Journal Publications
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Cornelius Ruhs, E., Vézina F., Walker M., Karasov W.H. Who pays the bill? The effects of increased parental workload on parental and nestling condition. Submitted. J. Ornithol.
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Le Net, R., Provost, C., Lalonde, C., Régimbald, L., Vézina, F., Gagnon, C.A. Lair, L. Whole genome sequencing of an avipoxvirus associated with infections in a group of aviary-housed Snow Buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis). Submitted. J. Wild. Diseases.
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Laplante M-P., McKinnon E.A., Love O.P., Vézina, F. 2019. Flexible response to short-term weather in a cold-adapted songbird. J. Avian. Biol. In press.
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Cornelius Ruhs E., Vézina F. Karasov W.H. 2018. Physiological and immune responses of free-living temperate birds provided a gradient of food supplementation. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 92: 106-114
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Milbergue M.S., Blier, P.U., Vézina F. 2018. Large muscles are beneficial but not required for improving thermogenic capacity in small birds. Scientific Reports 8: 14009 DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-32041-w
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Swanson D.L., McKechnie A.E., Vézina F. 2017. How low can you go? An adaptive energetic framework for interpreting basal metabolic rate variation in endotherms. J. Comp. Physiol. B 187:1039-1056
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Vézina F., Gerson A.R., Guglielmo C.G., Piersma T. 2017. The performing animal: causes and consequences of body remodelling and metabolic adjustments in red knots in contrasting thermal environments. Am. J. Physiol. 313: R120–R131
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Lewden A., Nord A., Petit M. and Vézina F. 2017. Body temperature responses to handling stress in wintering black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus L.). Physiol. Behav. 179: 49-54
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Barceló, G., Love, O.P., Vézina, F. 2017. 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. Physiol. Biochem.Zool. 90: 153-165
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Cornelius, E.A., Vézina, F., Régimbald, L., Hallot, F., Petit, M., Love, O.P., Karasov, W.H. 2017. Chickadees Faced with Unpredictable Food Increase Fat Reserves but Certain Components of Their Immune Function Decline. Physiol. Biochem.Zool. 90: 190-200
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Petit, M., Clavijo-Baquet, S., Vézina, F. 2017. Increasing Winter Maximal Metabolic Rate Improves Intrawinter Survival in Small Birds. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 90: 166-177
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Dubois, K., Hallot, F., Vézina, F. 2016. Basal and maximal metabolic rates differ in their response to rapid temperature change among avian species. J. Comp. Physiol. B 186: 191-935
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Swanson, D.L., Vézina, F. 2015. Environmental, ecological and mechanistic drivers of avian seasonal metabolic flexibility in response to cold winters. J. Ornithol 156: S377-S388
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Franci, C.D., Vézina, F., Grégoire, F., Rail, J-F., Verreault, J. 2015. Nutritional stress in Northern gannets during an unprecedented low reproductive success year: Can extreme sea surface temperature event and dietary change be the cause? Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 181:1-8
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Cortés, P.A., Petit, M., Lewden, A., Milbergue, M., Vézina, F. 2015. Individual inconsistencies in basal and summit metabolic rate highlight flexibility of metabolic performance in a wintering passerine. J. Exp. Zool. 999:1-12
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Royer-Boutin, P., Cortés, P.A., Milbergue, M., Petit, M., Vézina, F. 2015. Estimation of muscle mass by ultrasonography differs between observers and life states of models in small birds. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 88:336-344
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Devost, I., Hallot, F., Milbergue,M., Petit, M., Vézina. 2014. Lipid metabolites as markers of fattening rate in a non-migratory passerine: effects of ambient temperature and individual variation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 177: 18-26
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Petit, M., Vézina, F. 2014. Reaction norms in natural conditions: how does metabolic performance respond to weather variations in a small endotherm facing cold wintering environments? PLOS ONE. e113617
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Petit, M., Vézina, F. 2014. Phenotype manipulations confirm the role of pectoral muscles in avian maximal thermogenic capacity. J. Exp. Biol. 217:824-830.
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Petit, M., Lewden, A, Vézina, F. 2014. How does flexibility in body composition relate to seasonal changes in metabolic performance in a small passerine wintering at northern latitude? Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 87:539-549.
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Milot, E., Cohen, A.A., Vézina, F., Buehler, D.M., Matson, K.D., Piersma, T. 2014. Measuring body condition in ecological studies: a novel method based on physiological dysregulation predicts health-related variables in a migratory shorebird. Meth. Ecol. Evol. 5: 146-155.
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Lewden, A., Petit, M., Milbergue, M., Orio, S., Vézina, F. 2014. Evidence for use of facultative hypothermia during the day in a small passerine wintering at northern latitudes. Ibis 156:321-329.
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Petit, M., Lewden, A., Vézina, F. 2013. Intra-seasonal flexibility in avian metabolic performance highlights the uncoupling of basal metabolic rate and thermogenic capacity. PLOS ONE 8: e68292
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Mandin, C., Vézina, F. 2012. Daily variations in markers of nutritional condition in wintering black-capped chickadeePoecile atricapillus. Ibis: 154: 791-802.
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Buehler, D.M., Vézina, F., Goymann, W., Schwabl, I., Versteegh, M.A., Tieleman, B.I., Piersma, T. 2012. Independence among four physiological traits suggests flexibility and may allow evolvability in the face of competing ecological demands on the phénotype. J. Evol. Biol. 25: 1600-1613.
