Articles

2024

    Cover Ethology
  1. Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2024. Itsy bitsy biters: male northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica) bite females during mating attempts. Chelonian Conservation and Biology, in press.
  2. Bulté G, Robichaud JA, Cooke SJ, MacMillan HA & Blouin-Demers G. 2024. Burying in lake sediments: a potential tactic used by female northern map turtles to avoid male harassment. Ethology 130: e13488. (cover photo)
  3. Blanchett S, Turcotte A & Blouin-Demers G. 2024. The impact of urbanization on painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) behaviour. Ethology 130: e13467.
  4. Houle C, Turcotte A, Paterson JE, Blouin-Demers G & Garant D. 2024. A step-by-step method to quantify coloration with digital photography. MethodsX 12: 102648.
  5. Auge AC, Blouin-Demers G & Murray DL. 2024. Differences in activity between reproductive and non-reproductive freshwater turtles during the nesting season. Herpetology Notes 17: 153-159.
  6. Auge AC, Blouin-Demers G, Hasler CT & Murray DL. 2024. Demographic evidence that development is not compatible with sustainability in semi-urban freshwater turtles. Animal Conservation 27: 253-266.
  7. Bulté G, Robichaud JA, Shadlock EJ, Cooke SJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2024. Overwintering site fidelity and communal hibernation predispose northern map turtles to mass mortality events. Canadian Journal of Zoology 102: 166-174. (editor's choice)
  8. Merleau LA, Lourdais O, Olivier A, Vittecoq M, Blouin-Demers G, Alliot F, Burkart L, Foucault Y, Leray C, Migne E & Goutte A. 2024. Pesticide concentrations in a threatened freshwater turtle (Emys orbicularis): seasonal and annual variation in the Camargue wetland, France. Environmental Pollution 341: 122903.

2023

  1. Auge AC, Blouin-Demers G & Murray DL. 2023. Effects of temperature heterogeneity on freshwater turtle habitat selection at their northern range limit. Journal of Thermal Biology 118: 103725.
  2. Janzen FH & Blouin-Demers G. 2023. Estimating the genetic diversity and potential influence of habitat segregation in channel catfish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 152: 726-737.
  3. Turcotte A, Garant D & Blouin-Demers G. 2023. Effects of human disturbance on risk-taking behavior in painted turtles. Ethology 129: 406-420.
  4. Janzen FH, Pérez-Rodríguez R, Domínguez-Domínguez O, Henrickson DA, Sabaj MH & Blouin-Demers G. 2023. Phylogenetic relationships of the North American catfishes (Ictaluridae, Siluriformes): investigating the origins and parallel evolution of the troglobitic species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182: 107746.
  5. Gigeroff AES & Blouin-Demers G. 2023. Do roads affect the abundance of garter (Thamnophis sirtalis) and redbelly snakes (Storeria occipitomaculata)? Canadian Journal of Zoology 101: 267-275. (editor's choice)

2022

  1. Guiller G, Legentilhomme J, Boissinot A, Blouin-Demers G & Lourdais O. 2022. Response of farmland reptiles to agricultural intensification: collapse of the common adder Vipera berus and the western green lizard Lacerta bilineata in a hedgerow landscape. Animal Conservation 25: 849-864.
  2. Turcotte A, Blouin-Demers G & Garant D. 2022. Exploring the effect of 195 years-old locks on species movement: landscape genetics of painted turtles in the Rideau Canal, Canada. Conservation Genetics 23: 467-479.
  3. Auge AC, Blouin-Demers G & Murray D. 2022. Developing a classification system to assign activity states to two species of freshwater turtles. PLoS ONE 17: e0277491.
  4. Bergman JN, Beaudoin C, Mistry I, Turcotte A, Vis C, Minelga V, Neigel K, Lin HY, Bennett JR, Young N, Rennie C, Trottier LL, Abrams AEI, Beaupré P, Glassman D, Blouin-Demers G, Garant D, Donaldson L, Vermaire JC, Smol JP & Cooke SJ. 2022. Historical, contemporary, and future perspectives on a coupled social-ecological system in a changing world: Canada’s historic Rideau Canal. Environmental Reviews 30: 72-87.

