A5034998893- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Marine animal studies overview
- Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Diffusion and Search Dynamics
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Plant and animal studies
- Career Development and Diversity
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
Ste. Anne's Hospital
2024
Ecomuseum Zoo
2024
McGill University
2021-2023
Comparative studies of mortality in the wild are necessary to understand evolution aging; yet, ectothermic tetrapods underrepresented this comparative landscape, despite their suitability for testing evolutionary hypotheses. We present a study aging rates and longevity across tetrapod ectotherms, using data from 107 populations (77 species) nonavian reptiles amphibians. test hypotheses how thermoregulatory mode, environmental temperature, protective phenotypes, pace life history contribute...
Sex-related differences in mortality are widespread the animal kingdom.Although studies have shown that sex determination systems might drive lifespan evolution, chromosome influence on aging rates not been investigated so far, likely due to an apparent lack of demographic data from clades including both XY (with heterogametic males) and ZW (heterogametic females) systems.Taking advantage a unique collection capture-recapture datasets amphibians, vertebrate group where repeatedly evolved...
Dispersive movements are often thought to be multicausal and driven by individual body size, sex, conspecific density, environmental variation, personality, and/or other variables. Yet such variables do not account for most of the variation among dispersive in nature, leaving open possibility that dispersion may indeterministic. We assessed amount 24 h movement distances could accounted potential drivers displacement with a large empirical dataset performed Fowler's Toads (
Homing abilities have been widely documented in amphibians, but it remains unclear whether individuals homing tendencies the absence of motivational cues related to breeding and site fidelity. We tested artificial displacement would affect movement behavior a nonphilopatric terrestrial amphibian, Fowler's Toad (Anaxyrus fowleri), within its home range after season had ended. translocated 65 male female Toads from their initial points capture total 104 times over one three different distances...
Abstract Animals can differ in their individual movement behaviors during daily displacements. Studies of animal patterns often disregard the need to understand variation these and role this shaping population distributions movements. To assess link between movements distributions, we radio tracked 13 Fowler’s Toads (Anaxyrus fowleri) Long Point, Ontario, Canada, after breeding season. We recorded coordinates every 30 minutes, from moment they emerged burrows around dusk until burrowed...
Dispersive movements are often thought to be multiclausal and driven by individual body size, sex, conspecific density, environmental variation and/or other factors. Yet such factors rarely account for most of the present among dispersive in nature, leaving open possibility that dispersion might indeterministic vary response stochasticity. We assessed amount movement distances could accounted potential predictors dispersal with a large empirical dataset performed Fowler’s Toads (Anaxyrus...
Dispersive movements are often thought to be multiclausal and driven by individual body size, sex, conspecific density, environmental variation and/or other factors. Yet such factors rarely account for most of the present among dispersive in nature, leaving open possibility that dispersion might indeterministic vary response stochasticity. We assessed amount movement distances could accounted potential predictors dispersal with a large empirical dataset performed Fowler’s Toads (Anaxyrus...