Research Interests:
Ecology and behaviour of terrestrial vertebrates.
Webmaster for the Martes Working Group (MWG), an international scientific society involved with the study of mammalian carnivores of the genus Martes (martens, fishers and sables).
The MWG site can be found here.
Select Publications:
Robitaille, J.-F. and R.D. Linley. 2006. Structure of forests used by small mammals in the industrially damaged landscape of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. For. Ecol. Manage. 225:160-167.
Robitaille, J.-F. and K. Jensen. 2005. Additional indices to estimate fat depots in fisher, Martes pennanti, populations. Wildl. Biol. 11:263-269.
Robitaille, J.-F. and E.W. Cobb. 2003. Indices to estimate fat depots in American marten Martes americana. Wildlife Biology 9(2):113-121.
Robitaille, J.-F. and S. Laurence. 2002. Otter, Lutra lutra, occurrence in Europe and in France in relation to landscape characteristics. Anim. Cons. 5:337-344.
Robitaille, J.-F. 2000. Management and conservation of Mustelids in Ontario and eastern Canada. In Mustelids in a modern world. Management and conservation aspects of small carnivore:human interactions. Edited by H.I. Griffiths. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. pp. 77-96.
Robitaille, J.-F. and K. Aubry. 2000. Occurrence and activity of American martens Martes americana in relation to roads and other routes. Acta Theriol. 45: 137-143.