2021

    Cover Oecologia
  1. Fiedler A, Blouin-Demers G, Bulté G & Careau V. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of macroecological patterns of home range area in snakes. Oecologia 195: 479-488. (cover photo)
  2. Bulté G, Huneault B & Blouin-Demers G. 2021. Free-ranging male northern map turtles use public information when interacting with potential mates. Ethology 127: 995-1001.
  3. Fyson VK & Blouin-Demers G. 2021. Effects of landscape composition on wetland occupancy by Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) as determined by environmental DNA and visual surveys. Canadian Journal of Zoology 99: 672-680.
  4. Burkart L, Olivier A, Lourdais O, Vittecoq M, Blouin-Demers G, Alliot F, Le Gac C, Martin N & Goutte A. 2021. Determinants of legacy persistent organic pollutant levels in the European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) in the Camargue wetland, France. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 40: 2261-2268.
  5. Robson LE & Blouin-Demers G. 2021. Eastern hog-nosed snake habitat selection at multiple spatial scales in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Wildlife Management 85: 838-846. (featured article)
  6. Čapkun-Huot C, Fyson VK & Blouin-Demers G. 2021. Landscape composition predicts the local abundance of painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). Herpetology Notes 14: 215-223.
  7. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2021. Dispersal by gray ratsnakes: effects of sex, age and time. Population Ecology 63: 145-151.

2020

  1. Maddalena MP, Row JR, Dyson ME, Blouin-Demers G & Fedy BC. 2020. Movement and habitat selection of eastern milksnakes (Lampropeltis triangulum) at intact and fragmented sites. Copeia 108: 847-854.
  2. Bulté G, Léveillée MB, Blouin-Demers G, Cooke SJ & Bertram SM. 2020. Observations on the short-term effects of motorboat disturbance on the use of basking sites by female northern map turtles. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 19: 302-304.
  3. Fyson VK, Fortin G, Dubois Y & Blouin-Demers G. 2020. Landscape composition weakly predicts wetland occupancy by Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii Holbrook, 1838). Herpetology Notes 13: 867-873.
  4. Bergeron R & Blouin-Demers G. 2020. Niche partitioning between two sympatric lizards in the Chiricahua Mountains of Arizona. Copeia 108: 570-577.
  5. Lymburner AH & Blouin-Demers G. 2020. Changes in thermal quality of the environment along an elevational gradient affect investment in thermoregulation by Yarrow’s spiny lizards. Journal of Zoology 312: 133-143.
  6. Paterson JE & Blouin-Demers G. 2020. High tolerance of two parasites in ornate tree lizards reduces the fitness costs of parasitism. Journal of Zoology 312: 102-110.
  7. Larocque SM, Lake C, Midwood JD, Nguyen VM, Blouin-Demers G & and Cooke SJ. 2020. Freshwater turtle bycatch research supports science-based fisheries management. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 30: 1783-1790.
  8. Patterson LD & Blouin-Demers G. 2020. Partial support for food availability and thermal quality as drivers of density and area used in Yarrow’s spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovii). Canadian Journal of Zoology 98: 105-116.

2019

  1. Halliday WD, Slevan-Tremblay I & Blouin-Demers G. 2019. Do female red flour beetles assess both current and future competition during oviposition? Journal of Insect Behavior 32: 181-187.
  2. Halliday WD, Bourque C & Blouin-Demers G. 2019. Food quality influences density-dependent fitness, but not always density-dependent habitat selection, in red flour beetles (Coleoptera : Tenebrionidae). Canadian Entomologist 151: 728-737.
  3. Johnson N, Lymburner AH & Blouin-Demers G. 2019. The impact of ectoparasitism on thermoregulation in Yarrow’s spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovii). Canadian Journal of Zoology 97: 1004-1012.
  4. Lymburner AH & Blouin-Demers G. 2019. Ornate tree lizards (Urosaurus ornatus) thermoregulate less accurately in habitats of high thermal quality. Journal of Thermal Biology 85: 102402.
  5. Watkins HV & Blouin-Demers G. 2019. Body size, not age, predicts parasite load in Clark’s spiny lizards (Sceloporus clarkii). Canadian Journal of Zoology 97: 220-224.

