Colombe Lefort – PhD Student 2024-2027

Contact

CNRS - CEFE UMR5175, 1919 Route de Mende, 34283 Montpellier

Aile B Etage 2, Bureau 206

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Current Project

My PhD research takes a biogeographical approach and aims to characterize the spatial distribution of seabird communities along the latitudinal gradient of the Southern Ocean.

It also seeks to identify the underlying ecological mechanisms structuring these assemblages within an environment that, on the surface, appears homogeneous.

A better understanding of these biogeographical dynamics will enable us to refine their mapping and thus identify key areas for the conservation of seabirds and associated food webs

Supervied by Jean-Yves Barnagaud, Johan Etourneau, Megan Clampitt and Julien Renoult

Short Bio

With an engineering background in agronomy (ENSAIA), I reoriented my career towards ecology, focusing on my areas of interest, i.e. biodiversity conservation issues. I have taken part in several projects in this field, mobilizing a variety of approaches at different scales:

- Conservation of aquatic habitats in American deserts (Arizona, USA),

- Cohabitation between wolves and man (DDT and OFB, France), and

- Restoration of endemic ecosystems (Southern Patagonia, Argentina and Amsterdam Island, TAAF - France).

This last project strengthened my interest in ornithology issues, and more particularly in the seabirds of the Southern Ocean, true sentinels of the state of our oceans.