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Mark Vellend

Professeur, Faculté des sciences
FSCI Département de biologie

Présentation

Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche

plant ecology, biodiversity, evolution, climate change, forests

Diplômes

  • (1999-2004). Ph.D. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York, États-Unis.
  • (1996-1999). M.Sc. Biology. McGill University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  • (1992-1996). B.Sc. Biology. McGill University. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Expériences académiques

  • Professor. Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
  • Assistant/Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair. (2005-2010). University of British Columbia. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow. (2004-2005). National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. Santa Barbara, California, États-Unis.

Financement

  • Subvention. Using range-edge ecology to inform conservation of Canada's rare plants. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 45 000 $. (2022-2023).
    Numéro de subvention : 571462-2021. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Plant population and community responses to environmental change. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 65 000 $. (2022-2023).
    Numéro de subvention : RGPIN-2022-03937. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Ecological and evolutionary responses of plants to environmental change. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 49 000 $. (2021-2022).
    Numéro de subvention : RGPIN-2015-05804. Voir plus
  • Subvention. DNA genetic analyzer for molecular ecology/biology applications. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 149 515 $. (2018-2019).
    Numéro de subvention : RTI-2019-00600. Voir plus
  • Subvention. The Canadian Airborne Biodiversity Observatory. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 3 000 000 $. (2017-2020).
    Numéro de subvention : 509190-2017. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Nomination for NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 430 000 $. (2016-2018).
    Numéro de subvention : 492247-2016. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Vehicles and mobile laboratory for field research in ecology / Véhicules et laboratoire mobile pour la recherche de terrain en écologie. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 110 651 $. (2016-2017).
    Numéro de subvention : RTI-2017-00352. Voir plus
  • Subvention. A network of time lapse cameras for monitoring forest plant phenology. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 24 380 $. (2015-2016).
    Numéro de subvention : RTI-2016-00653. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Multi-elemental analyser to support applied and fundamental research in plant and soil ecology / Analyseur multi-élémentaire pour la recherche en écologie des plantes et du sol. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 56 203 $. (2012-2013).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2930556. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Ecological and community genetics of plants. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 80 000 $. (2012-2014).
    Numéro de subvention : 396057-2010. Voir plus
  • Subvention. NSERC CREATE Training Program in Biodiversity Research. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 1 200 000 $. (2011-2015).
    Numéro de subvention : 371304-2009. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Laboratory for integrative research in ecology, genetics, and conservationLaboratoire de recherche intégrant l'écologie, la génétique et la conservation. Canada Foundation for Innovation (Ottawa, Canada). 59 836 $. (2011).
    Numéro de subvention : 27926. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Upgrade for an AB3130 DNA genetic analyzer / Mise à niveau d'un analyseur de fragment AB3130. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 95 693 $. (2010-2011).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2813535. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Ecological and community genetics of plants. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 1 854 $. (2010-2011).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2967741. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Conservation Biology. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 75 000 $. (2010-2011).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2838957. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Ecological and community genetics of plants. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 288 146 $. (2010-2015).
    Numéro de subvention : 311785-2010. Voir plus
  • Subvention. CRC in Conservation Biology. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 100 000 $. (2009-2010).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2878809. Voir plus
  • Subvention. NSERC CREATE Training Program in Biodiversity Research. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 450 000 $. (2009-2011).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2963496. Voir plus
  • Subvention. CRC in Conservation Biology. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 100 000 $. (2008-2009).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2901969. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Connections between species diversity and genetic diversity. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 149 000 $. (2005-2010).
    Numéro de subvention : grant.2949711. Voir plus
  • Subvention. Facility for Research in Conservation Biology. Canada Foundation for Innovation (Ottawa, Canada). 99 111 $. (2005).
    Numéro de subvention : 202446. Voir plus