2018

  1. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Habitat selection by common gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) is affected by vegetation structure but not by location of northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) prey. Canadian Field-Naturalist 132: 223-230.
  2. Paterson JE & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) growth decreases with population density, but increases with habitat quality. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology 329: 527-535.
  3. DeGregorio BA, Blouin-Demers G, Carfagno GLF, Gibbons JW, Mullin SJ, Sperry JH, Willson JD, Wray K & Weatherhead PJ. 2018. Geographic variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism of North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis spp. s.l.). Canadian Journal of Zoology 96: 1196-1202.
  4. Paterson JE & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Male throat colour polymorphism is related to differences in space use and in habitat selection in tree lizards. Journal of Zoology 306: 101-109.
  5. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Body temperature influences growth rates of eastern gartersnakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Canadian Field-Naturalist 132: 25-29.
  6. Paterson JE, Weiss SL & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Experimental removal reveals only weak interspecific competition between two coexisting lizards. Canadian Journal of Zoology 96: 888-896.
  7. Bulté G, Chlebak RJ, Dawson JW & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Studying mate choice in the wild using 3D printed decoys and action cameras: a case study of male choice in the northern map turtle. Animal Behaviour 138: 141-143.
  8. Paterson JE & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Density-dependent habitat selection predicts fitness and abundance in a small lizard. Oikos 127: 448-459.
  9. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Can temperature modify the strength of density-dependent habitat selection in ectotherms? A test with red flour beetles. Journal of Zoology 304: 159-168.
  10. Demers D, Hawkins E, Morin A & Blouin-Demers G. 2018. Can snapping turtles be used as an umbrella species for Blanding’s turtles in Ontario, Canada? Herpetology Notes 11: 137-145.

2017

  1. Retamal Diaz F & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. Northern snakes appear much more abundant in old fields than in forest. Canadian Field-Naturalist 131: 228-234.
  2. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. Can skin temperature be used as a proxy for body temperature in gartersnakes? Herpetological Review 48: 731-734.
  3. Patterson LD, Darveau CA & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. Support for the thermal coadaptation hypothesis from the growth rates of Sceloporus jarrovii lizards. Journal of Thermal Biology 70: 86-96.
  4. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. A test of the thermal coadaptation hypothesis with ultimate measures of fitness in flour beetles. Journal of Thermal Biology 69: 206-212.
  5. Cairns NA, Stoot LJ, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2017. Using behavioral observations to develop escape devices for freshwater turtles entrapped in fishing nets. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8: 4-14.
  6. Gutowsky LFG, Stoot LJ, Cairns NA, Thiem JD, Brownscombe JW, Danylchuk AJ, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2017. Acceleration biologgers reveal post-release behavioural impairments of freshwater turtles following interactions with fishing nets. Animal Conservation 20: 350-359.
  7. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. Common gartersnakes show density dependence in habitat selection despite no density dependence in growth. Herpetology Notes 10: 275-282.
  8. Jain-Schlaepfer SMR, Blouin-Demers G, Cooke SJ & Bulté G. 2017. Do boating and basking mix? The effect of basking disturbances by motorboats on the body temperature and on the energy budget of the northern map turtle. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 27: 547-558.
  9. Paterson JE & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. Distinguishing discrete polymorphism from continuous variation in throat colour of tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 121: 72-81.
  10. Paterson JE & Blouin-Demers G. 2017. Do ectotherms partition thermal resources? We still do not know. Oecologia 183: 337-345.

2016

  1. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2016. Density-dependent foraging and interference competition by common gartersnakes are temperature-dependent. Ethology 122: 912-921.
  2. Bouazza A, Slimani T, El Mouden H, Blouin-Demers G & Lourdais O. 2016. Thermal constraints and the influence of reproduction on thermoregulation in a high-altitude gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus). Journal of Zoology 300: 36-44.
  3. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2016. Male aggregation pheromones inhibit ideal free habitat selection in red flour beetles (Tribolium castaneum). Journal of Insect Behavior 29: 355-367.
  4. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2016. Differential fitness in field and forest habitat explains density-independent habitat selection by gartersnakes. Oecologia 181: 841-851.
  5. Beale M, Poulin S, Ivanyi C & Blouin-Demers G. 2016. Anthropogenic disturbance affects movement and increases concealment in western diamondback rattlesnakes (Crotalus atrox). Journal of Herpetology 50: 216-221.
  6. Lennox RJ, Blouin-Demers G, Rous AM & Cooke SJ. 2016. Tracking invasive animals with electronic tags to assess risks and develop management strategies. Biological Invasions 18: 1219-1233.

