Publications
Preprints
1. Beaumelle C, Toïgo C, Papet R, Benabed S, Beurier M, Bordes L, Brignone A, Curt-Grand-Gaudin N, Garel M, Ginot J, Jacquiet P, Miquel C, Poirel M-T, Serafino A, Vannard E, Bourgoin G ‡, Yannic G‡. 2023. Cross-transmission of resistant gastrointestinal nematodes between wildlife and transhumant sheep. BioRxiv doi: 2023.07.21.550073 ‡These authors share last authorship
2. Christin S, Hervet E, Smith P, [...], Yannic G, Lecomte N. 2023. Deep learning for passive acoustic monitoring: how to study changing phenology in remote areas. Authorea doi: 10.22541/au.169963215.50290219/v1
Journal Articles
66. Pagnon T, Etchart L, Teixeira M, Dechaume-Moncharmont F-X, Hallgrimsson G, Hansen J, Lang J, Moreau J, Reneerkens J, Schmidt NM, Soloviev M, ten Horn, Pavel T, Wood A, Yannic G, Bollache B, Gilg O. Using a common morphometric-based method to sex a migratory bird along its entire flyway despite geographical and temporal variations in body size and sexual size dimorphism. Journal of Ornithology in press
65. Wu B, Ren Q, Yan X, Qin T, Xin P, Cui X, Wang K, Du R., Roed KH, Côté SD, Yannic G, Zhipeng L, Qui. Q. Resequencing of reindeer genomes provides clues to their docile habits. Evolution Letters qrae006
64. Hold K, Lord E, Breally JC, Le Moullec M, Bieker V, Ellegaard M R, Rasmussen J A, Kellner F L, Guschanski K, Yannic G, et al. 2024. Ancient reindeer mitogenomes reveal island-hopping colonisation of the Arctic archipelagos. Scientific Reports 14:4143
63. Hoste A, Capblancq T, Broquet T, Denoyelle L, Perrier C, Buzan EV, Šprem N, Corlatti L, Crestanello B, Hauffe HC, Pellissier L, Yannic G. 2024. Projection of current and future distribution of adaptive genetic units in an alpine ungulate. Heredity 132, 54-66
62. Jenkins DA, Schaefer JA, Yannic G, Andrews G, Koen EL, Peterman WE, Lecomte N. 2023. Functional connectivity of island-dwelling caribou – where melting sea ice and human activity increase isolation. Biological Conservation 283: 110084
61. Gousy-Leblanc M, Therrien J-F, Broquet T, Rioux D, Curt-Grand-Gaudin N, Tissot, Tissot S, Szabo I, Wilson L, Evans JT, Bowes V, Gauthier G, Wiebe KL, Yannic G‡, Lecomte N‡. 2023. Long-term population decline of a genetically homogenous continental-wide top Arctic predator. Ibis 165: 1251-1266 ‡These authors share last authorship
60. Dumas K, Gilg O, Courbin N, Corregidor-Castro A, Evanno G, Strøm H, Mosbech A, Frederiksen M, Yannic G. 2022. Importance of sea-ice, and related foraging tactics in a high arctic seabird. Marine Biology 169, 151
59. Beaumelle C, Redman L, Verheyden H, Jacquiet P, Bégoc N, Veyssière F, Benabed S, Cargnelutti B, Lourtet B, Poirel M-T, de Rijke J, Yannic G, Gilleard JS, Bourgoin G. 2022. Generalist nematodes dominate the nemabiome of roe deer in sympatry with sheep at regional level. International Journal for Parasitology 52(12): 751-761
58. Chastel, O., Fort, J., Ackerman, J.T., Albert, C., Angelier, F., Basu, N., Blévin, P., Brault-Favrou, M., Bustnes, J.O., Bustamante, P., Danielsen, J., Descamps, S., Dietz, R., Erikstad, K.E., Eulaers, I., Ezhov, A., Fleishman, A.B., Gabrielsen, G.W., Gavrilo, M., Gilchrist, G., Gilg, O., Gíslason, S., Golubova, E., Goutte, A., Grémillet, D., Hallgrimsson, G.T., Hansen, E.S., Hanssen, S.A., Hatch, S., Huffeldt, N.P., Jakubas, D., Jónsson, J.E., Kitaysky, A.S., Kolbeinsson, Y., Krasnov, Y., Letcher, R.J., Linnebjerg, J.F., Mallory, M., Merkel, F.R., Moe, B., Montevecchi, W.J., Mosbech, A., Olsen, B., Orben, R.A., Provencher, J.F., Ragnarsdottir, S.B., Reiertsen, T.K., Rojek, N., Romano, M., Søndergaard, J., Strøm, H., Takahashi, A., Tartu, S., Thórarinsson, T.L., Thiebot, J.-B., Will, A.P., Wilson, S., Wojczulanis-Jakubas, K., Yannic, G. 2022. Mercury contamination and potential health risks to Arctic seabirds and shorebirds. Science of The Total Environment 844: 156944