Publications

Articles

  • Tougas, G., Wallis, C.I.B., Laliberté, E., Vellend, M. (2025). Hyperspectral imaging has a limited ability to remotely sense the onset of beech bark disease. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. DOI
  • Wallis, C.I.B., Crofts, A.L., Jackisch, R., Kothari, S., Tougas, G., Arroyo-Mora, J.P., Hacker, P., Coops, N., Kalacska, M., Laliberté, E., Vellend, M. (2025). Methodological considerations for studying spectral-plant diversity relationships. Remote Sensing of Environment. DOI
  • García Criado, M., Myers-Smith, I.H., Bjorkman, A.D., Elmendorf, S.C., Normand, S., Aastrup, P., Aerts, R., Alatalo, J.M., Baeten, L., Björk, R.G., Björkman, M.P., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Butler, E.E., Cooper, E.J., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Daskalova, G.N., Fadrique, B., Forbes, B.C., Henry, G.H.R., ... Vellend, M. (2025). Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic. Nature. DOI
  • Kiel, N.G., Watts, D.A., Young, A.B., Vellend, M. (2025). Snowmelt timing alters the phenology but not the performance of an understory spring ephemeral plant. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Gamhewa, H., Crofts, A.L., Plourde-Rouleau, A., Glaus, V., Brown, C., Vellend, M. (2025). The duration of high spring light for understorey plants: Contrasting responses to spatial and temporal temperature variation. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Rinas, C.L., Vellend, M. (2024). An experimental test of niche versus dispersal limitation of the distribution limit of the Ghost Antler Lichen, Pseudevernia cladonia, along a temperate–boreal elevation gradient. Botany. DOI
  • Wallis, C.I.B., Kothari, S., Jantzen, J.R., Crofts, A.L., St-Jean, S., Inamdar, D., Pablo Arroyo-Mora, J., Kalacska, M., Bruneau, A., Coops, N.C., Laliberté, E., Vellend, M. (2024). Exploring the spectral variation hypothesis for α- and β-diversity: a comparison of open vegetation and forests. Environmental Research Letters. DOI
  • Crofts, A.L., Wallis, C.I.B., St-Jean, S., Demers-Thibeault, S., Inamdar, D., Arroyo-Mora, J.P., Kalacska, M., Laliberté, E., Vellend, M. (2024). Linking aerial hyperspectral data to canopy tree biodiversity: An examination of the spectral variation hypothesis. Ecological Monographs. DOI
  • Messier, J., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Li, Y., Violle, C., Vellend, M. (2024). Root and biomass allocation traits predict changes in plant species and communities over four decades of global change. Ecology. DOI
  • Ni, M., Vellend, M. (2024). Soil properties constrain forest understory plant distributions along an elevation gradient. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Ni, M., Vellend, M. (2024). Soil properties constrain predicted poleward migration of plants under climate change. New Phytologist. DOI
  • Carroll, T., Cardou, F., Dornelas, M., Thomas, C.D., Vellend, M. (2023). Biodiversity change under adaptive community dynamics. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Rinas, C.L., McMullin, R.T., Rousseu, F., Vellend, M. (2023). Diversity and assembly of lichens and bryophytes on tree trunks along a temperate to boreal elevation gradient. Oecologia. DOI
  • Jantzen, J.R., Laliberté, E., Carteron, A., Beauchamp-Rioux, R., Blanchard, F., Crofts, A.L., Girard, A., Hacker, P.W., Pardo, J., Schweiger, A.K., Demers-Thibeault, S., Coops, N.C., Kalacska, M., Vellend, M., Bruneau, A. (2023). Evolutionary history explains foliar spectral differences between arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plant species. New Phytologist. DOI
  • Dornelas, M., Chase, J.M., Gotelli, N.J., Magurran, A.E., McGill, B.J., Antão, L.H., Blowes, S.A., Daskalova, G.N., Leung, B., Martins, I.S., Moyes, F., Myers-Smith, I.H., Thomas, C.D., Vellend, M. (2023). Looking back on biodiversity change: Lessons for the road ahead. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Miraglio, T., Coops, N.C., Wallis, C.I.B., Crofts, A.L., Kalacska, M., Vellend, M., Serbin, S.P., Arroyo-Mora, J.P., Laliberté, E. (2023). Mapping canopy traits over Québec using airborne and spaceborne imaging spectroscopy. Scientific Reports. DOI
  • Kothari, S., Beauchamp-Rioux, R., Blanchard, F., Crofts, A.L., Girard, A., Guilbeault-Mayers, X., Hacker, P.W., Pardo, J., Schweiger, A.K., Demers-Thibeault, S., Bruneau, A., Coops, N.C., Kalacska, M., Vellend, M., Laliberté, E. (2023). Predicting leaf traits across functional groups using reflectance spectroscopy. New Phytologist. DOI
  • Wallis, C.I.B., Crofts, A.L., Inamdar, D., Arroyo-Mora, J.P., Kalacska, M., Laliberté, É., Vellend, M. (2023). Remotely sensed carbon content: The role of tree composition and tree diversity. Remote Sensing of Environment. DOI
  • Cardou, F., Vellend, M. (2023). Stealth advocacy in ecology and conservation biology. Biological Conservation. DOI
  • Martins, I.S., Dornelas, M., Vellend, M., Thomas, C.D. (2022). A millennium of increasing diversity of ecosystems until the mid-20th century. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Becker-Scarpitta, A., Auberson-Lavoie, D., Aussenac, R., Vellend, M. (2022). Different temporal trends in vascular plant and bryophyte communities along elevational gradients over four decades. Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Staude, I.R., Pereira, H.M., Daskalova, G.N., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Diekmann, M., Pauli, H., Van Calster, H., Vellend, M., Bjorkman, A.D., Brunet, J., De Frenne, P., Hédl, R., Jandt, U., Lenoir, J., Myers-Smith, I.H., Verheyen, K., Wipf, S., Wulf, M., Andrews, C., ... Baeten, L. (2022). Directional turnover towards larger-ranged plants over time and across habitats. Ecology Letters. DOI