2015

    Cover Canadian Wildlife Biology & Management
  1. Thomasson V & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Using habitat suitability models considering biotic interactions to inform critical habitat delineation: an example with the eastern hog-nosed snake (Heterodon platirhinos) in Ontario, Canada. Canadian Wildlife Biology & Management 4: 1-17. (cover photo)
  2. Juneau V, Gilmour KM & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Cocoa butter injections, but not sealed or perforated silastic implants, of corticosterone can be used to chronically elevate corticosterone in free-living painted turtles (Chrysemys picta). Journal of Herpetology 42: 662-670.
  3. Halliday WD, Gilmour KM & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Faecal corticosterone metabolite concentrations are not a good predictor of habitat suitability for common gartersnakes. Conservation Physiology 3: doi:10.1093/conphys/cov047.
  4. Châteauvert JL, Bulté G, Poulain AJ, Campbell LM & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Dietary reliance on benthic primary production as a predictor of mercury accumulation in freshwater fish and turtles. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 226: 337.
  5. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. A stringent test of the thermal coadaptation hypothesis in flour beetles. Journal of Thermal Biology 52: 108-116.
  6. Ursenbacher S, Guillon M, Cubizolle H, Dupoué A, Blouin-Demers G & Lourdais O. 2015. Postglacial recolonisation in a cold climate specialist in western Europe: patterns of genetic diversity in the adder (Vipera berus) support the central-marginal hypothesis. Molecular Ecology 24: 3639-3651.
  7. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Efficacy of coverboards for sampling small northern snakes. Herpetology Notes 8: 309-314.
  8. Halliday WD, Thomas AS & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. High temperature intensifies negative density dependence of fitness in red flour beetles. Ecology and Evolution 5: 1061-1067.
  9. Maillet Z, Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Exploratory and defensive behaviours change with sex and body size in eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis). Journal of Ethology 33: 47-54.
  10. Midwood JD, Cairns NA, Stoot LJ, Cooke SJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2015. Bycatch mortality can cause extirpation in four freshwater turtle species. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 25: 71-80.

2014

  1. Halliday WD, Paterson JE, Patterson LD, Cooke SJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2014. Testosterone, body size, and sexual signals predict parasite load in Yarrow's spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovii). Canadian Journal of Zoology 92: 1075-1082.
  2. Halliday WD & Blouin-Demers G. 2014. Red flour beetles balance thermoregulation and food acquisition via density-dependent habitat selection. Journal of Zoology 294: 198-205.
  3. Proulx CL, Fortin G & Blouin-Demers G. 2014. Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) avoid crossing unpaved and paved roads. Journal of Herpetology 48: 267-271.
  4. Hanna DEL, Wilson DR, Blouin-Demers G & Mennill DJ. 2014. Spring peepers Pseudacris crucifer modify their call structure in response to noise. Current Zoology 60: 438-448.
  5. Lesbarrères D, Ashpole SL, Bishop CA, Blouin-Demers G, Brooks RJ, Govindarajulu P, Green DM, Hecnar SJ, Herman T, Houlahan J, Litzgus JD, Lougheed SC, Mazerolle MJ, Paszkowski CA, Rutherford P, Schock DM, Storey KB & Pauli B. 2014. Conservation of herpetofauna in northern landscapes: threats and challenges from a Canadian perspective. Biological Conservation 170: 48-55.

