April Martinig
Professeure, Faculté des sciences
FSCI Département de biologie
Présentation
Qualifications
- NSERC Postdoctoral fellow. University of New South Wales. Sydney, New South Wales, Australie. (2022-2024).
Diplômes
- (2024-2026). Banting Postdoctoral fellow. University of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- (2016-2021). Ph.D. in Ecology. Department of Biological Sciences. University of Alberta. Edmonton, AB, Canada.
- (2014-2016). M.Sc. in Biology. Department of Biology. Concordia University. Montreal, QC, Canada.
- (2010-2014). B.Sc. in Primatology. Department of Anthropology. University of Calgary. Calgary, AB, Canada.
- (2010-2014). B.Sc. in Ecology. Department of Biological Sciences. University of Calgary. Calgary, AB, Canada.
Expériences académiques
- Assistant Professor. (2026-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Publications
Articles
- Pietro Pollo, April Robin Martinig, Ayumi Mizuno, Kyle Morrison, Patrice Pottier, Lorenzo Ricolfi, Jesse Tam, Coralie Williams, Yefeng Yang, Szymek Marian Drobniak, Malgorzata Lagisz, Shinichi Nakagawa. (2025). Harnessing meta-analyses’ insights in ecology and evolution research. Royal Society Open Science. DOI
- Kaitlyn M. Gaynor, Eamonn I. F. Wooster, April Robin Martinig, Jennifer R. Green, Aimee Chhen, Sandra Cuadros, Ryan Gill, Gopal Khanal, Nicola Love, Rekha Marcus, C. Lauren Mills, Kwasi Wrensford, Nicholas S. Wright, Stefano Mezzini, Jessa Marley, Michael J. Noonan. (2025). The Human Shield Hypothesis: Does Predator Avoidance of Humans Create Refuges for Prey?. Ecology Letters. DOI
- Elliot Gould, Hannah S. Fraser, Timothy H. Parker, Shinichi Nakagawa, Simon C. Griffith, Peter A. Vesk, Fiona Fidler, Daniel G. Hamilton, Robin N. Abbey-Lee, Jessica K. Abbott, Luis A. Aguirre, Carles Alcaraz, Irith Aloni, Drew Altschul, Kunal Arekar, Jeff W. Atkins, Joe Atkinson, Christopher M. Baker, Meghan Barrett, ... Rachel A. Zitomer. (2025). Same data, different analysts: variation in effect sizes due to analytical decisions in ecology and evolutionary biology. BMC Biology. DOI
- Jonas I. Sanders, Emily K. Studd, Ben Dantzer, Andrea E. Wishart, Matt Gaidica, Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl, Stan Boutin, Jeffrey E. Lane, April Robin Martinig. (2025). Collar? I barely know her: The utility of accelerometry in measuring personality in situ for a free-ranging wild mammal. Animal Behaviour. DOI
- Malgorzata Lagisz, Kevin R. Bairos-Novak, April Robin Martinig, Michael G. Bertram, Ayumi Mizuno, Saeed Shafiei Sabet, Matthieu Paquet, Manuela S. Santana, Eli S. J. Thoré, Nina Trubanová, Joanna Rutkowska, James A. Orr, Elina Takola, Yefeng Yang, Patrice Pottier, Dylan G. E. Gomes, Ying-Chi Chan, Zhenzhuo Xian, Caleb Onoja Akogwu, ... Shinichi Nakagawa. (2025). Priced out of belonging? Insufficient concessions on membership fees across international societies in ecology and evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI
- Kyle Morrison, Patrice Pottier, Pietro Pollo, Lorenzo Ricolfi, Coralie Williams, Yefeng Yang, Damien Beillouin, Simone Jaqueline Cardoso, Verónica Ferreira, Brian Gallagher, Jelaine L. Gan, Guang Hao, Mojtaba Keikha, Betina Kozlowsky-Suzuki, Kiran Kumara T M, Francesco Latterini, Alexandro B. Leverkus, Erin Macartney, Silvina Magdalena Manrique, ... Shinichi Nakagawa. (2025). MATES: A tool for evaluating the quality of reporting of meta-analyses. MetaArXiv. DOI
- Naomi J. Brunner, Robert M. R. Barclay, Andrew G. McAdam, Ben Dantzer, Stan Boutin, Jeffrey E. Lane, April Robin Martinig. (2025). Red squirrel gestation length is unchanged by maternal traits, litter composition, or future food availability. Canadian Journal of Zoology. DOI
- Daniel W. A. Noble, Zoe A. Xirocostas, Nicholas C. Wu, April Robin Martinig, Rafaela A. Almeida, Kevin R. Bairos-Novak, Heikel Balti, Michael G. Bertram, Louis Bliard, Jack A. Brand, Ilha Byrne, Ying-Chi Chan, Dena Jane Clink, Quentin Corbel, Ricardo A. Correia, Jordann Crawford-Ash, Antica Culina, Elvira D'Bastiani, Gideon G. Deme, ... Malgorzata Lagisz. (2025). The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI
- Malgorzata Lagisz, Joanna Rutkowska, Upama Aich, Robert M. Ross, Manuela S. Santana, Joshua Wang, Nina Trubanová, Matthew J. Page, Andrew Adrian Yu Pua, Yefeng Yang, Bawan Amin, April Robin Martinig, Adrian Barnett, Aswathi Surendran, Ju Zhang, David N. Borg, Jafsia Elisee, James G. Wrightson, Shinichi Nakagawa. (2024). “Best Paper” awards lack transparency, inclusivity, and support for Open Science. PLOS Biology. DOI
