Marie-Josée Fortin
Professor,University of Toronto
Department of Ecology
E-mail: mariejosee.fortin@utoronto.ca
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ResearchThe Fortin Lab focuses on conservation biology issues. We investigate how ecological processes and environmental factors affect species persistence, species dispersal, and species range dynamics. Our research is at the interface of several disciplines (spatial ecology, conservation, forest ecology, disturbance ecology, community ecology, landscape genetics, spatial epidemiology, spatial statistics, spatially-explicit modeling, and network theory) where the most important challenging problems lie.Examples of species studiedSalvelinus confluentus Publications68- Leveraging Open-Source Geographic Databases to Enhance the Representation of Landscape Heterogeneity in Ecological Models Journal Article Gelmi‐Candusso T , Rodriguez P , Fidino M , Rivera K , Lehrer E , Magle S , Fortin M , 2024 Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2024-10-19) 67- Monitoring Changes in the Enhanced Vegetation Index to Inform the Management of Forests Journal Article Rodriguez P S , Schwantes A M , Gonzalez A , Fortin M , 2024 Remote Sensing (Date Added: 2024-09-03) 66- Disentangling effects of dispersal, environment and anthropogenic barriers on functional connectivity in aquatic systems Journal Article Day C C , Alò D , Simmons R K , Cotey S R , Zarn K E , Gazeley I F , Small M , Fortin M , Bearlin A R , Smith S R , Landguth E L , 2024 Molecular Ecology (Date Added: 2024-08-30) 65- Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables Journal Article Schwantes A M , Firkowski C R , Affinito F , Rodriguez P S , Fortin M , Gonzalez A , 2024 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Date Added: 2024-08-16) 64- Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables Journal Article Schwantes A M , Firkowski C R , Affinito F , Rodriguez P S , Fortin M , Gonzalez A , 2024 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Date Added: 2024-08-16) 63- A comparison of approaches to quantify carbon for ecosystem service assessments through time Journal Article Schwantes A M , Rauen Firkowski C , Rodriguez P S , Gonzalez A , Fortin M , 2024 Facets (Date Added: 2024-08-04) 62- Applying a method before its proof of concept: A cautionary tale using inferred food webs Journal Article Brimacombe C , Bodner K , Fortin M , 2024 Global change biology (Date Added: 2024-06-09) 61- Temporal change in urban fish biodiversity—Gains, losses, and drivers of change Journal Article Lawson L , Edge C B , Fortin M , Jackson D A , 2024 Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2024-05-20) 60- Dynamic connectivity assessment for a terrestrial predator in a metropolitan region Journal Article Gelmi‐Candusso T A , Chin A T , Thompson C A , McLaren A A , Wheeldon T J , Patterson B R , Fortin M , 2024 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (Date Added: 2024-05-20) 59- Climate sensitive growth and yield models in Canadian forestry: Challenges and opportunities Journal Article Metsaranta J , Fortin M , White J , Sattler D , Kurz W , Penner M , Edwards J , Hays-Byl W , Comeau R , Roy V , 2024 Forestry Chronicle (Date Added: 2024-04-26) 58- Conservation networks do not match the ecological requirements of amphibians Journal Article Matutini F , Baudry J , Fortin M , Pain G , Pithon J , 2023 Peer Community Journal (Date Added: 2024-07-07) 57- Network Framework for Forest Ecology and Management Book Book Chapter , 2023 Advances in Global Change Research (Date Added: 2024-05-29) 56- Exploring the role of boundary work in a social-ecological synthesis initiative Journal Article , 2023 Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences (Date Added: 2024-05-29) 55- Integrative adaptive management to address interactions between biological invasions and protected area connectivity: a Canadian perspective Journal Article Livingstone S W , Hughes J , Pither R , Fortin M , 2023 Facets (Date Added: 2024-01-01) 54- Movement of an imperiled esocid fish in an agricultural drain Journal Article Zdasiuk B J , Fortin M , Colm J E , Drake D A R , Mandrak N E , 2023 Movement Ecology (Date Added: 2023-12-21) 53- The effect of urbanization and behavioral factors on coyote net displacement and its implications for seed dispersal Journal Article Gelmi-Candusso T A , Wheeldon T J , Patterson B R , Fortin M , 2023 Urban Ecosystems (Date Added: 2023-11-06) 52- Graph embedding and transfer learning can help predict potential species interaction networks despite data limitations Journal Article