2013

  1. Cairns NA, Stoot LJ, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2013. Refinement of bycatch reduction devices to exclude freshwater turtles from commercial fishing nets. Endangered Species Research 22: 251-261.
  2. Nguyen V, Larocque SM, Stoot L, Cairns N, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2013. Perspectives of fishers on turtle bycatch and conservation strategies in a small-scale inland commercial fyke net fishery. Endangered Species Research 22: 11-22.
  3. Blouin-Demers G, Lourdais O, Bouazza A, Verreault C, El Mouden H & Slimani T. 2013. Patterns of throat colour variation in Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus, a high-altitude gecko endemic to the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco. Amphibia-Reptilia 34: 567-572.
  4. Robson LE & Blouin-Demers G. 2013. Eastern hognose snakes (Heterodon platirhinos) avoid crossing paved roads, but not unpaved roads. Copeia 2013: 507-511.
  5. Proulx CL, Proulx L & Blouin-Demers G. 2013. Improving the realism of random walk movement analyses through the incorporation of habitat bias. Ecological Modelling 269: 18-20.
  6. Lourdais O, Guillon M, DeNardo D & Blouin Demers G. 2013. Cold climate specialization: adaptive covariation between metabolic rate and thermoregulation in pregnant vipers. Physiology & Behavior 119: 149-155.
  7. LeDain MRK, Larocque SM, Stoot L, Cairns N, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2013. Assisted recovery following prolonged submergence in fishing nets can be beneficial to turtles: an assessment with blood physiology and reflex impairment. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12: 172-177.
  8. Bulté G, Germain RR, O'Connor CM & Blouin-Demers G. 2013. Sexual dichromatism in the northern map turtle. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 12: 187-192.
  9. Banger N, Blouin-Demers G, Bulté G & Lougheed SC. 2013. More sires may enhance offspring fitness in northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica). Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 581-588.
  10. Lelièvre H, Rivalan P, Delmas V, Ballouard JM, Bonnet X, Blouin-Demers G & Lourdais O. 2013. The thermoregulatory strategy of two sympatric colubrid snakes affects their demography. Population Ecology 55: 585-593.
  11. Colotelo AH, Cooke SJ, Blouin-Demers G, Murchie KJ, Haxton T & Smokorowski K. 2013. Influence of water temperature and net tending frequency on the condition of fish bycatch in a small-scale inland commercial fyke net fishery. Journal for Nature Conservation 21: 217-224.
  12. Stoot L, Cairns N, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2013. Physiological disturbances and behavioural impairment associated with the incidental capture of freshwater turtles in a commercial fyke-net fishery. Endangered Species Research 21: 13-23.
  13. El Balaa R & Blouin-Demers G. 2013. Does exposure to cues of fish predators fed different diets affect morphology and performance of northern leopard frog (Lithobates pipiens) larvae? Canadian Journal of Zoology 91: 203-211.
  14. Colotelo AH, Raby GD, Hasler CT, Haxton TJ, Smokorowski KE, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2013. Northern pike bycatch in an inland commercial hoop net fishery: effects of water temperature and net tending frequency on injury, physiology, and survival. Fisheries Research 137: 41-49.

2012

    Cover Canadian Journal of Zoology
  1. Peet-Paré CA & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. Female eastern hog-nosed snakes (Heterodon platirhinos) choose nest sites that produce offspring with phenotypes likely to improve fitness. Canadian Journal of Zoology 90: 1215-1220. (Editors' choice, cover photo)
  2. Lelièvre H, Moreau C, Blouin-Demers G, Bonnet X & Lourdais O. 2012. Two syntopic colubrid snakes differ in their energetic requirements and in their use of space. Herpetologica 68: 358-364.
  3. Larocque SM, Watson P, Cooke SJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. Accidental bait: do deceased fish increase freshwater turtle bycatch in commercial fyke nets? Environmental Management 50: 31-38.
  4. Larocque SM, Cooke SJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. Mitigating bycatch of freshwater turtles in passively fished fyke nets through the use of exclusion and escape modifications. Fisheries Research 125-126: 149-155.
  5. Lelièvre H, Legagneux P, Blouin-Demers G, Bonnet X & Lourdais O. 2012. Trophic niche overlap in two syntopic colubrid snakes (Hierophis viridiflavus and Zamenis longissimus) with contrasted lifestyles. Amphibia-Reptilia 33: 37-44.
  6. Millar CS, Graham JP & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. The effects of sex and season on patterns of thermoregulation in Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Ontario, Canada. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 11: 24-32.
    7. Cover Ecoscience
  7. Fortin G, Blouin-Demers G & Dubois Y. 2012. Landscape composition weakly affects home range size in Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii). Écoscience 19: 191-197. (cover photo)
  8. Row JR, Blouin-Demers G & Lougheed SC. 2012. Movements and habitat use of eastern foxsnakes (Pantherophis gloydi) in two areas varying in size and fragmentation. Journal of Herpetology 46: 94-99.
  9. Weatherhead PJ, Sperry JH, Carfagno GLF & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. Latitudinal variation in thermal ecology of North American ratsnakes and its implications for the effect of climate warming on snakes. Journal of Thermal Biology 37: 273-281.
  10. Millar CS & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. Habitat suitability modelling for species at risk is sensitive to algorithm and scale: a case study of Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii, in Ontario, Canada. Journal for Nature Conservation 20: 18-29.
  11. Weatherhead PJ, Blouin-Demers G & Sperry JH. 2012. Mortality patterns and the cost of reproduction in a northern population of ratsnakes, Elaphe obsoleta. Journal of Herpetology 46: 100-103.
  12. Larocque SM, Colotelo AH, Cooke SJ, Blouin-Demers G, Haxton T & Smokorowski KE. 2012. Seasonal patterns in bycatch composition and mortality associated with a freshwater hoop net fishery. Animal Conservation 15: 53-60.
  13. Larocque SM, Cooke SJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2012. A breath of fresh air: avoiding anoxia and mortality of freshwater turtles in fyke nets by the use of floats. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 22: 198-205.

