François Vézina

Professeur agrégé,
Université du Québec à Rimouski
Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie
Courriel: francois_vezina@uqar.ca
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Éducation

  • Postdoctorat - Écophysiologie, acclimatation au froid, migration, métabolisme: 2008, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research PAYS-BAS. Directeur de recherche: Theunis Piersma
  • Doctorat (Ph.D.) - Écophysiologie, reproduction, métabolisme : 2004, Simon Fraser University CANADA. Directeur de recherche: Tony D. Williams
  • Maîtrise - Écophysiologie, ecologie hivernale, métabolisme : 1998, Université de Sherbrooke CANADA. Directeur de recherche : Donald W. Thomas
  • Baccalauréat - Aménagement de la faune: 1995, Université du Québec à Rimouski CANADA


Recherche

Mes recherches portent sur l'acclimatation au froid, les stratégies de gestion de l'énergie et les ajustements physiologiques réversibles permettant aux oiseaux de faire face aux contraintes environnementales. Mes travaux pour la prochaine année porteront sur la régulation physiologique des mécanismes impliqués dans l'acclimatation aux perturbations climatiques hivernales.

Étudiants CSBQ

Emily Cornelius Ruhs

Postdoctoral fellow
(Début: 2018)
Winter energetics and immune function of black-capped chickadees
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Ryan O'Connor

Postdoctoral fellow
(Début: 2018)
Utilisation de modèles thermiques pour prédire la performance du plectrophane des neiges (Plectrophenax nivalis) face aux changements rapides de son environnement.

Sarah Payel

Ph.D.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Oliver Love, Université de Windsor
(Début: 2020)
Transitions phénotypiques migratoires et contraintes physiologiques chez un spécialiste du froid en déclin: le plectrophane des neiges

Émilie Paris-Jodoin

M.Sc.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Oliver P. Love
(Début: 2020)
Statégies de gestion des réserves énergétiques du plectrophane des neiges (Plectrophenax nivalis) lors de la migration printanière.
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Anciens étudiants (depuis 2009)

Quinn Fletcher

Postdoctoral fellow
(Début: 2014, Fin: 2014)
Autre (co-)superviseur membre du CSBQ: Dominique Berteaux
The effect of energetics on species interactions
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Fanny Hallot

Ph.D.
(Début: 2014, Fin: 2017)
Autre (co-)superviseur membre du CSBQ: Nathalie R. Le François
Flexibilité phénotypique et variations climatiques

Audrey LE POGAM

Ph.D.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Oliver Love
(Début: 2014, Fin: 2019)
Ajustements phénotypiques en réponse aux contraintes de l’environnement hivernal et de la migration chez le plectrophane des neiges

Myriam Milbergue

Ph.D.
(Début: 2012, Fin: 2017)
Autre (co-)superviseur membre du CSBQ: Pierre Blier
Régulation endocrinienne de l'acclimatation hivernale chez les passereaux résidents

Magali Petit

Ph.D.
(Début: 2009, Fin: 2015)
Acclimatation saisonnière et fitness chez un petit passereau résident, la mésange à tête noire

Thomas Zgirski

Ph.D.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Pierre Legagneux
(Début: 2016, Fin: 2020)
Les oiseaux communs comme indicateurs de la biodiversité – Une approche écophysiologique en milieu agricole et péri-urbain.

Émilie Desjardins

M.Sc.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Andrew Tam, Department of National Defence
(Début: 2018, Fin: 2020)
Autre (co-)superviseur membre du CSBQ: Dominique Berteaux
Un plan de gestion de la biodiversité pour la Station des Forces Canadiennes Alert (Nunavut, Canada)

Justine Drolet

M.Sc.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Oliver P. Love
(Début: 2017, Fin: 2019)
La thermorégulation et l'hyperthermie chez le plectrophane des neiges : influence du réchauffement de l'Arctique sur la performance individuelle

Karine Dubois

M.Sc.
(Début: 2012, Fin: 2015)
Flexibilité phénotypique dans l’acclimatation thermique de trois espèces de passereaux nord-américains

Marie-Pier Laplante

M.Sc.
Autre (co-)superviseur: Oliver Love, Université de Windsor
(Début: 2014, Fin: 2016)
Cycle d’engraissement saisonnier et causes des déplacements migratoires hivernaux chez le plectrophane des neiges

Cynthia Lemieux

M.Sc.
(Début: 2014, Fin: 2015)
Contraintes printanières sur le succès reproducteur de deux espèces de passereaux forestiers

Agnès Lewden

M.Sc.
(Début: 2009, Fin: 2011)
Dominance sociale et performance métabolique

Clément Mandin

M.Sc.
(Début: 2009, Fin: 2012)
Marqueurs sanguins de la condition physiologique

Lyette Régimbald

M.Sc.
(Début: 2014, Fin: 2017)
 Effet des variations thermiques sur la condition immunitaire et le stress oxydatif chez les oiseaux.

