
Sophie Calmé
Associate Professor,Université de Sherbrooke
Département de Biologie
E-mail: Sophie.Calme@USherbrooke.ca
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EducationM.Sc., Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (1989) M.Sc., Université Laval (1991) Ph.D., Université Laval (1998) ResearchTropical landscapes are extremely dynamic in time and space and under strong influence of rural populations that practice burn agriculture of and the extraction of forest resources to assure their subsidy. The Yucatán peninsula, particularly the Calakmul region, is characterized by the absence of superficial hydrological networks where water becomes a limited critical factor during the long dry season. Wildlife species must compose with seasonal variations of the availability of many resources, as well as continuously changing coverage, whether because of natural processes like hurricanes or human caused processes such as agriculture conversion. Important mechanisms for maintaining populations like dispersal are henceforth threatened and so can the access to certain natural key resources such as water points and feeding or nesting sites. The understanding of these relationships of animal species with landscape characteristics that shelter them is necessary to predict their vulnerability to the changes within these landscapes. My research is situated between the ecological and social research (historical, cultural, political) that motivates the study of changing ecosystems, all while using landscape ecology as a theoretical framework QCBS studentsAdriana Aguilar MeloPh.D. Edmundo HUERTA-PATRICIOPh.D. Maëlle TriponM.Sc. Previous students (since 2009)Georgina O'FarrillPostdoctoral fellow Marie-Lou LecuyerPh.D. Francisco Neira BritoPh.D. Paola Gomez GarciaNA MarÃa Manzón CheNA Miguel Xijún KantunNA Halia Euridice Zúniga FuentesNA Marie-Eve AndréM.Sc. Mélanie Brisson LéveilléM.Sc. Natalia Carrillo ReynaM.Sc. MarÃa de la Luz Hernández DÃazM.Sc. Michael DeetjensM.Sc. Mathieu Léger-DalcourtM.Sc. Cédric LemarchandM.Sc. Karla NájeraM.Sc. Sabrina PlanteM.Sc. Sébastien RémillardM.Sc. Blanca Roldán ClarÃM.Sc. Laurent SamsonM.Sc. Involvement within the QCBS
Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedMelanoptila glabrirostris Tayassu pecari Coragyps atratus Centruroides Turdus grayi Crocodylus acutus Crocodylus moreletii Manilkara zapota Brachypelma vagans Mygalomorphae Theraphosidae Bartramia longicauda Ateles geoffroyi Tapirus bairdii Publications48- Tapir population patterns under the disappearance of freestanding water Reyna-Hurtado R , Sima-Pantà D , Andrade M , Padilla A , Retana-Guiascon O , Sanchez-Pinzón K , 2019 Therya (Date Added: 2019-11-07) 47- Factors affecting feelings of justice in biodiversity conflicts: Toward fairer jaguar management in Calakmul, Mexico Lecuyer L , Calmé S , Blanchet F G , Schmook B , White R M , 2019 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2019-07-15) 46- Fission-fusion dynamics as a temporally and spatially flexible behavioral strategy in spider monkeys Aguilar-Melo A R , Calmé S , Smith-Aguilar S E , Ramos-Fernandez G , 2018 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (Date Added: 2018-09-02) 45- Building on common ground to address biodiversity conflicts and foster collaboration in environmental management Lecuyer L , White R M , Schmook B , Calmé S , 2018 Journal of Environmental Management (Date Added: 2018-05-25) 44- The construction of feelings of justice in environmental management: An empirical study of multiple biodiversity conflicts in Calakmul, Mexico Lou Lecuyer, RMW 2018 Journal of Environmental Management (Date Added: 2018-03-13) 43- Scoring Body Condition in Wild Bairds Tapir (Tapirus bairdii) Using Camera Traps and Opportunistic Photographic Material Perez-Flores, J, Calme, S, Reyna-Hurtado, R 2016 Tropical Conservation Science (Date Added: 2016-12-20) 42- Insights into the multiannual home range of a Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii) in the Maya Forest Reyna-Hurtado, R, Sanvicente-López, M, Pérez-Flores, J, Carrillo-Reyna, N, Calmé, S 2016 Therya (Date Added: 2016-08-05) 41- A monkey’s life is full of stress: pressures from a disease and the lack of good food and their effects on abundance Chapman, CA 2015 Atlas of science (Date Added: 2016-06-28) 40- Subsistence Hunting and Conservation Ramirez-Barajas, PJ, Calmé, S 2015 Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula (Date Added: 2016-02-23) 39- Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula Islebe, GA, Calmé, S, León-Cortés, JL, Schmook, B 2015 (Date Added: 2016-02-23) 38- Introduction: Biodiversity and conservation of the yucatán peninsula, Mexico