{"id":634,"date":"2009-10-19T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T16:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=634"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:06:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:06:47","slug":"mark-forbes","status":"publish","type":"cu-people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Research<\/h2>\n<p>The conceptual framework of my research is evolutionary ecology and how it applies, in particular, to parasite-host-stress interactions and to intra-specific variation in ecology and behaviour. My research with my students and collaborators has included the following: evaluating measures of environmental stress for animals; evaluating effects of stress and parasitism on individuals &amp; populations; exploring dynamics of insect-parasite interactions; understanding the evolution of polymorphism in insect populations; studying the ecology of a key prey species in an inter-tidal ecosystem and general studies in wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n<h2>Selected\u00a0Publications<\/h2>\n<p>Poulin R, <strong>Forbes MR<\/strong>. 2012. Meta-analysis and research on host-parasite interactions: past and future. Evolutionary Ecolology, in press<\/p>\n<p>Morrill A, <strong>Forbes MR<\/strong>. Random parasite encounters coupled with condition-linked immunity of hosts generate parasite aggregation. International Journal for Parasitology, in press.<\/p>\n<p>Robinson SA, Lajeunesse MJ, <strong>Forbes MR<\/strong>. A meta-analysis of sex differences in mercury contamination of birds challenges conventional wisdom. Environmental Science and Technology, in press.<\/p>\n<p>Descamps S, Gilchrist HG, Bety J, Buttler EI, <strong>Forbes MR<\/strong>. 2009. Costs of reproduction in a long-lived bird: Large clutch size is associated with low survival in the presence of a highly virulent disease. Biology Letters 5: 278-281.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forbes MR<\/strong>, Robb T. 2008. Testing hypotheses about parasite-mediated selection using odonate hosts.\u00a0pp. 175-188\u00a0In:\u00a0Dragonflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research edited by\u00a0Alex C\u00f3rdoba-Aguilar. Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scholar.google.ca\/citations?user=2osOsFUAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Citations to my articles<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"#top\">top<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"people-type":[24],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mark Forbes - Department of Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/\",\"name\":\"Mark Forbes - Department of Biology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2009-10-19T16:14:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-13T18:06:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"People\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Mark Forbes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Biology\",\"description\":\"Carleton University\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mark Forbes - Department of Biology","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/","url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/","name":"Mark Forbes - Department of Biology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/#website"},"datePublished":"2009-10-19T16:14:08+00:00","dateModified":"2025-06-13T18:06:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"People","item":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mark Forbes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/","name":"Department of Biology","description":"Carleton University","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"acf":{"First Name":"Mark","Last Name":"Forbes","Title":"Chancellor's Professor","Degrees":"M.Sc. 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