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Vézina, F., Williams, T.D., Piersma, T., Morrison, R.I.G. 2012. Phenotypic compromises in long-distance migrating shorebirds: consequences of coping with cold during the life-stage transition from migration to reproduction in the High Arctic. Funct. Ecol.26: 500-512.
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Lewden, A, Petit, M., Vézina, F. 2012. Dominant black-capped chickadees pay no maintenance energy costs for their wintering status and are not better at enduring cold than subordinate individuals. J. Com. Physiol. B. 182:381-392.
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Vézina, F., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. 2011. Shorebirds’ seasonal adjustments in thermogenic capacity are reflected by changes in body mass: How preprogrammed and instantaneous acclimation work together. Intgr. Comp. Biol. 51:394-408.
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Vézina, F., Salvante, K.G. 2010. Behavioral and physiological flexibility are used by birds to manage energy and support investment in the early stages of reproduction. Curr. Zool. 56: 767-792.
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Salvante, K.G., Vézina, F., Williams, T.D. 2010. Evidence for within-individual energy reallocation in cold-challenged, egg-producing birds. J. Exp. Biol. 213: 1991-2000.
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Petit, M., Vézina, F., Piersma, T. 2010. Ambient temperature does not affect fuelling rate in absence of digestive constraints in long-distance migrant shorebird fuelling up in captivity. J. Comp. Physiol. B 180:847–856.
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Vézina, F., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. 2010. Phenotypic compromise in the face of conflicting ecological demands. J. Avian. Biol. 41:88-93.
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Williams, T.D., Vézina, F., Speakman, J.R. 2009. Individually-variable energy management during egg production is repeatable across breeding attempts. J. Exp. Biol 212: 1101-1105.
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Vézina, F., Petit, M., Buehler, D.M., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. 2009. Limited access to food and physiological trade-offs in a long distance migrant shorebird. Part I: energy metabolism, behavior and body mass regulation. Physiol. Biochem. Zool.82:549-560
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Buehler, D.M., Encinas-Viso F., Petit, M., Vézina, F., Tieleman, I., Piersma, T. 2009. Limited access to food and physiological trade-offs in a long distance migrant shorebird. Part II: Optimizing immune function in different environmental contexts. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82:561-571
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Vézina. F., Gustowska, A., Jalvingh, K.M., Chastel, O., Piersma T. 2009. Hormonal correlates and thermoregulatory consequences of molting on metabolic rate in a northerly wintering shorebird. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82: 129-142.
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Vézina, F., Lessard, M., Love, O.P., Williams, T.D. 2009. Shifts in metabolic demands in growing altricial nestlings illustrate context-specific relationships between BMR and body composition. Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 82: 248-257.
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Vézina, F., Jalvingh, K.M., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. 2007. Thermogenic side effects to migratory predisposition in shorebirds. Am. J. Physiol. 292: R1287-R1297.
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Vézina, F., Speakman, J.R., Williams, T.D. 2006. Individually-variable energy management strategies in relation to the energetic costs of egg production. Ecology 87: 2447-2458.
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Vézina, F., Jalvingh, K.M., Dekinga, A., Piersma, T. 2006. Acclimation to different thermal conditions in a northerly wintering shorebird is driven by body mass-related changes in organ size. J. Exp. Biol. 209: 3141-3154.
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Vézina, F., Williams, T.D. 2005. The metabolic cost of egg production is repeatable. J. Exp. Biol. 208: 2533-2538.
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Vézina, F., Williams, T.D. 2005. 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. Funct. Ecol. 19: 119-128.
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Love, O.P., Breuner, C.W., Vézina, F., Williams, T.D. 2004. Mediation of a corticosterone-induced reproductive conflict. Horm. Behav. 46: 59-65.
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Williams, T.D., Challenger, W.O., Christians, J.K., Evanson, M., Love, O.P., Vézina, F. 2004 What causes the decrease in hematocrit during egg production? Funct. Ecol. 18: 330-336.
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Williams, T.D., Kitaysky, A.S., Vézina F. 2004. Individual variation in plasma estradiol-17b and androgen levels during egg formation in the European starlings Sturnus vulgaris: implication for regulation of yolk steroids. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 136: 346-352.
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Vézina, F., Salvante, K.G., Williams, T.D. 2003 The metabolic cost of avian egg formation: possible impact of yolk precursor production? J. Exp. Biol. 206: 4443-4451.
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Vézina, F., Williams, T.D. 2003 Plasticity in body composition in breeding birds: what drives the metabolic costs of egg production? Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 76: 716-730.
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Vézina, F., Williams, T.D. 2002. Metabolic costs of egg production in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 75: 377-385.
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Williams, T.D., Vézina, F. 2001. Reproductive energy expenditure, intraspecific variation and fitness. Curr. Ornithol. 16: 355-405.
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Challenger, W.O., Williams, T.D., Christians, J.K., Vézina, F. 2001. Follicular development and plasma yolk precursor dynamics through the laying cycle in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 74: 356-365.
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Vézina, F., Charlebois, D. Thomas, D.W. 2001. An automated system for the measurement of mass and identification of birds at perches. J. Field Ornithol. 72: 211–220.
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Vézina, F., Thomas, D.W. 2000. Social status does not affect resting metabolic rate in wintering dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis). Physiol. Biochem. Zool. 73: 231-236.