Islebe, GA, Schmook, B, Calmé, S, León-Cortés, JL 2015 Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula (Date Added: 2016-02-23) 37- Birds Calmé, S, Mackinnon-H , B, Leyequién, E, Escalona-Segura, F 2015 Biodiversity and Conservation of the Yucatan Peninsula (Date Added: 2016-02-23) 36- Sleeping Sites of Spider Monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi) in Logged and Unlogged Tropical Forests Velázquez-Vázquez, G, Reyna-Hurtado, R, Arroyo-RodrÃguez, V, Calmé, S, Léger-Dalcourt, M, Navarrete, DA 2015 International Journal of Primatology (Date Added: 2016-01-18) 35- Competing pressures on populations: long-term dynamics of food availability, food quality, disease, stress and animal abundance Chapman, CA, Schoof, VAM, Bonnell, TR, Gogarten, JF, Calme, S 2015 Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences (Date Added: 2015-05-04) 34- Preferenciasde hábitat y abundancia relativa de Tayassu pecari en un área con cacerÃa en la región de Calakmul, Campeche, México Briceño-Méndez, M, Reyna-Hurtado, R, Calmé, S, GarcÃa-Gil, G 2014 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (Date Added: 2016-07-19) 33- The potential connectivity of waterhole networks and the effectiveness of a protected area under various drought scenarios O'Farrill, G, Schampaert, KG, Rayfield, B, Bodin, Ã, Calmé, S, Sengupta, R, Gonzalez, A 2014 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2016-04-26) 32- A cultural consensus regarding the king vulture?: Preliminary findings and their application to Mexican conservation Haenn, N, Schmook, B, Reyes, YM, Calmé, S 2014 Ethnobiology and Conservation (Date Added: 2015-11-03) 31- Applying evolutionary concepts to wildlife disease ecology and management Vander Wal, E, Garant, D, Calmé, S, Chapman, CA, Festa-Bianchet, M, Millien, V, Rioux-Paquette, S, Pelletier, F 2014 Evolutionary Applications (Date Added: 2014-09-11) 30- Improving Conservation Outcomes with Insights from Local Experts and Bureaucracies: Use of Hybrid Knowledge Haenn, N, Schmook, B, Reyes, Y, Calmé, S 2014 Conservation Biology (Date Added: 2014-03-24) 29- Foraging strategy of a neotropical primate: how intrinsic and extrinsic factors influence destination and residence time Plante, S, Colchero, F, Calmé, S 2014 Journal of Animal Ecology (Date Added: 2014-01-06) 28-Zopilotes: Los limpiadores del ambiente Enriquez, P 2012 ECOSUR ( Date Added: 2016-07-19) 27- Effective dispersal of large seeds by Baird's tapir: A large-scale field experiment O'Farrill, G, Calmé, S, Sengupta, R, Gonzalez, A 2012 Journal of Tropical Ecology (Date Added: 2016-04-26) 26- Nest survival in the Neotropical Black Catbird (Melanoptila glabrirostris) Roldán-Clarà , B, LaPergola, JB, Chapa-Vargas, L, Calmé, S 2012 Journal of Ornithology (Date Added: 2013-03-25) 25- Presencia y abundancia relativa de carnÃvoros en una selva dañada por el huracán Dean (2007) Hernández-DÃaz, M, RamÃrez-Barajas, PJ, Chávez, C, Schmook, B, Calmé, S 2012 Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (Date Added: 2013-02-25) 24- Impact of Hurricane Dean (2007) on Game Species of the Selva Maya, Mexico RamÃrez-Barajas, PJ, Islebe, GA, Calmé, S 2012 Biotropica (Date Added: 2012-05-15) 23- Searching in heterogeneous and limiting environments: foraging strategies of white-lipped peccaries (Tayassu pecari) Reyna-Hurtado, R, Chapman, CA, Calme, S, Pedersen, EJ 2012 Journal of Mammalogy (Date Added: 2012-03-08) 22- When landscape modification is advantageous for protected species. The case of a synanthropic tarantula, Brachypelma vagans Machkour-M’Rabet, S, Hénaut, Y, Calmé, S, Legal, L 2011 Journal of Insect Conservation (Date Added: 2012-08-08) 21- Observation of Nocturnal Feeding in Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) Charette, MR, Calmé, S, Pelletier, F 2011 Journal of Raptor Research (Date Added: 2011-09-26) 20- Predatory interactions between Centruroides scorpions and the tarantula Brachypelma vagans Dor, A, Calmé, S, Hénaut, Y 2011 Journal of Arachnology (Date Added: 2011-07-18) 19- Classification in conservation biology: A comparison of five machine-learning methods Kampichler, C, Wieland, R, Calmé, S, Weissenberger, H, Arriaga-Weiss, S 2010 Ecological Informatics (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 18- Variation in plasma cholinesterase activity in the clay-colored robin (Turdus grayi) in relation to time of day, season, and diazinon exposure Cobos, VM, Mora, MA, Escalona, G, Calme, S, Jiménez, J 2010 Ecotoxicology (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 17- Indication of a species in an extinction vortex: The ocellated turkey on the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico Kampichler, C, Calmé, S, Weissenberger, H, Arriaga-Weiss, SL 