Strydom, T, Bouskila, S, Banville, F, Barros, C, Caron, D, Farrell, MJ, Fortin, M-J, Mercier, B, Pollock, LJ, Runghen, R, Dalla Riva, GV, Poisot, T 2023 Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2023-10-25) 51- Building urban predator-prey networks using camera traps Journal Article Gelmi-Candusso T A , Brimacombe C , Collinge Ménard G , Fortin M , 2023 Food Webs (Date Added: 2023-09-16) 50- Editorial: Patterns and processes in ecological networks over space Journal Article Estay S A , Fortin M , López D N , 2023 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2023-08-28) 49- Comparative efficacy of eDNA and conventional methods for monitoring wetland anuran communities Journal Article Wikston M , Breton B A , Vilaça S T , Bennett A M , Kyle C J , Beresford D V , Lesbarrères D , Wilson C C , Green D M , Fortin M , Murray D L , 2023 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2023-07-29) 48- Evaluating the evolutionary mechanisms maintaining alternative mating strategies in a simulated bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) population Journal Article Bernos T A , Chang S L , Giglio R M , Davenport K , Fisher J , Lowery E , Bearlin A , Simmons R , Fortin M , Day C C , Landguth E L , 2023 Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2023-07-23) 47- Rapid monitoring of ecological persistence Journal Article Song C , Simmons B I , Fortin M , Gonzalez A , Kaiser-Bunbury C N , Saavedra S , 2023 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Date Added: 2023-05-24) 46- Shortcomings of reusing species interaction networks created by different sets of researchers Journal Article Brimacombe C , Bodner K , Michalska-Smith M , Poisot T , Fortin M , 2023 PLoS biology (Date Added: 2023-04-24) 45- Modeling Natural Disturbances in Boreal Forests Book Book Chapter Seidl R , Fortin M , Honkaniemi J , Lucash M , 2023 Advances in Global Change Research (Date Added: 2023-04-12) 44- Addressing the problem of scale that emerges with habitat fragmentation Journal Article Fletcher R J , Betts M G , Damschen E I , Hefley T J , Hightower J , Smith T A H , Fortin M , Haddad N M , 2023 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2023-04-06) 43- The combined effects of dispersal and herbivores on stable states in coral reefs Journal Article Greiner A , S Darling E , Fortin M , Krkošek M , 2022 Theoretical Ecology (Date Added: 2023-07-23) 42- Metapopulation persistence can be inferred from incomplete surveys Journal Article Song C , Fortin M , Gonzalez A , 2022 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2022-12-27) 41- Scale of population synchrony confirms macroecological estimates of minimum viable range size Journal Article Carvajal‐Quintero J , Comte L , Giam X , Olden J D , Brose U , Erős T , Filipe A F , Fortin M , Irving K , Jacquet C , Larsen S , Ruhi A , Sharma S , Villalobos F , Tedesco P A , 2022 Ecology Letters (Date Added: 2022-12-21) 40- Urban Avian Conservation Planning Using Species Functional Traits and Habitat Suitability Mapping Journal Article Chin A T M , Ruppert J L W , Shrestha N , Fortin M , 2022 Land (Date Added: 2022-11-10) 39- Generalism drives abundance: A computational causal discovery approach Journal Article Song C , Simmons B I , Fortin M , Gonzalez A , 2022 PLoS computational biology (Date Added: 2022-10-13) 38- No strong evidence that modularity, specialization or nestedness are linked to seasonal climatic variability in bipartite networks Journal Article Brimacombe C , Bodner K , Michalska‐Smith M , Gravel D , Fortin M , 2022 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2022-10-07) 37- Conceptualizing ecosystem services using social–ecological networks Journal Article , 2022 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-09-14) 36- Limited spatial rescue potential for coral reefs lost to future climate warming Journal Article Greiner A , Andrello M , Darling E , Krkošek M , Fortin M , 2022 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2022-07-30) 35- How network size strongly determines trophic specialisation: A technical comment on Luna et al. (2022) Journal Article Brimacombe C , Bodner K , Fortin M , 2022 Ecology Letters (Date Added: 2022-06-03) 34- Managing for the unexpected: Building resilient forest landscapes to cope with global change Journal Article Mina M , Messier C , Duveneck M J , Fortin M , Aquilué N , 2022 Global Change Biology (Date Added: 2022-05-05) 33- Food web reconstruction through phylogenetic transfer of low-rank network representation Journal Article Strydom, T, Bouskila, S, Banville, F, Barros, C, Caron, D, Farrell, MJ, Fortin, M-J, Hemming, V, Mercier, B, Pollock, LJ, Runghen, R, Dalla Riva, GV, Poisot, T 