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Vincent Careau


PhD Sherbrooke & McGill University (2010)

Occupied Position:
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Riverside (2011)
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PhD Research


Energy metabolism, life history traits, and animal personality


PhD Publications


  • Careau V, Réale D, Garant D, Speakman, JR & Humphries. In press. Stress-induced rise in body temperature is repeatable in free-ranging Eastern chipmunks (Tamias striatus). Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

  • 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, doi : 10.1111/ j . 1 4 20-9101 . 2 01 1 . 0 2344. x

  • Réale, D., D. Garant, M.M. Humphries, P. Bergeron, V. Careau, P.O. Montiglio, D.W. Thomas. 2010. Personality and the emergence of a pace-of-life syndrome at the level of the population. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B., 365:4051-4063.

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

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

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

  • Careau V, Thomas D, Humphries, MM & D Réale. 2008. Energy Metabolism and Animal Personality. Oikos, 117: 641-653.




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