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Emma Despland

ResearcherBiologyConcordia University

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Emma Despland

Researcher

Biology

Concordia University

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
3 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 NSERC), most recently in 2017.

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Research

caterpillars collective behaviour conservation physiology feeding behaviour forest insect pests group-living outbreak dynamics phenology

Latest papers

Wildfire smoke exposure impacts wing development of two pest outbreaking moths in boreal forests.
Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026 · senior author
Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) community composition around different boreal infrastructures.
Journal of environmental management · 2026
Limited Differences in Insect Herbivory on Young White Spruce Growing in Small Open Plantations and under Natural Canopies in Boreal Mixed Forests.
Insects · 2024 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

Maintien du couvert forestier dans les parcs de la SÉPAQ : nouvel outil d'aide à la décision et protocoles de suivi standardisés
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$30,000
Causes, ampleur et conséquences du dépérissement des peuplements boréaux dans un contexte d'épidémie de tordeuse et de changements climatiques
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$809,920
Risks of introduction and damage from forest insect pests in the boreal forest
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$322,125

All 10 grants and awards

17 publications.

Wildfire smoke exposure impacts wing development of two pest outbreaking moths in boreal forests.

Noor S, Castillo Salazar RA, Girona MM, Despland E

Environmental science and pollution research international2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-026-38023-0 PMID: 42443556

Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) community composition around different boreal infrastructures.

Noor S, Despland E, Montoro Girona M, Work T

Journal of environmental management2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.128791 PMID: 41638151

Limited Differences in Insect Herbivory on Young White Spruce Growing in Small Open Plantations and under Natural Canopies in Boreal Mixed Forests.

Yataco AP, Noor S, Girona MM, Work T, Despland E

Insects2024Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/insects15030196 PMID: 38535391

Defensive Traits during White Spruce (Picea glauca) Leaf Ontogeny.

Lirette AO, Despland E

Insects2021Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/insects12070644 PMID: 34357304

Improved performance of the eastern spruce budworm on black spruce as warming temperatures disrupt phenological defences.

Bellemin-Noël B, Bourassa S, Despland E, De Grandpré L, Pureswaran DS

Global change biology2021

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.15643 PMID: 33872446

Ontogenetic shift from aposematism and gregariousness to crypsis in a Romaleid grasshopper.

Despland E

PloS one2020First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0237594 PMID: 32817631

Top-down and bottom-up controls on an herbivore on a native and introduced plant in a tropical agricultural landscape.

Despland E, Santacruz PG

PeerJ2020First author

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8782 PMID: 32206453

Detoxification of host plant phenolic aglycones by the spruce budworm.

Donkor D, Mirzahosseini Z, Bede J, Bauce E, Despland E

PloS one2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208288 PMID: 31095557

How does synchrony with host plant affect the performance of an outbreaking insect defoliator?

Fuentealba A, Pureswaran D, Bauce É, Despland E

Oecologia2017Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-017-3914-4 PMID: 28756489

Butterflies of the high-altitude Atacama Desert: habitat use and conservation.

Despland E

Frontiers in genetics2014First author

DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00334 PMID: 25309583

Maintien du couvert forestier dans les parcs de la SÉPAQ : nouvel outil d'aide à la décision et protocoles de suivi standardisés

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Filotas, Élise E

Keywords: aménagement de la forêt; changements globaux; conservation des parcs nationaux; évaluation des risques; géomatique; outil d'aide à la décision; perturbations forestières; résilience des forêts

$30,000

Causes, ampleur et conséquences du dépérissement des peuplements boréaux dans un contexte d'épidémie de tordeuse et de changements climatiques

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Deslauriers, Annie A

Keywords: biens et services environnementaux; changement climatique; défoliaiton; dépérissement; épinette noire; modélisation; sapin baumier; synchronisme hôte-insecte; télédétection; tordeuse des bourgeons de l'épinette

$809,920

Risks of introduction and damage from forest insect pests in the boreal forest

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Work, Timothy T

Keywords: Boreal forests; Defoliating insects; Forest management; Forest Pests; Invasion pathways; Invasive species; Plantations; Woodboring insects

$322,125

How tri-trophic interactions and social behaviour drive early instar survival rates of caterpillars

Principal investigatorNSERC2017Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Despland, Emma

Keywords: caterpillars; collective behaviour; conservation physiology; feeding behaviour; forest insect pests; group-living; outbreak dynamics; phenology; plant-insect interactions; tri-trophic interactions

$168,000

Interaction between forest tent caterpillar and forest composition: Role of predation in outbreak dynamics and effects on litter, soils and tree regeneration

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Lafleur, Benoit

$90,714

Shared field vehicle for ecology research.

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Brown, Grant

$33,200

Shared field vehicle for ecological research

Co-investigatorNSERC2010Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fraser, Dylan

$31,736

Développement d'outils d'aide à la décision, de lutte directe et de prévention contre les ravageurs entomologiques forestiers dans un contexte de changements environnementaux

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Collaborative Research and Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bauce, Eric

$2,106,170

Behaviour of group-living outbreaking insects

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Despland, Emma

$175,140

Sociality and population dynamics in tent caterpillars: an individual perspective

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Despland, Emma

$80,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Emma Despland

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Wildfire smoke exposure impacts wing development of two pest outbreaking moths in boreal forests.

Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) community composition around different boreal infrastructures.

Limited Differences in Insect Herbivory on Young White Spruce Growing in Small Open Plantations and under Natural Canopies in Boreal Mixed Forests.

Defensive Traits during White Spruce (Picea glauca) Leaf Ontogeny.

Improved performance of the eastern spruce budworm on black spruce as warming temperatures disrupt phenological defences.

Ontogenetic shift from aposematism and gregariousness to crypsis in a Romaleid grasshopper.

Top-down and bottom-up controls on an herbivore on a native and introduced plant in a tropical agricultural landscape.

Detoxification of host plant phenolic aglycones by the spruce budworm.

How does synchrony with host plant affect the performance of an outbreaking insect defoliator?

Butterflies of the high-altitude Atacama Desert: habitat use and conservation.

Maintien du couvert forestier dans les parcs de la SÉPAQ : nouvel outil d'aide à la décision et protocoles de suivi standardisés

Causes, ampleur et conséquences du dépérissement des peuplements boréaux dans un contexte d'épidémie de tordeuse et de changements climatiques

Risks of introduction and damage from forest insect pests in the boreal forest

How tri-trophic interactions and social behaviour drive early instar survival rates of caterpillars

Interaction between forest tent caterpillar and forest composition: Role of predation in outbreak dynamics and effects on litter, soils and tree regeneration

Shared field vehicle for ecology research.

Shared field vehicle for ecological research

Développement d'outils d'aide à la décision, de lutte directe et de prévention contre les ravageurs entomologiques forestiers dans un contexte de changements environnementaux

Behaviour of group-living outbreaking insects

Sociality and population dynamics in tent caterpillars: an individual perspective

Frequent collaborators

Éric Bauce