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Research themes

My research aims to understand the role played by agrobiodiversity in the resilience of agroecosystems amidst global changes. I document changes in agrobiodiversity over time and analyze the interplay between their various drivers. Specifically, I investigate how (e.g., choices, seed supply and sources of information) and why (e.g., values, insurance effects) farmers manage, maintain, and experiment with various crop varieties. During my Ph.D., I focused on wine-growing systemscharacterized by significant but underutilized diversity of grape varieties. I employ an interdisciplinary approach in ethnoecology, at the intersection of ecological, agronomical, social and human sciences. I use a wide range of methods, including long-term fieldwork, surveys, modeling (R cran), GIS, social network analysis, and the mixing of qualitative and quantitative data.

Thesis (September 2019 - April 2023)

Biocultural approach of grapevine varieties dynamics in the Gaillac wine-growing region (France). https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.36452.14722. CEFE-CNRS. Supervisors: Sophie Caillon & Delphine Renard.

Participation in research programs and projects

2024 – present: Member of the International Society of Ethnobiology

2022 – present: Member of the École thématique Ethnoécologie et interactions bioculturelles (CNRS)

2018 – present: Member of the GDR ReSoDiv (CNRS)

2019 – 2024: AgrobiodiverSity for a food-Secure PlanET (ASSET) – PI : Delphine Renard. Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR) trought the program Make Our Planet Great Again

2020 – 2023: Assessing the crop diversity trends in relation with climate change based on local kowledge (CITRON). PI : Vanesse Labeyrie (Sens, CIRAD), Delphine Renard (CNRS), Victoria Reyes-Garcia (UAB). European Research Council (ERC).

2019 – 2021: Well-being indicators: Using a biocultural approach for co-construction. PI : Sophie Caillon and Ken MacDonald (University of Toronto). Institut Écologie et Environnement (INEE) of CNRS

Award

Doctoral Runner-up Award of the Wine and Vine Business Chair, Montpellier, France, 2024.(Institut Agro Montpellier, INRAE, University of Montpellier, AdVini, AgroSud, Diam Bouchage, ICV, InVivo Foundation, Lallemand Oenology, Mercier, Moët Hennessy et les Vignerons de Buzet)

Publications (4)

Isaac M., Lin T., Caillon S., Sebastien L., MacDonald K., Prudham S., Doncieux A., Renard D., Aumeeruddy-  Thomas Y., Vincent L., Cobelli O., Locqueville L., & Sterling E. (2024) Multidimensional measures of   farmer well-being: A scoping review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 44(4), 39.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-024-00971-7

Doncieux A., Yobrégat O., Prudham S., Caillon S., & Renard D. (2022) Agrobiodiversity dynamics in a French   wine-growing region. OENO One56:183–199. https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2022.56.4.5557

Demongeot M., Chapling-Krammer B., Pascual U., Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y., Caillon S., Cardenas T., Doncieux A, Locqueville J., McKey D., Porcuna-Ferrer A., Reyes-García V., Renard D (2022) IPBES VA Chapter 4 Literature review on values articulated in agrobiodiversity management / IPBES values assessment (4.8). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4394547

Gauthier P., Pons V., Fisogni A., Murru V., Berjano R., Dessena S., Maccioni A., Chelo C., de Manincor N., Doncieux A.,Papuga G., & Thompson J. D. (2019). Assessing vulnerability of listed Mediterranean   plants based on population monitoring. Journal for Nature Conservation, 52, 125758.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2019.125758

Research presentations (8)

Doncieux A. (June 2024) Which winegrape varieties are selected why and how? Agriculture, Food & Human Values Society and the Association for the Study of Food and Society Conference. Wine and Climate change Kitchen session [roundtable session with wine tasting]. Syracuse, USA.

Caillon S., Vincent L., Sebastien L., Isaac M., Cobelli O., MacDonald K., Prudham S., Doncieux A., Renard D., J.   Locqueville J. & Sterling E. (May 2024) Biocultural Well-being Values Among French Organic   Winegrowers: Interconnectedness with People, Nature and Place. International Society of Ethnobiology Congress. Marrakech, Morocco

Doncieux A., Demongeot M., MacDonald K., Renard D. & Caillon S. (May 2024) Unpacking the multiple   motivations of grapevine variety choice. International Society of Ethnobiology Congress. Marrakech, Morocco

Doncieux A. (January 2024) Dynamiques de l’agrobiodiversité et résilience : approche bioculturelle dans les systèmes viticoles. Séminaire de l’UMR AGIR (INRAE). Toulouse, France. Invited talk.

Doncieux A. (December 2023) Dynamiques de l’encépagement en gaillacois et résilience. Assemblée générale des   IGPs Côte du Tarn. Gaillac, France. Invited talk.

Doncieux A., Demongeot M., MacDonald K., Renard D. & Caillon S. (March 2023). Décortiquer les motivations   multiples du choix des variétés de vigne. 14ème édition de la journée scientifique vigne et vin sur le thème «   La biodiversité en viticulture et en œnologie ». Montpellier, France.

Caillon S., Doncieux A., Vincent L. (February 2021). Climate change and French wine-growing systems. Climate   Change, Shifting Cultures. American Museum Of Natural History. New York City, USA. Invited talk and online conference

Jankowsky F., Doncieux A., Maizi P., Berthouly-Salazar C. & Barnaud A. (June 2020). La circulation des semences   de mil au Sénégal : reconfigurations sociales et ontologiques. Association for the anthropology of social   change and development (APAD). Lomé, Togo.

Posters (4)

Doncieux A., Caillon S. & Renard D. (2020). Semer la biodiversité : récolter la stabilité face aux variations   climatiques ? Mesure de l’effet d’assurance à une échelle fine. Med2020., conférence en ligne.

Doncieux A., Jankowski F., Gaudin A. & Barnaud A. (2019). Coexistence of certified and peasant seeds: the   challenge for agrobiodiversity conservation? Jack R. Harlan International Symposium. 3.  Montpellier, France

Doncieux A., Jankowski F., Gaudin A. & Barnaud A. (2018). Certified and peasant seeds: which network for   millet seed supply?. Société Française d’Écologie et d’Évolution. International Conference on   Ecological Sciences : Sfécologie, Rennes, France. https://hal.science/hal-02143842

Labeyrie V., Raimond C., Barnaud A., Jankowski F., Sall M. Ouédraogo L., Bodian A., Coulibaly H., Coumaré   O., Lawali S., Cobelli O., Beaurepaire S., Cazaban G., Doncieux A., Verzelen N., Barbillon P., Garine   E., Coppens D’Eeckenbrugge G., Saidou A., Leclerc C., Thomas M., Louafi, S. (2018). Documenting   crop diversity management practices in West-Africa: raising perspectives for improving governance   frameworks. Société Française d’Écologie et d’Évolution. International Conference on Ecological   Sciences. Rennes, France.

Outreach (3)

2050NOW (December 2023)Les survivants du changement climatique: de la vigne à l’aloe verra. Fitou, France.     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzJZtaq5tQ

Doncieux A.(June 2023) La viticulture face aux changements climatiques. Le Troquet Toqué. Sauve, France.   Conférence grand public.

Doncieux A.(2023) Agrobiodiversity dynamics in a French wine-growing region. Science & Wine blog.   https://www.ciencia-e-vinho.com/.

 

 

Chercheuse post-doctorale

Postdoctoral researcher

 

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

 

email: camille.bihanic[a]cefe.cnrs.fr

 

Thématiques de recherche

Chimiste de formation intéressée par la physiologie des plantes, leur métabolisme et leurs interactions avec l’environnement, je travaille sur deux projets différents autour des Composés Organiques Volatiles (COV) émis par les plantes.

 

Projet BIOMASP+

Les plantes émettent des composés organiques volatiles qui influencent considérablement les propriétés physicochimiques de l’atmosphère : capacité oxydante, temps de résidence des gaz à effet de serre, formation d’aérosols organiques secondaires… Le but du projet BIOMASP+ est de comprendre ces interactions biosphère-atmosphère ainsi que l’effet de la pollution sur ces émissions.

Dans le cadre de ce projet, les flux de COV biogéniques sont étudiés au niveau de la plante mais également au niveau du couvert végétal sur deux sites d’étude : la forêt de Puéchabon (Gard, France) et la forêt Atlantique (São Paulo, Brésil). Il s’agira de mieux comprendre les facteurs inhérents et externes influençant les émissions de COV par les plantes.

 

Projet CapZeroPhyto

Les COV émis par les plantes peuvent avoir différentes fonctions, telles que l’attraction de pollinisateurs, la répulsion d’herbivores ou encore dans l’interaction plante-plante. En particulier, les COV émis par une plante lors d’attaques par un herbivore peuvent déclencher chez une autre plante réceptrice ses propres mécanismes de défense (priming). Cette interaction plante-plante est d’un grand intérêt en agroécologie pour stimuler les défenses des plantes contre les ravageurs, et ainsi proposer de nouvelles stratégies de protections des cultures.

Dans le cadre de ce projet, l’interaction entre plants de tomates (Solanaceae) est étudiée en réponse à l’attaque par le ravageur Tuta absoluta. Englobant une approche phylogénétique, il s’agit de voir comment cette interaction varie avec la distance phylogénétique entre les plants.

 

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Research interests

Chemist by training with a strong interest in the physiology of plants, their metabolism and their interaction with the environment, I am currently working on two distinct projects structured around Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) emitted by plants.

 

BIOMASP+ project

Plants emit many volatile organic compounds which can have a great impact on the physicochemical properties of the atmosphere: oxidative capacity, life-time of greenhouse gases, formation of secondary organic aerosols… The aim of the project BIOMASP+ centers around understanding the biosphere-atmosphere interactions and the effect of pollution on these interactions.

In this project, biogenic VOCs fluxes are studied at the plant level but also at the canopy level on two different sites: Puechabon forest (Gard, France) and the Mata Atlantica (São Paulo, Brazil). The main interest is to understand the inherent and external factors modulating VOCs emissions by the plants.

 

CapZeroPhyto

VOCs emitted by plants can play different major roles, such as attracting pollinators, repelling herbivores or in plant-plant interaction. Specially, VOCs emitted by a plant species under herbivore attack can trigger on another plant its own defense mechanisms (priming). This plant-plant interaction is of high interest in agroecology, to promote crop defense against pest, and thus offering new strategies for crop protection.

In this aim, the interaction between tomato plants (Solanaceae) is studied in response to the attack by the specialist pest Tuta absoluta. Within a phylogenetic approach, the main thrust of the project is to answer how this plant-plant interactions vary with the phylogenetic distance between plants.

 

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Publications

Martinelli L, Bihanic C, Bony A, Gros F, Conart C, Fiorucci S, Casabianca H, Schiets F, Chietera G, Boachon B, Blerot B, Baudino S, Jullien F, Saint-Marcoux D. (2024) Citronellol biosynthesis in pelargonium is a multistep pathway involving progesterone 5b‑reductase and/or iridoid synthase-like enzymes, Plant Physiology, 194, 1006-1023. [Hal]

Bihanic C, Lasbleiz A, Regnier A, Petit E, Le Blainvaux P, Grison C. (2021) New sustainable synthetic routes to cyclic oxyterpenes using the Ecocatalyst toolbox, Molecules, 26, 7194. [MDPI Open Access]

Bihanic C, Petit E, Perrot R, Cases L, Garcia A, Pelissier F, Poullain C, Rivard C, Hossaert-McKey M, Grison C.(2021) Manganese distribution in the Mn-hyperaccumulator Grevillea meisneri from New Caledonia, Scientific Reports, 11, 23780. [Hal]

Bihanic C, Diliberto S, Pelissier F, Petit E, Boulanger C, Grison C. (2020) Eco-CaMnOx: A Greener Generation of Eco-catalysts for Eco-friendly Oxidation Processes, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8, 10, 4044-4057. [Hal]

Bihanic C, Richards K, Olszewski T, Grison C. (2020) Eco-Mn Ecocatalysts: Toolbox for Sustainable and Green Lewis Acid Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, ChemCatChem, 12, 6, 1529-1545. [Hal]

Bihanic C, Stanovych A, Pelissier F, Grison C. (2019) Putting Waste to Work: The Demonstrative Example of Pyrite Quarry Effluents Turned into Green Oxidative Catalysts, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7, 6, 6223-6233. [Hal]

 

Book chapters

Bihanic C, Hossaert M, Grison C.M., Grison C. (2025) 2nd Chapter. Ecology: Ecosystem Preservation and Restoration as the Starting Point for Ecocatalysis, in Ecocatalysis: A Unique Combination of Global Ecology and Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Grison C. et Grison C.M. (Eds), Royal Society of Chemistry.

