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Testing evolutionary predictions in wild mice by Pelletier, Fanie

“…An experimental demonstration of a “simple” evolutionary path for camouflage in nature Four decades ago, Dougal Dixon used “thought experiments” based on…”
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Direct and indirect effects of early-life environment on lifetime fitness of bighorn ewes by Pigeon, Gabriel, Pelletier, Fanie

“…Cohort effects, when a common environment affects long-term performance, can have a major impact on population dynamics. Very few studies of wild animals have…”
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Will human influences on evolutionary dynamics in the wild pervade the Anthropocene? by Pelletier, Fanie, Coltman, David W

“…The five most pervasive anthropogenic threats to biodiversity are over-exploitation, habitat changes, climate change, invasive species, and pollution. Since…”
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Long-term fitness consequences of early environment in a long-lived ungulate by Pigeon, Gabriel, Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Pelletier, Fanie

“…Cohort effects can be a major source of heterogeneity and play an important role in population dynamics. Silver-spoon effects, when environmental quality at…”
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Early and adult life environmental effects on reproductive performance in preindustrial women by Colejo-Durán, Lidia, Pelletier, Fanie, Dillon, Lisa, Gagnon, Alain, Bergeron, Patrick

“…Early life environments can have long-lasting effects on adult reproductive performance, but disentangling the influence of early and adult life environments…”
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Intense selective hunting leads to artificial evolution in horn size by Pigeon, Gabriel, Festa‐Bianchet, Marco, Coltman, David W., Pelletier, Fanie

“…The potential for selective harvests to induce rapid evolutionary change is an important question for conservation and evolutionary biology, with numerous…”
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Behavioural responses of brown bears to roads and hunting disturbance by Brown, Ludovick, Zedrosser, Andreas, Kindberg, Jonas, Pelletier, Fanie

“…Harvest regulations commonly attenuate the consequences of hunting on specific segments of a population. However, regulations may not protect individuals from…”
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Evolutionary origins for ecological patterns in space by Urban, Mark C., Strauss, Sharon Y., Pelletier, Fanie, Palkovacs, Eric P., Leibold, Mathew A., Hendry, Andrew P., De Meester, Luc, Carlson, Stephanie M., L. Angert, Amy, T. Giery, Sean

“…Historically, many biologists assumed that evolution and ecology acted independently because evolution occurred over distances too great to influence most…”
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Hunting regulation favors slow life histories in a large carnivore by Van de Walle, Joanie, Pigeon, Gabriel, Zedrosser, Andreas, Swenson, Jon E., Pelletier, Fanie

“…As an important extrinsic source of mortality, harvest should select for fast reproduction and accelerated life histories. However, if vulnerability to harvest…”
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Determinants of nest box local recruitment and natal dispersal in a declining bird population by Carle‐Pruneau, Esther, Bélisle, Marc, Pelletier, Fanie, Garant, Dany

“…Recruitment and dispersal are important demographic rates and studying their determinants is particularly important in the current context of global…”
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Individual behaviour, growth, survival and vulnerability to hunting in a large mammal by Cusson, Pier‐Oliver, Pelletier, Fanie

“…Humans have exploited wild animals for thousands of years. Recent studies indicate that harvest‐induced selection on life‐history and morphological traits may…”
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The relative importance of direct and indirect effects of hunting mortality on the population dynamics of brown bears by Gosselin, Jacinthe, Zedrosser, Andreas, Swenson, Jon E., Pelletier, Fanie

“…There is increasing evidence of indirect effects of hunting on populations. In species with sexually selected infanticide (SSI), hunting may decrease juvenile…”
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It takes two to tango by Pelletier, Fanie

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Nonideal nest box selection by tree swallows breeding in farmlands: Evidence for an ecological trap? by Courtois, Ève, Garant, Dany, Pelletier, Fanie, Bélisle, Marc

“…Animals are expected to select a breeding habitat using cues that should reflect, directly or not, the fitness outcome of the different habitat options…”
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Evolutionary Demography of Ecological Change: Linking Trait Variation and Population Growth by Pelletier, Fanie, Clutton-Brock, Tim, Pemberton, Josephine, Tuljapurkar, Shripad, Coulson, Tim

“…Population dynamics and evolutionary change are linked by the fundamental biological processes of birth and death. This means that population growth may…”
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Changes in horn size of Stone's sheep over four decades correlate with trophy hunting pressure by Douhard, Mathieu, Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Fanie Pelletier, Jean‐Michel Gaillard, Christophe Bonenfant

“…Selective harvest may lead to rapid evolutionary change. For large herbivores, trophy hunting removes males with large horns. That artificial selection,…”
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The pace of modern life, revisited by Sanderson, Sarah, Beausoleil, Marc‐Olivier, O’Dea, Rose E., Wood, Zachary T., Correa, Cristian, Frankel, Victor, Gorné, Lucas D., Haines, Grant E., Kinnison, Michael T., Oke, Krista B., Pelletier, Fanie, Pérez‐Jvostov, Felipe, Reyes‐Corral, Winer D., Ritchot, Yanny, Sorbara, Freedom, Gotanda, Kiyoko M., Hendry, Andrew P.

“…Wild populations must continuously respond to environmental changes or they risk extinction. Those responses can be measured as phenotypic rates of change,…”
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Phenotypic plasticity in bighorn sheep reproductive phenology: from individual to population by Renaud, Limoilou-Amelie, Pigeon, Gabriel, Festa-Bianchet, Marco, Pelletier, Fanie

“…Climate change can lead to a mismatch between resource availability and key life history events. Without plasticity in reproductive traits, that mismatch can…”
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Linking habitat, predators and alternative prey to explain recruitment variations of an endangered caribou population by Frenette, Jonathan, Pelletier, Fanie, St-Laurent, Martin-Hugues

“…Habitat loss, fragmentation and alteration are frequently identified as important threats to biodiversity, inducing major changes in the structure and…”
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Environmental determinants of haemosporidian parasite prevalence in a declining population of Tree swallows by Turcotte, Audrey, Bélisle, Marc, Pelletier, Fanie, Garant, Dany

“…The prevalence of vector-borne parasites such as haemosporidian species is influenced by several environmental factors. While the negative effects of…”
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