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Publications

2023
75.   *Agnani P & V Careau. 2023. The fast and the curious III: speed, endurance, activity and exploration in mice. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 26. PDF

​74. *Caron-Levesque M & V Careau. 2023. Of mice, ticks and fleas: host behaviour and co-occurring parasites. Canadian Journal of Zoology 00: 000-000

2022

​73.  *Bouffard J, Careau V, Robinson AS & P Bergeron. 2022. Effects of a neonicotinoid insecticide and population density on behavior and development of wood frogs (Rana sylvatica). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 41: 2968-2980. PDF

72.*Maloney C & V Careau. 2022. Individual variation in heat substitution: is activity in the cold energetically cheaper for some individuals than others? Journal of Experimental Biology 225: jeb244186. PDF

71.*Duchesne A & V Careau. 2022. Toxic personalities: are chemical defences and boldness linked in a millipede? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 76: 108. PDF

​70. Halsey LG, Careau V, Pontzer H, 79 members of the IAEA DLW database group & JR Speakman. 2022. Variability in energy expenditure is much greater in males than females. Journal of Human Evolution 00:000-000.

69. Careau V & DS Glazier. 2022. A quantitative genetics perspective on the body-mass scaling of metabolic rate. Journal of Experimental Biology 8: jeb243393. PDF

​68.*Abdeen A, *Agnani P & V Careau. 2022. The active mouse rests within: energy management among and within individuals. Functional Ecology 36: 526-537. PDF

​67. *Vilain M & V Careau. 2022. Performance trade-offs in elite swimmers. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology 8: 28-51. PDF

2021
​66. Careau V, Halsey LG, Pontzer H, 79 members of the IAEA DLW database group & JR Speakman. 2021. Energy compensation and adiposity in humans. Current Biology 31: 4659–4666. PDF

65. Buttemer W, Careau V, Chappell M & S Griffith. 2021. Metabolic rates of aggressive/submissive phenotypes are colour blind in Gouldian finches. Journal of Experimental Biology 224: jeb242577. PDF

​64.*Videlier M, Rundle HR & V Careau. 2021. Sex-specific genetic (co)variances of standard metabolic rate, body mass and locomotor activity in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34: 1279-1289. PDF

​63. *Fiedler A & V Careau. 2021. Resting and maximal metabolic rates in wild mice. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 94: 338-352. PDF
  
62. Beardsell A, Gravel D, Berteaux D, Gauthier G, Clermont J, Careau V, Lecomte N, Juhasz C-C, Royer-Boutin P, & J Bêty. 2021. Derivation of predator functional responses using a mechanistic approach in a natural system. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 9:630944. PDF

61. *Tremblay M, *Videlier M, Rundle HD & V Careau. 2021. Territoriality in Drosophila: indirect effects and covariance with body mass and metabolic rate. Behavioral Ecology 32: 679–685. PDF

60. *Fiedler A, Blouin-Demers G, Bulté G & V Careau. 2021. Phylogenetic analysis of macroecological patterns of space use in snakes. Oecologia 195: 479-499. PDF

59. *Videlier M, Careau V, Wilson AJ & HD Rundle. 2021. Quantifying selection on standard metabolic rate and body mass in Drosophila melanogaster. Evolution 75:130-140. PDF
 
2020
​58. *Poirier MA, Kozlovsky DY, Morand-Ferron J & V Careau. 2020. How general is cognitive ability in non-human animals? A meta-analytic and multilevel reanalysis approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 20201853. PDF

57. *Agnani P, Thomson J, Schradin C & V Careau. 2020. The fast and the curious II: performance, personality and metabolism in Karoo bush rats. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74: 123. PDF

56. Careau V, Mariette M, Crino O, Buttemer WA & KL Buchanan. 2020. Repeatability of behavior and physiology: impact of reproductive investment. General and Comparative Endocrinology 290: 113403. PDF

2019
55. *Berberi I & V Careau. 2019. Performance trade-offs in wild mice. Oecologia 191:11-23. PDF

