Vincent Careau Postdoctoral fellow Department of Biology University of California Riverside, CA 92521 Office: (951) 827-4026 vcareau@ucr.edu	Download my CV in: English Français

Research interests

I am broadly interested in the evolutionary interactions between physiology and behavior, including topics traditionally contained in the field of physiological ecology and behavioral ecology. I focus on the factors that influence energy expenditure and behavioral traits like activity, exploration, aggressiveness, etc. My research can be grouped along 3 themes: 1.Eco-physiology of animal “personality”, 2.Behavioral and physiological adaptations to pulsed resources, 3.Influence of climate on physiology and behavior. I combine field and laboratory studies because the mix between the ecological reality of field studies and the precision attained in the lab provides a better understanding of the causes and consequences of variation in energy expenditure. From time to time, I also gather data from the literature and use the comparative approach to test my hypotheses. I recently joined the lab of Ted Garland, where I learn to use experimental approaches in evolutionary physiology.

Keywords: Animal model Artificial selection Basal metabolic rate Behavioral ecology Daily energy expenditure Evolutionary physiology Hoarding behavior Life-history Parasites Personality Pace-of-life syndrome Performance Physiological ecology Quantitative genetics Resting metabolic rate Rodents Slow-fast continuum

Professional experience

2011-

NSERC Postdoctoral fellow (University of California, Riverside): Director: Theodore Garland Jr. Projects: -Exploratory behaviour in mice bred for high activity -Constraints on intense activity: heat dissipation -The use of information theory in comparative analyses

Education

2007-2010	Ph.D in biology (Université de Sherbrooke): Directors: Don Thomas, Denis Réale, Murray Humphries, Fanie Pelletier Thesis: Energetics, life-history, and animal personality
2004-2006	M.Sc. in biology (Université du Québec à Montréal) : Directors: Jean-François Giroux and Dominique Berteaux Thesis: Arctic fox foraging behaviour in an arctic snow goose colony
2000-2003	B. Sc. in biology (Université de Sherbrooke): Projects: -Raptor migration in temperate versus tropical sites -Climate effect on basal metabolic rate in Canids

Grants and honors

2012 2011 2011 2011-2012 2010 2007-2010 2008 2007 2007 2005 2005 2002

Cameron Award, author of an outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Zoology submitted to a Canadian University, Canadian Society of Zoologists Best Ph.D. dissertation of the year, Faculty of Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke (1500$) Young investigator travel award, SICB (1000$) Postdoctoral fellowship, NSERC (80 000$; 2 years) Postdoctoral fellowship, FQRNT (60 000$; declined) PhD fellowship, NSERC (63 000$; 3 years) Travel grant for conference in Dijon, France (180$) PhD fellowship, FQRNT (60 000$; declined) Winner of the science popularization contest organized by ACFAS Travel grant for field work in Nunavut, Canada (2000$) Excellence grant, UQAM foundation (2000$) Travel grant for field work in Costa Rica (3000$)

Publications

20. Careau V, Bergeron P, Garant D, Réale D, Speakman JR & MM Humphries. The energetic and survival costs of growth in free-ranging chipmunks. Oecologia. [conditionally accepted]

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.

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

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

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. 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

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

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

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

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. PDF

Invited Seminars

7. Careau V,  Garland Jr. T & M Humphries. 2012. Energetics and animal personality, Society for Experimental Biology Annual Conference, Salzburg, Austria (I was recently invited to present a keynote speech at this meeting).

6. Careau V, 2012. Energy Expenditure, Life-history, and Behaviour: variation among species, breeds, and individuals, 51^st meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada. (Cameron award lecture).

5. Careau V, 2012. Energy Expenditure, Life-history, and Behaviour: variation among species, breeds, and individuals, California State University, San Bernardino, USA.

4. Careau V, 2011. Energy Expenditure, Life-history, and Behavior: variation among species, breeds, and individuals, University of California, Riverside, USA.

3. Careau V,  Garland Jr. T & M Humphries. 2011. Links between activity, exploratory behavior, and energy metabolism: lessons from various types of experimental evolution, 8^th International Congress of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Nagoya, Japan.

2. Careau V 2010. Dépenses énergétiques et personnalité animale, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada.

1. Careau V 2008 Inter-specific variation in energy metabolism, life-history, and personality in muroid rodents. Symposium on personality. European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France

Peer-reviewing services for:

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B

American Naturalist

Ecology Letters

Functional Ecology (4x)

Journal of Animal Ecology (3x)

Oikos (3x)

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (3x)

Comprehensive Physiology

Animal Behaviour (2x)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2x)

Physiology and Behavior

Biology Letters (2x)

Behavioral Ecology (2x)

Evolutionary Ecology

Ecography

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Journal of Biogeography

Ibis

Journal of Field Ornithology

Acta Ethologica

Media attention

Paper #12 published in The American Naturalist has made the news all around the world (journals, radio, web), most notably in ScienceNOW, SciencePODCAST, New Scientist, and New York Times. The paper was also the subject of a report at “Le code Chastenay” TV program.

Affiliations

2002- 2006- 2009- 2006-2009 2004-2006 2004-2006

Société Québécoise pour l’Étude Biologique du Comportement (SQÉBC) Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (CSEE) Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) Centre d’Étude sur la Forêt (CEF) Centre d’Études Nordiques (CEN) Groupe de Recherche en Écologie Comportementale et Animale (GRÉCA)

Fieldwork pictures

summer 2001 and winter 2002 summer 2003 autumn 2002 autumn 2002 summers 2004 and 2005 summer 2006 summers 2007-2010

La Mauricie National Park,QC, Canada. Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Italy. Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Pennsylvania, USA. Talamanca indigenous reserve, Costa Rica. Sirmilik National Park, Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada. Cardinal Lake Duck Camp, Northwest Territories, Canada. Mount Sutton, Québec, Canada.