Limoilou-Amélie Renaud

M.Sc.
(Début: 2009, Fin: 2011)
Marqueurs endocrinien du stress chez le caribou

Julie-Camille Riva

M.Sc.
(Début: 2017, Fin: 2019)
Autre (co-)superviseur membre du CSBQ: Christian Nozais
Synchronie entre l’émergence de entomofaune et la reproduction des mésanges : qu’est ce qui se passe dans l’Est du Québec ?

Sarah Senécal

M.Sc.
(Début: 2017, Fin: 2019)
Autre (co-)superviseur membre du CSBQ: Christian Nozais
Influence de la valeur énergétique et de la qualité nutritionnelle des proies sur l’effort de nourrissage et le succès reproducteur de deux espèces de mésanges en fonction de la personnalité des paren

Exemples d'espèces étudiées

Sturnus vulgaris
Junco hyemalis
Poecile atricapillus
Calidris canutus


Publications

58- Wintering snow buntings elevate cold hardiness to extreme levels but show no changes in maintenance costs
Le Pogam A , Love O P , Régimbald L , Dubois K , Hallot F , Milbergue M , Petit M , O’Connor R S , Vézina F ,
2020 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2020-10-26)

57- Consequences of being phenotypically mismatched with the environment: No evidence of oxidative stress in cold- And warm-acclimated birds facing a cold spell
Jimenez A G , Ruhs E C , Tobin K J , Anderson K N , Le Pogam A , Regimbald L , Vézina F ,
2020 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2020-05-27)

56- Consequences of being phenotypically mismatched with the environment: rapid muscle ultrastructural changes in cold-shocked black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)
Vézina F , Cornelius Ruhs E , O’Connor E S , Le Pogam A , Régimbald L , Love O P , Jimenez A G ,
2020 American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology (Date Added: 2020-02-04)

55- WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING OF AN AVIPOXVIRUS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN A GROUP OF AVIARY-HOUSED SNOW BUNTINGS (PLECTROPHENAX NIVALIS)
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2020 Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians (Date Added: 2020-01-19)

54- Who pays the bill? The effects of altered brood size on parental and nestling physiology
Cornelius Ruhs E , Vézina F , Walker M A , Karasov W H ,
2019 Journal of Ornithology (Date Added: 2019-11-12)

53- Tracking Landscape-Scale Movements of Snow Buntings and Weather-Driven Changes in Flock Composition During the Temperate Winter
Mckinnon E A , Laplante M , Love O P , Fraser K C , Mackenzie S , Vézina F ,
2019 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2019-10-15)

52- Flexible response to short-term weather in a cold-adapted songbird
Laplante M , McKinnon E A , Love O P , Vézina F ,
2019 Journal of Avian Biology (Date Added: 2019-03-10)

51- Physiological and Immune Responses of Free-Living Temperate Birds Provided a Gradient of Food Supplementation
Cornelius Ruhs E , Vézina F , Karasov W H ,
2019 Physiological and biochemical zoology : PBZ (Date Added: 2019-01-19)

50- Large muscles are beneficial but not required for improving thermogenic capacity in small birds
Milbergue M S , Blier P U , Vézina F ,
2018 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2018-09-28)

49- The performing animal: Causes and consequences of body remodeling and metabolic adjustments in red knots facing contrasting thermal environments
Vézina F , Gerson A R , Guglielmo C G , Piersma T ,
2017 American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology (Date Added: 2017-08-16)

48- Body temperature responses to handling stress in wintering Black-capped Chickadees (Poecile atricapillus L.)
Lewden A , Nord A , Petit M , Vézina F ,
2017 Physiology and Behavior (Date Added: 2017-06-14)

47- How low can you go? An adaptive energetic framework for interpreting basal metabolic rate variation in endotherms
Swanson D L , McKechnie A E , Vézina F ,
2017 Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology (Date Added: 2017-04-27)

46- Reconstruction of Overlengthening after Gastrocnemius Recession with an Achilles Tendon Allograft: Case Report
Benny A , Balg F , Svotelis A , Vézina F ,
2016 Foot and Ankle International (Date Added: 2017-02-22)