57. Leugger F, Broquet T, Karger DK, Rioux D, Buzan E, Corlatti L, Crestanello B, Curt-Grand-Gaudin N, Hauffe HC, Rolečková B, Šprem N, Tissot N, Tissot S, Valterová R, Yannic G‡, Pellissier L‡. 2022. Dispersal and habitat dynamics shape the genetic structure of the Northern chamois in the Alps. Journal of Biogeography 49, 1848–1861 ‡These authors share last authorship
56. Carravieri A, Vincze O, Bustamante P, Ackerman JT, Adams EM, Angelier F, Chastel O, Cherel Y, Gilg O, Golubova E, Kitaysky A, Luff K, Seewagen CL, Strøm H, Will AP, Yannic G, Giraudeau M, Fort J. 2022. Quantitative meta-analysis reveals no association between mercury contamination and body condition in birds. Biological Reviews 97(4): 1253-1271
55. von Beckerath X, Benadi G, Gilg O, Sittler B, Yannic G, Klein A-M, Eitzinger B. 2021. Long-term monitoring reveals topographical features and vegetation explain winter habitat use of an Arctic rodent. Arctic Science 8(2): 349-361
54. Charbonnel E, Daguin C, Caradec L, Moittié E, Gilg O, Gavrilo M, Strøm H, Mallory MV, Morrison RIG, Gilchrist HG, Leblois R, Roux C, Yearsley JM, Yannic G‡, Broquet T‡. 2022. Searching for genetic evidence of demographic decline in an arctic seabird: beware of overlapping generations. Heredity 128: 364-376 ‡These authors share last authorship
53. Seigle-Ferrand J, Marchand P, Hewison M, Gaillard J-M, Morellet N, Said S, Chaval Y, Santacreu H, Loison A, Yannic G, Garel M. 2022. On this side of the fence: Functional responses to linear landscape features shape the home range of large herbivores. Journal of Animal Ecology 91: 443-457
52. Beaumelle C, Redman L, de Rijke J, Wit J, Benabed S, Debias F, Pardonnet S, Poirel M-T, Capron G, Chabot S, Rey B, Yannic G, Gilleard J, Bourgoin G. 2021. Metabarcoding in two isolated populations of wild roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) reveals variation in gastrointestinal nematode community composition between regions and among age classes. Parasites & Vectors 14, 594. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-021-05087-5
51. Gousy-Leblanc M, Yannic G, Therrien J-F, Lecomte, N. 2021. Mapping our knowledge on birds of prey population genetics. Conservation Genetics. 22: 685-702
50. Yannic G†, Helfer V†, Sermier R, Schmidt B‡, Fumagalli L‡. 2021. Fine scale genetic structure in fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra) along a rural-to-urban gradient. Conservation Genetics. 22: 275–292 †These authors share first authorship ‡These authors share last authorship
49. Seigle-Ferrand J†, Atmeh K†, Gaillard J-M, Ronget V, Morellet N, Garel M, Loison A‡, Yannic G‡. 2021. A systematic review of within-population variation in home range size across ungulates: what do we know after 50 years of telemetry studies? Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:515 †These authors share first authorship ‡These authors share last authorship
48. Cumer T, Pouchon C., Boyer F, Yannic G, Rioux D, Bonin A, Capblancq T. 2021. Double-digest RAD-sequencing: do wet and dry protocol parameters impact biological results? Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 296: 457-471
47. Frederiksen M, Gilg O, Yannic G. 2021. Cross-icecap spring migration confirmed in a high-Arctic seabird, the Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea. Ibis 163, 706–713
46. Jenkins DA, Lecomte N, Andrews G, Yannic G, Schaefer JA. 2020. Biotic interactions govern the distribution of coexisting ungulates in the Arctic Archipelago — a case for conservation planning. Global Ecology and Conservation e01239
45. Gagnon M, Yannic G, Boyer F, Côté SD. 2020. Adult survival in migratory caribou is negatively associated with MHC functional diversity. Heredity. 125: 290-303.