  • Beguin, J., Côté, S.D., Vellend, M. (2022). Large herbivores trigger spatiotemporal changes in forest plant diversity. Ecology. DOI
  • Carteron, A., Vellend, M., Laliberté, E. (2022). Mycorrhizal dominance reduces local tree species diversity across US forests. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Crockett, E.T.H., Vellend, M., Bennett, E.M. (2022). Tree biodiversity in northern forests shows temporal stability over 35 years at different scales, levels and dimensions. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Thompson, J.R., Danneyrolles, V., Rousseu, F. (2021). Changes in landscape-scale tree biodiversity in the north-eastern USA since European settlement. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI
  • Rivest, S., Lajoie, G., Watts, D.A., Vellend, M. (2021). Earlier spring reduces potential for gene flow via reduced flowering synchrony across an elevational gradient. American Journal of Botany. DOI
  • Martin, C.A., Proulx, R., Vellend, M., Fahrig, L. (2021). How the relationship between vegetation cover and land-cover variance constrains biodiversity in a human dominated world. Landscape Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Béhé, M., Carteron, A., Crofts, A.L., Danneyrolles, V., Gamhewa, H.T., Ni, M., Rinas, C.L., Watts, D.A. (2021). Plant Responses to Climate Change and an Elevational Gradient in Mont Mégantic National Park, Québec, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist. DOI
  • Danneyrolles, V., Vellend, M., Dupuis, S., Boucher, Y., Laflamme, J., Bergeron, Y., Fortin, G., Leroyer, M., de Römer, A., Terrail, R., Arseneault, D. (2021). Scale-dependent changes in tree diversity over more than a century in eastern Canada: Landscape diversification and regional homogenization. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Ni, M., Vellend, M. (2021). Space-for-time inferences about range-edge dynamics of tree species can be influenced by sampling biases. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Auberson-Lavoie, D., Vellend, M. (2020). Causes and consequences of deer browsing on red trillium (Trillium erectum) along an elevational gradient. Botany. DOI
  • Thomas, H.J.D., Bjorkman, A.D., Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Kattge, J., Diaz, S., Vellend, M., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Forbes, B.C., Henry, G.H.R., Hollister, R.D., Normand, S., Prevéy, J.S., Rixen, C., Schaepman-Strub, G., Wilmking, M., Wipf, S., Cornwell, W.K., ... de Vries, F.T. (2020). Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome. Nature Communications. DOI
  • Bowler, D.E., Bjorkman, A.D., Dornelas, M., Myers-Smith, I.H., Navarro, L.M., Niamir, A., Supp, S.R., Waldock, C., Winter, M., Vellend, M., Blowes, S.A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Bruelheide, H., Elahi, R., Antão, L.H., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Jones, H.P., Magurran, A.E., ... Bates, A.E. (2020). Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes. People and Nature. DOI
  • Carteron, A., Parasquive, V., Blanchard, F., Guilbeault-Mayers, X., Turner, B.L., Vellend, M., Laliberté, E. (2020). Soil abiotic and biotic properties constrain the establishment of a dominant temperate tree into boreal forests. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Kattge, J., Bönisch, G., Díaz, S., Lavorel, S., Prentice, I.C., Leadley, P., Tautenhahn, S., Werner, G.D.A., Aakala, T., Abedi, M., Acosta, A.T.R., Adamidis, G.C., Adamson, K., Aiba, M., Albert, C.H., Alcántara, J.M., Alcázar C, C., Aleixo, I., Ali, H., ... Wirth, C. (2020). TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Becker-Scarpitta, A., Vissault, S., Vellend, M. (2019). Four decades of plant community change along a continental gradient of warming. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • De Frenne, P., Zellweger, F., Rodríguez-Sánchez, F., Scheffers, B.R., Hylander, K., Luoto, M., Vellend, M., Verheyen, K., Lenoir, J. (2019). Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies. Nature Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Fahrig, L., Arroyo-Rodríguez, V., Bennett, J.R., Boucher-Lalonde, V., Cazetta, E., Currie, D.J., Eigenbrod, F., Ford, A.T., Harrison, S.P., Jaeger, J.A.G., Koper, N., Martin, A.E., Martin, J.-L., Metzger, J.P., Morrison, P., Rhodes, J.R., Saunders, D.A., Simberloff, D., Smith, A.C., ... Watling, J.I. (2019). Is habitat fragmentation bad for biodiversity?. Biological Conservation. DOI
  • Chase, J.M., McGill, B.J., Thompson, P.L., Antão, L.H., Bates, A.E., Blowes, S.A., Dornelas, M., Gonzalez, A., Magurran, A.E., Supp, S.R., Winter, M., Bjorkman, A.D., Bruelheide, H., Byrnes, J.E.K., Cabral, J.S., Elahi, R., Gomez, C., Guzman, H.M., Isbell, F., ... O'Connor, M. (2019). Species richness change across spatial scales. Oikos. DOI
  • Danneyrolles, V., Dupuis, S., Fortin, G., Leroyer, M., de Römer, A., Terrail, R., Vellend, M., Boucher, Y., Laflamme, J., Bergeron, Y., Arseneault, D. (2019). Stronger influence of anthropogenic disturbance than climate change on century-scale compositional changes in northern forests. Nature Communications. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2019). The behavioral economics of biodiversity conservation scientists. Philosophical Topics. DOI
