering the rate of timber harvesting to mitigate impacts of climate change on boreal caribou habitat quality in eastern Canada. Science of the Total Environment, 838, Part 3, 156244. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156244.

D'Orangeville, L., St-Laurent, M.-H., Boisvert-Marsh, M.-H., Zhang, X., Bastille-Rousseau, G., Itter, M., 2021. Current symptoms of climate change on trees and wildlife of the boreal forest. Sustainable forest management of the boreal forests in the face of climate change. CRC.

Bauduin, S., Cumming, S.G., St-Laurent, M.-H., McIntire, E.J.B., 2020. Integrating functional connectivity in designing networks of protected areas under climate change: A caribou case-study. PLoS one, 15(9), e0238821. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238821.

Frenette, J., Pelletier, F., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2020. Linking habitat, predators and alternative prey to explain recruitment variations of an endangered caribou population. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22, e00920. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e00920.

Laliberté, J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2020. In the wrong place at the wrong time: Moose and deer movement patterns influence wildlife-vehicle collision risk. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 135, 105365. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2019.105365.

Laliberté, J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2020. Validation of functional connectivity modeling: The Achilles’ heel of landscape connectivity mapping. Landscape and Urban Planning, 202, 103878. DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103878.

Landry, S., St-Laurent, M.-H., Pelletier, G., Villard, M.-A., 2020. The best of both Worlds? Integrating Sentinel-2 images and airborne LiDAR to characterize forest regeneration. Remote Sensing, 12(15), 2440. DOI: 10.3390/rs12152440.

Malcolm, K., Cheveau, M., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2020. Wolf habitat selection in relation to recreational structures in a national park. Journal of Mammalogy, 101(6), 1638–1649. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa115.

Rioux, È., Pelletier, F., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2020. From diet to hair and blood: empirical estimation of discrimination factors for C and N stable isotopes in five terrestrial mammals. Journal of Mammalogy, 101(5): 1332-1344. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa108.

St-Laurent, M.-H., Lesmerises, F., 2020. Modéliser la qualité d’habitat des chasseurs d’orignaux: Un nouvel outil d’aide à la prise de décision pour l’aménagement du territoire. Midis des sciences naturelles de l'Université du Québec à Rimouski. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

Christopherson, V., Tremblay, J.-P., Gagné, P.N., Bérubé, J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Meeting caribou in the alpine: Do moose compete with caribou for food? Global Ecology and Conservation, 20, e00733. DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00733.

Johnson, C.J., Mumma, M.A., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Modeling multispecies predator–prey dynamics: predicting the outcomes of conservation actions for woodland caribou. Ecosphere, 10(3), e02622. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2622.

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), e02739. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2739.

Laliberté, J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Détermination des facteurs spatiotemporels expliquant le risque de collision routière avec des cervidés sur l’autoroute Claude-Béchard (85) au Témiscouata. Le Naturaliste Canadien, 143(1): 40-47. DOI: 10.7202/1054116ar.

Leclerc, M., Tarroux, A., Fauchald, P., Stien, A., Tveraa, T., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Effects of human-induced disturbances and weather on herbivore movement. Journal of Mammalogy, 100(5): 1490–1500. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyz101.

Lesmerises, F., Johnson, C.J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Effect of behavioral marginality on survival of an alpine ungulate. Ecosphere, 10(7), e02806. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2806.

Pelletier, F., Turgeon, G., Bourret, A., Garant, D., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Genetic structure and effective size of an endangered population of woodland caribou. Conservation Genetics, 20(2): 203-213. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-018-1124-1.

Prima, M.-C., Duchesne, T., Fortin, A., Rivest, L.-P., Dussault, C., Drapeau, P., St-Laurent, M.-H., Fortin, D., 2019. A landscape experiment of spatial network robustness and space‐use reorganisation following habitat fragmentation. Functional Ecology, 33(9): 1663-1673. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13380.

Rioux, È., Pelletier, F., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Influence of lipids on stable isotope ratios in mammal hair: highlighting the importance of validation. Ecosphere, 10(5), e02723. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2723.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2019. Être fidèle ou pas? Effets des comportements passés sur l’écologie spatiale et la démographie du caribou forestier. Midis des sciences naturelles de l'Université du Québec à Rimouski. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

Barber, Q.E., Parisien, M.-A., Whitman, E., Stralberg, D., Johnson, C.J., St-Laurent, M.-H., DeLancey, E.R., Price, D.T., Arseneault, D., Wang, X., Flannigan, M.D., 2018. Potential impacts of climate change on the habitat of boreal woodland caribou. Ecosphere, 9(10), e02472. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.2472.