54. *Videlier M, Rundle, HD & V Careau. 2019. Sex-specific among-individual covariation in locomotor activity and resting metabolic rate in Drosophila melanogaster. The American Naturalist 194: E164-176​. PDF

53. Mandic M, Tzaneva V, Careau V & SF Perry. Hif-1α paralogs play a role in the hypoxic ventilatory response of larval and adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb195198. PDF

​52. Halsey LG, Green JA, Twiss SD, Arnold W, Butler PJ, Cooke SJ, Grémillet D, Ruf T, Hicks O, Minta KJ, Prystay TS, Wascher CAF & V Careau. 2019. Flexibility, variability and constraint in energy management patterns across vertebrate taxa revealed by long-term heart rate measurements. Functional Ecology 33:260-272. PDF

51. Careau V, Beauchamp PP, *Bouchard S & J Morand-Ferron. 2019 Energy metabolism and personality in wild-caught fall field crickets. Physiology & Behavior 199: 173-181. PDF

50. *Dewan I, Garland T Jr., Hiramatsu L & V Careau. 2019 I smell a mouse: indirect genetic effects on voluntary wheel-running distance, duration and speed. Behavior Genetics 49:49-59. PDF

49. Calsbeek R & V Careau. 2019. Survival of the fastest: the multivariate optimization of performance phenotypes. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 51:330-337. PDF

2018
​48. Juhasz CC, Lycke A, Careau V, Gauthier G, Giroux JF, & N Lecomte. 2018. Picking the right cache: caching site selection for egg predators in the arctic. Polar Biology 41: 2233-2238. PDF

​47. Araya-Ajoy YG, Bolstad GH, Brommer J, Careau V, Dingemanse NJ & Wright J. 2018 Individual measures of pace of life: fecundity, lifespan, generation time or what? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 75. PDF

46. *Newar SL & V Careau. 2018. The fast and the curious: locomotor performance and exploratory behaviour in Eastern chipmunks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72: 27. PDF

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2017
​45. Careau V & R Wilson. 2017. Performance trade-offs and ageing in the “world’s greatest athletes”. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 284: 20171048. PDF

44. Careau V & R Wilson 2017. Of Uberfleas and Krakens: Detecting Trade-offs Using Mixed Models. Integrative and Comparative Biology 57: 362-371. PDF

43. Careau V. 2017. Energy intake, basal metabolic rate, and within-individual trade-offs in men and women training for a half-marathon: a reanalysis. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 90:392–398 PDF


2016
42. Roche DG, Careau V, & SA Binning. 2016 Demystifying animal personality (or not): why individual variation matters to experimental biologists. Journal of Experimental Biology 219:3832-3843. PDF 

41. Jessop TS, Lane ML, Teasdale L, Stuart-Fox D, Wilson R, Careau V & I Moore. 2016 Multi-scale evaluation of temperature-glucocorticoid responses in vertebrates. The American Naturalist. 188:342-356. PDF

40. Portugal SJ, Green JA, Arnold W, Careau V, Dann P, Frappell PB, Grémillet D, Handrich Y, Martin GR, Ruf T, Guillemette MM, Butler PJ & LG Halsey (2016) Associations between resting, activity and daily metabolic rate in free-living endotherms: No universal rule for birds and mammals. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 89: 251-261. PDF

2015
39. Careau V, Wolak ME, Carter PA & T Garland Jr. 2015. Evolution of the genetic variance-covariance matrix under continuous directional selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 282 20151119. PDF

38. Sherman CDH, ab Rahim ES, Olsson M, & V Careau. 2015. The more pieces, the better the puzzle: Sperm concentration increases gametic compatibility. Ecology and Evolution 5: 4354-4364. PDF

37. Careau V & T Garland Jr. 2015. Energetics and behavior: many paths to understanding, even more to confusion. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 30: 365-366. PDF

36. Mariette MM, Buchanan KL, Buttemer WA & V Careau. 2015. Tough decisions: reproductive timing and output vary with individuals’ physiology, behavior and past success in a social opportunistic breeder. Hormones and Behavior 76: 23-33. PDF