Bihanic C, Olszewski T.K., Grison C.M., Grison C. (2025) 4rth Chapter. Green Chemistry Revisited by Ecocatalysis, in Ecocatalysis: A Unique Combination of Global Ecology and Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Grison C. et Grison C.M. (Eds), Royal Society of Chemistry.

Directeur de recherche CNRS

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

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A l’interface entre écologie fonctionnelle et écologie des communautés, je cherche à comprendre les causes de variation de la biodiversité, aussi bien à l’échelle locale que continentale, et l’effet de changements de la biodiversité sur la dynamique et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes.

Poste actuel
Professeur à l’Université de Montpellier depuis 1995 (émérite depuis 2017) – Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (UMR 5175 CEFE), Montpellier, Equipe Interactions et Adaptations Bioculturelles

Mots Clés
Pays : Bolivie/Colombie/Congo/Zambie/Thaïlande/Chine
Mots clés : écologie évolutive, écologie tropicale, écologie historique, domestication, mutualismes, savanes inondables, construction culturelle de niche

Current position
Professor at the University of Montpellier since 1995 (emeritus since 2017) – Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE, UMR 5175), Montpellier, Biocultural Interactions and Adaptation team

Key words
Countries : Bolivia/Colombia/Congo/Zambia/Thailand/China
Key words : evolutionary ecology, tropical ecology, historical ecology, domestication, mutualisms, floodplain savannas, cultural niche construction

 

Ma définition préférée de l’écologie est celle donnée par l’écologue américain renommé, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, au début de son cours séminaire en écologie à l’Université de Yale : « Aux fins de ce cours, nous pouvons considérer l'écologie comme l'étude de l'univers. » Formé d’abord à l’étude des interactions entre plantes et animaux dans les écosystèmes tropicaux, j’applique maintenant l’écologie évolutive à des systèmes couplés humains/nature. J’étudie comment l’évolution des plantes sous la domestication est façonnée par les pratiques agricoles en interaction avec la sélection naturelle, utilisant le manioc et d’autres plantes propagées par voie clonale comme systèmes modèles. J’étudie aussi les interactions entre humains et écosystèmes, particulièrement dans les savanes tropicales saisonnièrement inondées, comparant des systèmes de subsistance en Afrique (systèmes actuels) et en Amérique du Sud (vestiges de systèmes précolombiens) pour étudier des convergences dans la construction culturelle de la niche. Ces études comparatives enrichissent réciproquement l’archéologie et l’ethnoécologie.

Mes intérêts variés et ma volonté de traverser les frontières disciplinaires pour trouver des réponses à des questions aux multiples facettes m'ont amené à collaborer avec des spécialistes dans de nombreux domaines différents, notamment la phytochimie, la génétique, la géographie, l'agronomie, les sciences du sol, l'ethnobiologie, l'archéologie et l’anthropologie. J'ai publié dans des revues de premier plan dans tous ces domaines. Mon travail a été reconnu par plusieurs prix, dont le Grand Prix Recherche (la plus haute distinction décernée par la Société Française d'Ecologie et d'Evolution), la reconnaissance en tant qu'Ethnobotaniste Distingué par le Royal Botanic Garden (Kew, Royaume-Uni) et un prix Cozzarelli décerné par l’Académie National des Sciences des États-Unis pour un article exceptionnel publié dans la revue PNAS.

En plus de leur diversité thématique, mes recherches ont également privilégié la diversité géographique à la spécialisation régionale. J'ai mené des recherches dans 15 pays différents en Afrique tropicale, en Asie et en Amérique du Sud et j'ai donné des cours sur le terrain dans six pays supplémentaires. J'utilise cette expérience dans les études comparatives sur le terrain et les synthèses qui ont été parmi mes contributions de recherche les plus importantes.

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My favorite definition of ecology is that given by the distinguished American ecologist G. Evelyn Hutchinson at the beginning of his ecology seminar course at Yale : « For the purposes of this course, we may consider ecology to be the study of the universe. » Trained in the study of plant/animal interactions in tropical ecosystems, I now apply an evolutionary-ecological approach to coupled human and natural systems. I study how plant evolution under domestication is shaped by human agricultural practices and natural selection, using manioc and other clonally propagated crops as model systems. I also study interactions between humans and ecosystems, particularly in seasonal tropical wetlands, comparing subsistence systems in Africa (present-day) and South America (pre-Columbian vestiges) to study convergent patterns in cultural niche construction. These comparative studies cross-fertilize both archaeology and ethnoecology.

My broad-ranging interests, and a willingness to cross disciplinary boundaries to seek answers to many-faceted questions, have led me to collaborate with specialists in many different fields, including phytochemistry, genetics, geography, agronomy, soil science, ethnobiology, archaeology and anthropology. I have published in top-tier journals in all these fields. My work has been recognized by several awards, including the Grand Prix Recherche (the highest honor conferred by the French Society for Ecology and Evolution), recognition as Distinguished Ethnobotanist by the Royal Botanic Garden (Kew, UK) and a Cozzarelli Prize awarded by the US National Academy of Sciences for an outstanding paper published in the journal PNAS.

In addition to its thematic diversity, my research has also favored geographic diversity over regional specialization. I have conducted research in 15 different countries in tropical Africa, Asia and South America and have taught field courses in six additional countries. I use this experience in the comparative field studies and syntheses that have been among my most important research contributions.

ORCID number : 0000-0002-7271-901X

TEXTE DETAILLE SUR MES RECHERCHES

Dans un nouveau projet, je reviens à des questions de recherche qui m'ont intriguée durant mon travail de doctorat et qui n'ont toujours pas trouvé de réponses : comment les défenses chimiques contre les herbivores et les pathogènes sont-elles réparties dans les graines des plantes tropicales, et comment les défenses changent-elles au cours de la transition de la graine à la plantule ? Une graine n'est pas une « partie d’une plante » mais une plante embryonnaire dont les différentes parties ont des exigences de défense différentes et des contraintes différentes dans le déploiement des défenses. Cependant, la distribution des défenses dans différentes parties des graines a rarement été étudiée. De plus, la théorie suggère que les défenses mobiles devraient jouer des rôles importants dans la défense des graines, mais celles-ci ont été négligées dans les études comparatives multi-espèces, par rapport aux défenses immobiles telles que les tanins et les défenses mécaniques (fibres, etc.), car leur diversité entre les espèces fait que ces études comparatives sont difficiles. Enfin, la façon dont les défenses chimiques changent au cours de l'ontogenèse végétale est une frontière active dans la recherche sur l'écologie évolutive de la défense des plantes, mais une transition ontogénétique cruciale, celle de la graine à la plantule, a été peu étudiée. Grâce à une bourse Talent de l'Académie des sciences de la Chine, j'étudierai ces questions en collaboration avec un chimiste (Gregory Genta-Jouve, Univ. Paris Descartes) et avec des collègues du Jardin botanique tropical de Xishuangbanna (Yunnan, Chine), où les installations (serre et laboratoire) permettront d'étudier un grand nombre d'espèces.

Auparavant, j'ai étudié les interactions interspécifiques dans les écosystèmes tropicaux, à la fois antagonistes (défenses chimiques des plantes, interactions des plantes avec les herbivores mammifères et insectes, théorie de la défense optimale, écologie chimique) et mutualistes (la pollinisation et la dispersion et des graines par les animaux, mutualismes symbiotiques plantes / fourmis), utilisant mes systèmes d'étude pour étudier un large éventail de questions générales en écologie et évolution. Le travail de mon équipe sur les mutualismes symbiotiques entre plantes et fourmis a développé une perspective comparative sur l'écologie évolutive de ces mutualismes, et nos revues à ce sujet (Davidson & McKey, 1993, Journal of Hymenoptera Research; Heil & McKey 2003 ; Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics; Blatrix et al. 2014, New Phytologist) sont les articles de synthèse les plus cités dans le domaine. Bien qu'une grande partie de mon travail actuel se concentre sur les interactions entre les humains et les environnements qu'ils occupent, je continue d'être fermement ancré dans l'écologie évolutive fondamentale de pointe, une source importante de nouvelles idées à appliquer pour étudier les interactions entre les humains, d'autres organismes et les environnements qu'ils partagent.

Mon travail sur la domestication des plantes, axé sur les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale, a inclus l'écologie, la biologie évolutive (génétique, phylogéographie, phylogénie), l'anthropologie et l'agronomie. Le travail de mon équipe sur l'écologie évolutive de la domestication du manioc a transformé notre vision de l'évolution sous domestication dans les cultures à propagation clonale, montrant comment les pratiques agricoles des agriculteurs qui ont domestiqué ces cultures conduisent à des systèmes reproducteurs mixtes clonaux / sexués dont la dynamique est beaucoup plus complexe qu’a été pensé auparavant (McKey et al. 2010, New Phytologist).

Dans nos travaux sur l'écologie culturelle des plaines inondables des savanes tropicales, dans le passé et le présent, je collabore avec des archéologues, des archéobotanistes, des géographes, des pédologues, des écologues et des spécialistes de la télédétection. Ces études ont montré comment les humains et les animaux ingénieurs du sol co-construisent des paysages (McKey et al. 2010, PNAS) et comment les comparaisons intercontinentales révèlent à la fois la convergence et la singularité dans la construction de niches culturelles (McKey et al.2016, PNAS ; Blatrix et al. 2018 , Scientific Reports). Ces travaux jettent un nouvel éclairage sur l'écologie historique de l'Amazonie, sur l'agriculture actuelle des zones humides en Afrique et sur l'écologie dans les environnements des plaines inondables tropicales. Nous étudions actuellement la diversité des systèmes agricoles des prairies dans les régions tropicales actuelles de l'Ancien Monde pour comprendre comment l'agriculture sur champs surélevés –et d'autres types possibles d'agriculture—dans les savanes néotropicales peut avoir fonctionné à l’époque précolombienne.

 

DETAILED TEXT ON MY RESEARCH

In a new project, I am returning to research questions that intrigued me during my PhD work and that still have not found answers: How are chemical defenses against herbivores and pathogens distributed in the seeds of tropical plants, and how do defenses change in the transition from seed to seedling? A seed is not a ‘plant part’ but an embryonic plant whose different parts have different defense requirements and different constraints in deploying defences. However, distribution of defences in different parts of seeds has rarely been studied. Furthermore, theory suggests that mobile defenses should play important roles in seed defense, but these have been neglected in multi-species comparative studies, compared to immobile defences such as tannins and mechanical defences (fiber,..), because their diversity among species makes such comparative studies difficult. Finally, how chemical defenses change over plant ontogeny is an active frontier in research on the evolutionary ecology of plant defense, but a crucial ontogenetic transition, that from seed to seedling, has been little studied. With a Talent grant from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, I will study these questions in collaboration with a chemist (Gregory Genta-Jouve, Univ. Paris Descartes) and with colleagues at Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (Yunnan, China), where greenhouse and laboratory facilities will allow study of a large number of species.

Previously, I have studied interspecies interactions in tropical ecosystems, both antagonistic (plant chemical defenses, interactions of plants with mammalian and insect herbivores, optimal defense theory, chemical ecology) and mutualistic (seed dispersal and pollination by animals, symbiotic ant/plant mutualisms), using my study systems to investigate a wide range of general questions in ecology and evolution. The work of my team on symbiotic ant-plant mutualisms has developed a comparative perspective on the evolutionary ecology of these mutualisms, and our reviews of this subject (Davidson & McKey, 1993, Journal of Hymenoptera Research; Heil & McKey 2003, Annual Revew of Ecology, Evolution and Systematic ; Blatrix et al. 2014, New Phytologist) are the most widely cited review articles in the field. Although much of my current work is focused on interactions between humans and the environments they occupy, I continue to be firmly grounded in state-of-the-art fundamental evolutionary ecology, an important source of new insights to apply in studying the interactions among humans, other organisms and the environments they share.

