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Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
32
Citations
2961
World Ranking
8164
National Ranking
509

Overview

Martin-Hugues St-Laurent is affiliated with the Université du Québec à Rimouski in Canada and conducts research primarily in Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Ecology. Their work encompasses several subfields including Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Insect Science.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Fire effects on ecosystems, Rangeland and Wildlife Management, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies.

Recent significant publications authored or co-authored by Martin-Hugues St-Laurent include:

  • Validation of functional connectivity modeling: The Achilles' heel of landscape connectivity mapping, 2020, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Linking habitat, predators and alternative prey to explain recruitment variations of an endangered caribou population, 2020, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Determinants of vegetation regeneration on forest roads following restoration treatments: implications for boreal caribou conservation, 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • Lowering the rate of timber harvesting to mitigate impacts of climate change on boreal caribou habitat quality in eastern Canada, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Drivers of vegetation regrowth on logging roads in the boreal forest: Implications for restoration of woodland caribou habitat, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

Martin-Hugues St-Laurent frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Mathieu Leblond
  • Yan Boulanger
  • Jesus Pascual Puigdevall
  • Annie Claude Bélisle
  • Yves Bergeron

The scientist publishes regularly in journals that include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ecosphere

Martin-Hugues St-Laurent's body of work contributes broadly to understanding ecological processes and conservation strategies, particularly focusing on boreal forest environments and wildlife habitat dynamics in the context of environmental change and restoration practices.

Best Publications

  • The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project

    Lawrence N. Hudson;Tim Newbold;Tim Newbold;Sara Contu;Samantha L.L. Hill;Samantha L.L. Hill

  • Wolf habitat selection is shaped by human activities in a highly managed boreal forest

    Frédéric Lesmerises;Christian Dussault;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Range fidelity: The missing link between caribou decline and habitat alteration?

    Geneviève Faille;Christian Dussault;Jean-Pierre Ouellet;Daniel Fortin

  • Habitat selection by forest-dwelling caribou in managed boreal forest of eastern Canada: Evidence of a landscape configuration effect

    Caroline Hins;Jean-Pierre Ouellet;Claude Dussault;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Caribou, water, and ice – fine-scale movements of a migratory arctic ungulate in the context of climate change

    Mathieu Leblond;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent;Steeve D. Côté

  • Adjustments in habitat selection to changing availability induce fitness costs for a threatened ungulate

    Chrystel L. Losier;Serge Couturier;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent;Pierre Drapeau

  • Validation of functional connectivity modeling: The Achilles’ heel of landscape connectivity mapping

    Jérôme Laliberté;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Dissecting habitat loss and fragmentation effects following logging in boreal forest: Conservation perspectives from landscape simulations

    Martin-Hugues St-Laurent;Christian Dussault;Jean Ferron;Réjean Gagnon

  • Fine-Scale Habitat Selection by Female Forest-Dwelling Caribou in Managed Boreal Forest: Empirical Evidence of a Seasonal Shift between Foraging Opportunities and Antipredator Strategies

    Yves Briand;Jean-Pierre Ouellet;Claude Dussault;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Harvesting interacts with climate change to affect future habitat quality of a focal species in eastern Canada's boreal forest.

    Junior A. Tremblay;Yan Boulanger;Dominic Cyr;Anthony R. Taylor

  • Unifying Framework for Understanding Impacts of Human Developments on Wildlife

    Chris J. Johnson;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Caribou avoiding wolves face increased predation by bears – Caught between Scylla and Charybdis

    Mathieu Leblond;Christian Dussault;Jean-Pierre Ouellet;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Northern protected areas will become important refuges for biodiversity tracking suitable climates.

    Dominique Berteaux;Marylène Ricard;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent;Nicolas Casajus

  • Behavioural strategies towards human disturbances explain individual performance in woodland caribou

    Martin Leclerc;Christian Dussault;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Modeling multispecies predator–prey dynamics: predicting the outcomes of conservation actions for woodland caribou

    Chris J. Johnson;Matthew A. Mumma;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Not accounting for interindividual variability can mask habitat selection patterns: a case study on black bears.

    Rémi Lesmerises;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Many places called home: the adaptive value of seasonal adjustments in range fidelity.

    Alexandre Lafontaine;Pierre Drapeau;Daniel Fortin;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Demographic responses of boreal caribou to cumulative disturbances highlight elasticity of range-specific tolerance thresholds

    Tyler D. Rudolph;Pierre Drapeau;Louis Imbeau;Vincent Brodeur

  • Potential impacts of climate change on the habitat of boreal woodland caribou

    Quinn E. Barber;Marc-André Parisien;Ellen Whitman;Ellen Whitman;Diana Stralberg

  • A spatial theory for characterizing predator-multiprey interactions in heterogeneous landscapes.

    Daniel Fortin;Pietro-Luciano Buono;Pietro-Luciano Buono;Oswald J. Schmitz;Nicolas Courbin

  • Spatiotemporal response of mountain caribou to the intensity of backcountry skiing

    Frédéric Lesmerises;Florent Déry;Chris J. Johnson;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

  • Multiscale assessment of the impacts of roads and cutovers on calving site selection in woodland caribou

    Martin Leclerc;Christian Dussault;Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Drapeau
Pierre Drapeau University of Quebec at Montreal
Chris J. Johnson
Chris J. Johnson University of Northern British Columbia
Daniel Fortin
Daniel Fortin Université Laval
Matt W. Hayward
Matt W. Hayward University of Newcastle Australia
Alain Dejean
Alain Dejean Paul Sabatier University
Tim Diekötter
Tim Diekötter Kiel University
Tom M. Fayle
Tom M. Fayle Queen Mary University of London
Patrick J. O’Farrell
Patrick J. O’Farrell University of Cape Town
Ingo Grass
Ingo Grass University of Hohenheim
Jérémy Bouyer
Jérémy Bouyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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