  • Blowes, S.A., Supp, S.R., Antão, L.H., Bates, A., Bruelheide, H., Chase, J.M., Moyes, F., Magurran, A., McGill, B., Myers-Smith, I.H., Winter, M., Bjorkman, A.D., Bowler, D.E., Byrnes, J.E.K., Gonzalez, A., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Jones, H.P., Navarro, L.M., ... Dornelas, M. (2019). The geography of biodiversity change in marine and terrestrial assemblages. Science. DOI
  • Barnett, D.T., Adler, P.B., Chemel, B.R., Duffy, P.A., Enquist, B.J., Grace, J.B., Harrison, S., Peet, R.K., Schimel, D.S., Stohlgren, T.J., Vellend, M. (2019). The plant diversity sampling design for The National Ecological Observatory Network. Ecosphere. DOI
  • Brady, S.P., Bolnick, D.I., Barrett, R.D.H., Chapman, L., Crispo, E., Derry, A.M., Eckert, C.G., Fraser, D.J., Fussmann, G.F., Gonzalez, A., Guichard, F., Lamy, T., Lane, J., McAdam, A.G., Newman, A.E.M., Paccard, A., Robertson, B., Rolshausen, G., Schulte, P.M., ... Hendry, A. (2019). Understanding maladaptation by uniting ecological and evolutionary perspectives. American Naturalist. DOI
  • Kharouba, H.M., Lewthwaite, J.M.M., Guralnick, R., Kerr, J.T., Vellend, M. (2019). Using insect natural history collections to study global change impacts: Challenges and opportunities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Lajoie, G., Vellend, M. (2018). Characterizing the contribution of plasticity and genetic differentiation to community-level trait responses to environmental change. Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Bálint, M., Pfenninger, M., Grossart, H.-P., Taberlet, P., Vellend, M., Leibold, M.A., Englund, G., Bowler, D. (2018). Environmental DNA Time Series in Ecology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Perring, M.P., Bernhardt-Römermann, M., Baeten, L., Midolo, G., Blondeel, H., Depauw, L., Landuyt, D., Maes, S.L., De Lombaerde, E., Carón, M.M., Vellend, M., Brunet, J., Chudomelová, M., Decocq, G., Diekmann, M., Dirnböck, T., Dörfler, I., Durak, T., De Frenne, P., ... Verheyen, K. (2018). Global environmental change effects on plant community composition trajectories depend upon management legacies. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Rivest, S., Vellend, M. (2018). Herbivory and pollen limitation at the upper elevational range limit of two forest understory plants of eastern North America. Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Liu, J., Vellend, M., Wang, Z., Yu, M. (2018). High beta diversity among small islands is due to environmental heterogeneity rather than ecological drift. Journal of Biogeography. DOI
  • Bjorkman, A.D., Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Normand, S., Rüger, N., Beck, P.S.A., Blach-Overgaard, A., Blok, D., Cornelissen, J.H.C., Forbes, B.C., Georges, D., Goetz, S.J., Guay, K.C., Henry, G.H.R., HilleRisLambers, J., Hollister, R.D., Karger, D.N., Kattge, J., Manning, P., ... Weiher, E. (2018). Plant functional trait change across a warming tundra biome. Nature. DOI
  • Bjorkman, A.D., Vellend, M., Frei, E.R., Henry, G.H.R. (2017). Climate adaptation is not enough: warming does not facilitate success of southern tundra plant populations in the high Arctic. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Dornelas, M., Baeten, L., Beauséjour, R., Brown, C.D., De Frenne, P., Elmendorf, S.C., Gotelli, N.J., Moyes, F., Myers-Smith, I.H., Magurran, A.E., McGill, B.J., Shimadzu, H., Sievers, C. (2017). Estimates of local biodiversity change over time stand up to scrutiny. Ecology. DOI
  • Fugère, M., Bradley, R.L., Vellend, M. (2017). Exotic earthworms dispersion through protected forest areas and their potential impacts on nitrous oxide production. Biological Invasions. DOI
  • Prevéy, J., Vellend, M., Rüger, N., Hollister, R.D., Bjorkman, A.D., Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Clark, K., Cooper, E.J., Elberling, B., Fosaa, A.M., Henry, G.H.R., Høye, T.T., Jónsdóttir, I.S., Klanderud, K., Lévesque, E., Mauritz, M., Molau, U., Natali, S.M., ... Rixen, C. (2017). Greater temperature sensitivity of plant phenology at colder sites: implications for convergence across northern latitudes. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Múrria, C., Bonada, N., Vellend, M., Zamora-Muñoz, C., Alba-Tercedor, J., Sainz-Cantero, C.E., Garrido, J., Acosta, R., El Alami, M., Barquín, J., Derka, T., Álvarez-Cabria, M., Sáinz-Bariain, M., Filipe, A.F., Vogler, A.P. (2017). Local environment rather than past climate determines community composition of mountain stream macroinvertebrates across Europe. Molecular Ecology. DOI
  • Becker Scarpitta, A., Bardat, J., Lalanne, A., Vellend, M. (2017). Long-term community change: bryophytes are more responsive than vascular plants to nitrogen deposition and warming. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI
  • Wu, C., Vellend, M., Yuan, W., Jiang, B., Liu, J., Shen, A., Zhu, J., Yu, M. (2017). Patterns and determinants of plant biodiversity in non-commercial forests of eastern China. Plos One. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Young, A.B., Letendre, G., Rivest, S. (2017). Thaw circles around tree trunks provide spring ephemeral plants with a big head start on the growing season. Ecology. DOI
  • Craven, D., Thakur, M.P., Cameron, E.K., Frelich, L.E., Beauséjour, R., Blair, R.B., Blossey, B., Burtis, J., Choi, A., Dávalos, A., Fahey, T.J., Fisichelli, N.A., Gibson, K., Handa, I.T., Hopfensperger, K., Loss, S.R., Nuzzo, V., Maerz, J.C., Sackett, T., ... Eisenhauer, N. (2017). The unseen invaders: introduced earthworms as drivers of change in plant communities in North American forests (a meta-analysis). Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Kleynhans, E.J., Otto, S.P., Reich, P.B., Vellend, M. (2016). Adaptation to elevated CO2 in different biodiversity contexts. Nature Communications. DOI