My work on plant domestication, focusing on clonally propagated domesticated plants, has included ecology, evolutionary biology (genetics, phylogeography, phylogeny), anthropology and agronomy. My team’s work on the evolutionary ecology of domestication of manioc has transformed our views of evolution under domestication in clonally propagated crops, showing how agricultural practices of the farmers who domesticated these crops leads to mixed clonal/sexual reproductive systems whose dynamics are much more complex than was previously thought (McKey et al. 2010, New Phytologist).

In our work on the cultural ecology of tropical savanna floodplains, past and present, I collaborate with archaeologists, archaeobotanists, geographers, soil scientists, ecologists and specialists in remote sensing. These studies have shown how humans and soil engineer animals co-construct landscapes (McKey et al. 2010, PNAS) and how intercontinental comparisons reveal both convergence and singularity in cultural niche construction (McKey et al. 2016, PNAS ; Blatrix et al. 2018, Scientific Reports). This work is shedding new light on the historical ecology of Amazonia, on present-day wetland agriculture in Africa, and on ecology in floodplain savanna environments throughout the tropics. We are currently studying the diversity of grassland-farming systems in the present-day Old-World tropics to understand how raised-field agriculture in Neotropical floodplain savannas—and possible other kinds of agriculture in upland savannas of South America—may have functioned in pre-Columbian times.

 

LISTE DES PUBLICATIONS

1. Publications in international peer-reviewed journals

 

1. MCKEY D. (1974). Adaptive patterns in alkaloid physiology. American Naturalist 108: 305-320.

2. MCKEY D. (1974). Ant-plants: selective eating of an unoccupied Barteria by a Colobus Biotropica 6: 269-270.

3. STRUHSAKER T. & D. MCKEY. (1975). Two cusimanse mongooses attack a black cobra. Journal of Mammalogy 56: 721-722.

4. JANZEN D. H.& D. MCKEY. (1975).What the tropical trappers leave behind. Biotropica 7: 7.

5. JANZEN D. H. & D. MCKEY. (1977). Musanga cecropioides is a Cecropia without its ants. Biotropica 9: 57.

6. MCKEY D., P. G. WATERMAN, C. N. MBI, J. S. GARTLAN, & T. T. STRUHSAKER. (1978). Phenolic content of vegetation in two African rainforests: ecological implications. Science 202: 61-64.

7. MCKEY D. (1980).The evolution of novel alkaloid types: a mechanism for the rapid phenotypic evolution of plant secondary compounds. American Naturalist 115: 754-759.

8. GARTLAN J. S., D. B. MCKEY, P. G. WATERMAN, C. N. MBI, & T. T. STRUHSAKER. (1980) A comparative study of the phytochemistry of two African rainforests. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 8: 401-422.

9. WATERMAN P. G., C. N. MBI, D. MCKEY, & J. S. GARTLAN. (1980). African rainforest vegetation and rumen microbes: phenolic compounds and nutrients as correlates of digestibility. Oecologia 47: 22-33.

10. MCKEY D., J. S. GARTLAN, P. G. WATERMAN, & G. M. CHOO. (1981). Food selection by black colobus monkeys (Colobus satanas) in relation to plant chemistry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 16: 115-146.

 

11. CHOO G. M., P. G. WATERMAN, D. MCKEY, & J. S. GARTLAN. (1981). A simple enzyme assay for dry matter digestibility and its value in studying food selection by generalist herbivores. Oecologia 49: 170-178.

12. MCKEY D. & P. G. WATERMAN. (1982). Ranging behaviour of a group of black colobus (Colobus satanas) in the Douala-Edea Reserve, Cameroon. Folia Primatologica 39: 264-304.

13. DILLON P., S. LOWRIE, & D. MCKEY. (1983). Disarming the "mala mujer": prevention of latex flow by a sphingid larva. Biotropica 15: 112-116.

14. MCKEY D. (1984). Interaction of the ant-plant Leonardoxa africana (Caesalpiniaceae) with its obligate inhabitants in rainforests in Cameroon. Biotropica 16: 81-99.

15. WATERMAN, J. ROSS, & D. MCKEY. (1984). Factors affecting levels of some phenolic compounds, digestibility, and nitrogen content of the nature leaves of Barteria fistulosa Passifloraceae). Journal of Chemical Ecology 10: 387-401.

16. NEWBERY D., J. S. GARTLAN, D. MCKEY, & P. G. WATERMAN. (1986). The influence of drainage and soil phosphorus on the vegetation of Douala-Edea Forest Reserve, Cameroon. Vegetatio 65: 149-162.

17. MCKEY D. (1988). Cecropia peltata, an introduced neotropical pioneer tree, is replacing Musanga cecropioides in southwestern Cameroon, Biotropica 20: 262-264.

18. MCKEY D. (1989). Population biology of figs: applications for conservation. Experientia 45: 661-673.

 

19. BRONSTEIN J. & D. MCKEY. (1989). The fig/pollinator mutualism: A model system for comparative biology. Experientia 45: 601-604.

 

20. BRONSTEIN J. & D. MCKEY (eds.). (1989). The comparative biology of figs. Multi-author review. Experientia 45(7): 601-680.

21. FREY, T. LATSCHA & D. MCKEY. (1990). Genetic differentiation and speciation in leaf mining flies of the genus Phytomyza. Entomologia experimentalis et applicata 57: 191-200.

22. BAHUCHET S., D. MCKEY, & I. DE GARINE. (1991). Wild yams revisited: Can hunter-gatherers subsist independently of agriculture in tropical rain forest? Human Ecology 19: 213-243.

23. KAUFMANN S., D. MCKEY, M. HOSSAERT, & C. HORVITZ (1991). Fruits of Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae): Adaptations for a two-phase seed dispersal system involving vertebrates and ants in a hemiepiphytic fig. American Journal of Botany 78: 971-977.

24. DAVIDSON D. & D. MCKEY. (1993). The evolutionary ecology of symbiotic ant-plant relationships. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2: 13-83.

25. DAVIDSON D. & D. MCKEY. (1993). Ant-plant symbioses: Stalking the Chuyachaqui. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 8: 326-332.

26. PATEL A., M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, & D. MCKEY. (1993). Ficus-pollinator research in India: Past, present and future. Current Science 65: 243-253.

27. JARRY M., M. KHALADI, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, & D. MCKEY. (1995). Modelling the population dynamics of annual plants with seed bank and density dependent effects. Acta Biotheoretica 43: 53-65.

28. CHENUIL, A., & D. MCKEY. (1996). Molecular phylogenetic study of a myrmecophyte symbiosis: did Leonardoxa / ant associations diversify via cospeciation? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 6: 270-286.

29. ANSTETT, M.C., M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, & D. MCKEY. (1997). Modeling the persistence of small populations of strongly interdependent species: figs and fig wasps. Conservation Biology 11: 204-213.

30. GAUME, L., M.C. ANSTETT, & D. MCKEY. (1997). Benefits conferred by "timid" ants: active anti-herbivore protection of the rainforest tree Leonardoxa africana by the minute ant Petalomyrmex phylax. Oecologia 112: 209-216.

31. BROUAT, C., M. GIBERNAU, L. AMSELLEM, & D. MCKEY. (1998). Corner’s rules revisited : ontogenetic and interspecific patterns in leaf-stem allometry. New Phytologist 139: 459-470.

32. CEBALLOS, L., M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, D. MCKEY, & C. ANDARY. (1998). Rapid deployment of allelochemicals in exudates of germinating seeds of Sesbania (Fabaceae) : roles of seed anatomy and histolocalization of polyphenolic compounds in anti-pathogen defense of seedlings. Chemoecology 8: 141-151.

33. GAUME, L. & D. MCKEY. (1998). Protection against herbivores of the myrmecophyte Leonardoxa africana (Baill.) Aubrèv. T3 by its principal ant inhabitant Aphomomyrmex afer Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris, Sciences de la Vie / Life Sciences 321: 593-601.

34. GAUME, L., D. MCKEY, & S. TERRIN. (1998). Ant-plant-homopteran mutualism: how the third partner affects the interaction between a plant-specialist ant and its myrmecophyte host. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 265: 569-575.

35. PATEL, A., & D. MCKEY. (1998). Sexual specialisation in two tropical dioecious figs. Oecologia 115: 391-400.

36. GAUME, L., & D. MCKEY. (1999). An ant-plant mutualism and its host-specific parasite: activity rhythms, young leaf patrolling, and effects on herbivores of two specialist plant-ants inhabiting the same myrmecophyte. Oikos 84:130-144.

37. MEUNIER, L., A. DALECKY, C. BERTICAT, L. GAUME, & D. MCKEY. (1999). Worker size variation and the evolution of an ant-plant mutualism : comparative morphometrics of workers of two closely related plant-ants, Petalomyrmex phylax and Aphomomyrmex afer (Formicinae). Insectes Sociaux 46:171-178.

38. MCKEY, D., L. GAUME, & A. DALECKY. (1999). Les symbioses entre plantes et fourmis arboricoles. Année Biologique 38: 169-194.

39. GAUME, L., D. MATILE-FERRERO, & D. MCKEY. (2000). Colony foundation and acquisition of coccoid trophobionts by Aphomomyrmex afer (Formicinae) : co-dispersal of queens and phoretic mealybugs in an ant-plant-homopteran mutualism ? Insectes Sociaux 47: 84-91.

40. PASCAL, L.M., E.F. MOTTE-FLORAC, & D. MCKEY. (2000). Secretory structures on the leaf rachis of Caesalpinieae and Mimosoideae (Leguminosae) : implications for the evolution of nectary glands. American Journal of Botany 87: 327-338.

41. MCKEY, D. (2000). Leonardoxa africana (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae): a complex of mostly allopatric subspecies. Adansonia 22: 71-109.

42. ELIAS, M., & D. MCKEY. (2000). The unmanaged reproductive ecology of domesticated plants in traditional agroecosystems: an example involving cassava and a call for data. Acta Oecologica 21: 223-230.

43. DEJEAN, A., D. MCKEY, M. GIBERNAU, & M. BELIN. (2000). The arboreal ant mosaic in a Cameroonian rainforest. Sociobiology 35: 403-423.

44. HEIL, M., C. STAEHELIN, & D. MCKEY. (2000). Low chitinase activity in Acacia myrmecophytes: a potential trade-off between biotic and chemical defences? Naturwissenschaften 87: 555-558.

45. BROUAT, C., D. MCKEY, J.-M.BESSIERE, L. PASCAL, & M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY. (2000). Leaf volatile compounds and the distribution of ant patrolling in an ant-plant protection mutualism: preliminary results on Leonardoxa (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) and Petalomyrmex (Formicidae: Formicinae). Acta Oecologica 21: 349-357.

46. BROUAT, C., & D. MCKEY. (2000). Origin of caulinary ant-domatia and timing of their onset in plant ontogeny : evolution of a key trait in horizontally transmitted ant-plant symbioses. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 71: 801-819.

47. ELIAS, M., L. RIVAL, & D. MCKEY. (2000). Perception and management of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) diversity among Makushi Amerindians of Guyana (South America). Journal of Ethnobiology 20: 239-265.

48. BROUAT, C., L. GIELLY, & D. MCKEY. (2001). Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Leonardoxa (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) inferred from chloroplast trnLand trnL- trnF intergeneric spacer sequences. American Journal of Botany 88: 143-149.

49. ELIAS, M., MCKEY, D., PANAUD, O., ANSTETT, M.C., ROBERT, T. (2001). Traditional management of cassava morphological and genetic diversity by the Makushi Amerindians (Guyana, South America) : perspectives for on-farm conservation of crop genetic resources. Euphytica 120: 143-157.

50. BROUAT, C., & D. MCKEY. (2001). Leaf-stem allometry, hollow stems, and the evolution of caulinary domatia in myrmecophytes. New Phytologist 151: 391-406.

51. ELIAS M., L. PENET, P. VINDRY, D. MCKEY, O. PANAUD, & T. ROBERT. (2001). Unmanaged sexual reproduction and the dynamics of genetic diversity of a vegetatively propagated crop plant, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz), in a traditional farming system. Molecular Ecology 10: 1895-1907.

52. BROUAT, C., N. GARCIA, C. ANDARY, & D. MCKEY. (2001). Plant lock and ant key: pairwise coevolution of an exclusion filter in an ant-plant mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 2131-2141.

53. MCKEY, D., L. EMPERAIRE, M. ELIAS, F. PINTON, T. ROBERT, S. DESMOULIERE, & L. RIVAL. (2001). Gestions locales et dynamiques régionales de la diversité variétale du manioc en Amazonie. Génétique, Sélection et Evolution 33 (supplement 1): S465-S490.