35. Careau V
, Montiglio PO, Garant D, Pelletier F, Speakman JR, Humphries MM & Réale D. 2015. Energy expenditure and personality in wild chipmunks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 69: 653-661
. PDF

2014
34. Careau V, Buttemer WA & KL Buchanan. 2014. Developmental stress can uncouple relationships between physiology and behaviour. Biology Letters 10: 20140834. PDF

33. Careau V, Hoye, BJ, O’Dwyer TW & WA Buttemer. 2014. Among- and within-individual correlations between basal and maximal metabolic rates in birds. Journal of Experimental Biology 217: 3593-3596. PDF

32. Careau V, Buttemer WA & KL Buchanan. 2014. Early developmental stress, repeatability, and canalization in a suite of physiological and behavioral traits in female zebra finches. Integrative and Comparative Biology 54: 539–554. PDF

31. Careau V, Biro P, Bonneaud C, Fokam EB & A Herrel. 2014. Individual variation in thermal performance curves: swimming burst speed and jumping endurance in wild-caught tropical clawed frogs. Oecologia 175: 471-480. PDF

30. Careau V, Gifford ME & P Biro. 2014. Individual (co)variation in thermal reaction norms of standard and maximal metabolic rates in wild-caught slimy salamanders. Functional Ecology 28: 1175-1186. PDF

29. Gifford ME, Clay TA & V Careau. 2014. Individual (co)variation in standard metabolic rate, feeding rate, and exploratory behavior in wild-caught semi-aquatic salamanders. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 87:384-396. PDF

28. Jacobs C, van Overveld T, Careau V, Matthysen E, Adriaensen F & H Slabbekoorn. 2014. Personality-dependent playback response in territorial great tits. Animal Behaviour 90: 65-71. PDF

27. van Overveld T, Careau V, Adriaensen F & E Matthysen. 2014. Seasonal- and sex-specific correlations between dispersal and exploratory behaviour in the great tit. Oecologia 174: 109-120. PDF


2013
26. Dlugosz EM, Chappell MA, Meek TH, Szafrańska P, Zub K, Konarzewski M, Jones JH, Bicudo JEPW, Nespolo RF, Careau V & T Garland, Jr. 2013. Phylogenetic analysis of mammalian maximal oxygen consumption during exercise. Journal of Experimental Biology 216:4712-4721. PDF

25. Careau V, Wolak ME, Carter PA & T Garland Jr. 2013. Limits to behavioral evolution: the quantitative genetics of a complex trait under directional selection. Evolution 67: 3102-3119 PDF

24. Boyles JG, Thompson AB, McKechnie AE, Malan E, Humphries MM & V Careau. 2013. A global heterothermic continuum in mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 22:1029-1039. PDF

23. Careau V. 2013. Basal metabolic rate, maximum thermogenic capacity, and aerobic scope in rodents: interaction between environmental temperature and torpor use. Biology Letters. 9: 20121104. PDF

22. Careau V, Réale D, Garant D, Pelletier F, Speakman JR, & MM Humphries. 2013. Context-dependent correlation between resting metabolic rate and daily energy expenditure in wild chipmunks Journal of Experimental Biology. 216: 416-426. PDF

21. Careau V, Bergeron P, Garant D, Réale D, Speakman JR & MM Humphries. 2013. The energetic and survival costs of growth in free-ranging chipmunks. Oecologia. 171: 11-23 PDF

2012
20. Careau V & T Garland Jr. 2012. Performance, personality and energetics: correlation, causation and mechanism? Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 85: 543-571. PDF

19. Careau V, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Ordonez G, & T Garland Jr. 2012. Are voluntary wheel running and open-field behavior correlated in mice? Different answers from comparative and artificial selection approaches. Behavior Genetics. 42:830-844. PDF

18. Careau V, Réale D, Garant D & MM Humphries. 2012. Free-ranging eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus) infected with bot fly (Cuterebra emasculator) larvae have higher resting but lower maximum metabolism. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 90: 413-421. PDF

17. Careau V, Réale D, Garant D, Speakman, JR & Humphries. 2012. Stress-induced rise in body temperature is repeatable in free-ranging Eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 182: 403-414. PDF