45- Patellar taping alters knee kinematics during step descent in individuals with a meniscal injury: An exploratory study
Roy N , Gaudreault N , Tousignant M , Vézina F , Boudreau N ,
2016 Clinical Biomechanics (Date Added: 2017-02-22)

44- Uncoupling Basal and Summit Metabolic Rates in White-Throated Sparrows: Digestive Demand Drives Maintenance Costs, but Changes in Muscle Mass Are Not Needed to Improve Thermogenic Capacity
Barceló, G, Love, OP, Vézina, F
2016 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2017-02-05)

43- Chickadees Faced with Unpredictable Food Increase Fat Reserves but Certain Components of Their Immune Function Decline
Cornelius, EA, Vézina, F, Regimbald, L, Hallot, F, Petit, M, Love, OP, Karasov, WH
2016 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2017-02-05)

42- Increasing Winter Maximal Metabolic Rate Improves Intrawinter Survival in Small Birds
Petit, M, Clavijo-Baquet, S, Vézina, F
2016 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2017-02-05)

41- Basal and maximal metabolic rates differ in their response to rapid temperature change among avian species
Dubois, K, Hallot, F, Vézina, F
2016 Journal of Comparative Physiology. B, Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology (Date Added: 2016-08-01)

40- Environmental, ecological and mechanistic drivers of avian seasonal metabolic flexibility in response to cold winters
Swanson, DL, Vézina, F
2015 J. Ornithol (Date Added: 2016-06-22)

39- Nutritional stress in Northern gannets during an unprecedented low reproductive success year: Can extreme sea surface temperature event and dietary change be the cause?
Franci, CD, Vézina, F, Grégoire, F, Rail, J-F, Verreault, J
2015 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology (Date Added: 2016-06-22)

38- Individual inconsistencies in basal and summit metabolic rate highlight flexibility of metabolic performance in a wintering passerine
Cortes, PA, Petit, M, Lewden, A, Milbergue, M, Vézina, F
2015 Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological Genetics and Physiology (Date Added: 2016-01-15)

37- Estimation of muscle mass by ultrasonography differs between observers and life states of models in small birds
Royer-Boutin, P, Cortés, PA, Milbergue, M, Petit, M, Vézina, F
2015 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2015-05-03)

36- Lipid metabolites as markers of fattening rate in a non-migratory passerine: Effects of ambient temperature and individual variation
Devost, I, Hallot, F, Milbergue, M, Petit, M, Vézina, F
2014 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology -Part A : Molecular and Integrative Physiology (Date Added: 2015-01-07)

35- How does flexibility in body composition relate to seasonal changes in metabolic performance in a small passerine wintering at northern latitude?
Petit, M, Lewden, A, Vézina, F
2014 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2015-01-07)

34- Evidence of facultative daytime hypothermia in a small passerine wintering at northern latitudes
Lewden, A, Petit, M, Milbergue, M, Orio, S, Vézina, F
2014 Ibis (Date Added: 2015-01-07)

33- Reaction Norms in Natural Conditions: How Does Metabolic Performance Respond to Weather Variations in a Small Endotherm Facing Cold Environments?
Petit, M, Vézina, F
2014 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2014-12-15)

32- A novel integrative method for measuring body condition in ecological studies based on physiological dysregulation
Milot, E, Cohen, AA, Vézina, F, Buehler, DM, Matson, KD, Piersma, T
2014 Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2014-05-23)

31- Phenotype manipulations confirm the role of pectoral muscles and haematocrit in avian maximal thermogenic capacity
Petit, M, Vézina, F
2014 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2014-03-18)

30- Intra-seasonal flexibility in avian metabolic performance highlights the uncoupling of basal metabolic rate and thermogenic capacity
Petit, M
2013 PLOS ONE (Date Added: 2016-06-22)

29- Independence among physiological traits suggests flexibility in the face of ecological demands on phenotypes
Buehler, DM, Vézina, F, Goymann, W, Schwabl, I, Versteegh, M, Tieleman, BI, Piersma, T
2012 Journal of Evolutionary Biology (Date Added: 2012-09-25)

28- Daily variation in markers of nutritional condition in wintering Black-capped Chickadees Poecile atricapillus
Mandin, C, Vézina, F
2012 Ibis (Date Added: 2012-09-19)

27- Dominant black-capped chickadees pay no maintenance energy costs for their wintering status and are not better at enduring cold than subordinate individuals
Lewden, A, Petit, M, Vézina, F
2012 Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

26- Phenotypic compromises in a long-distance migrant during the transition from migration to reproduction in the High Arctic
Vézina, F, Williams, TD, Piersma, T, Guy Morrison, RI
2012 Functional Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

