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Daniel Fortin

Professeur agrégé

Coordonnées : Bureau : VCH-3039A Téléphone : (418) 656-2131, poste 5971 Télécopieur : (418) 656-2043 Courriel : daniel.fortin@bio.ulaval.ca
Publications :
  • Mabille, G., Berteaux, D., Thomas, D. W. & Fortin, D. (2012). "Behavioural response of wintering porcupines to their heterogeneous thermal environment.", Écoscience (in press),  
  • Pinard, V., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Fortin, D. & Courtois, C. (2012). "Calving rate, calf survival rate, and habitat selection of forest-dwelling caribou in a highly managed landscape.", J. Wildl. Manage. 76: 189-199. DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.217,  
  • Basille, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P. & Courtois, R. (2012). "Ecologically based definition of seasons clarifies predator-prey interactions.", Ecography. 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07367.x,  
  • Leblond, M., Frair, J., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P. & Courtois, R. (2011). "Assessing the influence of resource covariates at multiple spatial scales: an application to woodland caribou faced with intensive human activity.", Lanscape Ecology 26: 1433-1446,  
  • Janssen, P., Hébert, C. & Fortin, D. (2011). "Biodiversity conservation in old-growth boreal forest: black spruce and balsam fir snags harbour distinct assemblages of saproxylic beetles.", Biodiversity and Conservation 20: 2917-2932,  
  • Hodson, J.K., Fortin, D., Bélanger, L. (2011). "Changes in relative snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) abundance across a 265-year gradient of boreal forest succession.", Canadian Journal of Zoology 89:908-920.,  
  • Craiu, R. V., Duchesne, T., Fortin, D. & Baillargeon, S. (2011). "Conditional logistic regression with longitudinal follow up and individual-level random coefficients: A stable and efficient two-step estimation method.", Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 20: 767-784,  
  • Babin, J.-S., Fortin, D., Wilmshurst, J. F. & Fortin ,M.-E. (2011). "Energy gains predict the distribution of plains bison across populations and ecosystems", Ecology 92: 240-252,  
  • Bastille-Rousseau, G., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J-.P., Courtois, R. (2011). "Foraging strategies by omnivores: Are black bears actively searching for ungulate neonates or are they simply opportunistic predators?", Ecography 34:588-596,  
  • Houle, M., Fortin, D., Mainguy, J. (2011). "Landscape composition and structure influence the abundance of mesopredators: implications for the control of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) variant of rabies.", Canadian Journal of Zoology 89: 1107-1116.,  
  • Latombe, G., Parrott, L. & Fortin D. (2011). "Levels of emergence in individual based models: coping with scarcity of data and pattern redundancy.", Ecological Modelling 222 1557-1568,  
  • Dancose, K., Fortin, D., Guo, X. (2011). "Mechanisms of functional connectivity: the case of free-ranging bison in a forest landscape.", Ecological Applications 21: 1871-1885,  
  • Fortin, D., Hébert, C., Légaré, J.-P., Courbin, N., Swiston, K., Hodson, J., LeBlanc, M.-L., Dussault, C., Pothier, D., Ruel, J. -C., Couturier, S. (2011). "Partial harvesting in old-growth boreal forests and the preservation of animal diversity from ants to woodland caribou.", Pages 115-136 in E. B. Wallace, editor. Woodlands: Ecology, Management and Conservation. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York, USA,  
  • Courant, S., Fortin, D. (2011). "Time allocation of bison in meadow patches driven by potential energy gains and group size dynamics.", Oikos (in press),  
  • Azeria, E.T., Bouchard, M., Pothier, D., Fortin, D., Hébert, C. (2011). "Using biodiversity deconstruction to disentangle assembly and diversity dynamics of understorey plants along post-fire succession in boreal forest.", Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 119-133.,  
  • Hodson, J.K., Fortin, D., Le Blanc, M.-L. & Bélanger, L. (2010). "An appraisal of the fitness consequences of forest disturbance on wildlife using habitat selection theory.", Oecologia 164: 73-86,  
  • McLoughlin, P. D., Morris, D. W., Fortin, D., Vander Wal, E., & Contasti, A. L. (2010). "Considering ecological dynamics in resource selection functions", Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 4-12,  
  • Houle, M., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. & Ouellet, J-.P. (2010). "Cumulative effects of logging activities on habitat selection by grey wolf (Canis lupus) in the boreal forest", Landscape Ecology 25:419-433,  
  • Lemaître, J., Fortin, D., Morris, D. W., Darveau, M. (2010). "Deer mice mediate red-backed vole behavior and abundance along a gradient of habitat alteration", Evolutionary Ecology Research 12:203-216,  
  • Hodson, J.K., Fortin, D. & Bélanger, L. (2010). "Fine-scale disturbances shape space use patterns of a boreal forest herbivore", Journal of mammalogy 91: 607-619,  
  • Courant, S. & Fortin, D. (2010). "Foraging decisions of bison for rapid energy gains can explain the relative risk to neighboring plants in complex swards", Ecology 91: 1841-1849,  
  • Bastille-Rousseau, G., Fortin, D., & Dussault, C. (2010). "Inference from habitat-selection analysis depends on foraging strategies", Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1157-1163,  
  • Duchesne, T., Fortin, D. & Courbin, N. (2010). "Mixed conditional logistic regressions for habitat selection studies", Journal of Animal Ecology 79:548-555,  
  • Faille, G., Dussault, C., Ouellet, J.-P., Fortin, D., Courtois, R., St-Laurent, M.-H. & Dussault, C. (2010). "Range fidelity : The missing link between caribou decline and habitat alteration?", Biological Conservation 143: 2840-2850,  
  • Le Blanc, M.-L., Fortin, D., Darveau, M. & Ruel, J.-C. (2010). "Short term response of small mammals and forest birds to silvicultural practices differing in tree retention in irregular boreal forests", Ecoscience 17: 333-342,  
  • Fortin, D., Dancose, K., Courbin, N., Harvey, L., Babin, J.-S., Courant, S., Wilmshurst, J.F., Frandsen, D. (2010). "The use of ecological theory to guide bison management", Pages 201-210 in R. Kowalczyk, D. Ławreszuk, J.M. Wójcik, editors. European bison conservation in Białowieża Forest. Threats and prospects of the population development. Mammal Research Institute,, Polish Academy of Sciences, Białowieża, Poland.  