44. Yannic G, Hagen O, Leugger F, Karger D, Pellissier L. 2020. Harnessing paleo-environmental modeling and genetic data to predict intraspecific genetic structure. Evolutionary applications. 13: 1526-1542.
43. Gagnon M, Yannic G, Perrier C, Côté SD. 2019. No evidence of inbreeding depression in fast declining herds of migratory caribou. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 32: 1368-1381.
42. Gilg O, Bollache L, Afonso E, Yannic G, et al. 2019. Are gastrointestinal parasites associated with the cyclic population dynamics of their arctic lemming hosts? International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 10: 6-12.
41. Pedreschi D, García-Rodríguez O, Yannic G, Cantarello E, Diaz A, Golicher D, Korstjens A, Heckel G, Searle J, Gillingham P, Hardouin E, Stewart J. 2019. Challenging the European southern refugium hypothesis: species specific structures vs. general patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation among small mammals. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 28: 262-274.
40. Jenkins DA, Yannic G, Schaefer JA, Conolly J, Lecomte N. 2018. Population structure of caribou in an ice bound archipelago. Diversity and Distributions. 24: 1092–1108.
39. Yannic G, Ortego J, Pellissier L, Lecomte N, Bernatchez L, Côté SD. 2018. Linking genetic and ecological differentiation in an ungulate with a circumpolar distribution. Ecography 41: 922-937.
38. Moreau J, Perroud L, Bollache L, Yannic G, Texeira M, Schmidt NM, Reneerkens J, Gilg O. 2018. Discriminating uni- versus biparental breeding strategies by monitoring nest temperature. Ibis, 160: 13–22.
37. Goebel J, Promerová M, Bonadonna F, McCoy KD, Serbielle S, Strandh M, Yannic G, Burri R, Fumagalli L. 2017. 100 million years of multigene family evolution: Origin and evolution of the avian MHC class IIB. BMC Genomics 18:460
36. Yannic G, Statham MJ, Denoyelle L, Szor G, Qulaut G, Sacks BN, Lecomte N. 2017. Investigating the ancestry of putative hybrids: are Arctic fox and red fox hybridizing? Polar Biology, 40(10), 2055-2062doi:10.1007/s00300-017-2126-z
35. Gilg O, Istomina L, Heygster G, Strøm H, Gavrilo M, Mallory ML, Gilchrist GW, Aebischer A, Sabard B, Huntermann M, Mosbech A, Yannic G. 2016. Living on the edge of a shrinking habitat: the ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea, an endangered sea-ice specialist. Biology Letters, 12: 20160277
34. Jenkins DA, Lecomte N, Schaefer JA, Olsen SM, Swingedouw D, Côté SD, Pellissier L, Yannic G. 2016. Loss of connectivity among Peary caribou following sea ice decline. Biology Letters, 12: 20160235
33. Grasset J, Ollivier É, Bougas B, Yannic G, Campbell PGC, Bernatchez L, Couture P. 2016. Combined effects of temperature changes and metal contamination at different levels of biological organization in yellow perch. Aquatic Toxicology, 177: 324-332
32a. Yannic G, Broquet T, Strøm H, Aebischer A, Dufresnes C, Gavrilo MV, Gilchrist HG, Mallory ML, Morrison RIG, Sabard B, Sermier R, Gilg O. 2016. Genetic and morphological sex identification methods reveal a male-biased sex-ratio in the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea. Journal of Ornithology, 157(3): 861-873
32b. Yannic, G., T. Broquet, H. Strøm, A. Aebischer, C. Dufresnes, M. V. Gavrilo, H. Grant Gilchrist, M. L. Mallory, R. I. Guy Morrison, B. Sabard, R. Sermier, and O. Gilg. 2018. Correction to: Genetic and morphological sex identification methods reveal a male-biased sex ratio in the Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea. Journal of Ornithology 159:597-597.
31. Yannic G, St-Laurent M-H, Ortego J, Taillon J, Beauchemin A, Bernatchez L, Dussault C, Côté SD. 2016. Integrating ecological and genetic structure to define management units for caribou in Eastern Canada. Conservation Genetics 17: 437-453.
