Refereed Publications
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  1. ​Dargent, F., Candau, J.N., Studens, K., Perrault, K.H., Reich, M.S. & Bataille, C.P. (2023) Characterizing Eastern spruce budworm’s large-scale dispersal events through flight behavior and stable isotope analyses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11, 1060982. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1060982
  2. Reich M.S., Kindra, M., Dargent, F., Hu, L., Flockhart, D.T.T., Norris, D.R., Kharouba, H., Talavera, & Bataille, C.P. (2023) Metals and metal isotopes incorporation in insect wings: Implications for geolocation and pollution exposure. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11, 1085903. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1085903
  3. Dargent, F., Gilmour, S.M., Brown, E.A.,* Kassen, R. & Kharouba, H.M. (2021). Low prevalence of the parasite Ophryocystis elektroscirrha at the range edge of the eastern North American monarch (Danaus plexippus) butterfly population. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 99(5), 409-413. (pdf) *Undergraduate co-author 
  4. O’Dwyer, K., Dargent, F., Forbes, M.R. & Koprivnikar, J. (2019). Parasite infection leads to widespread glucocorticoid hormone increases in vertebrate hosts: a meta-analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology, 00, 1-11. (pdf)
  5. Dargent, F., Chen, L.,* Fussmann, G.F., Ghalambor, C.K. & Hendry, A.P.  (2019). Female preference for novel males constrains the contemporary evolution of assortative mating in guppies. Behavioural Ecology, 30(3), 646-657. (pdf)  *Undergraduate co-author 
  6. Dargent, F., Morrill, A., Alisauskas, R.T., McLaughlin, J.D., Shutler, D. & Forbes, M.R. (2017). Lesser snow goose helminths show recurring and positive parasite infection-diversity relations. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 6(1), 22-28. (pdf)
  7. Morrill, A., Dargent, F. & Forbes, M.R. (2017) Explaining parasite aggregation: more than one parasite species at a time . International Journal for Parasitology, 47(4), 185-188. (pdf)
  8. Dargent, F., Rolshausen, G., Hendry, A.P., Scott, M.E. & Fussmann, G.F. (2016). Parting ways: Parasite release in nature leads to sex specific evolution of defense. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 29(1), 23-34.  (pdf)
  9. Dargent, F.* & Forbes, M.R.* (2015). Do gynogenetic species escape evolving enemies? Ideas in Ecology and Evolution, 8(1), 76-82. *Equally contributing authors (pdf)
  10. Dargent, F., Reddon, A.R., Swaney, W.T., Fussmann, G.F., Reader, S.M., Scott, M.E. & Forbes, M.R. (2015). Demasculinisation increases resistance to a common harmful parasite in male guppies. Parasitology, 142(13), 1647-1655.  (pdf)
  11. Dargent, F., Scott, M.E., Hendry, A.P. & Fussmann, G.F. (2014). Experimental evolution of parasite resistance in wild guppies: natural and multifarious selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281(1794).   *Invited reply (pdf)
  12. Dargent, F., Scott, M.E., Hendry, A.P. & Fussmann, G.F. (2013). Experimental elimination of parasites in nature leads to the evolution of increased resistance in hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 280(1773) (pdf)  **F1000Prime recommended (reviews)
  13. ​Dargent, F., Torres-Dowdall, J., Scott, M.E., Ramnarine, I.W., & Fussmann, G.F. (2013). Can mixed-species groups reduce individual parasite load? A field test with two closely related poeciliid fishes (Poecilia reticulata and Poecilia picta). PLOS ONE, 8(2), e56789.  (pdf)
  14. Tadiri, C.P.,* Dargent, F., & Scott, M.E. (2013). Relative host body condition and food availability influence epidemic dynamics: a Poecilia reticulata-Gyrodactylus turnbulli host-parasite model. Parasitology, 140(3), 343-351.  *Undergraduate co-author (pdf) 
  15. Torres-Dowdall, J., Dargent, F., Handelsman, C.A., Ramnarine, I.W., & Ghalambor, C.K. (2013). Ecological correlates of the distribution limits of two poeciliid species along a salinity gradient. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 108(4), 790-805. (pdf)
  16. Gotanda, K.M., Delaire, L., Raeymaekers, J.M., Pérez-Jvostov, F., Dargent, F., Bentzen, P., ... Hendry, A.P. (2013). Adding parasites to the guppy-predation story: insights from field surveys. Oecologia, 172(1), 155-166. (pdf)

Book Chapters

  1. Dargent, F.  & Kassen, R. (2019). Adaptive radiation in microbes. In Encyclopedia of Microbiology, 4e.  (ed. T. Schmidt). Academic Press, Oxford, pg 22-27. 

PhD Thesis

  1. Dargent, F. (2014). The Wild side: Assessing evolutionary ecology of defence against parasites in nature. Date of public defense: 28th October 2014. (pdf)