54. DI GIUSTO, B., M.C. ANSTETT, E. DOUNIAS, & D. MCKEY. (2001). Variation in the effectiveness of biotic defense: the case of an opportunistic ant-plant protection mutualism. Oecologia 129: 367-375.

55. GAUME, L., & D. MCKEY. (2002). How identity of the homopteran trophobiont affects sex allocation in a symbiotic plant-ant: the proximate role of food. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 51: 197-205.

56. CARRIERE, S.M., M. ANDRE, P. LETOURMY, I. OLIVIER, & D. MCKEY. (2002). Seed rain beneath remnant trees in a slash-and-burn agricultural system in southern Cameroon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18 : 353-374.

57. CARRIERE, S.M., P. LETOURMY, & D. MCKEY. (2002). Effects of remnant trees in fallows on diversity and structure of forest regrowth in a slash-and-burn agricultural system in southern Cameroon. Journal of Tropical Ecology 18: 375-396.

58. CEBALLOS, L., C. ANDARY, M. DELESCLUSE, M. GIBERNAU, D. MCKEY & M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY. (2002). Effects of sublethal attack by a sucking insect, Hyalymenus tarsatus, on Sesbania drummondii seeds: Impact on some seed traits related to fitness. Ecoscience 9: 28-36.

59. HEIL, M., T. DELSINNE, A. HILPERT, S. SCHÜRKENS, C. ANDARY, K.E. LINSENMAIR, S.M. SOUSA, & D. MCKEY. (2002). Reduced chemical defence in ant-plants? A critical re-evaluation of a widely accepted hypothesis. Oikos 99 : 457-468.

60. HEIL, M., B. BAUMANN, C. ANDARY, K.E. LINSENMAIR, & D. MCKEY. (2002). Extraction and quantification of "condensed tannins" as a measure of plant anti-herbivore defence? Revisiting an old problem. Naturwissenschaften 89 : 519-524.

61. PUJOL, B., G. GIGOT, G. LAURENT, M. PINHEIRO-KLUPPEL, M. ELIAS, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, & D. MCKEY. (2002). Germination ecology of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) in traditional agroecosystems : seed and seedling biology of a vegetatively propagated domesticated plant. Economic Botany 56: 366-379.

62. DEBOUT, G., E. PROVOST, M. RENUCCI, A. TIRARD, B. SCHATZ, & D. MCKEY. (2003). Colony structure in a plant-ant: behavioural, chemical and genetic study of polydomy in Cataulacus mckeyi (Myrmicinae). Oecologia 137 : 195-204.

63. HEIL, M., & D. MCKEY. (2003). Protective ant-plant interactions as model systems in ecological and evolutionary research. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 34: 425-453.

64. BROUAT, C., D. MCKEY, & E. DOUZERY (2004). Differentiation and gene flow in a geographic mosaic of plants coevolving with ants: phylogeny of the Leonardoxa africana complex (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) using AFLP markers. Molecular Ecology 13: 1157-1171.

65. ELIAS, M., G.S. MUHLEN, D. MCKEY, A.C. ROA, & J. TOHME. (2004). Genetic diversity of traditional South American landraces of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz): an analysis using microsatellites. Economic Botany 58: 242-256.

66. DJIETO-LORDON, C., A. DEJEAN, M. GIBERNAU, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, & D. MCKEY. (2004). Symbiotic mutualism with a community of opportunistic ants: protection, competition, and ant occupancy of the myrmecophyte Barteria nigritana (Passifloraceae). Acta Oecologica 26: 109-116.

67. ALVAREZ, N., E. GARINE, C. KHASAH, E. DOUNIAS, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, & D. MCKEY. (2005). Farmers’ practices, metapopulation dynamics, and conservation of agricultural biodiversity on-farm: a case study of sorghum among the Duupa in sub-sahelian Cameroon. Biological Conservation 121: 533-543.

68. DJIETO-LORDON, C., A. DEJEAN, R.A. RING, J. LAUGA, A. NKONGMENECK, & D. MCKEY. (2005). Ecology of an improbable association: the pseudomyrmecine plant-ant Tetraponera tessmanni and the myrmecophytic vine Vitex thyrsiflora (Lamiaceae) in Cameroon. Biotropica 37: 421-430.

69. PUJOL, B., P. DAVID, & D. MCKEY. (2005). Microevolution in agricultural environments: how a traditional Amerindian farming practice favours heterozygosity in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae). Ecology Letters 8: 138-147.

70. PUJOL B., Mühlen, N. Garwood, Y. Horoszowski, E. DOUZERY, & D. McKey. (2005). Evolution under domestication: contrasting functional morphology of seedlings in domesticated cassava and its closest wild relatives. New Phytologist 166: 305-318.

71. DEBOUT, G., A. SALTMARSH, D. MCKEY, & A.-M. RISTERUCCI. (2005). Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the tropical ant-plant Leonardoxa africana (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae). Molecular Ecology Notes 5: 35-38.

72. DALECKY, , L. Gaume, B. Schatz, D. McKey, & F. Kjellberg. (2005). Facultative polygyny in the plant–ant Petalomyrmex phylax: assessment of genetic and ecological determinants of queen number. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 133-151.

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73. GHIMIRE, S., D. MCKEY, & Y. AUMEERUDDY-THOMAS. (2004). Heterogeneity in ethnoecological knowledge and management of medicinal plants in Nepal Himalaya: implications for conservation. Ecology and Society 9(3): 6. [online] : http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol9/iss3/art6/.

74. ALVAREZ, N., D. MCKEY, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, C. BORN, L. MERCIER, & B. BENREY. (2005). Ancient and recent evolutionary history of the bruchid beetle Acanthoscelides obtectus Say, a cosmopolitan pest of beans. Molecular Ecology 14: 1015-1024.

 

75. ALVAREZ, N., HOSSAERT-MCKEY, J.-Y. RASPLUS, D. MCKEY, L. MERCIER, L. SOLDATI, A. AEBI, & B. BENREY. (2005). Sibling species of bean bruchids: morphological and phylogenetic studies among Acanthoscelides obtectusSay and A. obvelatusBridwell. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res.43: 29-37.

 

76. DEBOUT, G., B. SCHATZ, & D. MCKEY. (2005). Comparison of foraging behaviour in two plant-ants, the mutualist Petalomyrmex phylax and a parasite of a mutualism, Cataulacus mckeyi. Insectes Sociaux 52: 205-211.

 

77. GHIMIRE, S.K., D. MCKEY, & Y. AUMEERUDDY-THOMAS. (2005). Conservation of Himalayan medicinal plants: harvesting patterns and ecology of two threatened species, Nardostachys grandiflora And Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong. Biological Conservation 124: 463-475.

78. PUJOL, B. & D. MCKEY. (2006). Size asymmetry in intraspecific competition and the density-dependence of inbreeding depression in a natural plant population: a case study in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 85-96.
79. ELIAS, M., H. LENOIR, & D. MCKEY. (2007). Propagule quantity and quality in traditional Makushi farming of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz): a case study for understanding evolution under domestication in vegetatively propagated crops. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 54: 99-115.
80. DEBOUT, G., B. SCHATZ, M. ELIAS & D. MCKEY. (2007). Polydomy in ants: what we know, what we think we know, and what remains to be done. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 319-348.
81. GHIMIRE, S.K., Y. A. THOMAS, & D. MCKEY. (2006). Himalayan medicinal plant diversity in an ecologically complex high altitude anthropogenic landscape, Dolpo, Nepal. Environmental Conservation 33: 128-140.