Bauduin, S., McIntire, E., St-Laurent, M.-H., Cumming, S.G., 2018. Compensatory conservation measures for an endangered caribou population under climate change. Scientific Reports, 8, 16438. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-34822-9.

Berteaux, D., Ricard, M., St-Laurent, M.-H., Casajus, N., Périé, C., Beauregard, F., De Blois, S., 2018. Northern protected areas will become important refuges for biodiversity tracking suitable climates. Scientific Reports, 8: Article number: 4623. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23050-w.

Landry, S., St-Laurent, M.-H., Nelson, P.R., Pelletier, G., Villard, M.-A., 2018. Canopy cover estimation from landsat images: understory impact ontop-of-canopy reflectance in a northern hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 44(5): 435-446. DOI: 10.1080/07038992.2018.1533399.

Larue, B., Côté, S.D., St-Laurent, M.-H., Dussault, C., Leblond, M., 2018. Natal habitat preference induction in large mammals - Like mother, like child? Ecology and Evolution, 8(24): 12629-12640. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4685.

Lesmerises, F., Déry, F., Johnson, C.J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2018. Spatiotemporal response of mountain caribou to the intensity of backcountry skiing. Biological Conservation, 217: 149-156. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2017.10.030.

Lesmerises, F., Johnson, C.J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2018. Landscape knowledge is an important driver of the fission dynamics of an alpine ungulate. Animal Behaviour, 140: 39-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.03.014.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2018. Of caribou and men: le cas du caribou de la Gaspésie. Midis des sciences naturelles de l'Université du Québec à Rimouski. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

Tremblay, J.A., Boulanger, Y., Cyr, D., Taylor, A., Price, D.T., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2018. Harvesting interacts with climate change to affect future habitat quality of a focal species in eastern Canada’s boreal forest. PLoS one, 13(2): e0191645. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191645.

Turgeon, G., Kutz, S.J., Lejeune, M., St-Laurent, M.-H., Pelletier, F., 2018. Parasite prevalence, infection intensity and richness in an endangered population, the Atlantic-Gaspésie caribou. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 7(1): 90-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2018.02.001.

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. 46 pages.

Bissonnette-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. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12645.

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: Article number: 6370. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-06672-4.

Hudson, L.N., Newbold, T., (445 auteurs),., St-Laurent, M.-H., (67 auteurs),., 2017. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution, 7(1): 145-188. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2579 .

Leblond, M., Dussault, C., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2017. Space use by gray wolves (Canis lupus) in response to simulated howling: a case study and a call for further investigation. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 95: 221-226. DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2016-0191.

Lesmerises, F., Johnsons, C.J., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2017. Refuge or predation risk? Alternate ways to perceive hiker disturbance based on maternal state of female caribou. Ecology and Evolution, 7(3): 845-854. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2672.

Lesmerises, R., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2017. Not accounting for interindividual variability can mask habitat selection patterns: a case study on black bears. Oecologia, 185(3): 415–425. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3939-8.

Pettigrew, P., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2017. Inventaire automnal 2016 du caribou de la Gaspésie dans le secteur du mont Logan à l’aide de pièges photographiques automatisés. 30 pages.

Rudolph, T.D., Drapeau, P., Imbeau, L., Brodeur, V., Légaré, S., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2017. Demographic responses of boreal caribou to cumulative disturbances highlight elasticity of range-specific tolerance thresholds. Biodiversity and Conservation, 26(5): 1179–1198. DOI: 10.1007/s10531-017-1292-1.

Whitman, E., Parisien, M.-A., Price, D.T., St-Laurent, M.-H., Johnson, C.J., DeLancey, E.R., Arseneault, D., Flannigan, M.D., 2017. A framework for modeling habitat quality in disturbance-prone areas demonstrated with woodland caribou and wildfire. Ecosphere, 8(4): e01787. DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1787.

Bauduin, S., Mc Intire, E., St-Laurent, M.-H., Cumming, S., 2016. Overcoming challenges of sparse telemetry data to estimate caribou movement. Ecological Modelling, 335: 24-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2016.05.004.

Leblond, M., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2016. Caribou avoiding wolves face increased predation by bears – Caught between Scylla and Charybdis. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53: 1078-1087. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12658.

Leblond, M., St-Laurent, M.-H., Côté, S.D., 2016. Caribou, water, and ice – fine-scale movements of a migratory arctic ungulate in the context of climate change. Movement Ecology, 4(14). DOI: 10.1186/s40462-016-0079-4.

