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Research
Latest papers
Disentangling seasonal effects of environmental variability and population density on life-history traits in a capital breeder.
The Journal of animal ecology · 2025
Uncovering bighorn sheep life-history trajectories in multidimensional trait space.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025 · senior author
Correction: Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes.
Oecologia · 2024
Latest funding
- $1,217,740
Écologie, utilisation de l'espace et démographie du caribou migrateur dans un contexte de changements climatiques
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $50,000
Optimizing sampling design, data integration, and methods for understanding population dynamics and predicting ecological changes
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $190,000
Optimizing sampling design, data integration, and methods for understanding population dynamics and predicting ecological changes
NSERC · 2020 · Principal investigator
14 publications.
Disentangling seasonal effects of environmental variability and population density on life-history traits in a capital breeder.
Simmonds M, Hamel S, Henden JA, Langeland K, Stien A, Tveraa T, Yoccoz NG
Uncovering bighorn sheep life-history trajectories in multidimensional trait space.
Larue B, Pelletier F, Festa-Bianchet M, Hamel S
Correction: Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes.
Michaud A, White KS, Hamel S, Richard JH, Côté SD
Of goats and heat, the differential impact of summer temperature on habitat selection and activity patterns in mountain goats of different ecotypes.
Michaud A, White KS, Hamel S, Richard JH, Côté SD
Birth date determines early calf survival in migratory caribou.
Vuillaume B, Richard JH, Hamel S, Taillon J, Festa-Bianchet M, Côté SD
Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse.
Van de Walle J, Fay R, Gaillard JM, Pelletier F, Hamel S, Gamelon M, Barbraud C, Blanchet FG, Blumstein DT, Charmantier A, Delord K, Larue B, Martin J, Mills JA, Milot E, Mayer FM, Rotella J, Saether BE, Teplitsky C, van de Pol M, Van Vuren DH, Visser ME, Wells CP, Yarrall J, Jenouvrier S
Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species.
Fay R, Hamel S, van de Pol M, Gaillard JM, Yoccoz NG, Acker P, Authier M, Larue B, Le Coeur C, Macdonald KR, Nicol-Harper A, Barbraud C, Bonenfant C, Van Vuren DH, Cam E, Delord K, Gamelon M, Moiron M, Pelletier F, Rotella J, Teplitsky C, Visser ME, Wells CP, Wheelwright NT, Jenouvrier S, Saether BE
Effect of scavenging on predation in a food web.
Mellard JP, Hamel S, Henden JA, Ims RA, Stien A, Yoccoz N
Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals.
de Villemereuil P, Charmantier A, Arlt D, Bize P, Brekke P, Brouwer L, Cockburn A, Côté SD, Dobson FS, Evans SR, Festa-Bianchet M, Gamelon M, Hamel S, Hegelbach J, Jerstad K, Kempenaers B, Kruuk LEB, Kumpula J, Kvalnes T, McAdam AG, McFarlane SE, Morrissey MB, Pärt T, Pemberton JM, Qvarnström A, Røstad OW, Schroeder J, Senar JC, Sheldon BC, van de Pol M, Visser ME, Wheelwright NT, Tufto J, Chevin LM
The role of maternal behavior and offspring development in the survival of mountain goat kids.
Théoret-Gosselin R, Hamel S, Côté SD
Écologie, utilisation de l'espace et démographie du caribou migrateur dans un contexte de changements climatiques
Principal investigators: Côté, Steeve S
Keywords: anthropocène; connectivité; dynamique de population; habitat; habitat essentiel; microbiote; phénologie; prédation; traits d'histoire de vie; utilisation de l'espace
Optimizing sampling design, data integration, and methods for understanding population dynamics and predicting ecological changes
Principal investigators: Hamel, Sandra
Keywords: statistical ecology; sampling design; indigenous knowledge; population dynamics; near-term iterative forecasting; ecosystem changes; uncertainty; integrated population modeling; management; northern ecosystems
Optimizing sampling design, data integration, and methods for understanding population dynamics and predicting ecological changes
Principal investigators: Hamel, Sandra
Keywords: statistical ecology; sampling design; indigenous knowledge; population dynamics; near-term iterative forecasting; ecosystem changes; uncertainty; integrated population modeling; management; northern ecosystems
Optimizing sampling design, data integration, and methods for understanding population dynamics and predicting ecological changes
Principal investigators: Hamel, Sandra
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Marco Festa-Bianchet and Fanie Pelletier: 32 shared papers
- Sandra Hamel and Marco Festa-Bianchet: 3 shared papers
- Sandra Hamel and Fanie Pelletier: 3 shared papers
- Biologie
- Département de biologie
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