Professors
- Dominique Berteaux
Holder of the Canada Research Chair on Northern Biodiversity
Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Joël Bêty
Principal investigator for part of the activities of the Canada Research Chair on Northern Biodiversity
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Research Assistants
- Éliane Duchesne
M.Sc. candidate, Gestion de la faune et de ses habitats
Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Marie-Jeanne Rioux
M.Sc. candidate, Gestion de la faune et de ses habitats
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Postdoctoral Fellows
- Azénor Bideault
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: J. Bêty).
Modeling the seasonal trophic dynamics of the Arctic tundra.
- Catherine-Alexandra Gagnon
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux).
Integration of traditional knowledge into research in northern ecology and biodiversity conservation.
- Sandra Lai (Fellowship completed)
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux).
Establishing an ecosystem monitoring program in Alert, Nunavut.
- Marie-Andrée Giroux
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: J. Bêty)
The role of goose subsidies in shaping predator-prey interactions in the Arctic: implications for shorebird conservation
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Holder of the K.-C.-Irving research chair in environmental sciences and sustainable development
- Pascale Ropars
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux)
Modeling the vulnerability of Quebec northern tundra to climate changes
- Anne-Mathilde Thierry
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux, Co-advisor: J. Bêty)
Movements and dispersal in Arctic fox juveniles and their implication for their conservation
- Quinn Fletcher
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux)
Analysis of the energetics of the arctic fox on Bylot Island, Nunavut
Fellowship completed
Actual position : Post-doctoral fellow, University of Winnipeg
- Daniel Gallant
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux, Co-advisor: N. Lecomte)
Study of the predator guild in the northern canadian forests using historical archives analysis
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Resource Management Officer II, Parks Canada, Gatineau · Kouchibouguac National Park
- Holly Hennin
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: O. Love)
Quantifying seabird distribution in relation to resources development and associated shipping activities in the Arctic.
- Helen Wheeler
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux, Co-advisor: D. Grémillet)
Designing an improved network of long-term monitoring sites for arctic vertebrates: towards a better involvement of local communities through participatory science programmes
- Mikael Jaffré
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisors: J. Bêty and A. Franke)
Effects of contaminants on survival and reproduction of arctic nesting peregrine falcons
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Director of the bird observatory of Rimouski
- Pierre Legagneux
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisors: J. Bêty and G. Gauthier)
Carry-over effects in the greater snow geese AND Trophic modelling of a terrestrial arctic ecosystem
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Research Scientist, National Center for Scientific Research
- Sébastien Descamps
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: J. Bêty, Co-advisor: G. Gilchrist)
Reproduction strategies of common eiders breeding in the Arctic
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Research Scientist, Norwegian Polar Institute
- Sandra Lai
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux, Co-advisor: J. Bêty)
Long-term data analysis of the Bylot Island arctic fox population
- Aude Lalis
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux, Co-advisor: J. Bêty)
Genetic structure of the populations of a circumpolar species vulnerable to climate changes: the arctic foe
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Research scientist, National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France
- Nicolas Lecomte
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: D. Berteaux)
Trophic niche of arctic predators
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Polar and Boreal Ecology, Université de Moncton
- Oliver Love
Postdoctoral fellow (Advisor: J. Bêty, Co-advisor: G. Gilchrist)
Physiology of reproduction for an extreme capital breeder: the common eider
Fellowship completed
Actual position: Assistant Professor in Biology, University of Windsor
Students
For former students and their projects, visit the list of dissertations and thesis.
- Véronique Dion-Larivière. (Superviseur : D. Berteaux).
Study of regular routes used by a territorial canid.
- Marylou Beaudoin. (Supervisor : D. Berteaux, Co-Supervisor : Joël Bêty).
Ecological mechanisms supporting vertebrate biodiversity in the arctic tundra.
- Louis-Pierre Ouellet. (Supervisor : Dominique Berteaux).
Territory size in an arctic predator.
- Laurence Gagnon (Supervisor : Joël Bêty).
Effects of winds on the transatlantic migratory routes of a shorebird nesting in the Canadian High Arctic.
- Madeleine-Zoé Corbeil-Robitaille (Supervisor : Joël Bêty).
Effect of predation refuges on the spatial distribution and abundance of birds in the arctic tundra of Bylot Island, Nunavut.
- Émilie Desjardins. (Supervisor : D. Berteaux, Co-Supervisor : F. Vézina).
Development of a Biodiversity Management Plan in the Canadian Arctic.
- Moisan, Louis. (Supervisor : J. Bêty).
Characterize the connectivity of Arctic food webs with the rest of the globe via animal migrations, the case of Bylot Island.
- Rachel Demers. (Superviseur : D. Berteaux).
Winter ecology of lemmings at Alert, Nunavut.
- Ludovic Landry-Ducharme. (Superviseur : D. Berteaux).
Movement ecology in a polar desert herbivore, the arctic hare.
- Mathieu Archambault. (Superviseur : D. Berteaux).
Circadian rhythm of activity in the arctic fox.
- Thierry Grandmont (Superviseur : Pierre Legagneux, Co-superviseur : J. Bêty).
Phenological changes in snow goose migration and their effects on reproduction decision in a climate change context.
- Peter Fast
Ph.D. candidate (Advisor: J. Bêty)
Individual variation in migratory behaviour of Greater Snow Geese
Actual position : Land and environment affairs specialist, Government of the Northwest Territories
Collaborators
- Malik Awan, Government of Nunavut
- Louis Bélanger, Université Laval
- Marc Belisle, Université de Sherbrooke
- Christopher Buddle, McGill University
- Sylvie DeBlois, McGill University
- Sébastien Descamps, Norwegian Polar Institute
- France Dufresne, Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Per Fauchald, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
- Alastair Franke, University of Alberta
- Gilles Gauthier, Université Laval
- Grant Gilchrist, Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment Canada)
- Jean-François Giroux, Université du Québec à Montréal
- Dominique Gravel, Université de Sherbrooke
- Sandra Hamel, University of Tromsø
- Vera Hausner, University of Tromsø
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
- Kristin Laidre, University of Washington
- Jacques Larivée, Regroupement QuébecOiseaux
- Nicolas Lecomte, Université de Moncton
- Josée Lefebvre, Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment Canada)
- Oliver Love, University of Windsor
- Guy Morrison, Canadian Wildlife Service (Environment Canada)
- Patrick Nantel, Parks Canada Agency
- Brenda Parlee, University of Alberta
- Catherine Périé, Ministère des forêts, de la faune et des parcs
- Don Reid, Wildlife Conservation Society
- Luc Sirois, Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Catherine Soos, Environment Canada
- Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, Université du Québec à Rimouski
- Nigel Yoccoz, University of Tromsø