Nadeau-Fortin, M.-A., Sirois, L., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2016. Extensive forest management contributes to maintain suitable habitat characteristics for the endangered Atlantic-Gaspésie caribou. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 46(7): 933-942. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0038.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2016. Catch 22 in boreal forest, or how caribou select habitat and die. Séminaires du CREAF, Campus de Bellaterra. Barcelone, Espagne.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2016. Catch 22 in boreal forest, or how caribou select habitat and die. Séminaires du Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine de l'Université Savoie-Mont-Blanc. Le Bourget du Lac, France.

Turgeon, G., Mainguy, J., St-Laurent, M.-H., Pelletier, F., 2016. Prévalence, intensité d’infection et diversité parasitaire chez le caribou de la Gaspésie. Colloque du CEN 2016, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières. Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.

Yannic, G., St-Laurent, M.-H., Ortego, J., Taillon, J., Beauchemin, A., Bernatchez, L., Dussault, C., Côté, S.D., 2016. Integrating ecological and genetic structure to define management units for caribou in Eastern Canada. Conservation Genetics, 17(2): 437-453. DOI: 10.1007/s10592-015-0795-0.

Boudreault, C., Drapeau, P., Bouchard, M., St-Laurent, M.-H., Imbeau, L., Bergeron, Y., 2015. Contrasting responses of epiphytic and terricolous lichens to variations in forest characteristics in northern boreal ecosystems. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45(5): 595-606. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0529.

Christin, S., St-Laurent, M.-H., Berteaux, D., 2015. Evaluation of Argos telemetry accuracy in the High-Arctic and implications for the estimation of home-range size. PLoS one, 10(11): e0141999. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141999.

Fortin, D., Buono, P.-L., Schmitz, O.J., Courbin, N., Losier, C., St-Laurent, M.-H., Drapeau, P., Heppell, S., Dussault, C., Brodeur, V., Mainguy, J., 2015. A spatial theory for characterizing predator–multiprey interactions in heterogeneous landscapes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1812): 20150973. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0973.

Imbeau, L., St-Laurent, M.-H., Marzell, L., Brodeur, V., 2015. Current capacity to conduct ecologically sustainable forest management in northeastern Canada reveals challenges for conservation of biodiversity. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 45: 567-578. DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0123.

Leblond, M., Dussault, C., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2015. Low-density spruce plantations increase foraging by moose in a northeastern temperate forest. Forest Ecology and Management, 347: 228–236. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.034.

Lesmerises, R., Rebouillat, L., Dussault, C., St-Laurent, M.-H., 2015. Linking GPS telemetry surveys and scat analyses helps explain variability in black bear foraging strategies. PLoS one, 10(7): e0129857. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129857.

Losier, C.L., Couturier, S., Schmitz, O.J., St-Laurent, M.-H., Drapeau, P., Dussault, C., Rudolph, T., Brodeur, V., Merkle, J.A., Brodeur, V., 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. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12400.

Ray, J.C., Cichowski, D.B., St-Laurent, M.-H., Johnson, C.J., Petersen, S.D., Thompson, I.D., 2015. Conservation status of caribou in the western mountains of Canada: Protections under the Species At Risk Act, 2002-2014. Rangifer, 35(Special Issue No. 23): 49-80. DOI: 10.7557/2.35.2.3647.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2015. Impacts of forest management on behaviour and demography of woodland caribou and its predators (technical presentation). 3M inc. and The Forest Trust (TFT). Montréal, Québec, Canada.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2015. La science au service de la conservation du caribou de la Gaspésie. Annual meeting of the Gaspésie National Park. Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Québec, Canada.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2015. La science au service de la conservation du caribou de la Gaspésie. Jeux Interbios 2015, UQAR. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

St-Laurent, M.-H., 2015. Revue des impacts associés au nourrissage du cerf de Virginie dans une optique de nourrissage d’urgence en hiver au Québec. Table régionale faune. Rimouski, Québec, Canada.

St-Laurent, M.-H., Lesmerises, F., Nadeau-Fortin, M.-A., Bauduin, S., 2015. Acquisition de connaissances nécessaires à la désignation de l’habitat essentiel du caribou des bois, population de la Gaspésie-Atlantique. Rapport préparé pour Environnement Canada. 39 pages.

St-Laurent, M.-H., Nadeau-Fortin, M.-A., Boudreau, M., 2015. Influence de l’aménagement forestier sur les relations prédateurs – proies et implications dans la désignation de l’habitat essentiel de la population de la Gaspésie-Atlantique du caribou des bois. Rapport préparé pour Environnement Canada. 53 pages.