82. ALVAREZ, N., B. BENREY, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, A. GRILL, D. MCKEY & N. GALTIER. (2006). Phylogeographic support for horizontal gene transfer involving sympatric bruchid species. Biology Direct1: 21. http://www.biology-direct.com/content/pdf/1745-6150-1-21.
83. DALECKY, A.., G. DEBOUT, A. ESTOUP, D.B. MCKEY & F. KJELLBERG. (2007). Changes in mating system and social structure of the ant Petalomyrmex phylax are associated with range expansion in Cameroon. Evolution 61: 579-595.
84. DORMONT, L., S. RAPIOR, D. MCKEY & J.-P. LUMARET. (2007). Influence of dung volatiles on the process of resource selection by coprophagous beetles. Chemoecology 17: 23-30.
85. AMSELLEM, L. & D. MCKEY. (2006). Integrating phenological, chemical and biotic defences in ant-plant protection mutualisms: a case study of two myrmecophyte lineages. Chemoecology 16: 223-234.
86. BARNAUD, A., M. DEU, E. GARINE, D. MCKEY &I. JOLY. (2007). Local genetic diversity of sorghum in a village in northern Cameroon: structure and dynamics of landraces. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114: 237-248.
87. PUJOL, B., F. RENOUX, M. ELIAS, L. RIVAL & D. MCKEY. (2007). The unappreciated ecology of landrace populations: conservation consequences of soil seed banks in cassava. Biological Conservation 136: 541-551.
88. DUPUTIE, A., P. DAVID, C. DEBAIN & D. MCKEY. (2007). Natural hybridization between a clonally propagated crop, cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) and a wild relative in French Guiana. Molecular Ecology 16: 3025-3038.
89. GHIMIRE, S.K., O. GIMENEZ, R. PRADEL, D. MCKEY & Y. Aumeeruddy-Thomas. (2008). Demographic variation and population viability in a threatened Himalayan medicinal and aromatic herb (Nardostachys grandiflora): matrix modelling of harvesting effects in two contrasting habitats. Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 41-51.
90. PUJOL, B., J.-L. SALAGER, M. BELTRAN, S. BOUSQUET & D. MCKEY. (2008). Photosynthesis and leaf structure in domesticated cassava (Euphorbiaceae) and a close wild relative: have leaf photosynthetic parameters evolved under domestication? Biotropica 40: 305-312.
91. DIALLO, B.O., H.I. JOLY, D. MCKEY, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY & M.-H. CHEVALLIER. (2007). Genetic diversity of Tamarindus indica populations: Any clues on the origin from its current distribution? African Journal of Biotechnology 6: 853-860.
92. DIALLO, B.O., D. MCKEY, M.-H. CHEVALLIER, H.I. JOLY & M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY. (2008). Breeding system and pollination biology of the semi-domesticated fruit tree, Tamarindus indica (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae): Implications for fruit production, selective breeding, and conservation of genetic resources. African Journal of Biotechnology 7: 4068-4075.
93. Léotard, G., A. Saltmarsh, F. Kjellberg & D. McKey. (2008). Mutualism, hybrid inviability and speciation in a tropical ant-plant. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1133-1143.
94. Léotard, G., E. Defossez, C. Debain, D. MCKEY, f. kjellberg & R. blatrix. (2008). Local genetic co-structuring of the ant Petalomyrmex phylax and its host plant Leonardoxa a. africana: no role for a sixty-meter wide river in separating social forms. Sociobiology 51: 363-371.
95. BARNAUD, A., H.I. JOLY, D. MCKEY, M. DEU, C. KHASAH, S. MONNE & E. GARINE. (2008). Gestion in situ des ressources génétiques du sorgho (Sorghum bicolor bicolor) chez les Duupa du Nord Cameroun : sélection et échange de semences. Cahiers Agricultures 17: 178-182.
96. MONDOLOT, L., A. MARLAS, D. BARBEAU, A. GARGADENNEC, B. PUJOL & D. MCKEY. (2008). Domestication and defence: foliar tannins and C/N ratios in cassava and a close wild relative. Acta Oecologica 34: 147-154.
97. HOSSAERT-MCKEY, M., D. MCKEY & L. DORMONT. (2008). Fungal sex as a private matter: odour signals in a specialized pollination-like insect-fungus mutualism. New Phytologist 178: 225-227. (commentary)
98. BARNAUD, A., G. TRIGUEROS, D. MCKEY & HI JOLY. (2008). High outcrossing rates in fields with mixed sorghum landraces : how are landraces maintained ? Heredity 101: 445-452.
99. SARDOS J, D MCKEY, R. MALAPA, J.-L. NOYER & V. LEBOT. (2008). Evolution of cassava (Manihot esculentaCrantz) after recent introduction into a South Pacific island system: the contribution of sex to the diversification of a clonally propagated crop. Genome 51: 912-921.
100. RIVAL L & D MCKEY (2008) Domestication and diversity in manioc (Manihot esculenta Crantz ssp. esculenta, Euphorbiaceae). Current Anthropology 49: 1119-1128.
101. DEBOUT, G.D.G., A. DALECKY, A. NGOMI NGOMI & D.B. MCKEY. (2009). Dynamics of species coexistence: maintenance of a plant-ant competitive metacommunity. Oikos 118: 873-884.
102. DEFOSSEZ, E., M.-A. SELOSSE, M.-P. DUBOIS, L. MONDOLOT, A. FACCIO, C. DJIETO-LORDON, D. MCKEY & R. BLATRIX. (2009). Ant-plants and fungi: a new threesome symbiosis. New Phytologist182: 942-949.
103. MENARD, L., D. MCKEY, N. ROWE (2009). Developmental plasticity and biomechanics of treelets and lianas in Manihot quinquepartita (Euphorbiaceae): a branch-angle climber of French Guiana. Annals of Botany 103: 1249-1259.
104. WEBBER, B. D. MCKEY (2009). Cyanogenic myrmecophytes, redundant defence mechanisms and complementary defence syndromes: revisiting the neotropical ant-acacias. New Phytologist 182: 792-794.
105. SCHATZ, B., C. DJIETO-LORDON, L. DORMONT, J.-M. BESSIERE, D. MCKEY & R. BLATRIX (2009). A simple non-specific chemical signal mediates defense behaviour in a specialized ant-plant mutualism. Current Biology 19 (9): R361-R362.
106. LEOTARD, G., G. DEBOUT, S. GUILLOT, L. GAUME, D. MCKEY, F. KJELLBERG & A. DALECKY. (2009) Range expansion drives dispersal evolution in an equatorial three-species symbiosis. PLoS ONE 4(4): e5377 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005377.
107. BARNAUD, A., M. DEU, E. GARINE, J. CHANTEREAU, J. BOLTEU, E. OUIN-KOIDA, D. MCKEY & H.I. JOLY (2009). A weed-crop complex in sorghum: the fate of new genetic combinations in a traditional farming system. American Journal of Botany 96: 1869-1879.
108. DUPUTIE, A., M. DELETRE, J.-J. DE GRANVILLE & D. MCKEY (2009). Population genetics of Manihot esculenta flabellifolia gives insight into past distribution of xeric vegetation in a postulated forest refugium area in northern Amazonia. Molecular Ecology 18 : 2897-2907.
109. LEOTARD, G., A. DUPUTIE, F. KJELLBERG, E.J.P. DOUZERY, C. DEBAIN, J.-J. DE GRANVILLE & D. MCKEY (2009). Phylogeography and the origin of cassava: new insights from the northern rim of the Amazonian basin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53: 329-334.
110. DUPUTIE, A., F MASSOL, P. DAVID, C. HAXAIRE & D. MCKEY. (2009) Traditional Amerindian cultivators combine directional and ideotypic selection for sustainable management of cassava genetic diversity. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1317-1325.
111. MCKEY, D., ROSTAIN, J. IRIARTE, B. GLASER, J.J. BIRK, I. HOLST & D. RENARD (2010) Pre-Columbian agricultural landscapes, ecosystem engineers and self-organized patchiness in Amazonia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 7823-7828. This article was selected by two different members of the “Faculty of 1000 Biology” as a “Must Read” paper in ecology.
112. MCKEY, D., M. ELIAS, B. PUJOL & A. DUPUTIE (2010) The evolutionary ecology of clonally propagated domesticated plants. New Phytologist 186: 318-332. This paper was selected by a member of the “Faculty of 1000 Biology” as an “Exceptional” paper in ecology.
113. MCKEY, D., T. CAVAGNARO, J. CLIFF & R. GLEADOW (2010) Chemical ecology in coupled human and natural systems: people, manioc, multitrophic interactions and global change. Chemoecology 20: 109-133. (DOI 10.1007/s00049-010-0047-1)
114. RENARD, D., B. SCHATZ & D. MCKEY (2010) Ant nest architecture and seed burial depth: implications for seed fate and germination success in a myrmecochorous savanna shrub. Ecoscience 17: 194-202.
115. DIALLO, B.O., H.I. JOLY, D. MCKEY, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY & M.H. CHEVALLIER (2010) Changes in biometric characters of seeds and seedlings of nine provenances of Tamarindus indica (Caesalpinioideae). Fruits 65: 153-167.
116. IRIARTE, J., B. GLASER, J. WATLING, A. WAINWRIGHT, J.J. BIRK, D. RENARD, S. ROSTAIN & D. MCKEY (2010) Late Holocene Neotropical agricultural landscapes: phytolith and stable carbon isotope analysis of raised fields from French Guianan coastal savannahs. Journal of Archaeological Science 37: 2984-2994.
117. BORN, C., N. ALVAREZ, D. MCKEY, S. OSSARI, E.J. WICKINGS, M. HOSSAERT-MCKEY & M.-H. CHEVALLIER (2011) Insights into the biogeographical history of the Lower Guinea Forest Domain: evidence for the role of refugia in the intraspecific differentiation of Aucoumea klaineana. Molecular Ecology 20: 131-142.
118. DEFOSSEZ, E., C. DJIETO-LORDON, D. MCKEY, M.-A. SELOSSE & R. BLATRIX (2011). Plant-ants feed their host plant, but above all a fungal symbiont to recycle nitrogen. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 278: 1419-1426.
119. DUPUTIE, A., J. SALICK, D. MCKEY (2011). Evolutionary biogeography of Manihot, a rapidly radiating Neotropical genus restricted to dry environments. Journal of Biogeography 38: 1033-1043.
120. RENARD, D., J. IRIARTE, J.J. BIRK, S. ROSTAIN, B. GLASER, D. MCKEY (2012). Ecological engineers ahead of their time: the functioning of pre-Columbian raised-field agriculture and its potential contributions to sustainability today. Ecological Engineering 45: 30-44. Doi: 10.1016/J.ecoleng.2011.03.007.
121. VITTECOQ, M., C. DJIETO-LORDON, B. BUATOIS, L. DORMONT, D. MCKEY, R. BLATRIX (2011). The evolution of communication in two ant-plant mutualisms. Evolutionary Biology 38: 360-369. DOI 10.1007/S11692-011-9125-8.
122. RASPLUS, J.-Y., J. LASALLE, G. DELVARE, D. MCKEY, B.L. WEBBER (2011). A new Afrotropical genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls on Bikinia (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) and a new species of Ormyrus (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) associated with the gall. Zootaxa 2907: 51-59.  
123. GONMADJE, C.F., C. DOUMENGE, D. McKEY, G.P.M. TCHOUTO, T.C.H. SUNDERLAND, M.P.B. BALINGA, B. SONKE (2011). Tree diversity and conservation value of Ngovayang’s lowland forest, Cameroon. Biodiversity and Conservation 20: 2627-2648.
124. ROULLIER, C., G. ROSSEL, D. TAY, D. MCKEY, V. LEBOT (2011). Combining chloroplast and nuclear microsatellites to investigate origin and dispersal of New World sweet potato landraces. Molecular Ecology 20: 3963-3977. Doi: 10.1111/j.1365é294X.2011.05229x.
125. RENARD, D., J.J. BIRK, B. GLASER, J. IRIARTE, G. GRISARD, J. KARL, D. MCKEY (2012). Origin of mound-field landscapes: a multi-proxy approach combining contemporary vegetation, carbon stable isotopes and phytoliths. Plant and Soil 351: 337-353.
126. VITTECOQ, M., C. DJIETO-LORDON, D. MCKEY, R. BLATRIX (2012). Range expansion induces variation in a behavioural trait in an ant-plant mutualism. Acta Oecologica 38: 84-88.
127. DELETRE, M., D. MCKEY, T.R. HODKINSON (2011). Marriage exchanges, seed exchanges and the dynamics of manioc diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America108: 18249-18254.
128. IRIARTE, J., M.J. POWER, S. ROSTAIN, F.E. MAYLE, H. JONES, J. WATLING, B.S. WHITNEY, D.B. MCKEY (2012). Fire-free land use in pre-1492 Amazonian savannas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America109: 6473-6478.
129. Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, A'Hara S.W., Amouroux P., Argo E.E., Avand-Faghih A., Barat A., Barbieri L., Bert T.M., Blatrix R., Blin A., Bouktila D., Broome A., Burban C., Capdevielle-Dulac C., Casse N., Chandra S., Cho K.J., Cottrell J.E., Crawford C.R., Davis M.C., Delatte H., Desneux N., Djiéto-Lordon C., Dubois M.-P., El-Mergawy R.A.A.M., Gallardo-Escarate C., Garcia M., Gardiner M.M., Guillemaud T., Haye P.A., Hellemans B., Hinrichsen P., Jeon J.H., Kerdelhue C., Kharrat I., Kim K.H., Kim Y.Y., Kwan Y.S., Labbe E.M., Lahood E., Lee K.M., Lee W.O., Lee Y.H., Legoff I., Li H., Lin C.P., Liu S.S., Liu Y.G., Long D., Maes G.E., Magnoux E., Mahanta P.C., Makni H., Makni M., Malausa T., Matura R., McKey D., McMillen-Jackson A.L., Mendez M.A., Mezghani-Khemakhem M., Michel A.P., Paul M., Muriel-Cunha J., Nibouche S., Normand F., Palkovacs E.P., Pande V., Parmentier K., Peccoud J., Piatscheck F., Puchulutegui C., Ramos R., Ravest G., Richner H., Robbens J., Rochat D., Rousselet J., Saladin V., Sauve M., Schlei O., Schultz T.F., Scobie A.R., Segovia N.I., Seyoum S., Silvain J.F., Tabone E., Van Houdt J.K.J., Vandamme S.G., Volckaert F.A.M., Wenburg J., Willis T.V., Won Y.J., Ye N.H., Zhang W., Zhang Y.X. (2012). Permanent genetic resources added to molecular ecology resources database 1 August 2011-30 September 2011. Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 185-189.

130. Molecular Ecology Resources Primer Development Consortium, Arias M.C., Arnoux E., Bell J.J., Bernadou A., Bino G., Blatrix R., Bourguet D., Carrea C., Clamens A.L., Cunha H.A., d'Alencon E., Ding Y., Djiéto-Lordon C., Dubois M.-P., Dumas P., Eraud C., Faivre B., Francisco F.O., Francoso E., Garcia M., Gardner J.P.A., Garnier S., Gimenez S., Gold J.R., Harris D.J., He G.C., Hellemans B., Hollenbeck C.M., Jing S.L., Kergoat G.J., Liu B.F., McDowell J.R., McKey D., Miller T.L., Newton E., Lohan K.M.P., Papetti C., Paterson I., Peccoud J., Peng X.X., Piatscheck F., Ponsard S., Reece K.S., Reisser C.M.O., Renshaw M.A., Ruzzante D.E., Sauve M., Shields J.D., Sole-Cava A., Souche E.L., Van Houdt J.K.J., Vasconcellos A., Volckaert F.A.M., Wang S.Z., Xiao J., Yu H.J., Zane L., Zannato B., Zemlak T.S., Zhang C.X., Zhao Y., Zhou X., Zhu L.L. (2012). Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2011-31 January 2012. Molecular Ecology Resources 12: 570-572.

131. Pautasso M., G. Aistara, A. Barnaud, S. Caillon, P. Clouvel, O.T. Coomes, M. Delêtre, E. Demeulenaere, P. De Santis, T. Döring, L. Eloy, L. Emperaire, E. Garine, I. Goldringer, D. Jarvis, H.I. Joly, C. Leclerc, S. Louafi, P. Martin, F. Massol, S. McGuire, D. McKey, C. Padoch, C. Soler, M. Thomas, S. Tramontini (2013). Seed exchange networks for agrobiodiversity conservation. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 33: 151-175.

132. Meekijjaroenroj Kidyoo A., D. McKey (2012) Flowering phenology and mimicry of the rattan Calamus castaneus (Arecaceae) in southern Thailand. Botany 90: 856-865.

133. Blatrix, R., D. Renard, C. Djiéto-Lordon, D. McKey (2012) The cost of myrmecophytism: insights from allometry of stem secondary growth. Annals of Botany 110: 943-951. DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs164.

