2012 – 2016

Ph.D. in Biology

Département de biologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

Thesis : Evolutionary potential of Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) : phenotypic plasticity and genetic variation in a context of heterogeneous environment

Director : Dr Dany Garant

2008 – 2011

M.Sc. in Biology

Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec

Dissertation : Regional divergence and mosaic spatial distribution in Enallagma hageni and E. ebrium damselflies

Director : Dr Julie Turgeon

2005 – 2008

B.Sc. in Biology

Département de biologie, Université Laval, Québec

2018 – ...

Researcher in bioinformatics

Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Maurice-Lamontagne Institute, Mont-Joli

2016 – 2018

Research professional

Quebec Centre of Biodiversity Science (QCBS) and Research Center in Terrestial Ecology (CRET), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

2011 – 2012

Research professionnal

Laboratory of Dr Julie Turgeon and Dr Julian Dodson, Université Laval, Québec

2006 – 2008

Research auxiliary

Laboratory of Dr Julie Turgeon, Université Laval, Québec (2008)

Research laboratory on invasive species of Dr Claude Lavoie, Université Laval, Québec (2007)

Forest pathology laboratory of Dr Louis Bernier, Université Laval, Québec (2006-2007)

2017

Lecturer

General ecology (in french; ECL-110), Université de Sherbrooke

2014

Presentor

QCBS worshops series in R (2 half-day workshops), Université de Sherbrooke

2013 – 2014

Internship supervisor

(5 undergraduate students in ecology), Université de Sherbrooke

2008 – 2009

Teaching auxiliary

Animal physiology (laboratory supervision), Université Laval (2009)

Evolution (exam correction), Université Laval (2008-2009)

2013 – 2016

Student Representative, Science Faculty Committe on Animal Welfare (CFPA-Science), Université de Sherbrooke

2014 – 2015

Mentor for NSERC and FQRNT scholarships applications for biology students, Université de Sherbrooke

2009 – 2010

Student Representative, Biology Program Commitee, Graduate Biology Students Association at Université Laval (ACCÉBUL)

2005 – 2008

President (2006-2007), Pedagogy Vice President (2007-2008), Secretary-treasurer (2005-2006), Undergraduate Biology Students Association at Université Laval (AÉÉBUL)

Statistics

Linear and generalized mixed models, programmation in R and ASRemL

Genetics

Population genetics and quantitative genetics, environmental DNA.

GIS

Analysis of SIG data in ArcGIS, QGIS and R

2016

Science faculty graduate studies honour list, Université de Sherbrooke

2012 – 2015

NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (PGS D)

2012 – 2015

FRQNT doctoral research scholarships (B2)(non-accepted)

2010 – 2011

Faculty of graduate studies honour list, Université Laval

2008 – 2010

FRQNT master research scholarships (B1)

2006 – 2008

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) (3 years)

Peer-reviewed articles

1. Gossieaux P. Leclerc M, Van de Walle J, Poisson Y, Toni P, Landes J, Bourret A, Garant D, Pelletier F, and Belisle M( 2019). GOffspring mass variation in tree swallows: A case of bet‐hedging? Ecosphere, 10:e02607.
2. Pelletier F, Turgeon GS, Bourret A, Garant D and St-Laurent M-H (2019). Genetic structure and effective size of an endangered population of woodland caribou. Conservation Genetics, 20:203:213.
3. Garant D, Bourret A, Schmitt C, Turcotte A, Pelletier F and Belisle M (2018). Effects of blood parasite infection and innate immune genetic diversity on mating patterns in a passerine bird breeding in contrasted habitats. PeerJ, 6:e6604.
4. Bourret A, Belisle M, Pelletier F and Garant D (2017). Evolutionary potential of morphological traits across different life-history stages. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 30:616-626.
5. Bourret A and Garant D (2017). Precision and accuracy of quantitative genetics estimates in study systems with high rate of extra-pair reproduction and low recruitment. Heredity, 118:229-238.
6. Van Wijk S, Bourret A, Belisle M, Garant D and Pelletier F (2016). The influence of iridescent coloration directionality on male tree swallows' reproductive success at different breeding densities. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 70:1557-1569.
7. Turgeon J, Reid SM, Bourret A, Pratt TC, Reist, JD, Muir AM and Howland KL (2016). Morphological and genetic variation in Cisco (Coregonus artedi) and Shortjaw Cisco (C. zenithicus): multiple origins of Shortjaw Cisco in inland lakes require a lake-specific conservation approach. Conservation Genetics, 17:45-56.
8. Bourret A, Belisle M, Pelletier F and Garant D (2015). Multidimensional environmental influences on tree swallow timing of breeding in the face of climate change. Evolutionary Applications, 8:933-944.
9. Bourret A and D Garant (2015). Candidate gene-environment interactions and their relationships with timing of breeding in a wild bird population. Ecology and Evolution, 5:3628-3641.
10. Dodson JJ, Bourret A, Barette M-F, Turgeon J, Daigle G, Legault M and Lecomte F (2015). Intraspecific hybridization and the morphological diversification of an estuarine fish population complex. PLoS ONE, 10:e0123172.
11. Vellend M, Lajoie G, Bourret A, Murria C, Kembel SW and Garant D (2014). Drawing ecological inferences from coincident patterns of population- and community-level biodiversity. Molecular Ecology, 23:2890-2901.
12. Lessard A, Bourret A, Pelletier F, Belisle M and Garant D (2014). Individual and environmental determinants of reproductive success in male Tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 68:733-742.
13. Bourret A, McPeek MA and Turgeon J (2012). Regional divergence and mosaic spatial distribution of two closely related damselfly species (Enallagma hageni and E. ebrium). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 25:196-209.
14. Merette D, Bourret A and Turgeon J (2009). Diversity and distribution of gynogenetic hybrids between Fundulus diaphanus and F. heteroclitus in Porter's Lake (Nova Scotia) in relation to salinity. Journal of Fish Biology, 75:1115-1122.

