Florent Déry
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Florent Déry
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PhD student @universitelaval.bsky.social trying to get somewhere with near-term forecasting of winter ticks + moose dynamics and geometrid moths egg hatching dates. I like bicycles, outdoors, waterfowl hunting.
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Wanted: #fieldwork technicians for Caw Ridge long term #research project on mountain goats + hoary marmots #ecology! Ad in french but see alt text for ENG translation. A great occasion to experience your version of Fromm's book "Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter in the Wilderness". plz share! 🧪🐐🐻🌎
An advertisement that describes a summer fieldwork position offer in a research project on mountain goats and hoary marmots. We are looking for a candidate to carry out fieldwork as part of research project on the behavioral ecology of the hoary marmot and mountain goat mountain goats in the summer of 2025. The successful candidate will be called upon to work on both species. Field work will take place in a remote area near Grande Cache, Alberta. The successful candidate will live with the research team in a small isolated camp with no basic services. The project is supervised by Steeve Côté and Sandra Hamel (Université Laval). *Tasks to be carried out: - Participation in the capture, measurement and behavioral observation of mountain goats. - Capture and tagging of hoary marmots; - Logistics associated with remote camp life and equipment maintenance. * Requirements: - Training in biology, ecology or related disciplines; - Good team spirit and enjoy life in a small, isolated group; - Willingness to spend extended periods in remote areas; - Be in good physical condition and tolerant of physical effort; - Be motivated by long days in the field, under various weather conditions; - Valid driver's license; - Experience in field work; - Available from early May to late August 2025 *Assets: - Experience driving off-road vehicles and manual transmission trucks; - Have an eligible file justifying an application for an NSERC undergraduate scholarship; * Conditions : The exact period of the contract may vary according to the availability of the person selected. Salary conditions are those in effect at Université Laval for 1st cycle assistants. Travel expenses are covered. Possibility of having the position recognized as an internship (Sigma+, Coop or other) Aerial photo from the west-end of study area A painting attempt I made of mountain goat billy with fauvism inspired bright colors. The wired to the ground cabin in a harsh summer snowstorm, with frightening icicles at a 45 degrees angle due to strong winds.
January 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Our work just got an issue # today! We've been working on an acaricide treatment to control for winter ticks and in #moose, so that we could understand #tick infestations vs other stress factors on calf survival and moose #ecology / pop. dynamics more broadly. 🧪🐜🦌Read more: doi.org/10.1002/wsb....
Infographic describing how an acaricide treatment (bravecto and fluralaner) did reduce winter tick load in moose. Winter ticks induce itch, and moose groom, thus damaging and removing winter coat. We took advantage of this tick-induced hair loss to evaluate if an acaricide treatment decrease hair loss severity in infested moose. It did: moose receiving the treatment seldom had hair loss, and if they did, it was not a lot of hair loss. We use this treatment in a research partnership to understand the contribution of parasitism relative to other stress factors on moose ecology.
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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It took a while after I completed my MSc, but all those hours spent looking in a scope and ruining my right eye are finally immortalized in this paper, of which quite I'm proud of #Behavior #Ecology #MountainGoat #Vigilance #Fitness

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Vigilance vs fitness infographic
November 23, 2024 at 5:23 PM