Publications
Full list
A complete and up-to-date list is available on Google Scholar. An asterisk (*) indicates a student or staff mentee.
In prep
21. Thompson, H., Chabot, A.A., Morgan, A., Sauve, D. Genomic assessment of an ex situ population of the critically endangered Blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis).
20. Sauve, D., Pelletier, F., Réale, D. A comparison of natural selection acting on life-history traits in captive-managed and wild big horn sheep.
19. Elliott, G.C., Sauve, D., Thompson, H., Hathaway, J., Moxley, K., Pearce, J., Sheridan, C., Lougheed, S.C., Chabot, A.A. Phenology of spermatozoa quality in gray ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides).
In review
18. Luzuriaga-Aveiga, V., Hess, H., Chabot, A.A., Mastromonaco, G., Wheeler, H., Sauve, D. Phenological change in managed but not wild populations despite similar selection.
17. Green, A., Sauve, D., Boccia, C., Friesen, V.L. Focusing on the relevant probabilities in population assignment to identify and correct bias.
2026
16. Thompson, H., Meads, L., Mackintosh, M., Reynolds, T., Sauve, D. No evidence of skewed or extra variable sex ratio in a Western burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia hypugaea) conservation breeding program. Canadian Journal of Zoology, in press.
15. Elliott, G.C., Sauve, D., Thompson, H., Hathaway, C.J., Moxley, K., Pearce, J., Stanger-Guy, S.J., Sheridan, C., Chabot, A.A. Short-term cold storage of gray ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides) sperm. Zoo Biology, in press.
14. Elliott, G.C., Smale, P., Sauve, D. A pull methodology for reproductive system dissection and successful retrieval of sperm from Bombus species. Journal of Applied Entomology, in press.
2025
13. Sauve, D., Chabot, A.A., Réale, D. (2025). Genetic adaptation in zoos and conservation breeding programs. Biological Conservation, in press.
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111429
12. Sauve, D., Thompson, H., Chabot, A.A., Réale, D. (2025). Using fitness surfaces to better link conservation breeding programmes with wild population recovery. Molecular Ecology, 34, e17798.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17798
11. Sauve, D., Charland, D., Solecki, A., Hudecki, J., Wheeler, H., Thompson, H., Steiner, J., Friesen, V.L., Chabot, A.A. (2025). Disentangling the contributions to phenotypic evolution in conservation breeding: a case study of morphological change in a breeding program of an endangered migratory songbird. Animal Conservation, in press.
DOI: 10.1111/acv.70004
2024
10. Sauve, D., Charmantier, A., Hatch, S.A., Friesen, V.L. (2024). The magnitude of selection on growth varies among years and increases under warming conditions in a subarctic seabird. Evolution Letters, 8(1), 56–63.
DOI: 10.1093/evlett/qrad001
2023
9. Sauve, D., Friesen, V.L., Hatch, S.A., Elliott, K.H., Charmantier, A. (2023). Shifting environmental predictors of phenotypes under climate change: a case study of growth in high latitude seabirds. Journal of Avian Biology, e03062.
DOI: 10.1111/jav.03062
2022
8. Kerr, K.C., Sauve, D., Winton, S., Thorne, T.J., Chabot, A.A. (2022). Examining the representation of locally threatened species in North American zoos. Animal Conservation.
7. Sauve, D., Hudecki, J., Steiner, J., Lynch, C., Chabot, A.A. (2022). Improving species conservation plans under IUCN’s One Plan Approach using quantitative genetic methods. EcoEvoRxiv. Peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer Community in Zoology.
DOI: 10.32942/osf.io/n3zxp
6. Sauve, D., Charmantier, A., Hatch, S.A., Friesen, V.L. (2022). Effects of the environment on growth vary across the breeding season in a subarctic seabird. Oecologia, 198, 307–318.
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-021-05063-x
2021
5. Friesen, V.L., Brunt, R., Morris-Pocock, J.A., Sauve, D., Baker, A.J., Birt, T.P., Davidson, W.S., Elliott, K.H., Montevecchi, W.A. (2021). A test of mechanisms of population differentiation in gannets (genus Morus) using comparative phylogeography and morphometrics. Marine Ornithology, 49, 275–291.
4. Sauve, D., Friesen, V.L., Charmantier, A. (2021). The effects of weather on avian growth and implications for adaptation to climate change. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 569741.
DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.569741
2020
3. Sauve, D., Dale, C., Tigano, A., Ratcliffe, L., Friesen, V.L. (2020). Do candidate genes for migration and behaviour explain migratory variation in bluebirds (Sialia spp.)? The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 132, 820–829.
DOI: 10.1676/19-00120
2019
2. Sauve, D., Divoky, G., Friesen, V.L. (2019). Phenotypic plasticity or evolutionary change? An examination of the phenological response of an Arctic seabird to climate change. Functional Ecology, 33, 2180–2190. [Cover article — featured in National Geographic and Functional Ecology spotlight.]
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13406
1. Sauve, D., Patirana, A., Chardine, J.W., Friesen, V.L. (2019). Mitochondrial DNA reveals genetic structure within the Atlantic but not Pacific populations of a holarctic seabird, the Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Marine Ornithology, 47, 199–208.
DOI: 10.5038/2074-1235.47.2.1318