25- Shorebirds' seasonal adjustments in thermogenic capacity are reflected by changes in body mass: How preprogrammed and instantaneous acclimation work together
Vézina, F, Dekinga, A, Piersma, T
2011 Integrative and Comparative Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

24- Evidence for within-individual energy reallocation in cold-challenged, egg-producing birds
Salvante, KG, Vézina, F, Williams, TD
2010 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

23- Behavioral and physiological flexibility are used by birds to manage energy and support investment in the early stages of reproduction
Vézina, F, Salvante, KG
2010 Current Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

22- Ambient temperature does not affect fuelling rate in absence of digestive constraints in long-distance migrant shorebird fuelling up in captivity
Petit, M, Vézina, F, Piersma, T
2010 Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

21- Phenotypic compromise in the face of conflicting ecological demands: An example in red knots Calidris canutus
Vézina, F, Dekinga, A, Piersma, T
2010 Journal of Avian Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

20- Limited access to food and physiological trade-offs in a long-distance migrant shorebird. II. Constitutive immune function and the acute-phase response
Buehler, DM, Encinas-Viso, F, Petit, M, Vézina, F, Tieleman, BI, Piersma, T
2009 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

19- Hormonal correlates and thermoregulatory consequences of molting on metabolic rate in a northerly wintering shorebird
Vézina, F, Gustowska, A, Jalvingh, KM, Chastel, O, Piersma, T
2009 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

18- Limited access to food and physiological trade-offs in a long-distance migrant shorebird. I. Energy metabolism, behavior, and body-mass regulation
Vézina, F, Petit, M, Buehler, DM, Dekinga, A, Piersma, T
2009 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

17- Individually variable energy management during egg production is repeatable across breeding attempts
Williams, TD, Vézina, F, Speakman, JR
2009 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

16- Shifts in metabolic demands in growing altricial nestlings illustrate context-specific relationships between basal metabolic rate and body composition
Vézina, F, Love, OP, Lessard, M, Williams, TD
2009 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

15- Thermogenic side effects to migratory predisposition in shorebirds
Vézina, F, Jalvingh, KM, Dekinga, A, Piersma, T
2007 American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

14- Individually variable energy management strategies in relation to energetic costs of egg production
Vézina, F, Speakman, JR, Williams, TD
2006 Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

13- Acclimation to different thermal conditions in a northerly wintering shorebird is driven by body mass-related changes in organ size
Vézina, F, Jalvingh, KM, Dekinga, A, Piersma, T
2006 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

12- Erratum: Acclimation to different thermal conditions in a northerly wintering shorebird is driven by body mass-related changes in organ size (Journal of Experimental Biology 209, (3141-3154))
Vézina, F, Jalvingh, KM, Dekinga, A, Piersma, T
2006 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

11- Interaction between organ mass and citrate synthase activity as an indicator of tissue maximal oxidative capacity in breeding European Starlings: Implications for metabolic rate and organ mass relationships
Vézina, F, Williams, TD
2005 Functional Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

10- The metabolic cost of egg production is repeatable
Vézina, F, Williams, TD
2005 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

9- Individual variation in plasma estradiol-17? and androgen levels during egg formation in the European starling Sturnus vulgaris: Implications for regulation of yolk steroids
Williams, TD, Kitaysky, AS, Vézina, F
2004 General and Comparative Endocrinology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

8- Mediation of a corticosterone-induced reproductive conflict
Love, OP, Breuner, CW, Vézina, F, Williams, TD
2004 Hormones and Behavior (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

7- What causes the decrease in haematocrit during egg production?
Williams, TD, Challenger, WO, Christians, JK, Evanson, M, Love, O, Vézina, F
2004 Functional Ecology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

6- The metabolic cost of avian egg formation: Possible impact of yolk precursor production?
Vézina, F, Salvante, KG, Williams, TD
2003 Journal of Experimental Biology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

5- Plasticity in Body Composition in Breeding Birds: What Drives the Metabolic Costs of Egg Production?
Vézina, F, Williams, TD
2003 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

4- Metabolic costs of egg production in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Vézina, F, Williams, TD
2002 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

3- Follicular development and plasma yolk precursor dynamics through the laying cycle in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Challenger, WO, Williams, TD, Christians, JK, Vézina, F
2001 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

2- An automated system for the measurement of mass and identification of birds at perches
Vézina, F, Charlebois, D, Thomas, DW
2001 Journal of Field Ornithology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)

1- Social status does not affect resting metabolic rate in wintering dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)
Vézina, F, Thomas, DW
2000 Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (Date Added: 2012-07-04)