2022 Methods in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-04-15) 32- Assessing the current water clarity status of ~100,000 lakes across southern Canada: A remote sensing approach Journal Article Deutsch E S , Fortin M , Cardille J A , 2022 Science of the Total Environment (Date Added: 2022-03-13) 31- Ecological network complexity scales with area Journal Article Galiana N , Lurgi M , Bastazini V A G , Bosch J , Cagnolo L , Cazelles K , Claramunt-López B , Emer C , Fortin M , Grass I , Hernández-Castellano C , Jauker F , Leroux S J , McCann K , McLeod A M , Montoya D , Mulder C , Osorio-Canadas S , Reverté S , Rodrigo A , Steffan-Dewenter I , Traveset A , Valverde S , Vázquez D P , Wood S A , Gravel D , Roslin T , Thuiller W , Montoya J M , 2022 Nature Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2022-01-23) 30- Bridging the divide between ecological forecasts and environmental decision making Journal Article Bodner K , Rauen Firkowski C , Bennett J R , Brookson C , Dietze M , Green S , Hughes J , Kerr J , Kunegel‐Lion M , Leroux S J , McIntire E , Molnár P K , Simpkins C , Tekwa E , Watts A , Fortin M , 2021 Ecosphere (Date Added: 2022-01-04) 29- Why body size matters: how larger fish ontogeny shapes ecological network topology Journal Article Bodner K , Brimacombe C , Fortin M , Molnár P K , 2021 Oikos (Date Added: 2022-01-04) 28- Editorial: Using Landscape Simulation Models to Help Balance Conflicting Goals in Changing Forests Journal Article Hof A R , Montoro Girona M , Fortin M , Tremblay J A , 2021 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-12-12) 27- Fine-scale spatial segregation in a pelagic seabird driven by differential use of tidewater glacier fronts Journal Article Bertrand P , Bêty J , Yoccoz N G , Fortin M , Strøm H , Steen H , Kohler J , Harris S M , Patrick S C , Chastel O , Blévin P , Hop H , Moholdt G , Maton J , Descamps S , 2021 Scientific Reports (Date Added: 2021-11-19) 26- Multi-trophic metacommunity interactions mediate asynchrony and stability in fluctuating environments Journal Article Firkowski C R , Thompson P L , Gonzalez A , Cadotte M W , Fortin M , 2021 Ecological Monographs (Date Added: 2021-11-12) 25- Sampling and asymptotic network properties of spatial multi-trophic networks Journal Article McLeod A , Leroux S J , Gravel D , Chu C , Cirtwill A R , Fortin M , Galiana N , Poisot T , Wood S A , 2021 Oikos (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 24- Monitoring social–ecological networks for biodiversity and ecosystem services in human-dominated landscapes Journal Article Firkowski C R , Schwantes A M , Fortin M , Gonzalez A , 2021 Facets (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 23- Understanding and Modeling Forest Disturbance Interactions at the Landscape Level Journal Article Sturtevant B R , Fortin M , 2021 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 22- Integrating landscape resistance and multi-scale predictor of habitat selection for amphibian distribution modelling at large scale Journal Article Matutini F , Baudry J , Fortin M , Pain G , Pithon J , 2021 Landscape Ecology (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 21- Connecting governance interventions to ecosystem services provision: A social-ecological network approach Journal Article Metzger J P , Fidelman P , Sattler C , Schröter B , Maron M , Eigenbrod F , Fortin M , Hohlenwerger C , Rhodes J R , 2021 People and Nature (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 20- A data-limited modeling approach for conserving connectivity in marine protected area networks Journal Article Blackford C , Krkošek M , Fortin M , 2021 Marine Biology (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 19- Network ecology in dynamic landscapes Journal Article Fortin M , Dale M R T , Brimacombe C , 2021 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 18- The geography of metapopulation synchrony in dendritic river networks Journal Article Larsen S , Comte L , Filipa Filipe A , Fortin M , Jacquet C , Ryser R , Tedesco P A , Brose U , Erős T , Giam X , Irving K , Ruhi A , Sharma S , Olden J D , 2021 Ecology Letters (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 17- RivFishTIME: A global database of fish time-series to study global change ecology in riverine systems Journal Data Paper Comte L , Carvajal‐Quintero J , Tedesco P A , Giam X , Brose U , Erős T , Filipe A F , Fortin M , Irving K , Jacquet C , Larsen S , Sharma S , Ruhi A , Becker F G , Casatti L , Castaldelli G , Dala‐Corte R B , Davenport S R , Franssen N R , García‐Berthou E , Gavioli A , Gido K B , Jimenez‐Segura L , Leitão R P , McLarney B , Meador J , Milardi M , Moffatt D B , Occhi T V T , Pompeu P S , Propst D L , Pyron M , Salvador G N , Stefferud J A , Sutela T , Taylor C , Terui A , Urabe H , Vehanen T , Vitule J R S , Zeni J O , Olden J D , 2021 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 16- Influence of habitat availability and fire disturbance on a northern range boundary Journal Article Rayfield B , Paul V , Tremblay F , Fortin M , Hély C , Bergeron Y , 2021 Journal of Biogeography (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 15- Inferred seasonal interaction rewiring of a freshwater stream fish network Journal Article Brimacombe C , Bodner K , Fortin M , 2021 Ecography (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 14- Network analysis can guide resilience-based management in forest landscapes under global change Journal Article Mina M , Messier C , Duveneck M , Fortin M , Aquilué N , 2021 Ecological Applications (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 13- Dynamic larval dispersal can mediate the response of marine metapopulations to multiple climate change impacts Journal Article Bani R , Marleau J , Fortin M , Daigle R M , Guichard F , 2021 Oikos (Date Added: 2021-04-26) 12- Landsat 8 lake water clarity empirical algorithms: Large-scale calibration and validation using government and citizen science data from across Canada Journal Article Deutsch E S , Cardille J A , Koll-Egyed T , Fortin M , 2021 Remote Sensing (Date Added: 2021-04-13) 11- Ecosystem services and the resilience of agricultural landscapes Book Chapter Bennett E M , Baird J , Baulch H , Chaplin-Kramer R , Fraser E , Loring P , Morrison P , Parrott L , Sherren K , Winkler K J , Cimon-Morin J , Fortin M , Kurylyk B L , Lundholm J , Poulin M , Rieb J T , Gonzalez A , Hickey G M , Humphries M , Krishna K , Lapen D , 2021 Advances in Ecological Research (Date Added: 2021-02-25) 10- Modelling the spatial-temporal distributions and associated determining factors of a keystone pelagic fish Journal Article Andrews S , Leroux S J , Fortin M , 2020 ICES Journal of Marine Science (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 9- Do Female Songbirds Avoid a Mammalian Nest Predator When Selecting Their Nest Site? Journal Article Vernouillet A , Fortin M , Fiola M , Villard M , 2020 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 8- Fire and biodiversity in the Anthropocene Journal Article Kelly L T , Giljohann K M , Duane A , Aquilué N , Archibald S , Batllori E , Bennett A F , Buckland S T , Canelles Q , Clarke M F , Fortin M , Hermoso V , Herrando S , Keane R E , Lake F K , McCarthy M A , Morán-Ordóñez A , Parr C L , Pausas J G , Penman T D , Regos A , Rumpff L , Santos J L , Smith A L , Syphard A D , Tingley M W , Brotons L , 2020 Science (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 7- Ecological Dynamics: Integrating Empirical, Statistical, and Analytical Methods Journal Article Laubmeier A N , Cazelles B , Cuddington K , Erickson K D , Fortin M , Ogle K , Wikle C K , Zhu K , Zipkin E F , 2020 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 6- Fine-scale habitat selection by sympatric Canada lynx and bobcat Journal Article Morin S J , Bowman J , Marrotte R R , Fortin M , 2020 Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 5- Future impact of climate extremes in the Mediterranean: Soil erosion projections when fire and extreme rainfall meet Journal Article Morán‐Ordóñez A , Duane A , Gil‐Tena A , De Cáceres M , Aquilué N , Guerra C A , Geijzendorffer I R , Fortin M , Brotons L , 2020 Land Degradation and Development (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 4- Making predictive modelling ART: accurate, reliable, and transparent Journal Article Bodner K , Fortin M , Molnár P K , 2020 Ecosphere (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 3- The mechanisms generating community phylogenetic patterns change with spatial scale Journal Article Jin L S , Yin D , Fortin M , Cadotte M W , 2020 Oecologia (Date Added: 2021-11-05) 2- Forest landscape structure influences the cyclic-eruptive spatial dynamics of forest tent caterpillar outbreaks Journal Article Robert L , Sturtevant B R , Kneeshaw D , James P M A , Fortin M , Wolter P T , Townsend P A , Cooke B J , 2020 Ecosphere (Date Added: 2020-09-08) 1- A general meta-ecosystem model to predict ecosystem functions at landscape extents Journal Article Harvey, E, Marleau, JN, Gounand, I, Leroux, SJ, Firkowski, CR, Altermatt, F, Guillaume Blanchet, F, Cazelles, K, Chu, C, D'Aloia, CC, Donelle, L, Gravel, D, Guichard, F, McCann, K, Ruppert, JLW, Ward, C, Fortin, M-J Ecography (Date Added: 2024-02-26) |