  • Urli, M., Brown, C.D., Perez, R.N., Chagnon, P.-L., Vellend, M. (2016). Increased seedling establishment via enemy release at the upper elevational range limit of sugar maple. Ecology. DOI
  • Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Beck, P.S.A., Wilmking, M., Hallinger, M., Blok, D., Tape, K.D., Rayback, S.A., Macias-Fauria, M., Forbes, B.C., Speed, J.D.M., Boulanger-Lapointe, N., Rixen, C., Lévesque, E., Schmidt, N.M., Baittinger, C., Trant, A.J., Hermanutz, L., Collier, L.S., ... Vellend, M. (2015). Climate sensitivity of shrub growth across the tundra biome. Nature Climate Change. DOI
  • McCune, J.L., Vellend, M., Pellatt, M.G. (2015). Combining phytolith analysis with historical ecology to reveal the long-term, local-scale dynamics within a savannah-forest landscape mosaic. Biodiversity and Conservation. DOI
  • Bjorkman, A.D., Elmendorf, S.C., Beamish, A.L., Vellend, M., Henry, G.H.R. (2015). Contrasting effects of warming and increased snowfall on Arctic tundra plant phenology over the past two decades. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • Baeten, L., Davies, T.J., Verheyen, K., Van Calster, H., Vellend, M. (2015). Disentangling dispersal from phylogeny in the colonization capacity of forest understorey plants. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Savage, J., Vellend, M. (2015). Elevational shifts, biotic homogenization and time lags in vegetation change during 40 years of climate warming. Ecography. DOI
  • Kharouba, H.M., Vellend, M. (2015). Flowering time of butterfly nectar food plants is more sensitive to temperature than the timing of butterfly adult flight. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI
  • Beauséjour, R., Handa, I.T., Lechowicz, M.J., Gilbert, B., Vellend, M. (2015). Historical anthropogenic disturbances influence patterns of non-native earthworm and plant invasions in a temperate primary forest. Biological Invasions. DOI
  • Kharouba, H.M., Vellend, M., Sarfraz, R.M., Myers, J.H. (2015). The effects of experimental warming on the timing of a plant-insect herbivore interaction. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI
  • Lajoie, G., Vellend, M. (2015). Understanding context dependence in the contribution of intraspecific variation to community trait-environment matching. Ecology. DOI
  • McCune, J.L., Vellend, M. (2015). Using plant traits to predict the sensitivity of colonizations and extirpations to landscape context. Oecologia. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Lajoie, G., Bourret, A., Múrria, C., Kembel, S.W., Garant, D. (2014). Drawing ecological inferences from coincident patterns of population- and community-level biodiversity. Molecular Ecology. DOI
  • Brown, C.D., Vellend, M. (2014). Non-climatic constraints on upper elevational plant range expansion under climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Kharouba, H.M., Paquette, S.R., Kerr, J.T., Vellend, M. (2014). Predicting the sensitivity of butterfly phenology to temperature over the past century. Global Change Biology. DOI
  • De Frenne, P., Francisco, R.-S., Markus, B.R., Brown, C.D., Eriksson, O., Hermy, M., Mitchell, F.J.G., Petřík, P., Calster, H.V., Vellend, M., Verheyen, K. (2014). Reply to Harwood et al.: Thermophilization estimation is robust to the scale of species distribution data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI
  • Bennett, J.R., Vellend, M., Lilley, P.L., Cornwell, W.K., Arcese, P. (2013). Abundance, rarity and invasion debt among exotic species in a patchy ecosystem. Biological Invasions. DOI
  • Tomimatsu, H., Sasaki, T., Kurokawa, H., Bridle, J.R., Fontaine, C., Kitano, J., Stouffer, D.B., Vellend, M., Bezemer, T.M., Fukami, T., Hadly, E.A., van der Heijden, M.G.A., Kawata, M., Kéfi, S., Kraft, N.J.B., Mccann, K.S., Mumby, P.J., Nakashizuka, T., Petchey, O.L., ... Yachi, S. (2013). FORUM: Sustaining ecosystem functions in a changing world: A call for an integrated approach. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI
  • Mccune, J.L., Vellend, M. (2013). Gains in native species promote biotic homogenization over four decades in a human-dominated landscape. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Baeten, L., Myers-Smith, I.H., Elmendorf, S.C., Beauséjour, R., Brown, C.D., De Frenne, P., Verheyen, K., Wipf, S. (2013). Global meta-analysis reveals no net change in local-scale plant biodiversity over time. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Brown, C.D., Kharouba, H.M., Mccune, J.L., Myers-Smith, I.H. (2013). Historical ecology: Using unconventional data sources to test for effects of global environmental change. American Journal of Botany. DOI
  • Gieselman, T.M., Hodges, K.E., Vellend, M. (2013). Human-induced edges alter grassland community composition. Biological Conservation. DOI
  • McCune, J.L., Pellatt, M.G., Vellend, M. (2013). Multidisciplinary synthesis of long-term human-ecosystem interactions: A perspective from the Garry oak ecosystem of British Columbia. Biological Conservation. DOI
  • Dornelas, M., Magurran, A.E., Buckland, S.T., Chao, A., Chazdon, R.L., Colwell, R.K., Curtis, T., Gaston, K.J., Gotelli, N.J., Kosnik, M.A., McGill, B., McCune, J.L., Morlon, H., Mumby, P.J., Øvreås, L., Studeny, A., Vellend, M. (2013). Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: Challenges and opportunities. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Kharouba, H.M. (2013). Setting conservation priorities when what you see is not what you get. Animal Conservation. DOI