2011

    Cover Journal of Experimental Biology
  1. Hanna DEL, Blouin-Demers G, Wilson DR & Mennill DJ. 2011. Anthropogenic noise affects song structure in red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus). Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 3549-3556. (cover photo, featured in Inside JEB)
  2. Elgee K & Blouin-Demers G. 2011. Eastern garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis) with proportionally larger heads are in better condition. Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 424-427.
  3. Lelièvre H, Blouin-Demers G, Pinaud D, Lisse H, Bonnet X & Lourdais O. 2011. Contrasted thermal preferences translate into divergences in habitat use and realized performance in two sympatric snakes. Journal of Zoology 284: 265-275.
  4. El Balaa R & Blouin-Demers G. 2011. Unpalatability of northern leopard frog Lithobates pipiens Schreber, 1782 tadpoles. Herpetology Notes 4: 159.
  5. El Balaa R & Blouin-Demers G. 2011. Anti-predatory behaviour of wild-caught vs. captive-bred freshwater angelfish, Pterophyllum scalare. Journal of Applied Ichtyology 27: 1052-1056.
  6. Millar CS & Blouin-Demers G. 2011. Spatial ecology and seasonal activity of Blanding's turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Herpetology 45: 370-378.
  7. Picard G, Carrière MA & Blouin-Demers G. 2011. Common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) select habitats of high thermal quality at the northern extreme of their range. Amphibia-Reptilia 32: 83-92.
  8. Raby GD, Colotelo AH, Blouin-Demers G & Cooke SJ. 2011. Freshwater commercial bycatch: an understated conservation problem. BioScience 61: 271-280.

2010

    Cover Ecoscience
  1. Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2010. Estimating the energetic significance of basking behaviour in a temperate-zone turtle. Écoscience 17: 387-393. (cover photo)
  2. Row JR, Blouin-Demers G & Lougheed SC. 2010. Habitat distribution influences dispersal and fine-scale genetic population structure of eastern foxsnakes (Mintonius gloydi) across a fragmented landscape. Molecular Ecology 19: 5157-5171.
  3. Lelièvre H, Blouin-Demers G, Bonnet X & Lourdais O. 2010. Thermal benefits of artificial shelters in snakes: a radiotelemetric study of two sympatric colubrids. Journal of Thermal Biology 35: 324-331.
  4. Lelièvre H, Le Hénanff M, Blouin-Demers G, Naulleau G & Lourdais O. 2010. Thermal strategies and energetics in two sympatric colubrid snakes with contrasted exposure. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 180: 415-425.
    5. Cover Canadian Journal of Zoology
  5. Carrière MA & Blouin-Demers G. 2010. Habitat selection at multiple spatial scales in northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica). Canadian Journal of Zoology 88: 846-854. (cover photo)
  6. Sperry JH, Blouin-Demers G, Carfagno GLF & Weatherhead PJ. 2010. Latitudinal variation in seasonal activity and mortality in ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Ecology 91: 1860-1866.
  7. Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2010. Implications of extreme sexual size dimorphism for thermoregulation in a freshwater turtle. Oecologia 162: 313-322.
  8. Bulté G, Carrière MA & Blouin-Demers G. 2010. Impact of recreational power boating on two populations of northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 20: 31-38.