- Patrice Pottier, Malgorzata Lagisz, Samantha Burke, Szymon M. Drobniak, Philip A. Downing, Erin L. Macartney, April Robin Martinig, Ayumi Mizuno, Kyle Morrison, Pietro Pollo, Lorenzo Ricolfi, Jesse Tam, Coralie Williams, Yefeng Yang, Shinichi Nakagawa. (2024). Title, abstract and keywords: a practical guide to maximize the visibility and impact of academic papers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. DOI
- Tanner Yuen, Kathreen E Ruckstuhl, April R Martinig, Peter Neuhaus. (2024). Born with an advantage: early life and maternal effects on fitness in female ground squirrels. Behavioral Ecology. DOI
- (2023). Correction to: Selective disappearance does not underlie age-related changes in trait repeatability in red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology. DOI
- Malgorzata Lagisz, Joanna Rutkowska, Upama Aich, Robert M. Ross, Manuela S. Santana, Joshua Wang, Nina Trubanová, Matthew J. Page, Andrew Adrian Yu Pua, Yefeng Yang, Bawan Amin, April Robin Martinig, Adrian Barnett, Aswathi Surendran, Ju Zhang, David N. Borg, Jafsia Elisee, James G. Wrightson, Shinichi Nakagawa. (2023). Best Paper awards lack transparency, inclusivity, and support for Open Science. bioRxiv. DOI
- Shinichi Nakagawa, Edward R. Ivimey-Cook, Matthew J. Grainger, Rose E. O’Dea, Samantha Burke, Szymon M. Drobniak, Elliot Gould, Erin L. Macartney, April Robin Martinig, Kyle Morrison, Matthieu Paquet, Joel L. Pick, Patrice Pottier, Lorenzo Ricolfi, David P. Wilkinson, Aaron Willcox, Coralie Williams, Laura A. B. Wilson, Saras M. Windecker, ... Malgorzata Lagisz. (2023). Method Reporting with Initials for Transparency (MeRIT) promotes more granularity and accountability for author contributions. Nature Communications. DOI
- A.R. Martinig, H.J. Karst, E.R. Siracusa, E.K. Studd, A.G. McAdam, B. Dantzer, D.M. Delaney, J.E. Lane, P. Pokharel, S. Boutin. (2022). Animal personality: a comparison of standardized assays and focal observations in North American red squirrels. Animal Behaviour. DOI
- April Robin Martinig, Kimberley J Mathot, Jeffrey E Lane, Ben Dantzer, Stan Boutin. (2021). Selective disappearance does not underlie age-related changes in trait repeatability in red squirrels. Behavioral Ecology. DOI
- Eric W. Neilson, Clayton T. Lamb, Sean M. Konkolics, Michael J. L. Peers, Yasmine N. Majchrzak, Darcy Doran‐Myers, Laura Garland, April Robin Martinig, Stan Boutin. (2020). There’s a storm a‐coming: Ecological resilience and resistance to extreme weather events. Ecology and Evolution. DOI
- Michael J. L. Peers, Sean M. Konkolics, Clayton T. Lamb, Yasmine N. Majchrzak, Allyson K. Menzies, Emily K. Studd, Rudy Boonstra, Alice J. Kenney, Charles J. Krebs, April Robin Martinig, Baily McCulloch, Joseph Silva, Laura Garland, Stan Boutin. (2020). Prey availability and ambient temperature influence carrion persistence in the boreal forest. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI
- April Robin Martinig, Mahnoor Riaz, Colleen Cassady St. Clair. (2020). Temporal clustering of prey in wildlife passages provides no evidence of a prey-trap. Scientific Reports. DOI
- Jack G. Hendrix, David N. Fisher, April Robin Martinig, Stan Boutin, Ben Dantzer, Jeffrey E. Lane, Andrew G. McAdam. (2020). Territory acquisition mediates the influence of predators and climate on juvenile red squirrel survival. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI
- April Robin Martinig, Andrew G. McAdam, Ben Dantzer, Jeffrey E. Lane, David W. Coltman, Stan Boutin. (2020). The new kid on the block: immigrant males win big whereas females pay fitness cost after dispersal. Ecology Letters. DOI
- April Robin Martinig, Ashley A. D. Mclaren. (2019). Vegetated highway medians as foraging habitat for small mammals. Wildlife Society Bulletin. DOI
- April Robin Martinig. (2017). Habitat suitability modeling for mink passage activity: A cautionary tale. The Journal of Wildlife Management. DOI
- Eve B. Cooper, Ryan W. Taylor, Amanda D. Kelley, April Robin Martinig, Stan Boutin, Murray M. Humphries, Ben Dantzer, Jeffrey E. Lane, Andrew G. McAdam. (2017). Personality is correlated with natal dispersal in North American red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Behaviour. DOI
- (2016). Factors influencing the discovery and use of wildlife passages for small fauna. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI
Autres contributions
Cours enseignés ou supervisés à l'UdeS
- ECL309 - Techniques d'échantillonnage en écologie. (2026). (1CR).
Affiches pour une conférence
- (2015). Why Did the Mammal Cross the Road? Evaluating the Effectiveness of Wildlife Passages for Smaller Mammals. International Conference on Ecology and Transportation.
- (2014). From 3D to 2D: Road Ecology. Concordia University Department of Biology Symposium.