134. Blatrix, R., C. Djiéto-Lordon, L. Mondolot, P. La Fisca, H. Voglmayr, D. McKey (2012) Plant-ants use symbiotic fungi as a food source: new insight into the nutritional ecology of ant-plant interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 279: 3940-3947.

135. Peccoud, J., F. Piatscheck, R. Yockteng, M. Garcia, M. Sauve, C. Djiéto-Lordon, D. J. Harris, J.J. Wieringa, F. J. Breteler, C. Born, D. McKey, R. Blatrix (2013). Multi-locus phylogenies of the genus Barteria (Passifloraceae) portray complex patterns in the evolution of myrmecophytism. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66: 824-832.

136. Roullier, C., L. Benoît, D. McKey, V. Lebot (2013). Historical collections reveal patterns of diffusion of sweet potato in Oceania obscured by modern plant movements and recombination. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110: 2205-2210. Winner of the 2013 Cozzarelli Prize in Class V.

137. Roullier, C., R. Kambouo, J. Paofa, D. McKey, V. Lebot (2013). On the origin of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) genetic diversity in New Guinea, a secondary centre of diversity. Heredity 110: 594-604.

138. Bradbury, E. J., A. Duputié, M. Delêtre, C. Roullier, A. Narváez-Trujillo, J. A. Manu-Aduening, E. Emshwiller, D. McKey (2013). Geographic differences in patterns of genetic differentiation among bitter and sweet manioc (Manihot esculenta esculenta: Euphorbiaceae). American Journal of Botany 100: 857-866.

139. Renard, D., J. J. Birk, A. Zangerlé, P. Lavelle, B. Glaser, R. Blatrix, D. McKey (2013). Ancient human agricultural practices can promote activities of contemporary non-human soil ecosystem engineers: a case study in coastal savannas of French Guiana. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 62: 46-56.

140. Benoît, L., R. Blatrix, C. Djiéto-Lordon, C. Atteke, J. Mezui-M’Eko, M.-P. Dubois, D. McKey, C. Born (2013). Characterization of microsatellite loci for a fungal symbiont (Ascomycota, Chaetothyriales) in an ant-plant-fungus symbiosis. Molecular Ecology Resources 13: 760-762.

141. Dormont, L., J.-M. Bessière, D. McKey, A. Cohuet (2013). New methods for field collection of human skin volatiles and perspectives for their application in the chemical ecology of human/pathogen/vector interactions. Journal of Experimental Biology 216: 2783-2788.

142. Roullier, C., A. Duputié, P. Wennekes, L. Benoît, V. M. Fernández Bringas, G. Rossel, D. Tay, D. McKey, V. Lebot (2013). Disentangling the origins of cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). PLOS ONE 8(5): e62707. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0062707.

143. McKey, D., M. Elias, B. Pujol, A. Duputié, M. Delêtre, D. Renard (2012). Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale. Revue d’ethnoécologie [En ligne], 1 | 2012, mis en ligne le 29 novembre 2012. URL : http://ethnoecologie.revues.org/741 ; DOI : 10.4000/ethnoecologie.741

144. Blatrix, R., S. Debaud, A. Salas-Lopez, C. Born, L. Benoit, D. McKey, C. Attéké, C. Djiéto-Lordon (2013). Repeated evolution of fungal cultivar specificity in independently evolved ant-plant-fungus symbioses. PLOS ONE 8(7): e68101.

145. Finsinger, W., T. Dos Santos, D. McKey (2013) Estimating variation in stomatal frequency at intra-individual, intra-site and inter-taxonomic levels in populations of the Leonardoxa africana complex (Fabaceae) over environmental gradients in Cameroon. Comptes Rendus Geoscience 345: 350-359.

146. Ménard, L., D. McKey, G. S. Mühlen, B. Clair, N.P. Rowe (2013) The evolutionary fate of phenotypic plasticity and functional traits under domestication in manioc: changes in stem biomechanics and the appearance of stem brittleness. PLOS ONE 8(9): e74727. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074727

147. Blatrix, R., D. McKey, C. Born (2013). Consequences of past climate change for species engaged in obligatory interactions. Comptes Rendus Géoscience 347: 306-315.

148. Mayer, V., M. Frederickson, D. McKey, R. Blatrix (2014) Current issues in the evolutionary ecology of ant-plant symbioses. New Phytologist 202: 749-764.

149. Diallo, B.O., Ouedraogo, M., Chevallier, M.-H., Joly, H.I., Hossaert-McKey, M., McKey, D. (2014) Potential pollinators of Tamarindus indica (Caesalpinioideae) in Sudanian region of Burkina Faso. African Journal of Plant Science 8: 528-536.

150. Pfahler, V., B. Glaser, D. McKey, E. Klemt (2015) Soil redistribution in abandoned raised fields in French Guiana assessed by radionuclides. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 178: 468-476.

151. Rostain, S., D. McKey (2015) Les paysages de champs surélevés de Guyane française: un patrimoine bioculturel menacé. Revue d’Ethnoécologie DOI : 10.4000/ethnoecologie.2193.

152. Coomes O.T., S. J. McGuire, E. Garine, S. Caillon, D. McKey, E. Demeulenaere, D. Jarvis, G. Aistara, A. Barnaud, P. Clouvel, L. Emperaire, S. Louafi, P. Martin, F. Massol, M. Pautasso, C. Violon, J. Wencélius (2015) Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions. Food Policy 56 : 41-50. DOI : 10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.07.008

153. Zangerlé A., C. Hissler, L. Van Schaik, D. McKey (2016) Identification of earthworm burrow origins by Near infrared Spectroscopy: Combining results from field sites and laboratory microcosms. Soil and Tillage Research 155 : 280-288. DOI: 10.1016/still.2015.08.017

154. Zangerlé A., C. Hissler, D. McKey, P. Lavelle (2016) Using Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) to identify the contribution of earthworms to soil macroaggregation in field conditions. Applied Soil Ecology 104: 138-147. DOI: 10.1016/J.apsoil.2015.09.014

155. Thomas, M., N. Verzelen, P. Barbillon, O.T. Coomes, S. Caillon, D. McKey, M. Elias, E. Garine, C. Raimond, E. Dounias, D. Jarvis, J. Wencélius, C. Leclerc, V. Labeyrie, H. Cuong Pham, T.N. Hue Nguyen, B. Sthapit, R.B. Rana, A. Barnaud, C. Violon, L.M. Arias Reyes, Luis L. Moreno, P. De Santis, F. Massol. (2015) A network-based method to detect patterns of local crop biodiversity: validation at the species and infra-species levels. Advances in Ecological Research 53 : 259-320. doi:10.1016/bs.aecr.2015.10.002

156. Delêtre, M., T.R. Hodkinson, D. McKey (2016) Perceptual selection and the unconscious selection of ‘volunteer’seedlings in clonally propagated crops: an example with African cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) using ethnobotany and population genetics. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 64 : 665-680.1007/s10722-016-0390-3

157. Zangerlé, A., D. Renard, J. Iriarte, L.E. Suarez Jimenez, K.L. Adame Montoya , J. Juilleret, D. McKey (2016) The surales, self-organized earth-mound landscapes made by earthworms in a seasonal tropical wetland. PLOS One 11(5): e0154269.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0154269 This paper was selected by a member of the “Faculty of 1000 Biology” as a “Recommended” paper in ecology.

158. Cunha, L., G.G. Brown, D.W.G. Stanton, E. Da Silva, F. Hansel, G Jorge, D. McKey, P. Vidal-Torrado, R. Macedo, E. Velasquez, S.W. James, P. Lavelle, P. Kille, and the Terra Preta de Indio Network (2016) Soil animals and pedogenesis: the role of earthworms in anthropogenic soils. Soil Science 181 (3/4) : 110-125. DOI: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000144

159. Lavelle, P., Spain A., Blouin, M., Brown, G., Decaëns, T., Grimaldi, M., Jiménez, J.J., McKey, D., Mathieu, J., Velasquez, E., Zangerlé, A. (2016) Ecosystem engineers in a self-organized soil: A review of concepts and future research questions. Soil Science 181 (3/4) : 91-109. DOI: 10.1097/SS.0000000000000155

160. López Mazz, J., S. Rostain, D. McKey (2016) Cerritos, tolas, tesos, camellones y otros montículos de las tierras bajas de Sudamérica. Revista de Arqueología 29(1): 86-113.

 

161. Comptour, M., S. Caillon, D. McKey (2016) Pond fishing in the Congolese cuvette: a story of fishermen, animals and water spirits. Revue d’Ethnoécologie 10/2016. DOI: 10.4000/ethnoecoloige.2795

162. McKey, D.B., M. Durécu, M. Pouilly, P. Béarez, A. Ovando, M. Kalebe, C.F. Huchzermeyer (2016) Present-day African analogue of a pre-European Amazonian floodplain fishery shows convergence in cultural-niche construction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(52): 14938-14943. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1613169114

163. Gonmadje, C., Picard, N., Gourlet-Fleury, S., Réjou-Méchain, M., Freycon, V., Sunderland, T., McKey, D., Doumenge, C. (2017) Altitudinal filtering of large-tree species explains above-ground biomass variation in an Atlantic central African rain forest. Journal of Tropical Ecology 33 (2): 143-154.. doi: 10.1017/S0266467416000602.

164. Vasse, M., Voglmayr, H., Mayer, V., Gueidan, C., Nepel, M., Moreno, L., de Hoog, S., Selosse, M.-A., McKey, D., Blatrix, R. (2017) A fungal phylogenetic perspective of the association between ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and black yeasts (Ascomycota: Chaetothyriales). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B284: 20162519. Doi : 10.1098/rspb.2016.2519

165. Blatrix, R., Peccoud, J., Born, C., Piatscheck, F., Benoit, L., Sauve, M., Djiéto-Lordon, C., Atteke, C., Wieringa, J.J., Harris, D.J., McKey, D. (2017) Comparative analysis of spatial genetic structure in an ant-plant symbiosis reveals a tension zone and highlights speciation processes in tropical Africa. Journal of Biogeography 44 (8): 1856-1868. doi:10.1111/jbi.12972.

166. DiGiusto, B., Dounias, E., McKey, D.B. (2017) Facing herbivory on the climb up: Lost opportunities as the main cost of herbivory in the wild yam Dioscorea praehensilis. Ecology and Evolution 7 (16): 6493-6506. Doi: 1002/ece3.3066

167. Bouka Dipelet, U.G., Florence, J., Doumenge, C., Loumeto, J.J., McKey, D. (2017) Khayae (Meliaceae) specierum Nomenclator. Adansonia 39(1): 15-30. Doi: 5252/a2017n1a2

168. Blatrix, R., Roux, B., Béarez, P., Prestes-Carneiro, G., Amaya, M., Aramayo, J.L., Rodrigues, L., Lombardo, U., Iriarte, J., de Souza, J.G., Robinson, M., Bernard, C., Pouilly, M., Durécu, M., Huchzermeyer, C.F., Kalebe, M., Ovando, A., McKey, D. (2018) The unique functioning of a pre-Columbian Amazonian floodplain fishery. Scientific Reports 8:5998 | DOI:10.1038/s415

169. Gonmadje C., Doumenge, C., Sunderland, T., McKey, D. (2019) Environmental filtering determines patterns of tree species composition in small mountains of Atlantic central African forests. Acta Oecologica94 : 12-21. doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2018.04.001

170. Auttama, P., McKey, D., Kidyoo, A. (2018) Flowering phenology and trap pollination of the rare endemic plant Ceropegia thaithongiae in montane forest of northern Thailand. Botany 96 (9) : 601-620. org/10.1139/cjb-2018-0045

171. Ho Tong Minh, D., Ndikumana, E., Vieilledent, G., McKey, D., Baghdadi N. (2018) Potential value of combining ALOS PALSAR and Landsat-derived tree cover data for forest biomass retrieval in Madagascar. Remote Sensing of the Environment 213 : 206-214. org/10.1016/j.rse.2018.04.056

172. Comptour, M., Caillon, S., Rodrigues, L., McKey, D. (2018) Wetland raised-field agriculture and its contribution to sustainability: ethnoecology of a present-day African system and questions about pre-Columbian systems in the American tropics. Sustainability 10(9) : 3120. doi.org/10.3390/su10093120

173. Wang, M., Huang, S. Li, M, McKey, D., Zhang, L. (2019) Staminodes influence pollen removal and deposition rates in nectar-rewarding self-incompatible Phanera yunnanensis (Caesalpinioideae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 35 (1) : 34-42. Doi.org/1017/S0266467418000433

174. McKey, D. (2019). Pre-Columbian human occupation of Amazonia and its influence on current landscapes and biodiversity. Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences 91, Suppl. 3.1-9. DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201920190087

175. Kokolo, B., Atteke, C., Eyi Mintsa, B.A., Ibrahim, B., McKey, D., Blatrix, R. (2019). Congeneric mutualist ant symbionts (Tetraponera, Pseudomyrmecinae) differ in level of protection of their myrmecophyte hosts (Barteria, Passifloraceae). Journal of Tropical Ecology 35 : 255-259. DOI : 10.1017/S026646741900021X

176. Bouka U. G., Doumenge C., Loumeto J. J., Florence J., Gonmadje C., McKey, D. (2019) Les acajous d’afrique (Khaya, Meliaceae) : des ressources fortement exploitées et mal connues. Bois et Forêt des Tropiques 339 : 17-32.