2009

  1. Dubois Y, Blouin-Demers G, Shipley B & Thomas DW. 2009. Thermoregulation and habitat selection in wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta): chasing the sun slowly. Journal of Animal Ecology 78: 1023-1032.
  2. Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2009. Does sexual bimaturation affect the cost of growth and the operational sex ratio in an extremely size dimorphic reptile? Écoscience 16: 175-182.
  3. Carrière MA, Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2009. Spatial ecology of northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica) in a lotic and a lentic habitat. Journal of Herpetology 43: 597-604.
  4. Bulté G, Plummer AC, Thibaudeau A & Blouin-Demers G. 2009. Infection of Yarrow's spiny lizards (Sceloporus jarrovii) by chiggers and malaria in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona. Southwestern Naturalist 54: 204-207.

2008

    Cover Functional Ecology
  1. Bulté G, Irschick DJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2008. The reproductive role hypothesis explains trophic morphology dimorphism in the northern map turtle. Functional Ecology 22: 824-830. (cover photo)
  2. Bulté G, Gravel MA & Blouin-Demers G. 2008. Intersexual niche divergence in northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica): the roles of diet and habitat use. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1235-1243.
  3. Patterson LD & Blouin-Demers G. 2008. The effect of constant and fluctuating incubation temperatures on the phenotype of black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 882-889.
  4. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2008. Habitat use is linked to components of fitness through the temperature-dependence of performance in ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Israel Journal of Ecology & Evolution 54: 361-372. (invited contribution to the compendium Habitat and habitat selection: theory, tests, and implications organized by Boyce MS, Clark RG & Morris DW)
    5. Cover Freshwater Biology
  5. Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2008. Northern map turtles (Graptemys geographica) derive energy from the pelagic pathway through predation on zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha). Freshwater Biology 53: 497-508. (cover photo)
  6. Dubois Y, Blouin-Demers G & Thomas DW. 2008. Temperature selection in wood turtles (Glyptemys insculpta) and its implications for energetics. Écoscience 15: 398-406.
  7. Ben-Ezra E, Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2008. Are locomotor performances co-adapted to preferred basking temperature in the northern map turtle (Graptemys geographica)? Journal of Herpetology 42: 322-331.

2007

  1. Blouin-Demers G, Bjorgan LP & Weatherhead PJ. 2007. Changes in habitat use and movement patterns with body size in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetologica 63: 421-429.
  2. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2007. Allocation of offspring size and sex by female black ratsnakes. Oikos 116: 1759-1767.
  3. Edwards AL & Blouin-Demers G. 2007. Thermoregulation as a function of thermal quality in a northern population of painted turtles, Chrysemys picta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 526-535.
  4. Row JR, Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2007. Demographic effects of road mortality in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Biological Conservation 137: 117-124.

2006

  1. Gravel MA & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. Long-term population estimates and synchronous variation in two populations of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) in Eastern Ontario. Parks Research Forum of Ontario Proceedings 2006: 197-202.
  2. Gibbs HL, Corey SJ , Blouin-Demers G, Prior KA & Weatherhead PJ. 2006. Hybridization between mtDNA-defined phylogeographic lineages of black ratsnakes (Pantherophis sp.). Molecular Ecology 15: 3755-3767.
  3. Quirt KC, Blouin-Demers G, Howes BJ & Lougheed SC. 2006. Microhabitat selection of five-line skinks in northern peripheral populations. Journal of Herpetology 40: 335-342.
  4. Bulté G, Verly C & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. An improved blood sampling technique for hatchling emydid turtles. Herpetological Review 37: 318-319.
  5. Row JR & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. Kernels are not accurate estimators of home-range size for herpetofauna. Copeia 2006: 797-802.
  6. Row JR & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. Thermal quality influences habitat selection at multiple spatial scales in milksnakes. Écoscience 13: 443-450.
  7. Blouin-Demers G. 2006. Vive la différence: behavioural ecology French style. Review of Écologie Comportementale by Danchin, Giraldeau & Cézilly. Ethology 112: 308-309.
  8. Bulté G & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. Cautionary notes on the descriptive analysis of performance curves in reptiles. Journal of Thermal Biology 31: 287-291.
  9. Row JR & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. An effective and durable funnel trap for sampling terrestrial herpetofauna. Herpetological Review 37: 183-185.
  10. Row JR & Blouin-Demers G. 2006. Thermal quality influences effectiveness of thermoregulation, habitat use, and behaviour in milk snakes. Oecologia 148: 1-11.

