Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

Maitre de Conférence au CEFE et au département Biologie-écologie (Faculté des Sciences, Université de Montpellier)

Mes travaux de recherche portent sur les relations entre sol, plantes et herbivores. Je m'intéresse en particulier:

- à l'impact de l'herbivorie sur les caractéristiques des plantes et sur les cycles biogéochimiques

- au rôle des composés secondaires, notamment des tannins, sur les processus du sol et la nutrition des plantes

- au rôle de la macrofaune du sol dans le devenir de la matière organique.

Mes activités d'enseignements sont principalement centrées sur l'écologie et la biologie des organismes, notamment la botanique. Je suis particulièrement investi dans la formation des futurs enseignants

CEFE - Campus du CNRS
1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier cedex 5

Tél : +33(0)4 61 67 32 36 - Email : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sélection de publications / Selected publications

Génin A., Devresse L., Garnier E., Coq S. Fine-scale co-ocurrence patterns in grasslands reflect competition for space rather than broad plant strategies. bioRxiv, 2024.12. 25.630317
Locqueville, J., Caillon, S., Violle, C., McKey, D., & Coq, S. (2023) A feedback loop between management, intraspecific trait variation and harvesting practices. Annals of Botany Plants, 15, 1–12. plad077, https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plad077
Delalandre L., Violle C., Coq S., Garnier E. (2023) Trait-environment relationships depend on species life history. Journal of vegetation science, 34:e13211. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13211
Segrestin J., Kazakou E., Coq S., Sartori K., Richarte J., Rowe N. P. & Garnier E. (2023) Reponses of leaf biomechanics and underlying traits to rangeland management. Journal of vegetation science. 34:e13216. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13216
de Tombeur F., Raven J., Toussaint A., Lambers H., Cooke J., Hartley S., Johnson S., Coq S., Katz O., Schaller J., Violle C. (2022) Why do plants silicify? Trends in ecology and evolution
Coq S., Cárdenas R.E., Mousain D., Selosse M.A., Richard F., Hättenschwiler S. (2022) Ectomycorrhizae and nitrogen acquisition from tannin-protein complexes in Pinus pinea. Pedobiologia 94 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2022.150817
Coq S., Ganault P., Le Mer G., Nahmani J., Capowiez Y., Dignac P.F., Rumpel C., Joly F.X.(2022) Faeces traits as unifying predictors of detritivore effects on organic matter turnover Geoderma 422: 115940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115940
Joly F.X., Coq S., Coulis M., David J.F, Hättenschwiler S., Mueller C.W., Prater I., Subke J. A. (2020) Detritivore conversion of litter into faeces accelerates organic matter turnover. Communications Biology 3 (160).
Coq S, Nahmani J, Kazakou E, Fromin N, David JF (2020). Do litter feeding macroarthropods disrupt cascading effects of land use on microbial decomposer activity? Basic and Applied Ecology. 46: 24-34
Arnoldi JF., Coq S., Kéfi S., Ibanez S (2019). Positive plant-soil feedbacks trigger tannin evolution by niche construction: a spatial stoichiometric model. Journal of Ecology. 108, 378-391.
Hättenschwiler S. , Sun T, Coq S (2019). The chitin connection of polyphenols and its ecosystem consequences. New Phytologist 223: 5–7
Coq S, Nahmani J, Resmond R., Segrestin J., David JF, Schevin P., Kazakou E (2018). Intraspecific variation in litter palatability to macroarthropods in response to grazing and soil fertility. Functional Ecology, 32, 2615 - 2624.
Joly FX, Coq S., Coulis M., Nahmani J., Hättenschwiler S (2018). Litter conversion into detritivore faeces reshuffles the quality control over C and N dynamics during decomposition. Functional Ecology, 32, 2605 - 2614.
Coulis, M., Hättenschwiler, S., Coq, S. and David J.F., 2016. Leaf litter consumption by macroarthropods and burial of their faeces enhance decomposition in a mediterranean ecosystem. Ecosystems 19: 1104. doi:10.1007/s10021-016-9990
Hättenschwiler S., Coq S, Barantal S., Handa T, 2010. Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis. New phytologist, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03483.x.
Coq S, Souquet JM, Meudec E, Cheynier V, Hättenschwiler S, 2010. Leaf litter tannins drive decomposition and control animal consumption in a humid tropical forest in French Guiana. Ecology, 91 (7), pp. 2080-2091.
Coulis M, Hättenschwiler S, Rapior S, Coq S. 2009. Litter consumption by soil macrofauna and the fate of condensed tannins. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, pp. 2573-2578.