Raphaël Proulx
Postdoc
phone (0049) 3641 - 57-6287
fax (0049) 3641 - 57-7274
email rproulx@bgc-jena.mpg.de
-> rafael.proulx@gmail.com
room: C1.008
Projects
Modelling Diversity-Functioning relations in grasslands
Correlation structure and integration within and between ecosystem functions
Interests
Science: Ecological indicators; Ecosystem monitoring; Phenotypic Integration; Phenotypic plasticity; Complex systems; Dynamical systems; Structural complexity in natural images; Multivariate statistics; Recurrence plots.
Others: My wife Marie-Pierre and our three sons; People in general; Practicing urban poetry; All kinds of anaerobic activities.
My personal webpage: http://rafael.proulx.googlepages.com
Academic Training
2004-2007: PhD in Physical Geography, Université de Montréal, Canada
Thesis: Structure and dynamics in forest ecosystems by imagery at multiple spatial and temporal scales.
- Faculty lecturer in three different courses
1999-2001: MSc Environmental Sciences, Université de Trois-Rivières, Canada
Dissertation: Mécanismes impliqués dans l’expression du polymorphisme trophique chez l’omble de fontaine, Salvelinus fontinalis.
- Dean’s honour list
1996-1999: BSc Biology-Ecology (honours), Université de Trois-Rivières, Canada
- Field and laboratory technician, Aquatic Research Laboratory.
Research experience
2008: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Carleton University, Geomatics and Landscape Ecology Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada (Lenore Fahrig)
- Landscape indicators and agri-environmental policies for biodiversity enhancement on agricultural lands.
- Detecting human-driven deviations from landscape self-organization.
2007: Université de Montréal, Complex Systems Laboratory, Montréal, Canada (Lael Parrott)
- Spatio-temporal measures of complexity as an indicator of ecosystem functioning.
2001-2004: Research professional, Research Chair in Freshwater Ecology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, Canada (Pierre Magnan)
- Assisted the chairholder with laboratory and field experiments, sampling protocols, management of undergraduate students, statistical analysis, finance, grant proposals, and scientific writing.
Publications
Articles published or accepted in refereed journals
Gagné, S., and Proulx, R., (2009). Accurate delineation of biogeographical regions depends on the use of an appropriate distance measure. Journal of Biogeography. In press.
Proulx, R., Côté, P., and Parrott, L. (2009) Multivariate recurrence plots for visualizing and quantifying the dynamics of spatially extended ecosystems. Ecological Complexity. 6: 37-47. pdf
Gagné, S., Proulx, R., and Fahrig, L. (2008). Testing Holling’s Textural-Discontinuity Hypothesis. Journal of Biogeography. 35: 2149-2150.
Proulx, R., St-Laurent M-H., and Parrott, L. (2008). Emergent phenotypes: Association between morphology and coloration in fish. Evolutionary Ecology Research. 10: 1037-1050. Preprint available on request
Proulx, R., Côté, P., and Parrott, L. (2008) Use of recurrence analysis to measure the dynamical stability of a multi-species community model. European Physics Journal-ST. 164: 117-126. pdf
Parrott, L., Proulx, R., and Thibert-Plante, X. (2008) Three-dimensional metrics for the analysis of spatiotemporal data in ecology. Ecological Informatics. 3: 343-353. pdf
Proulx, R., and Parrott, L. (2008) Measures of structural complexity in digital images for monitoring the ecological signature of an old-growth forest ecosystem. Ecological Indicators. 8: 270-284. pdf
Proulx, R. (2007) Ecological complexity for unifying ecological theory across scales: A field ecologist perspective. Ecological Complexity. 4: 85-92. pdf
Magnan, P., Proulx, R., and Plante, M. (2005) Integrating the effects of fish exploitation and interspecific competition into current life history theories: An example with lacustrine brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 62: 747-757. pdf
Proulx, R., and Magnan, P. (2004) Contribution of phenotypic plasticity and heredity to the trophic polymorphism of lacustrine brook charr (Salvelinus fontinalis). Evolutionary Ecology Research. 6: 503-522. pdf
Proulx, R., and Magnan, P. (2002) Physiological performance of two forms of brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, in the open-water habitat. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 64: 127-136. pdf
Non-refereed contributions (conference first speaker)
Proulx, R. (2008) Auto-organisation, chaos et complexité écologique. Conférence départementale, Département de Biologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, March 4, 2008.
Proulx, R., Côté, P., and Parrott, L. (2007) Multivariate recurrence plots for visualizing and quantifying the dynamics of spatially extended natural systems. International Workshop on Recurrence Plots, Siena, September 10-12, 2007.
Proulx, R., and Parrott, L. (2007) Structural complexity in digital images as an ecological orientor for monitoring forest dynamics in space and time. EcoSummit2007, Beijing, May 24, 2007.
Proulx, R. (2007) Surveillance des écosystèmes à des échelles temporelles et spatiales multiples : Nouvelles approches conceptuelles et méthodologiques. Conférence départementale, Département de Biologie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, April 5, 2007.
Proulx, R. (2006) Structure et dynamique des écosystèmes forestiers par l’imagerie, à de multiples échelles temporelles et spatiales. Multidisciplinary Seminar in Bio-Geo-Chemistry, Département de Biologie, Université de Montréal, December 7, 2006.
Proulx, R. (2006) Avantages et inconvénients de l’approche systèmes complexes pour assurer le suivi des écosystèmes. Institut Maurice Lamontagne, Pêches et Océans Canada, Mont-Joly, March 2, 2006.
Proulx, R. and Parrott, L. (2005) Relationship between structural complexity and biological diversity in a forest ecosystem. The Ecological Society of America; 90th Annual Meeting, Montréal, August 4-12, 2005.
Proulx, R., and Parrott, L. (2005) Étude de la structure et de la dynamique d’un écosystème forestier, par l’imagerie, à des échelles spatio-temporelles multiples. Journée de la géographie, Université de Montréal, February 11, 2005.
Proulx, R., and Magnan, P. (2002) Mechanisms involved in the trophic polymorphism of brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis. Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research (CCFFR), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, January 3-5, 2002.
Proulx, R. (2001) Mécanismes impliqués dans l’expression du polymorphisme trophique chez l’omble de fontaine, Salvelinus fontinalis. Soutenance de thèse à la maîtrise en sciences de l’environnement, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, April 15, 2001.
Proulx, R., and Magnan, P. (2000) Physiological performance of two forms of brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, in the open-water habitat. International Charr Symposium, Trois-Rivières, June 26-July 2, 2000.
Proulx, R., and Magnan, P. (1998) Performances alimentaires de deux formes d’omble de fontaine, Salvelinus fontinalis, en zone pélagique. Congrès annuel de la Société Québécoise pour l'Étude Biologique du Comportement (SQÉBC), Concordia University, Montréal, Novembre 6-8, 1998.