Publications 

*Indicates a student or staff mentee.

In prep

18. Thompson*, H., Sauve, D., Reale, D., Morgan, A., Chabot, A. A. Genomic assessment of an ex-situ population of the critically endangered Blue-throated macaw (Ara glaucogularis). 

17. Thompson*, H., Meads, L., Mackintosh, M., Reynolds, T., Sauve, D. Sex ratio is more variable than expected in a captive breeding program of burrowing owls.

In review

16. Elliott*, G. C., Sauve, D., Thompson*, H., Hathaway, C. J., Moxley, K., Pearce, J., Stanger-Guy, S.J., Shreidan, C., Chabot, A. A. Short-term cold storage of gray ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides) sperm. 

15. Green*, A., Sauve, D., Boccia, C., Friesen, V.L. Beware of overconfidence in population assignment with unequal detection probabilities.

2025

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.

13. Sauve, D., Chabot, A. A., Reale, D. Genetic adaptation in zoos and conservation breeding programs. Biological Conservation, in press.

12. Sauve, D., Thompson*, H., Chabot, A. A., Reale, D. Using fitness surfaces to better link conservation breeding programs with wild population recovery. Molecular Ecology, 34, e17798.

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.

2024

10. Sauve, D., Charmantier, A., A, Hatch, S.A., Friesen, V.L. The magnitude of selection on growth varies among years and increases under warming conditions in a subarctic seabird. Evolution Letters

2023

9. Sauve, D., Friesen, V. L., Hatch, S. A., Elliott, K. H., Charmantier, A. Shifting environmental predictors of phenotypes under climate change: a case study of growth in high latitude seabirds. Journal of Avian Biology.

2022

8. Kerr, K. C., Sauve, D., Winton, S. Thorne, T. J., Chabot, A. A. Examining the representation of locally threatened species North American zoos. In press for Animal Conservation. 

7. Sauve, D., Hudecki, J., Steiner, J., Lynch, C., Chabot A. A. Improving species conservation plans under IUCN's One Plan Approach using quantitative genetic methods. In recommendation process for Peer Community In Zoology.

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.

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.

2020

3. Sauve, D., Dale, C., Tigano, A., Ratcliffe, L., and Friesen, V.L. 2021. Do candidate genes for migration and behaviour explain migratory variation in bluebirds (Sialia spp.)? The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 132, 820-829. 

2019