2011
16. Careau V, Thomas D, Pelletier F, Turki L, Landry F, Garant D & D Réale. 2011. Genetic correlation between resting metabolic rate and exploratory behaviour in deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus). Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24: 2153-2163. PDF

15. Humphries MM & V Careau. 2011. Heat for nothing or activity for free? Evidence and implications of activity-thermoregulatory heat substitution. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 51: 419-431. PDF

14. Bergeron P, Careau V, Humphries MM, Réale D, Speakman J & D Garant. 2011. The energetic and oxidative costs of reproduction in a free-ranging rodent. Functional Ecology. 25: 1063-1071. PDF

2010
13. Réale D, Garant D, Humphries MM, Bergeron P, Careau V & PO Montiglio. 2010. Personality and the emergence of the pace-of-life syndrome concept at the population level. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B. 365: 4051-4063. PDF

12. Careau V, Réale D, Humphries MM & D Thomas. 2010. The pace of life under artificial selection: personality, energy expenditure and longevity are correlated in domestic dogs. The American Naturalist. 175: 753-758. PDF

11. Careau V, Thomas D, & MM Humphries. 2010. Energetic cost of bot fly parasitism in free-ranging eastern chipmunks. Oecologia 162: 303-312. PDF


2009
10. Mathot KJ, Godde S, Careau V, Thomas D & LA Giraldeau. 2009. Testing dynamic variance-sensitive foraging using individual differences in basal metabolic rates of zebra finches. Oikos 118: 545-552. PDF

9. Careau V, Bininda-Emonds ORP, Thomas D, Humphries MM & D Réale. 2009. Exploration strategies map along fast-slow metabolic and life-history continuums in muroid rodents. Functional Ecology 23: 150-156. PDF
 

2008
8. Careau V, Thomas D, Humphries, MM & D Réale. 2008. Energy metabolism and animal personality. Oikos 117: 641-653. PDF

7. Careau V, Giroux JF, Gauthier G & D Berteaux. 2008. Surviving on cached foods – the energetics of egg-caching by arctic foxes. Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1217-1223. PDF

6. Careau V, Lecomte N, Bêty J, Giroux JF, Gauthier G & D Berteaux. 2008. Hoarding of pulsed resources: temporal variations in egg-caching by arctic fox. Écoscience 15: 268-276. PDF

5.Lecomte N, Careau V, Gauthier G & JF Giroux. 2008. Predator behaviour and predation risk in the heterogeneous Arctic environment. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 439-447. PDF


2007
4. Careau V, Giroux JF & D Berteaux. 2007. Cache and carry: hoarding behaviour of arctic fox. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62: 87-96. PDF

3. Careau V, Lecomte N, Giroux, JF & D Berteaux. 2007. Common ravens raid Arctic fox food caches. Journal of Ethology 25: 79-82. PDF

2. Careau V, Morand-Ferron J & D Thomas. 2007. Basal metabolic rate of Canidae from hot deserts to cold arctic climates. Journal of Mammalogy 88: 394-400. PDF

2006
1. Careau V, Therrien JF, Porras P, Thomas D & KL Bildstein. 2006. Soaring and gliding flight of migrating broad-winged hawks: behavior in the nearctic and neotropics compared. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118: 471-477. link

Book chapters

1. Careau V, Killen SS & NB Metcalfe. 2014. Adding fuel to the “fire of life”: energy budgets across levels of variation in ectotherms and endotherms. Pages 219-234 in “Integrative Organismal Biology”, eds LB Martin, HA Woods & C Ghalambor. (Wiley, publisher).

Invited seminars

2018 Auburn University, Auburn USA
2018 McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada 
2015 University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
2014 University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
2014 Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
2014 Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
2013 University of Sydney, Australia.
2013 University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
2013 Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia.
2013 University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
2012 Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference, Salzburg, Austria.
2012 Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
2012 51st meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada. (Cameron award lecture).
2012 California State University, San Bernardino, USA.
2011 University of California, Riverside, USA.
2011 8th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Nagoya, Japan.
2010 Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada.
2008 European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

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