  • Janssen, P., Fortin, D. & Hébert, C. (2009). "Beetle diversity in a matrix of old-growth boreal forest: Influence of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales", Ecography 32: 423-432,  
  • Lemaître, J., Fortin, D., Montiglio, P.-O. & Darveau, M. (2009). "Bot fly parasitism of the red-backed vole: host survival, infection risk, and population growth", Oecologia 159: 283-294,  
  • Azeria, E.T., Fortin, D., Lemaître, J., Janssen, P., Hébert, C., Darveau, M. & Cumming, S.G. (2009). "Fine-scale structure and cross-taxon congruence of bird and beetle assemblages in an old-growth boreal forest mosaic.", Global Ecology and Biogeography 18: 333-345,  
  • Fortin, D. & Fortin, M.-E (2009). "Group-size-dependent association between food profitability, predation risk and distribution of free-ranging bison", Animal Behaviour 78: 887-892,  
  • Fortin, D., Fortin, M.-E., Beyer, H. L., Duchesne, T., Courant, S. & Dancose, K. (2009). "Group-size-mediated habitat selection and group fusion-fission dynamics of bison under predation risk.", Ecology 90: 2480-2490,  
  • Courbin, N., Fortin, D., Dussault, C., Courtois, R. (2009). "Habitat management for woodland caribou: the protection of forest blocks influences wolf-caribou interactions", Landscape Ecology 24: 1375-1388,  
  • Azeria, E. T., Fortin, D., Hébert, C., Peres-Neto, P., Pothier, D. & Ruel, J.-C. (2009). "Using null model analysis of species co-occurrences to deconstruct biodiversity patterns and select indicator species", Diversity and Distributions 15: 958-971,  
  • Courtois, R., Gingras, A., Fortin, D., Sebbane, A., Rochette, B. & Breton, L. (2008). "Demographic and behavioural response of woodland caribou to forest harvesting", Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38: 2837-2849,  
  • Fortin, D., Morris, D. W. & McLoughlin, P. D. (2008). "Habitat selection and the evolution of specialists in heterogeneous environments", Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution 54: 311-328,  
  • Brodeur, V., Ouellet, J.-P., Courtois, R. & Fortin, D. (2008). "Habitat selection by black bears in an intensively logged boreal forest", Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1307-1316,  
  • Craiu, R. V., Duchesne, T., Fortin, D. (2008). "Inference methods for the conditional logistic regression model with longitudinal data", Biometrical Journal, 50: 97-109,  
  • Fortin, D., Courtois, R., Etcheverry, P., Dussault, C. & Gingras, A. (2008). "Winter selection of landscapes by woodland caribou: behavioural response to geographical gradients in habitat attributes", Journal of Applied Ecology 45:1392-1400,  
  • Ruel, J.-C., Roy, V., Lussier, J.-M., Pothier, D. Meek, P. & Fortin, D. (2007). "Mise au point d'une sylviculture adaptée à la forêt boréale irrégulière", Forestry Chronicle, 83, 367-374,  
  • Forester, J.D., Ives, A.R., Turner, M.G., Anderson, D.P., Fortin, D., Beyer, H.L., Smith, D.W. & Boyce, M.S. (2007). "State-space models link elk movement patterns to landscape characteristics in Yellowstone National Park", Ecological monographs, 77, 285-299,  
  • Visscher, D. R., Merrill, E. H., Fortin, D. & Frair, J. L. (2006). "Estimating woody browse availability for ungulates at increasing snow depths", Forest Ecology and Management, 222, 348-354,  
  • Fortin, D. (2006). "The allometry of plant spacing that regulates food intake rate in mammalian herbivores", Ecology, 87, 1861-1866,  
  • Morales, J.M., Fortin, D., Frair, J. L.& Merrill, E. H. (2005). "Adaptive models for large herbivore movements in heterogeneous landscapes", Landscape Ecology 20: 301-316,  
  • Fortin, D., Morales, J. M. & Boyce, M.S. (2005). "Elk winter foraging at fine scale in Yellowstone National Park", Oecologia 145: 335-343,  
  • Anderson, D. P., Forester, J. D., Turner, M. G., Frair, J. L., Merrill, E. H., Fortin, D., Mao, J. S. & Boyce, M. S. (2005). "Factors influencing female home range sizes in elk (Cervus elaphus) in North American landscapes", Landscape Ecology 20: 257-271,  