30. Yannic G, Yearsley J, Sermier R, Dufresnes C, Gilg O, Aebischer A, Gavrilo MV, Strøm H, Mallory ML, Morrison RIG, Gilchrist HG, Broquet T. 2016. High connectivity in a long-lived high-Arctic seabird, the ivory gull Pagophila eburnea. Polar Biology 39(2), 221-236 doi: 10.1007/s00300-015-1775-z
29. Yannic G†, Pellissier L†, Le Corre M, Dussault C, Bernatchez L, Côté SD. 2014. Temporally dynamic habitat suitability predicts genetic relatedness among caribou. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281 20140502; doi:10.1098/rspb.2014.0502†These authors share first authorship
28. Yannic G, Pellissier L, Ortego J, Lecomte N, Couturier S, Cuyler C, Dussault C, Hundermark KJ, Irvine RJ, Jenkins DA, Kolpashikov L, Mager K, Musiani M, Parker KL, Roed KH, Sipko T, Þórisson SG, Weckworth BV, Guisan A, Bernatchez L, Côté SD. 2014. Genetic diversity in caribou linked to past and future climate change. Nature Climate Change 4(2): 132-137.
27. Yannic G, Aebischer A, Sabard B, Gilg O. 2014. Complete breeding failures in ivory gull following unusual rainy storms in North Greenland. Polar Research 33: 22749.
26. Yannic G, Basset P, Büchi L, Hausser J, Broquet T. 2012. Scale-specific sex-biased dispersal in the Valais shrew unveiled by genetic variation on the Y chromosome, autosomes, and mitochondrial DNA. Evolution 66: 1737–1750.
25. Gilg O, Aars J, Fort J, Gauthier G, Gremillet D, Ims RA, Kovacs KM, Meltofte H, Moreau J, Post E, Schmidt NM, Yannic G, Bollache L. 2012. Climate change and the ecology and evolution of Arctic vertebrates. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1249: 166-190.
24. Roy J, Yannic G, Côté SD, Bernatchez L. 2012. Negative density-dependent dispersal in the American black bear (Ursus americanus) revealed by noninvasive sampling and genotyping. Ecology and Evolution 2: 525–537. doi: 10.1002/ece3.207.
23. Yannic G, Pellissier L, Dubey S, Vega R, Basset P, Mazzotti S, Pecchioli E, Vernesi C, Hauffe HC, Searle JB, Hausser J. 2012. Multiple refugia and barriers explain the phylogeography of the Valais shrew,Sorex antinorii. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 105: 864-880.
22. Horn A, Basset P, Yannic G, Banaszek A, Borodin PM, Bulatova N, Jadwiszczak KA, Jones R, Polyakov A, Ratkiewicz M, Searle JB, Shchipanov N, Zima J, Hausser J. 2012. Chromosomal rearrangements do not seem to affect the gene flow in hybrid zones between karyotypic races of the common shrew (Sorex araneus). Evolution 66: 886-889.
21. Yannic G, Burri R, Malikov VG, Vogel P. 2012. Systematics of snow voles (Chionomys, Arvicolinae) revisited. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62: 806-815.
20. Yannic G, Sermier R, Aebischer A, Gavrilo MV, Gilg O, Miljeteig C, Sabard B, Strom H, Pouive E, Broquet T. 2011. Description of microsatellite markers and genotyping performances using feathers and buccal swabs for the ivory gull (Pagophila eburnea). Molecular Ecology Resources 11: 877-889.
19. Pellissier L, Wassef J, Bilat J, Brazzola G, Buri P, Colliard C, Fournier B, Hausser J, Yannic G, Perrin N. 2011. Adaptive colour polymorphism of Acrida ungarica in a spatially heterogeneous environment. Acta Oecologica 37: 93-98.
18. Ortego J, Yannic G, Shafer ABA, Mainguy J, Festa-Bianchet M, Coltman DW, Cote SD. 2011. Temporal dynamics of genetic variability in a mountain goat (Oreamnos americanus) population. Molecular Ecology 20: 1601-1611.
17. Megali A, Yannic G, Christe P. 2011. Disease in the dark: molecular characterization of Polychromophilus murinus in temperate zone bats revealed a worldwide distribution of this malaria-like disease. Molecular Ecology 20: 1039-1048.
16. McDevitt AD, Vega R, Rambau RV, Yannic G, Herman JS, Hayden TJ, Searle JB. 2011. Colonization of Ireland: revisiting ‘the pygmy shrew syndrome’ using mitochondrial, Y chromosomal and microsatellite markers. Heredity 107: 548–557.
15. Yannic G, Dubey S, Hausser J, Basset P. 2010. Additional data for nuclear DNA give new insights into the phylogenetic position of Sorex granarius within the Sorex araneus group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57: 1062-1071.
