Leclerc_M_

Father telling stories with no data, Scientist working on stories with data, Hockey fan, research professor @UQAC

[Heather Bryan @Heather_M_Bryan]

Come join our research team to study the effects of glyphosate-based herbicide applications on mammals in forest food webs. Two positions, one at #UNBC and another at #UBCO with @lauragrieneisen and Dr. Deanna Gibson. Postings here: https://t.co/OYEMrMiMqE

[Michel Laforge @MamlSpatialEcol]

I am currently recruiting two graduate students (PhD or MSc) to work on caribou habitat management in Ontario at Lakehead University. Please repost and circulate to interested parties, and please contact me for further details!

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@JasonTFisherLab Just hoping this one will have as much media attention as the original paper!

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@festa_bianchet Looking forward reading this one! I got so many questions from this graph only.

[hance.ellington @HanceEllington]

We are recruiting a PhD student for January 2025 to study urban coyote movement behavior and space use in South Florida. Help us better understand how coyotes behave and persist in this complex and interesting urban landscape. Job posting: https://t.co/6lYH65lCnN

[Jocelyn Poissant (mostly on 🦋) @jocelynpoissant]

Trent University invites applications for a tenure track position in the field of Avian Ecology. The deadline for receipt of applications is August 19, 2024.

https://t.co/P7ZD8s31mE

[Meggan Craft @MegganCraft]

I’m looking for a postdoc (quantitative wildlife ecologist) to join our team to estimate white-tailed deer density and group size using camera traps (with implications for pathogen spread). https://t.co/FSL9vPobmX

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@MelanieDickie @festa_bianchet I would rephrase "most" to "some", sorry. We often cannot control the media spin. Not your fault but it is sad to see this good paper on wtd used by others to create this narrative.

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@MelanieDickie @festa_bianchet I agree. But it's kind of sad that during the media spin of the paper most of the attention was towards caribou. One example: "Climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds, new research suggests".

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@MattD_Hyde @RyanKBrook We are testing the devices in boreal forest with some open areas and few deciduous stands. I think they were initially designed for cattle.

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@RyanKBrook @MattD_Hyde Ear tag ~ 25g.
30 sec. to fix on animal.
No problem of neck swelling during rut or growth --> collar fit is difficult for males and yearling (depending on species) and ear tag doesn't matter.
About 1/10 of the price of a collar.
It may not replace a collar, but complementary.

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@RyanKBrook @MattD_Hyde No long term memory, the data is sent using Globalstar at every fix. If the transmission doesn't work, the data lost. There are some parameters you can play with to maximize data acquisition/transmission vs battery consumption.

[Leclerc_M_ @Leclerc_M_]

@RyanKBrook @MattD_Hyde I am field testing GSat Solar ear tag on white-tailed deer for the past 3 months. Everything is running smoothly with 1 position every 5h. Battery goes from 25% to 90% depending on sun/cloud cover. Need to be careful with cold temperatures and tree cover that limit sunlight.

[Christopher Fernandez-Prada (He/Him) @PradaCF]

Our last paper is finally online: Variation in prevalence and intensity of macroparasites in moose and their interactions with winter tick load in eastern Canada - Pouchet - Wildlife Biology - Wiley Online Library https://t.co/R0X5NcSNuH #parasites #ticks #moose

[Clayton Lamb @ClaytonTLamb]

NEW PAPER: We followed the fate of 40 caribou herds —the southern mountain caribou population—to assess their trajectory and response to recovery actions. What we found was surprising and bitter sweet: dramatic declines but recent recovery due to controversial measures. 🧵 (1/n)

[Sophiane Béland 🇨🇦 @Sophiane_B]

Ever wondered what the female migratory caribou in Quebec select as feeding sites and as food resources in summer?! 🤔

Read our new article to find out! 😊😁

https://t.co/qpmV6ic3oY

[Emmanuelle Chrétien, PhD @manuchretien]

MSc position in my lab @UQAR: effects of pollutants on aquatic biodiversity and Atlantic salmon habitat quality in Rimouski River. See all details in the attached files, EN & FR. 👇Please RT!

[Candice Michelot | @candicemichelot.bsky.social🐳 @Candice_Mic]

Grey #wolves adjust their tactics, movement patterns and territorial behaviour depending on dynamic seasonal distribution of migratory #caribou

#CaribouUngava #movementecology #PredatorPrey
@Oikos_Journal

https://t.co/euHOPDy2eW

[John Fieberg @FiebergJohn]

New preprint showing how functions in the amt package can be used to simulate animal space use from fitted integrated step-selection functions (iSSF) https://t.co/1c69S933dw