Peer-Reviewed Publications

*Underline denotes undergraduate or post-baccalaureate mentee 

1. Farr JJ, Straughan S, Larue B, Meyer TK, Whittington J, Watt D, Hubbs A, Merril EH, & Hebblewhite M. (2025). Global change affects large herbivore forage biomass through gradual climatic shifts and abrupt disturbances. Global Change Biology, 31(7), e70375.

2. Larue B, Pelletier F, Festa-Bianchet M, & Hamel S. (2025). Uncovering bighorn sheep life-history trajectories in multidimensional trait space. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(12), e2417158122.

3. Ehlers L, Palm E, Herriges J, Bentzen T, Suitor M, Joly K, Millspaugh J, Donnelly P, Gross J, Wells J, Larue B, & Hebblewhite M. (2024). A taste of space: Remote animal observations and discrete‐choice models provide new insights into foraging and density dynamics for a large subarctic herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(7), 891-905.

4. Forrester K, Larue B, King WJ, & Festa‐Bianchet M. (2024). Cumulative and interannual effects of reproduction in eastern grey kangaroos. Journal of Animal Ecology, 93(11), 1684-1696.

5. .Van de Walle J, Fay R,Gaillard JM, Pelletier F, Hamel S, Gamelon M, Barbaud C, Blanchet G, Blumstein D, Charmantier A, Dlord K, Larue B, Martin J, Mills JA, Millot E, Mayer F, Rotella J, Sæther BE, Teplitsky C, Van de Pol M, Van Buren DH, Visser ME, Wells C, Yarrall J, & Jenouvrier S (2023). Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 290(2002), 20230511.

6. Larue B. (2023). Compromis, hétérogénéité individuelle et plasticité dans les traits d'histoire de vie du mouflon d'Amérique (Ovis canadensis) (Doctoral dissertation, Université de Sherbrooke).

7. Larue B (co-first author), Van de Walle J, Pigeon G, & Pelletier F. (2022). Different proxies, different stories? Imperfect correlations and different determinants of fitness in bighorn sheep. Ecology and Evolution, 12(12), e9582.

8. Rice C, Larue B, Jex B, & Festa Bianchet M. (2022). Regulations and hunter preference affect mountain goat harvest and horn length. Wildlife Biology, 2022(6), e01056.

9. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2022). Determinants of spring molt in bighorn sheep: life-history, plasticity and phenology. Oecologia, 199(4), 809-817.

10. Fay R, Hamel S, van de Pol M, Gaillard JM, Yoccoz NG, Acker P, Authier M, Larue B, Le Cœur C, Macdonald K, Nicol-Harper A, Barbaud C, Bonenfant C, Van Vuren DH, Cam E, Delord K, Gamelon M, Moiron M, Pelletier F, Rotella J, Teplitsky C, Visser ME, Wells C, Wheelwright NT, Jenouvrier S, & Sæther BE. (2022). Temporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species. Ecology Letters, 25(7), 1640–1654.

11. Rice C, Larue B, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2022). Variation in age of primiparity in mountain goats estimated from horn growth increments. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 100(3), 176-183.

12. Larue B, Pelletier F, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2022). A multivariate perspective of resource acquisition behaviours in bighorn sheep. Animal Behaviour, 184, 81-87.

13. Fay R, Authier M, Hamel S, Jenouvrier S, van de Pol M, Cam E, Gaillard JM, Yoccoz NG, Acker P, Allen A, Aubry LM, Bonenfant C, Caswell H, Coste CFD, Larue B, Le Cœur C, Gamelon M, Macdonald KR, Moiron M, Nicol-Harper A, Pelletier F, Rotella J, Teplitsky C, Touzot L, Wells C, & Sæther BE. (2021). Quantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 13(1), 91-104.

14. Larue B, Pelletier F, Côté SD, Hamel S, & Festa-Bianchet M. (2021). Growth and reproduction trade-offs can estimate previous reproductive history in alpine ungulates. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(4), 869-878.

15. Larue B, Côté SD, St‐Laurent M-H, Dussault C, & Leblond M. (2018). Natal habitat preference induction in large mammals—Like mother, like child? Ecology and Evolution, 8(24), 12629-12640.

Outreach, Reports, and Media Coverage

1. Larue B, Farr JJ, & Hebblewhite M. Wildlife recovery means more than just survival of a species. The Conversation (USA) (October 31, 2025). (link).

2. Ellis C. ‘I was blown away’: Study shows climate change dramatically shrinking Banff’s alpine meadows. The Rocky Mountain Outlook (September 4, 2025). (link). 

3. Piczak M, Thompson, P, Larue B, Bugg W, Lewthwaite J, Perron MA, Cannon S. Ontario’s environment is not for sale—Ontarians should stand up against the proposed Protect Ontario by Unleashing our Economy Act.. The Waterloo Record (May 16, 2025). (link). 

4. Brose A, Larue B, & Gunn A. Caribou and Grizzlies in a New Arctic: An Interview with Researcher Benjamin Larue. Nuna Zine, Issue 3, p. 28. Navigating the New Arctic Community Office. Retrieved March 24, 2025. (link).

5. Larue B. Les trajectoires de vie des animaux sauvages : une nouvelle perspective sur la biodiversité. Université de Sherbrooke (March 21, 2025). (link). 

6. Larue B, Dumond A, Niptanatiak A, Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association. Bluenose East Calving Grounds Camera Trapping: Start Guide and Field Methodology. (report shared with the Government of Nunavut, Government of Northwest Territories, Tłı̨chǫ Government, and the Wekʼèezhìi Renewable Resources Board). 

7. Larue B, Brose A, Roberto-Charron A, Dumond A, Adamczewski J, Winter R, Hedlin E, Perra M, Gunn A, Gurarie E, & Hebblewhite M. Grizzlies on the Calving Grounds: Are grizzly bears a major predator on the calving grounds of the imperiled Bathurst Herd? One-page infographic report for the Government of Nunavut, the Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, and the Tłı̨chǫ Government (this work has been translated in Inuinnaqtun and Tłı̨chǫ).