  • Stegen, J.C., Freestone, A.L., Crist, T.O., Anderson, M.J., Chase, J.M., Comita, L.S., Cornell, H.V., Davies, K.F., Harrison, S.P., Hurlbert, A.H., Inouye, B.D., Kraft, N.J.B., Myers, J.A., Sanders, N.J., Swenson, N.G., Vellend, M. (2013). Stochastic and deterministic drivers of spatial and temporal turnover in breeding bird communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI
  • Williams, J.W., Kharouba, H.M., Veloz, S., Vellend, M., Mclachlan, J., Liu, Z., Otto-Bliesner, B., He, F. (2013). The ice age ecologist: Testing methods for reserve prioritization during the last global warming. Global Ecology and Biogeography. DOI
  • Urban, M.C., De Meester, L., Vellend, M., Stoks, R., Vanoverbeke, J. (2012). A crucial step toward realism: Responses to climate change from an evolving metacommunity perspective. Evolutionary Applications. DOI
  • Bernard-Verdier, M., Navas, M.-L., Vellend, M., Violle, C., Fayolle, A., Garnier, E. (2012). Community assembly along a soil depth gradient: Contrasting patterns of plant trait convergence and divergence in a Mediterranean rangeland. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • McLeod, K.A., Scascitelli, M., Vellend, M. (2012). Detecting small-scale genotype-environment interactions in apomictic dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. DOI
  • Norberg, J., Urban, M.C., Vellend, M., Klausmeier, C.A., Loeuille, N. (2012). Eco-evolutionary responses of biodiversity to climate change. Nature Climate Change. DOI
  • Drummond, E.B.M., Vellend, M. (2012). Genotypic diversity effects on the performance of Taraxacum officinale populations increase with time and environmental favorability. Plos One. DOI
  • Schwartz, M.W., Hellmann, J.J., McLachlan, J.M., Sax, D.F., Borevitz, J.O., Brennan, J., Camacho, A.E., Ceballos, G., Clark, J.R., Doremus, H., Early, R., Etterson, J.R., Fielder, D., Gill, J.L., Gonzalez, P., Green, N., Hannah, L., Jamieson, D.W., Javeline, D., ... Zellmer, S. (2012). Managed relocation: Integrating the scientific, regulatory, and ethical challenges. Bioscience. DOI
  • Kraft, N.J.B., Sanders, N.J., Stegen, J.C., Anderson, M.J., Crist, T.O., Cornell, H.V., Vellend, M., Chase, J.M., Comita, L.S., Davies, K.F., Freestone, A.L., Harrison, S.P., Inouye, B.D., Myers, J.A., Swenson, N.G. (2012). Response to comments on "disentangling the drivers of β diversity along latitudinal and elevational gradients". Science. DOI
  • Kraft, N.J.B., Comita, L.S., Chase, J.M., Sanders, N.J., Swenson, N.G., Crist, T.O., Stegen, J.C., Vellend, M., Boyle, B., Anderson, M.J., Cornell, H.V., Davies, K.F., Freestone, A.L., Inouye, B.D., Harrison, S.P., Myers, J.A. (2011). Disentangling the drivers of β diversity along latitudinal and elevational gradients. Science. DOI
  • Anderson, M.J., Crist, T.O., Chase, J.M., Vellend, M., Inouye, B.D., Freestone, A.L., Sanders, N.J., Cornell, H.V., Comita, L.S., Davies, K.F., Harrison, S.P., Kraft, N.J.B., Stegen, J.C., Swenson, N.G. (2011). Navigating the multiple meanings of β diversity: A roadmap for the practicing ecologist. Ecology Letters. DOI
  • Adams, R.I., Vellend, M. (2011). Species diversity of grasses promotes genotypic diversity of clover populations in simulated communities. Oikos. DOI
  • Harrison, S., Vellend, M., Damschen, E.I. (2011). Structured beta diversity increases with climatic productivity in a classic dataset. Ecosphere. DOI
  • Chase, J.M., Kraft, N.J.B., Smith, K.G., Vellend, M., Inouye, B.D. (2011). Using null models to disentangle variation in community dissimilarity from variation in α-diversity. Ecosphere. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2010). Conceptual synthesis in community ecology. Quarterly Review of Biology. DOI
  • Bjorkman, A.D., Vellend, M. (2010). Defining historical baselines for conservation: Ecological changes since European settlement on Vancouver Island, Canada. Conservation Biology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Drummond, E.B.M., Tomimatsu, H. (2010). Effects of genotype identity and diversity on the invasiveness and invasibility of plant populations. Oecologia. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Drummond, E.B.M., Muir, J.L. (2009). Ecological differentiation among genotypes of dandelions (taraxacum officinale). Weed Science. DOI
  • Johnson, M.T.J., Vellend, M., Stinchcombe, J.R. (2009). Evolution in plant populations as a driver of ecological changes in arthropod communities. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Richardson, D.M., Hellmann, J.J., McLachlan, J.S., Sax, D.F., Schwartz, M.W., Gonzalez, P., Brennan, E.J., Camacho, A., Root, T.L., Sala, O.E., Schneider, S.H., Ashe, D.M., Clark, J.R., Early, R., Etterson, J.R., Fielder, E.D., Gill, J.L., Minteer, B.A., Polasky, S., ... Vellend, M. (2009). Multidimensional evaluation of managed relocation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. DOI
  • Lilley, P.L., Vellend, M. (2009). Negative native-exotic diversity relationship in oak savannas explained by human influence and climate. Oikos. DOI
  • Tomimatsu, H., Kephart, S.R., Vellend, M. (2009). Phylogeography of Camassia quamash in western North America: Postglacial colonization and transport by indigenous peoples. Molecular Ecology. DOI