  • Frair, J. L., Merrill, E. H., Visscher, D. R., Fortin, D., Beyer, H. L. & Morales, J. M. (2005). "Scales of movement by elk (Cervus elaphus) in response to heterogeneity in forage resources and predation risk", Landscape Ecology 20: 273-287,  
  • Fortin, D., Beyer, H. L., Boyce, M. S., Smith, D. W., Duchesne, T. & Mao, J. S. (2005). "Wolves influence elk movements: behavior shapes a trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park", Ecology 86: 1320-1330,  
  • Fortin, D., Boyce, M. S., Merrill, E. H. & Fryxell, J. M. (2004). "Foraging costs of vigilance in large mammalian herbivores", Oikos 107: 172-180,  
  • Fortin, D., Boyce, M. S. & Merrill, E. H. (2004). "Multi-tasking by mammalian herbivores", Ecology 85: 2312-2322,  
  • Fortin, D. & Andruskiw, M. (2003). "Behavioral response of free-ranging bison to human disturbance", Wildlife Society Bulletin 31: 804-813,  
  • Fortin, D., Fryxell, J. M., O'Brodovich, L. & Frandsen, D. (2003). "Foraging ecology of bison at the landscape and plant community levels: the applicability of energy maximization principles", Oecologia 134: 219-227,  
  • Boyce, M. S., Mao, J. S., Merrill, E. H., Fortin, D., Turner M. G., Fryxell, J. M. & Turchin P. (2003). "Scale and heterogeneity in habitat selection by elk in Yellowstone National Park", Écoscience 10: 321-332,  
  • Fortin, D. (2003). "Searching behaviour and use of sampling information by free-ranging bison", Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54: 194-203,  
  • Fortin, D. (2002). "Optimal searching behaviour: the value of sampling information", Ecological Modelling 153: 279-290. Voir aussi erratum - Ecological Modelling 159: 101,  
  • Fortin, D., Fryxell, J.M. & Pilote, R. (2002). "The temporal scale of foraging decisions in bison", Ecology 83: 970-982,  
  • Fortin, D. (2001). "An adjustment of the extended contingency model of Farnsworth and Illius (1998)", Functional Ecology 15: 138-139,  
  • Fryxell, J. M., Bergman, C., Fortin, D. & Wilmshurst, J. (2001). "On the scale dependence of foraging in terrestrial herbivores", Proceedings of the XIX International Grassland Congress, eds. J.A. Gomide, W. Mattos & S.C. da Silva. FEALQ. Sao Pedro, Brazi, pp. 271-275,  
  • Fortin, D. (2001). "The use of heated taxidermic mounts in studies of ecological energetics", Mammalia 65: 195-204,  
  • Bergman, C. M., Fryxell, J. M., Gates, C. C. & Fortin, D. (2001). "Ungulate foraging strategies: energy maximizing or time minimizing?", Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 289-300,  
  • Fortin, D., Gauthier, G. & Larochelle, J. (2000). "Body temperature and resting behavior of greater snow goose goslings in the high arctic", Condor 102: 163-171,  
  • Fortin, D. & Gauthier, G. (2000). "The effect of postural adjustment on the thermal environment of greater snow goose goslings", Canadian Journal of Zoology 78: 817-821,  
  • Fortin, D., Larochelle, J. & Gauthier, G. (2000). "The effect of wind, radiation and body orientation on the thermal environment of greater snow goose goslings", Journal of Thermal Biology 25: 227-238,  
  • Fortin, D. & Frandsen, D. (1999). "Some preliminary results on the ecological hierarchy of foraging activities in bison", Research Links 7: 13-15,  
  • Fortin, D., Liechti, F. & Bruderer, B. (1999). "Variation in the nocturnal flight behaviour of migratory birds along the northwest coast of the Mediterranean Sea", Ibis 141: 480-488,  
  • Thomas, D. W., Pacheco, M. A., Fournier, F. & Fortin, D. (1998). "Validation of the effect of helox on thermal conductance in homeotherms using heated models.", Journal of Thermal Biology 23: 377-380,  
  • Fortin, D. & Arnold, G. W. (1997). "The influence of road verges on the use of nearby small shrubland remnants by birds in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia", Wildlife Research 24: 679-689.,  



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