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61
Citations
12953
World Ranking
3686
National Ranking
208

Overview

Pierre Drapeau is affiliated with the University of Montreal in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in ecology and its subfields.

Their work spans several subfields of study including:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Insect Science
  • Neurology

Key topics covered in their research encompass:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Forest ecology and management

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Interpericyte tunnelling nanotubes regulate neurovascular coupling," 2020, Nature
  • "Tree-Related Microhabitats Are Promising Yet Underused Tools for Biodiversity and Nature Conservation: A Systematic Review for International Perspectives," 2022, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • "Transmission patterns of tick-borne pathogens among birds and rodents in a forested park in southeastern Canada," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Global patterns and environmental drivers of forest functional composition," 2023, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • "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

Drapeau frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • The Forestry Chronicle
  • Nature
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

The scientist collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
  • Nicolas Bélanger
  • Nicole J. Fenton
  • Ariane Dumas
  • Catherine Bouchard

Best Publications

  • Time course of the development of motor behaviors in the zebrafish embryo

    Louis Saint-Amant;Pierre Drapeau

  • Gain and loss of function of ALS-related mutations of TARDBP (TDP-43) cause motor deficits in vivo.

    Edor Kabashi;Li Lin;Miranda L. Tradewell;Patrick A. Dion

  • Development of the locomotor network in zebrafish.

    Pierre Drapeau;Louis Saint-Amant;Robert Rr Buss;Mabel Chong

  • De novo mutations in the gene encoding the synaptic scaffolding protein SHANK3 in patients ascertained for schizophrenia

    Julie Gauthier;Nathalie Champagne;Ronald G. Lafrenière;Lan Xiong

  • Mutations in SYNGAP1 in autosomal nonsyndromic mental retardation.

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Julie Gauthier;Dan Spiegelman;Anne Noreau

  • Excess of De Novo Deleterious Mutations in Genes Associated with Glutamatergic Systems in Nonsyndromic Intellectual Disability

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Julie Gauthier;Yoichi Araki;Da-Ting Lin

  • Novel de novo SHANK3 mutation in autistic patients.

    Julie Gauthier;Dan Spiegelman;Amélie Piton;Ronald G. Lafrenière

  • Systematic resequencing of X-chromosome synaptic genes in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia.

    Piton A;Gauthier J;Hamdan Ff;Lafrenière Rg

  • Mutations in VANGL1 Associated with Neural-Tube Defects

    Zoha Kibar;Elena Torban;Jonathan R. McDearmid;Jonathan R. McDearmid;Annie Reynolds;Annie Reynolds

  • Truncating mutations in NRXN2 and NRXN1 in autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia

    Julie Gauthier;Tabrez J. Siddiqui;Peng Huashan;Daisaku Yokomaku

  • Direct Measure of the De Novo Mutation Rate in Autism and Schizophrenia Cohorts

    Philip Awadalla;Julie Gauthier;Rachel A. Myers;Rachel A. Myers;Ferran Casals

  • Interpericyte tunnelling nanotubes regulate neurovascular coupling.

    Luis Alarcon-Martinez;Deborah Villafranca-Baughman;Heberto Quintero;J. Benjamin Kacerovsky

  • Steps during the development of the zebrafish locomotor network

    Edna Brustein;Louis Saint-Amant;Robert R Buss;Mabel Chong

  • De Novo Mutations in FOXP1 in Cases with Intellectual Disability, Autism, and Language Impairment

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Hussein Daoud;Daniel Rochefort;Amélie Piton

  • Motoneuron activity patterns related to the earliest behavior of the zebrafish embryo.

    Louis Saint-Amant;Pierre Drapeau

  • Rare Mutations in N-methyl-D-aspartate Glutamate Receptors in Autism Spectrum Disorders and Schizophrenia

    Tarabeux J;Tarabeux J;Tarabeux J;Kebir O;Kebir O;Gauthier J;Hamdan Ff

  • Synaptic drive to motoneurons during fictive swimming in the developing zebrafish.

    Robert R. Buss;Pierre Drapeau

  • Synchronization of an embryonic network of identified spinal interneurons solely by electrical coupling.

    Louis Saint-Amant;Pierre Drapeau

  • Mutations in the KIAA0196 Gene at the SPG8 Locus Cause Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

    Paul N. Valdmanis;Inge A. Meijer;Annie Reynolds;Adrienne Lei

  • Mutations in the calcium-related gene IL1RAPL1 are associated with autism

    Amélie Piton;Jacques L. Michaud;Huashan Peng;Swaroop Aradhya

  • In vivo recording from identifiable neurons of the locomotor network in the developing zebrafish

    Pierre Drapeau;Declan W Ali;Robert R Buss;Louis Saint-Amant

Frequent Co-Authors

Guy A. Rouleau
Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Fadi F. Hamdan
Fadi F. Hamdan University of Montreal
Eric Fombonne
Eric Fombonne Oregon Health & Science University
Laurent Mottron
Laurent Mottron University of Montreal
Ridha Joober
Ridha Joober Douglas Mental Health University Institute
Marie-Odile Krebs
Marie-Odile Krebs Université Paris Cité
Amélie Piton
Amélie Piton University of Strasbourg
Jacques L. Michaud
Jacques L. Michaud University of Montreal
Lynn E. DeLisi
Lynn E. DeLisi Harvard Medical School
Jean-Claude Lacaille
Jean-Claude Lacaille University of Montreal

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