  • Hughes, A.R., Inouye, B.D., Johnson, M.T.J., Underwood, N., Vellend, M. (2008). Ecological consequences of genetic diversity. Ecology Letters. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2008). Effects of diversity on diversity: Consequences of competition and facilitation. Oikos. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Bjorkman, A.D., McConchie, A. (2008). Environmentally biased fragmentation of oak savanna habitat on southeastern Vancouver Island, Canada. Biological Conservation. DOI
  • Couvreur, M., Verheyen, K., Vellend, M., Lamoot, I., Cosyns, E., Hoffmann, M., Hermy, M. (2008). Epizoochory by large herbivores: merging data with models. Basic and Applied Ecology. DOI
  • Van Der Veken, S., Hermy, M., Vellend, M., Knapen, A., Verheyen, K. (2008). Garden plants get a head start on climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Litrico, I. (2008). Sex and space destabilize intransitive competition within and between species. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. DOI
  • Urban, M.C., Leibold, M.A., Amarasekare, P., De Meester, L., Gomulkiewicz, R., Hochberg, M.E., Klausmeier, C.A., Loeuille, N., de Mazancourt, C., Norberg, J., Pantel, J.H., Strauss, S.Y., Vellend, M., Wade, M.J. (2008). The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Lilley, P.L., Starzomski, B.M. (2008). Using subsets of species in biodiversity surveys. Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Harmon, L.J., Lockwood, J.L., Mayfield, M.M., Hughes, A.R., Wares, J.P., Sax, D.F. (2007). Effects of exotic species on evolutionary diversification. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Verheyen, K., Flinn, K.M., Jacquemyn, H., Kolb, A., Van Calster, H., Peterken, G., Graae, B.J., Bellemare, J., Honnay, O., Brunet, J., Wulf, M., Gerhardt, F., Hermy, M. (2007). Homogenization of forest plant communities and weakening of species-environment relationships via agricultural land use. Journal of Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Knight, T.M., Drake, J.M. (2006). Antagonistic effects of seed dispersal and herbivory on plant migration. Ecology Letters. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Verheyen, K., Jacquemyn, H., Kolb, A., Van Calster, H., Peterken, G., Hermy, M. (2006). Extinction debt of forest plants persists for more than a century following habitat fragmentation. Ecology. DOI
  • Verheyen, K., Fastenaekels, I., Vellend, M., De Keersmaeker, L., Hermy, M. (2006). Landscape factors and regional differences in recovery rates of herb layer richness in Flanders (Belgium). Landscape Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2006). The consequences of genetic diversity in competitive communities. Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Geber, M.A. (2005). Connections between species diversity and genetic diversity. Ecology Letters. DOI
  • Flinn, K.M., Vellend, M., Marks, P.L. (2005). Environmental causes and consequences of forest clearance and agricultural abandonment in central New York, USA. Journal of Biogeography. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2005). Land-use history and plant performance in populations of Trillium grandiflorum. Biological Conservation. DOI
  • Flinn, K.M., Vellend, M. (2005). Recovery of forest plant communities in post-agricultural landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2005). Species diversity and genetic diversity: Parallel processes and correlated patterns. American Naturalist. DOI
  • Verheyen, K., Vellend, M., Van Calster, H., Peterken, G., Hermy, M. (2004). Metapopulation dynamics in changing landscapes: A new spatially realistic model for forest plants. Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2004). Parallel effects of land-use history on species diversity and genetic diversity of forest herbs. Ecology. DOI
  • Myers, J.A., Vellend, M., Gardescu, S. (2004). Seed dispersal by white-tailed deer: Implications for long-distance dispersal, invasion, and migration of plants in eastern North America. Oecologia. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Myers, J.A., Gardescu, S., Marks, P.L. (2003). Dispersal of Trillium seeds by deer: Implications for long-distance migration of forest herbs. Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2003). Habitat loss inhibits recovery of plant diversity as forests regrow. Ecology. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2003). Island Biogeography of Genes and Species. American Naturalist. DOI
  • Vellend, M. (2002). A pest and an invader: White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimm.) as a Seed dispersal agent for honeysuckle shrubs (Lonicera L.). Natural Areas Journal.
  • Vellend, M. (2001). Do commonly used indices of β-diversity measure species turnover?. Journal of Vegetation Science. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Lechowicz, M.J., Waterway, M.J. (2000). Environmental distribution of four Carex species (Cyperaceae) in an old-growth forest. American Journal of Botany. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Lechowicz, M.J., Waterway, M.J. (2000). Germination and establishment of forest sedges (Carex, Cyperaceae): Tests for home-site advantage and effects of leaf litter. American Journal of Botany. DOI
  • Leckie, S., Vellend, M., Bell, G., Waterway, M.J., Lechowicz, M.J. (2000). The seed bank in an old-growth, temperate deciduous forest. Canadian Journal of Botany. DOI
  • Vellend, M., Waterway, M.J. (1999). Geographic patterns in the genetic diversity of a northern sedge, Carex rariflora. Canadian Journal of Botany. DOI