2005

  1. Blouin-Demers G, Gibbs HL & Weatherhead PJ. 2005. Genetic evidence for sexual selection in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Animal Behaviour 69: 225-234.
  2. Blouin-Demers G & Nadeau P. 2005. The cost-benefit model of thermoregulation does not predict lizard thermoregulatory behavior. Ecology 86: 560-566.

2004

  1. Weatherhead PJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2004. Understanding avian nest predation: why ornithologists should study snakes. Journal of Avian Biology 35: 185-190.
  2. Weatherhead PJ & Blouin-Demers G. 2004. Long-term effects of radiotelemetry on black ratsnakes. Wildlife Society Bulletin 32: 900-906.
  3. Blouin-Demers G, Weatherhead PJ & Row JR. 2004. Phenotypic consequences of nest site selection in black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Canadian Journal of Zoology 82: 449-456.

2003

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  1. Blouin-Demers G & Gibbs HL. 2003. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta). Molecular Ecology Notes 3: 98-99. (cover photo)
  2. Weatherhead PJ, Blouin-Demers G & Cavey KM. 2003. Seasonal and prey-size dietary patterns of black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta). American Midland Naturalist 150: 275-281.
  3. Blouin-Demers G, Weatherhead PJ & McCracken HA. 2003. A test of the thermal coadaptation hypothesis with black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) and northern water snakes (Nerodia sipedon). Journal of Thermal Biology 28: 331-340.
  4. Blouin-Demers G. 2003. Precision and accuracy of body-size measurements in a constricting, large-bodied snake (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetological Review 34: 320-323.

2002

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  1. Blouin-Demers G, Prior KA & Weatherhead PJ. 2002. Comparative demography of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) in Ontario and Maryland. Journal of Zoology 256: 1-10. (cover photo)
  2. Weatherhead PJ, Blouin-Demers G & Prior KA. 2002. Synchronous variation and long-term trends in two populations of black rat snakes. Conservation Biology 16: 1602-1608.
  3. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2002. Implications of movement patterns for gene flow in black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1162-1172.
  4. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2002. Habitat-specific behavioural thermoregulation by black rat snakes (Elaphe o. obsoleta). Oikos 97: 59-68.

2001

  1. Prior KA, Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2001. Sampling biases in demographic analyses of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetologica 57: 460-469.
  2. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2001. An experimental test of the link between foraging, habitat selection and thermoregulation in black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta). Journal of Animal Ecology 70: 1006-1013.
  3. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2001. Thermal ecology of black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta) in a thermally challenging environment. Ecology 82: 3025-3043.
  4. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2001. Habitat use by black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) in fragmented forests. Ecology 82: 2882-2896.

2000

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  1. Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2000. A novel association between a beetle and a snake: parasitism of Elaphe obsoleta by Nicrophorus pustulatus. Écoscience 7: 395-397. (cover photo)
  2. Blouin-Demers G, Weatherhead PJ, Shilton CM, Parent CE & Brown GP. 2000. Use of inhalant anesthetics in three snake species. Contemporary Herpetology 2000: 4.
  3. Kissner KJ, Blouin-Demers G & Weatherhead PJ. 2000. Sexual dimorphism in malodorousness of musk secretions of snakes. Journal of Herpetology 34: 491-493.
  4. Blouin-Demers G, Kissner KJ & Weatherhead PJ. 2000. Plasticity in preferred body temperature of young snakes in response to temperature during development. Copeia 2000: 841-845.
  5. Blouin-Demers G, Prior KA & Weatherhead PJ. 2000. Patterns of variation in spring emergence by black rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta). Herpetologica 56: 175-188.

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