Emma Despland, PhD

• Bellemin-Noël, B., Bourassa, S., Despland, E., De Grandpre, L., Pureswaran, D.S. (2021) Improved performance of the eastern spruce budworm on black spruce as warming temperatures disrupt phenological defences. Global Change Biology, 27(14):3358-3366

• Despland, E. (2021) Selection Forces Driving Herding of Herbivorous Insect Larvae. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9
  

• Despland, E. (2019) Caterpillars cooperate to overcome plant glandular trichome defenses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7(JUL)

• Despland, E. (2018) Effects of phenological synchronization on caterpillar early-instar survival under a changing climate. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48(3):247-254.
  

• Despland, E., Gervais, D. and Morcos, L. (2017) Double allomimesis of advancing and retreating individuals maintains cohesion in exploring groups of nomadic caterpillars. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71(3).0.

• Despland, E. (2014) Butterflies of the high-altitude Atacama desert: Habitat use and conservation. Frontiers in Genetics, 5

• Despland, E. (2013) Plasticity of collective behavior in a nomadic early spring folivore. Frontiers in Physiology, 4(54):1-11.

• Colasurdo, N., Gélinas, Y. and Despland, E. (2009) Larval nutrition affects life history traits in a capital breeding moth. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(12):1794-1800.

• Buhl, J., Sumpter, D.J.T., Couzin, I.D., Hale, J.J., Despland, E., Miller, E.R. and Simpson, S.J. (2006) From disorder to order in marching locusts. Science, 312(5778):1402-1406.

Outreach:

• To attain global climate and biodiversity goals, we must reclaim nature in our cities
• Why the spongy moth outbreak has vanished from Québec
• C'est la fin de l'épidémie de la spongieuse
• From deforestation to the pandemic: how destroying ecosystems increases novel infectious diseases
• Les insectes herbivores: ou se cachent-ils dans une forêt?
  
• Remote conferences and flying less
• Ces fourmis que cache la foret
  

• Invertebrate Diversity BIOL 337
• Techniques in Ecology BIOL 450
• Advanced Techniques in Ecology BIOL 622

• Bellemin-Noël, B., Bourassa, S., Despland, E., De Grandpre, L., Pureswaran, D.S. (2021) Improved performance of the eastern spruce budworm on black spruce as warming temperatures disrupt phenological defences. Global Change Biology, 27(14):3358-3366

• Despland, E. (2021) Selection Forces Driving Herding of Herbivorous Insect Larvae. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9
  

• Despland, E. (2019) Caterpillars cooperate to overcome plant glandular trichome defenses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7(JUL)

• Despland, E. (2018) Effects of phenological synchronization on caterpillar early-instar survival under a changing climate. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 48(3):247-254.
  

• Despland, E., Gervais, D. and Morcos, L. (2017) Double allomimesis of advancing and retreating individuals maintains cohesion in exploring groups of nomadic caterpillars. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 71(3).0.

• Despland, E. (2014) Butterflies of the high-altitude Atacama desert: Habitat use and conservation. Frontiers in Genetics, 5

• Despland, E. (2013) Plasticity of collective behavior in a nomadic early spring folivore. Frontiers in Physiology, 4(54):1-11.

• Colasurdo, N., Gélinas, Y. and Despland, E. (2009) Larval nutrition affects life history traits in a capital breeding moth. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212(12):1794-1800.

• Buhl, J., Sumpter, D.J.T., Couzin, I.D., Hale, J.J., Despland, E., Miller, E.R. and Simpson, S.J. (2006) From disorder to order in marching locusts. Science, 312(5778):1402-1406.

Outreach:

• To attain global climate and biodiversity goals, we must reclaim nature in our cities
• Why the spongy moth outbreak has vanished from Québec
• C'est la fin de l'épidémie de la spongieuse
• From deforestation to the pandemic: how destroying ecosystems increases novel infectious diseases
• Les insectes herbivores: ou se cachent-ils dans une forêt?
  
• Remote conferences and flying less
• Ces fourmis que cache la foret