177. Comptour, M., Cosiaux, A., Coomes, O.T., Bader, J.-C., Malaterre^,-O., Yoka, J., Caillon, S., McKey, D. (2019) Agricultural innovation and environmental change on the floodplains of the Congo River. The Geographical Journal (in press). DOI : 10.1111/geoj.12314.

178. Pakull, B., Ekué, M. R., Dipelet, U. G. B., Doumenge, C., McKey, D. B., Loumeto, J. J., Opuni-Frimpong, E., Yorou, S. N., Nacoulma, B. M. Y., Guelly, K. A., Ramamonjisoa, L., Thomas, D., Guichoux, E., Loo, J., Degen, B. (2019) Genetic diversity and differentiation among the species of African mahogany (Khaya) based on a large SNP array. Conservation Genetics (in press). DO1 ; 10.1007/s10592-019-01191-3.

 

Professeure Institut Agro Montpellier CEFE UMR5175 Campus du CNRS 1919, route de Mende F-34293 Montpellier cedex 5 France Tél : +33 4 67 61 33 34 Fax : +33 4 67 61 33 36 Courriel : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Site web perso : Elena.Kazakou.wordpress.com Orcid ID  2e Etage Aile C bureau 211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principaux thèmes de recherches

Mes recherches portent sur l'analyse des conséquences écologiques sur la variabilité du fonctionnement des espèces à travers l'utilisation des traits fonctionnels des plantes.

Plus précisément, les principaux objectifs de mes recherches sont les suivants :

- Caractériser les réponses des espèces (croissance, performance, reproduction) et leurs stratégies écologiques à travers différents gradients environnementaux (abandon culturel, intensification culturelle, pâturage, fertilisation, concentration en métaux lourds dans le sol)

- Décrire les liens entre les traits fonctionnels des espèces et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes (décomposition de la litière, digestibilité de la biomasse) dans un contexte de changement d'utilisation des terres. Je m'intéresse particulièrement à la détermination des liens entre les traits des espèces et leur appétence et leur digestibilité.

-Identifier les liens entre les parties aériennes et souterraines en réponse à l'herbivorie : tester l'hypothèse de la vie après la mort dans différents contextes et avec différents herbivores (mammifères, mollusques, insectes).

-Caractériser les réponses des communautés de mauvaises herbes à différents systèmes agricoles innovants, en particulier dans les vignobles, et leurs effets sur les services écosystémiques (pollinisation, régulations biologiques).

 

 

Research interests

My research is focused on the analysis of the ecological consequences on the variability of species functioning via the use of plant functional traits.

More precisely the main objectives of my research are:
-Characterize species responses (growth, performance, reproduction) and species ecological strategies across environmental gradients (cultural abandon cultural intensification, grazing, fertilization, concentration on heavy metals on soil)
-Description of the links between species functional traits and ecosystem functioning (litter decomposition, biomass digestibility) in a context of land use change. Especially, I am interested to determine the links between species traits and their palatability and digestibility.
-Identify the above-belowground linkages in response to herbivory: test the after-life hypothesis in different contexts and with different herbivores (mammals, mollusks, insects).
-Characterize weed communities responses to different innovate agricultural systems and especially in vineyards and the effects on the ecosystem services (pollination, biologial regulations).

 

Publications

P57. Tabary L, Kazakou E, Garcia L, Navia D, Tixier M-S. The effect of plant diversification in agroecological vineyards and predatory mites diversity (in press Pest Management Science)
P56. Garnier E, Delalandre L, Segrestin J, Barkaoui K, Kazakou E, Navas M-L, Vile D, Violle C, Bernard-Verdier et al. FAIRTraits: An enriched, FAIR-compliant database of plant traits from Mediterranean populations of 240 species. Ecology, 106(9): e70219.
P55. Tabary L, Garcia L, Kazakou E, Navia D, Tixier M-S. Ambulatory dispersal of Phytoseiidae mites along vine stocks in an agroecological vineyard: unexpected patterns revealed. Experimental and Applied Acarology (in press).
P4. Tabary L, Kazakou E, Tixier M-S, Navia D, Garcia L. Multifunctionality of agroecological vineyards: complex interactions between functional and taxonomic diversity of service crops and ecosystem services. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (in press).
P53. Tabary L, Kazakou E, Navia D, Garcia L, Tixier M-S. Linking Phytoseiidae mite communities to the traits of inter-row plant species in an agroecological vineyard. Journal of Applied Entomology (in press).
P52. Martin Lefevre L, Ollivier M, Kazakou E, Bopp M-C, Fried G. Impacts of Agricultural Intensification on Weed Floral and Competitive Traits: A Spatiotemporal Study in French Vineyards and Annual Crops, Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 394 (2025) 109877..
P51. Genty L, Metay A, Kazakou E, Baude M, Gardarin A, Michelot-Antalik A, Barkaoui K (2025). Agricultural practices in olive groves modify weeds floral traits and resources throughout the year. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 377:109280, 9.
P50. Bopp M-C, Kazakou E, Metay A, Maillet J, Quidoz M-C, Genty L, Fried G. (2025). Climate and management changes in 40 years drove more stress-tolerant and less ruderal weeds communities in vineyards. Ecological monographs 95(1), e1631.
P49. Bopp M-C, De Deyn G, Zwetsloot M, Moinet G, Fried G, Metay A, Fromin N, Fort F, Buatois B, Bastiaans L, Kazakou E. (2025). Weed management modifies functional properties of both weeds and microbial nitrogen-cycling. Journal of Applied Ecology 62 (2): 388-400.
P48. Genty L, Kazakou E, Metay A, Baude M, Gardarin A, Michelot-Antalik A, Leroy A, Sotillo A, Crouzet J, Barkaoui K. (2024) Flowers of ruderal species are numerous but small, short and low-rewarding. Oikos, e10219.
P47. Segrestin J, Kazakou E, Coq S, Sartori K, Richarte J, Rowe N, Garnier E. (2023). Responses of leaf biomechanics and underlying traits to rangeland management. Journal of Vegetation Science 34: e13216.
P46. Xyrafis EG, Kazakou E, Biniair K. (2023). A case study on the use of inter-row cover crops on a new and old vineyard cv. 'Asyrtiko' in Santorini Island. Notulae botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 51(1) 13252.
P45. Rakotomanga D, Kazakou E, Damour G. (2023). Plant height and biomass as presdictors of between-species interactions in mixed cover crops-spontaneous species communities along a croppping practices gradient. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment (SSRN 4132189).
P44. Genty L, Kazakou E, Metay A, Bastianelli D, Bopp M-C, Barkaoui K. (2023). Promising weeds forage potential in perennial Mediterranean agroecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 347:108388, 13.
P43. Chapuis M-P, Leménager N, Piou C, Roumet P, Marche H, Centanni J, Estienne C, Ecarnot M, Vasseur F, Violle C, Kazakou E. (2023) Domestication provides durum wheat with protection from locust herbivory. Ecology and Evolution 13, e9741.
P42. Reinelt L, Whitaker J, Kazakou E, Bonnal L, Bastianelli D, Bullock J, Ostle N. (2023) Drought effects on root and shoot traits and their decomposability. Functional Ecology 37, 1044–1054.
P41. Kazakou E, Bumb I, Garnier E (2023). Species dominance rather than complementarity drives communitiy digestibility and litter decomposition in species-rich Mediterranean rangelands. Applied Vegetation Science 25 (4), 10.1111/avsc.12685.
P40. Bopp M-C, Fried G, Metay A, Bastianelli D, Bonnal L, Kazakou E. (2022). Linkages between traits and decomposition of weed communities along a soil management and pedoclimate gradient in Mediterranean vineyards. Annals of Botany 130(4):547-560.
P39. Fried G, Blanchet C, Cazenave L, Bopp M-C, Kazakou E, Metay, A, Christen, M., Alard, D, Cordeau, S. (2022). Consistent response of weeds according to Grime’s CSR strategies along a gradient of disturbance and resources in Bordeaux vineyards. Weed Research 62, 347-359.
P38. Vasseur F, Cornet D, Beurier G, Messier J, Rouan L, Bresson J, Ecarnot M, Stahl M, Heumos S, Gérard M, Reijnen H, Tillard P, Lacombe B, Emanuel A, Floret J, Estarague A, Przybylska S, Sartori K, Gillespie L, Baron E, Kazakou E, Vile D, Violle C. (2022). A Perspective on Plant Phenomics: Coupling Deep Learning and Near-Infrared Spectroscopy. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13.
P37. Sartori K, Violle C, Vile D, Vasseur F, de Villemereuil P, Bresson J, Gillespie L, Fletcher L, Sack L, Kazakou E. (2022). Does leaf nitrogen resorption dynamics reflect adaptation to slow-fast continuum? A test across ecotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Functional Ecology, 36(5): 1315-1328.
P36. Bopp M-C, Kazakou E, Metay A, Fried G. (2002). Relative importance of region, seasonality and weed management practice effects on the functional structure of weed communities in French vineyards. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 330: 107892.
P35. Kazakou E, Fried G, Cheptou PO, Gimenez G. (2021). Does seed mass drive interspecies variation in the effect of management practices on weed demography? Ecology and Evolution 11(19): 13166-137174.
P34. Crespo-Pérez V, Kazakou E, Roubik DW, Cárdenas RE. (2020). The importance of insects on land and in water: a tropical view. Current Opinion in Insect Science 20:31-38.
P33. Garcia L, Metay A, Kazakou E, Storkey J, Gary C, Damour G. (2020). Optimizing the choice of service crops in vineyards to achieve both runoff mitigation and water provisioning for grapevine: a trait-based approach. Plant and Soil 452(1-2): 87-104.
P32. Garcia L, Damour G, Kazakou E, Guillaume F, Metay A. (2020). Seasonal and interannual variations in functional traits of sown and spontaneous species in vineyard inter-rows Ecoscience 25: 311-324.
P31. Coq S, J Nahmani J, Kazakou E, Fromin N, David J-F. (2020). Do litter-feeding macroarthropods disrupt cascading effects of land use on microbial decomposer activity. Basic and Applied Ecology 46: 24-34.
P30. Ollivier M, Kazakou E, Corbin M, Sartori K, Lesieur V, Thomann T, Martin J-F, Tixier M-S. (2020). Traits comparison of the invasive weed Sonchus oleraceus L. (Asteraceae) between its native and introduced ranges. Neobiota 55: 85-115.
P29. Sartori K, Vasseur F, Violle C, Baron E, Gérard M, Rowe N, Ayala-Garay O, Garcia de Jalon L, Masclef D, Harscouet E, Del Rey Granado M, Chassagneux A, Christophe A, Kazakou E, Vile D. (2019). Leaf economics guides slow-fast adaptation across the geographic range of Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports 9:10758.
P28. Kazakou E, Vasseur F, Sartori K, Baron E, Rowe N, Vile D. (2019). Secondary metabolites have more influence than morpho‐physiological traits on litter decomposability across genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 224(4):1532-1543.
P27. Fried G, Cordeau S, Métay A Kazakou E. (2019). Relative importance of environmental factors and farming practices in shaping weed communities’ structure and composition in French vineyards. Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment 275:1-13.
P26. 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 (11): 2615-2624.
P25. Vasseur F, Sartori K, Baron E, Fort F, Kazakou E, & Segrestin j, Garnier E, Vile D, Violle C (2018). Climate as a driver of adaptive variations in ecological strategies in Arabidopsis thaliana. Annals of Botany 122(6): 935-941.
P24. Bumb I, Garnier E, Coq S, Nahmani J, Del Rey Granado M, Gimenez O, Kazakou E. (2018). Traits determining the digestibility– decomposability relationships in species from Mediterranean rangelands. Annals of Botany, 121 (3): 459–469.
P23. Kazakou E, Fried G, Richarte G, Gimenez O, Violle C, Metay A (2016). A plant-trait response and effect framework to assess inter-row vineyards soil management. Botany letters 163 (4): 373-388.
P22. Adamidis G, Kazakou E, Aloupi M, Dimitrakopoulos P. Is it worth to hyperaccumulate Ni on non-serpentine soils ? (2016) Decomposition dynamics of mixed-species litters containing hyperaccumulated Ni across serpentine and non-serpentine environments. Annals of Botany 117(7): 1241-1248.
P21. Bumb I, Garnier E, Bastianelli D, Richarte J, Bonnal L, Kazakou E. (2016). Influence of management regime and harvest date on the forage quality of rangelands plants: the importance of dry matter content AoB PLANTS 8:pwl045.
P20. Lü X-T, Freschet G, Kazakou E, Zhou L-S, Han XG (2015). Contrasting responses in leaf nutrient-use strategies of two dominant grass species along a 30-yr temperate steppe grazing exclusion chronosequence. Plant and Soil 387:69-79.
P19. Kazakou E, Violle C, Roumet C, Navas M-L, Vile D, Kattge J, Garnier E. (2014). Are trait-based species’ rankings consistent across datasets and spatial scales? Journal of Vegetation Science 25(1): 235-247.
P18. Gardarin A, Garnier E, Carrère P, Cruz P, Andueza D, Bonis A, ColaceM-P, DumontB, Duru M, Farruggia A, Gaucherand S, Grigulis K, Kernéïs E, Lavorel S, Louault F, Loucougaray G, Mesléard F, Yaverkovski N, Kazakou E. (2014) .Plant trait–digestibility relationships across management and climate gradients in permanent grasslands. Journal of Applied Ecology. 51 : 1207-1217
P17. Adamidis G, Kazakou E, Baker AJM, Reeves R, Dimitrakopoulos P. (2014). The effect of harsh abiotic conditions on the diversity of serpentine plant communities on Lesbos, an eastern Mediterranean island. Plant Ecology & Diversity7(3): 433-444.
P16. Adamidis G, Aloupi M, Kazakou E, Dimitrakopoulos P. (2014). Intra-specific variation in Ni tolerance, accumulation and translocation patterns in the Ni-hyperaccumulator Alyssum lesbiacum. Chemosphere 95: 496-502.
P15. Adamidis G, Kazakou E, Fyllas N, Dimitrakopoulos P. (2014). Species adaptive strategies and leaf economic relationships across serpentine and non-serpentine habitats on Lesbos, eastern Mediterranean. Plos One 9(5):e96034.
P14. Gaba S, Fried G, Kazakou E, Chauvel B, Navas M-L. (2013). Agroecological weed control using a functional approach: a review of cropping systems diversity. Agronomy for Sustainable Development34: 103-119.
P13. Fried G, Kazakou E, Gaba S. (2013). Trajectories of weed communities explained by traits associated with species’ response to management practices. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 158: 147–155.
P12. Birouste M, Kazakou E, Blanchard A, Roumet C. (2011). Plant traits and decomposition: are the relationships for roots comparable to those for leaves? Annals of Botany109(2): 463-472.
P11. Kazakou E, Adamidis G, Baker AJM, Reeves RD, Godino M, Dimitrakopoulos P.(2010). Species adaptation in serpentine soils in Lesbos Island (Greece): metal hyperaccumulation and tolerance. Plant and Soil 332(17): 369-385.
P10. Kazakou E, Violle C, Roumet C, Pintor C, Gimenez O, Garnier E. (2009). Litter quality and decomposability of species from a Mediterranean succession depend on leaf traits but not on nitrogen supply. Annals of Botany 104: 1151–116.
P9. Fortunel C, Garnier E, Joffre R, Kazakou E, Quested H, Grigulis K, Lavorel S, and the VISTA consortium (2009). Leaf traits capture the effects of land use changes and climate on litter decomposability of herbaceous communities across Europe. Ecology 90(3): 598-611.
P8.Pakeman R, Leps J, Kleyer M, Lavorel S, Garnier E, Ansquer P, Castro H, Cruz P, Dolezal J, Eriksson O, Fortunel C, Freitas H, Golodets C, Grigulis K, Jouany C, Kazakou E, Kigel J, Kleyer M, Lehsten V, Lepš J, Meier T, Pakeman R, Papadimitriou M, Papanastasis V, Quested H, Quétier F, Robson M, Roumet C, Rusch G, Skarpe M, Sternberg M, Theau J-P, Thébault A, Vile D, Zarovali M (2009). Relative climatic, edaphic and management controls of plant functional trait signatures. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 148–159.
P7. Kazakou E, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Baker AJM, Reeves RD, Troumbis A. (2008). Hypotheses, mechanisms and trade-offs of tolerance and adaptation to serpentine soils: from species to ecosystem level. Biological reviews 83: 495-508.
P6. Cornwell WK, Cornelissen JHC, Amatangelo K, Dorrepaal E, Eviner VT, Godoy O, Hobbie SE, Hoorens B, Kurokawa H, Perez Harguindeguy N, Quested HM, Santiago LS, Wardle DA, Wright IJ, Aerts R, Allison SD, van Bodegom, Brovkin V, Chatain A, Callaghan T, Díaz S, Garnier E, Gurvich DE, Kazakou E, Klein JA, Read J, Reich PB, Soudzilovskaia NA, Vaieretti MV, Westoby M. (2008). Plant species traits are the predominant control on litter decomposition rates within biomes worldwide. Ecology Letters 11: 1065-1071.
P5. Kazakou E, Gimenez O, Garnier E. (2007). Assessing the relative contribution of leaf lifespan and nutrient resorption to mean residence time: an elasticity analysis. Ecology 88 (7): 1857-1863.
P4. Kazakou E, Garnier E, Navas M-L, Roumet C, Collin C, Laurent G. (2007). Components of nutrient residence time and the leaf economics spectrum in species from Mediterranean old-fields differing in successional status.Functional Ecology21: 235-245.
P3. Violle C, Navas M-L, Vile D, Kazakou E, Fortunel C, Hummel I, Garnier E. (2007). Let the concept of trait be functional! Oikos 116: 882-892.
P2. Garnier E, Lavorel S, Ansquer P, Castro H, Cruz P, Dolezal J, Eriksson O, Fortunel C, Freitas H. Golodets C, Grigulis K, Jouany C, Kazakou E, Kigel J. Kleyer M, Lehsten V, Lepš J, Meier T, Pakeman R, Papadimitriou M, Papanastasis V, Quested H, Quétier F, Robson M, Roumet C, Rusch G, Skarpe M, Sternberg M, Theau J-P, Thébault A, Vile D, Zarovali M (2006). Assessing the effects of land use change on plant traits, communities and ecosystem functioning in grasslands: a standardized methodology and lessons from an application to 11 European sites. Annals of Botany 99: 967-985.
P1. Kazakou E, Vile D, Shipley B, Gallet C. Garnier E (2006). Co-variations in litter decomposition, leaf traits and plant growth in species from a Mediterranean old-field succession. Functional Ecology20: 21-30.