2010 Acta Oecologica (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 16- Bird communities in rainforest fragments: Guild responses to habitat variables in Tabasco, Mexico Arriaga-Weiss, SL, Calmé, S, Kampichler, C 2008 Biodiversity and Conservation (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 15- Hybridization between Crocodylus acutus and Crocodylus moreletii in the Yucatan Peninsula: I. Evidence from mitochondrial DNA and morphology Cedeño-Vázquez, JR, Rodriguez, D, Calmé, S, Ross, JP, Densmore III, LD, Thorbjarnarson, AJB 2008 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 14- Senescence of Manilkara zapota trees and implications for large frugivorous birds in the Southern Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico Weterings, MJA, Weterings-Schonck, SM, Vester, HFM, Calmé, S 2008 Forest Ecology and Management (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 13- Land change in the southern Yucatán and Calakmul biosphere reserve: Effects on habitat and biodiversity Vester, HFM, Lawrence, D, Eastman, JR, Turner II, BL, Calmé, S, Dickson, R, Pozo, C, Sangermano, F 2007 Ecological Applications (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 12- Soil preference and burrow structure of an endangered tarantula, Brachypelma vagans (Mygalomorphae: Theraphosidae) M'Rabet, SM, Hénaut, Y, Sepúlveda, A, Rojo, R, Calmé, S, Geissen, V 2007 Journal of Natural History (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 11- Spatio-temporal distribution of forest extractive activities in Caoba ejido, Quintana Roo Abraham, AG, Schmook, B, Calmé, S 2007 Investigaciones Geograficas (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 10- Manilkara zapota: A new record of a species dispersed by tapirs O’Farrill, G, Calmé, S, Gonzalez, A 2006 Tapir Conservation (Date Added: 2011-08-04) 9- A not so natural history of the tarantula Brachypelma vagans: Interaction with human activity M'Rabet, SM, Hénaut, Y, Rojo, R, Calmé, S 2005 Journal of Natural History (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 8- Status and conservation of the American Crocodile (Crocodylus acutus) in Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico Charruau, P, Cedeño-Vazquez, JR, Calme, S 2005 Herpetological Review (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 7- Regional significance of peatlands for avifaunal diversity in southern Québec Calmé, S, Desrochers, A, Savard, J-PL 2002 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 6- Biogeographic aspects of the distribution of bird species breeding in Québec's peatlands Calmé, S, Desrochers, A 2000 Journal of Biogeography (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 5- Nested bird and micro-habitat assemblages in a peatland archipelago Calmé, S, Desrochers, A 1999 Oecologia (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 4- Peatlands: A new habitat for the Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda in Eastern Canada Calmé, S, Haddad, S 1996 Canadian Field-Naturalist (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 3- The relationship between water content and frost tolerance in shoots of hardwood seedlings Calme, S, Margolis, HA, Bigras, FJ, Mailly, D 1995 Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 2- Viability tests for estimating root cold tolerance of black spruce seedlings Bigras, FJ, Calme, S 1994 Canadian Journal of Forest Research (Date Added: 2011-05-17) 1- Frost tolerance and bud dormancy of container-grown yellow birch, red oak and sugar maple seedlings Calme, S, Bigras, FJ, Margolis, HA, Hebert, C 1994 Tree Physiology (Date Added: 2011-05-17) In the mediaGiving Credit Where Credit is Due: How Local Experts are Already Active in Conservation Efforts and What We Can Do to Recognize Their Work - Anthropology and Environment Society (Haenn, Nora; Schmook, Birgit) 2014-06-09 Call for conservationists to acknowledge local experts Wildlife News (kevin heath) 2014-04-12 Données humaines pour étude de la faune (Sophie Calmé et Bruno Lamolet) 2014-04-00 Préférence domestique: tarentule ou scorpion ? Techno-Science (Masse, Pierre) 2011-07-11 Préférence domestique : tarentule ou scorpion? Nouvelles Université de Sherbrooke (Masse, Pierre) 2010-07-08 Quand l'araignée décore sa toile de cadavres Radio-Canada 2010-05-26 La spider girl décoratrice démasquée: Une biologiste de l’UdeS découvre pourquoi une araignée décore sa toile Nouvelles Université de Sherbrooke (Masse, Pierre) 2010-05-19 Préparer son projet à l’étranger au contact de personnes immigrantes Nouvelles Université de Sherbrooke 2010-03-09 Sur la piste des singes hurleurs noirs Nouvelles Université de Sherbrooke (Renaud, Robin) 2010-02-03 |