Research reports

1. Turgeon J and Bourret A (2013). Genetic differentiation and origin of the Shortjaw Cisco (Coregonus zenithicus) in the Great Lakes and other inland Canadian lakes. DFO Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Research Document 2013/046. iv + 37 p.
2. Dodson JJ, Bourret A, Turgeon J, Lecompte F and Legault M (2012). Projet AFLP sur les populations d'eperlans arc-en-ciel anadromes du Saint-Laurent. Ministere des Ressources naturelles. Direction de l'expertise sur la faune et ses habitats. 21 p.

Talks

1. Toni P, Gossieaux P, Leclerc M, Van de Walle J, Poisson Y, Landes J, Lefol E, Tran N, Bourret A, Garant D, Pelletier F and Bélisle M (2017). Variation en masse des jeunes chez l’hirondelle bicolore : un cas de bet-hedging? Colloque SQEBC, Ottawa.
2. Garant D and Bourret A (2017). Evolutionary responses of morphological traits across different life-history stages and heterogeneous environments. ESEB, Groningen, Pays-Bas.
3. Bourret A and Garant D (2015). Effets de l’hétérogénéité environnementale sur les patrons de sélection chez les oisillons hirondelles bicolores. Colloque SQEBC et CSBQ, Québec et Montréal.
4. Bourret A and Garant D (2014). Effets de l’environnement sur la plasticité phénotypique dans la date de ponte chez l’Hirondelle bicolore. Colloque SQEBC et CSBQ, Montréal.
5. Bourret A and Garant D (2014). Perspectives on a new avian long-term study system in southern Québec. Atelier WAMBAM, Écosse, Royaume-Unis.
6. Pratt T, Turgeon J, Bourret A, Reid D, Muir A, Krueger C, Reist J and Howland K (2013). Genetic differentiation and origin of ciscoes. Upper Lakes Committee Meeting, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbour (MI), Conférence invitée.
7. Pratt T, Turgeon J, Bourret A, Reid D, Muir A, Krueger C, Reist J and Howland K (2012). Patterns of genetic and morphological diversity among ciscoes in deepwater lakes. Fourth Reintroduction of Native Fishes Workshop, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, Ann Arbour (MI), Conférence invitée.
8. Bourret A and Turgeon J (2010). Evolutionary history of two recently radiated Enallagma damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera) : insights from distributional patterns and genetic structure. Congrès SCEE, Québec (QC), présentation orale.
9. Bourret A and Turgeon J (2010). Différenciation génétique et hybridation entre les demoiselles Enallagma hageni et E. ebrium. Colloque de Biologie, Université Laval, Québec, présentation orale.

Posters

1. Garant D, Schmitt C, Bourret A and Turcotte A (2017). An assessment of the effects of avian malaria infection status and immune genetic diversity on patterns of mate choice under contrasted habitat conditions in Tree swallow. Behaviour, Estoril, Portugal.
2. Bourret A and Garant D (2015). Effects of environmental heterogeneity on phenotypic and genetic variance components in a tree swallow population. ESEB, Lausanne, Suisse.
3. Bourret A and Garant D (2013). Analyse de la variabilité du gène Clock et de sa relation avec les traits reproducteurs dans une population d’Hirondelle bicolore. Colloque SQEBC et CSBQ, Montréal.
4. Dieni A, Bourret A, Turgeon J and Brodeur J (2012). Routes d’invasion du criocère du lis, Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli), en Amérique du Nord. Colloque SEQ, Boucherville.
5. Bourret A and Turgeon J (2009). Genetic structure, hybridization and spatial distribution of the damselflies Enallagma hageni and E. ebrium. Congrès SCEE, Halifax (NS).