14. Megali A, Yannic G‡, Zahno ML, Brugger D, Bertoni G, Christe P‡, Zanoni R‡. 2010. Surveillance for European bat lyssavirus in Swiss bats. Archives of Virology 155: 1655-1662. ‡These authors share last authorship
13. Yannic G, Basset P, Hausser J. 2009. Chromosomal rearrangements and gene flow over time in an inter-specific hybrid zone of the Sorex araneus group. Heredity 102: 616-625.
12. Yannic G, Basset P, Hausser J. 2008. Phylogeography and recolonization of the Swiss Alps by the Valais shrew (Sorex antinorii), inferred with autosomal and sex-specific markers. Molecular Ecology 17: 4118-4133.
11. Yannic G, Basset P, Hausser J. 2008. A hybrid zone with coincident clines for autosomal and sex-specific markers in the Sorex araneus group. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 658-667.
10. Yannic G, Basset P, Hausser J. 2008. A new perspective on the evolutionary history of Western European Sorex araneus group revealed by paternal and maternal molecular markers. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 237-250.
9. Basset P, Yannic G, Hausser J. 2008. Chromosomal rearrangements and genetic structure at different evolutionary levels of the Sorex araneus group. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2008.
8. Pellet J, Helfer V, Yannic G. 2007. Estimating population size in the European tree frog (Hyla arborea) using individual recognition and chorus counts. Amphibia-Reptilia 28: 287-294.
7. Christe P, Glaizot O, Evanno G, Bruyndonckx N, Devevey G, Yannic G, Patthey P, Maeder A, Vogel P, Arlettaz R. 2007. Host sex and ectoparasites choice: preference for, and higher survival on female hosts. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 703-710.
6. Basset P, Yannic G, Hausser J. 2007. Using a Bayesian method to assign individuals to karyotypic taxa in shrew hybrid zones. Cytogenetic and Genome Research 116: 282-288.
5. Basset P, Yannic G, Yang FT, O'Brien PCM, Graphodatsky AS, Ferguson-Smith MA, Balmus G, Volobouev VT, Hausser J. 2006. Chromosome localization of microsatellite markers in the shrews of the Sorex araneus group. Chromosome Research 14: 253-262.
4. Basset P, Yannic G, Hausser J. 2006. Genetic and karyotypic structure in the shrews of the Sorex araneus group: are they independent? Molecular Ecology 15: 1577-1587.
3. Basset P, Yannic G, Brünner H, Hausser J. 2006. Restricted gene flow at specific parts of the shrew genome in chromosomal hybrid zones. Evolution 60: 1718-1730.
2. Yannic G, Baumel A, Ainouche M. 2004. Uniformity of the nuclear and chloroplast genomes of Spartina maritima (Poaceae), a salt-marsh species in decline along the Western European Coast. Heredity 93: 182-188.
1. Ainouche ML, Baumel A, Salmon A, Yannic G. 2004. Hybridization, polyploidy and speciation in Spartina (Poaceae). New Phytologist 161: 165-172.
Book Chapters
1. McDevitt AD, Yannic G, Rambau RV, Hayden TJ, Searle JB. 2009. Postglacial re-colonization of continental Europe by the pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus) inferred from mitochondrial and Y chromosomal DNA sequences. In: Relict Species – Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (eds Habel J and Assman T) Springer, Germany. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-92160-8_12
2. Røed KH, Côté SD, Yannic G. 2018. Rangifer tarandus, classification and genetic variation. In: Reindeer and Caribou – Health and Disease. (eds Tryland M, Kutz S, & Oksanen A). CRC Press, Boca Raton, CA.
3. Yannic G, Basset P, Horn A, Hausser J. 2019. Gene flow among Sorex araneus chromosomal races and related species. In: Shrews, chromosomes and speciation. (eds Polly D., Zima J., Searle J.B.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. doi: 10.1017/9780511895531.010
4. Basset P, Yannic G, Hausser J. 2019. Is it really the chromosomes? In: Shrews, chromosomes and speciation. (eds Polly D, Zima J, Searle JB), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. doi: 10.1017/9780511895531.012
Other publications
Yannic G. 2008. La musaraigne du Valais Sorex antinorii, Bonaparte, 1840. fauna•vs info 14: 6-9
Megali A, Yannic G, Zahno ML, Brugger D, Bertoni G, Christe P, Zanoni R. 2010. Passive and targeted surveillance for european bat lyssavirus in Swiss bats. Rabies Bulletin Europe 34(3), 5-7.
Strøm H, Boertmann D, Gavrilo MV, Gilchrist HG, Gilg O, Mallory ML, Mosbech A. Yannic G. Ivory Gull: Status, Trends and New Knowledge. Arctic Report Card: Update for 2019