Livres

  • Vellend, M., Baeten, L., Becker-Scarpitta, A., Boucher-Lalonde, V., McCune, J.L., Messier, J., Myers-Smith, I.H., Sax, D.F. (2017). Plant Biodiversity Change Across Scales During the Anthropocene. Annual Review of Plant Biology. DOI
  • Srivastava, D.S., Vellend, M. (2005). Biodiversity-ecosystem function research: Is it relevant to conservation?. Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics. DOI

Chapitres de livre

  • Vellend, M. (2017). Are local losses of biodiversity causing degraded ecosystem function?. Effective Conservation Science Data Not Dogma. DOI
  • Vellend, M., John, L.O. (2009). Ecological and genetic models of diversity. Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited.
  • Vellend., M. (2004). Metapopulation dynamics following habitat loss and recovery: Forest herbs in ancient and recent forests. Forest Biodiversity Lessons from History for Conservation.

Articles de conférence

  • Verheyen, K., De Frenne, P., Baeten, L., Waller, D.M., Hédl, R., Perring, M.P., Blondeel, H., Brunet, J., Chudomelová, M., Decocq, G., De Lombaerde, E., Depauw, L., Dirnböck, T., Durak, T., Eriksson, O., Gilliam, F.S., Heinken, T., Heinrichs, S., Hermy, M., ... Bernhardt-Römermann, M. (2017). Combining biodiversity resurveys across regions to advance global change research. Bioscience. DOI

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés à l'UdeS

  • BOT512 - Flore du Québec - Travaux pratiques. (2023-2026). (3CR).
  • ECL515 - Écologie végétale - Travaux pratiques. (2023-2026). (2CR).
  • ECL617 - Initiation à la recherche en écologie I. (2023-2026). (2CR).
  • ECL618 - Initiation à la recherche en écologie II. (2023-2026). (4CR).
  • ECL619 - Initiation à la recherche en écologie III. (2023-2026). (4CR).
  • ECL115 - Faune et flore du Québec I. (2024-2025). (1CR).
  • ECL510 - Écologie végétale. (2023-2025). (3CR).
  • ECL611 - Écologie fonctionnelle - Travaux pratiques. (2024-2025). (1CR).

Divers

  • Tougas, G., Wallis, C.I.B., Laliberté, E., Vellend, M. (2024). Hyperspectral imaging has a limited ability to remotely sense the onset of beech bark disease. Biorxiv.
  • Kothari, S., Beauchamp-Rioux, R., Blanchard, F., Crofts, A.L., Girard, A., Guilbeault-Mayers, X., Hacker, P.W., Pardo, J., Schweiger, A.K., Demers-Thibeault, S., Bruneau, A., Coops, N.C., Kalacska, M., Vellend, M., Laliberté, E. (2022). Predicting leaf traits across functional groups using reflectance spectroscopy. Biorxiv.
  • Ni, M., Vellend, M. (2022). Soil effects on plant distributions and potential migration in Eastern North America. Research Square.
  • Martins, I.S., Dornelas, M., Vellend, M., Thomas, C.D. (2021). A millennium of increasing ecosystem diversity until the mid-20th century. Biorxiv.
  • Carteron, A., Vellend, M., Laliberté, E. (2021). Mycorrhizal dominance reduces forest-tree species diversity. Biorxiv.
  • Becker-Scarpitta, A., Auberson-Lavoie, D., Aussenac, R., Vellend, M. (2020). Different temporal trends in vascular plant and bryophyte communities along elevational gradients over four decades of warming. Biorxiv.
  • Blowes, S., Supp, S., Antão, L., Bates, A., Bruelheide, H., Chase, J., Moyes, F., Magurran, A., McGill, B., Myers-Smith, I., Winter, M., Bjorkman, A., Bowler, D., Byrnes, J.E.K., Gonzalez, A., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Jones, H., Navarro, L.M., ... Dornelas, M. (2018). Biodiversity trends are stronger in marine than terrestrial assemblages. Biorxiv.
  • Becker-Scarpitta, A., Vissault, S., Vellend, M. (2018). Four decades of plant community change along a continental gradient of warming. Biorxiv.
  • Bowler, D.E., Bjorkman, A.D., Dornelas, M., Myers-Smith, I.H., Navarro, L.M., Niamir, A., Supp, S.R., Waldock, C., Vellend, M., Blowes, S.A., Böhning-Gaese, K., Bruelheide, H., Elahi, R., Antão, L.H., Hines, J., Isbell, F., Jones, H.P., Magurran, A.E., Cabral, J.S., ... Bates, A.E. (2018). Mapping human pressures across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes. Biorxiv.