Programmes

-Projet Fellow ‘Weeds as crop fellows? Spatio-temporal functional changes of weed communities due to the impacts of a gradient of human pressures and their potential on biodiversity-mediated ecosystem services’. https://www.fondationbiodiversite.fr/la-frb-en-action/programmes-et-projets/le-cesab/fellow/ (2024-2027).

-Projet TRIBE ‘Développement d’indicateurs basés sur les Traits des adventices pour évaluer les pratiques agricoles gérant le RIsque malherbologique et produisant des BEnéfices écosystémiques,’ PI = E Kazakou et G Fried (2023-2026).

-Projet FLAVI ‘Comprendre les dynamiques spatio-temporelles de la diversité fonctionnelle florale des adventices afin de préserver les pollinisateurs le long d’un gradient de pratiques culturales dans des vignobles de la région d’Occitanie’, défi-clé OCTAAVE https://octaave.univ-toulouse.fr/projet-de-recherche-flavi/ (2023-2026).

-Programme Saving: Dynamique spatio-temporelle des communautés d’espèces adventices en réponse aux pratiques de gestion des sols dans les vignobles : une approche fonctionnelle Ecophyto et Région Occitanie (oct 2019-oct 2022).

-Programme DINER - exploring Domestication Impacts on plaNt-insEct-bacteRia interactions (26 months). Funding by the Centre Méditerranéen encironnement et biodiversité. CEMEB (Centre Méditerranéen encironnement et biodiversité).

- Programme "Cascade: Interactions trophiques et fonctionnement des écosystèmes terrestres: une approche fonctionnelle et chimique" INSU CNRS 2012-2014. 

- Programme DivHerbe (Programme National ECCO/ECOGER) : 2006-2008.

- Programme  GESSOL 3-Fonction environnementales et gestion du patrimoine sol : Préservation des sols viticoles méditerranéens et amélioration

 

Enseignement

Enseignement de l'écologie fonctionnelle, biologie, écologie et gestion des adventices

 

Responsabilités d'enseignement

-Responsable de l'option M2 "Protection des Plantes et Environnement" de l'Institut Agro Montpellier

-Responsable national du Master Erasmus Mundus Plant Health http://planthealth.upv.es/?lang=fr

-Responsable nationale du Master 3A parcours Santé des Plantes

-Co-responsable de la Dominante 3 "Gestion durable des ressources naturelles"

-Co-ordination des 6 unités d'enseignements à l'Institut Agro Montpellier

Directeur de Recherche (CNRS)

 CEFE/CNRS
Campus du CNRS
1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier Cedex 5

tél : +33 4 67 61 32 42
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Thèmes de recherche

Mes travaux portent sur la caractérisation de la diversité fonctionnelle des végétaux, abordée essentiellement par l’étude de leurs traits fonctionnels.

Professeur émérite

 

UMR5175, Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier, Route de mende, 34199 Montpellier Cedex 5

Tél : +33 (0)6 38 95 24 35

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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerard_Duvallet

 

Résumé :

Étude de l’impact du changement des pratiques pastorales sur les populations de vecteurs et conséquences possibles : 1) évaluer en quoi l’activité d’élevage a un effet sur la biodiversité (entomofaune), 2) analyser et prévoir les conséquences pour les arthropodes hématophages (nuisances et transmission de pathogènes), 3) envisager toutes les possibilités de lutte non polluante (pièges chimiques attractifs, substances naturelles répulsives, lutte biologique).

Travaux menés en France, en Thaïlande et en Afrique de l’Ouest principalement sur stomoxes et tabanides.

 

Mots-clés :

Arthropodes hématophages, Transmission vectorielle, Pratiques pastorales, Méthodes de lutte

 

 

 

 

 

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 Directeur de Recherche Emerite au CNRS / Emeritus Senior Scientist at CNRS

J’étudie les réponses des communautés animales et végétales aux changements d’origine humaine (espèces introduites, usage des sols), en milieu tempéré et méditerranéen.

I study plant and animal community response to human induced change (introduced  species, land use) in temperate and méditerranean systems.

Courriel: jean-louis.martin [at] cefe.cnrs.fr

 

 

 

Maître de Conférences, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III

Intéressée par les dynamiques de populations d’arthropodes en agroécosystèmes, j’étudie (1) les effets de l’interférence entre activités agricoles et deux grandes forces évolutives sur les arthropodes - la migration et la sélection naturelle –, (2) les interactions biotiques impliquant des arthropodes bioagresseurs et auxiliaires potentiels. Je dirige ces travaux suivant une approche transdisciplinaire à l'interface entre recherche fondamentale et recherche opérationnelle.

 I am interested in the dynamics of arthropod populations in agroecosystems and am studying (1) the effects of interference between farming activities and two major evolutionary forces on arthropods - migration and natural selection - and (2) biotic interactions involving arthropod pests and potential beneficials. I lead this work following a transdisciplinary approach at the interface between fundamental and operational research.

Mots-clés :

Organisme biologique : Acariens mésostigmates, dont Dermanyssus gallinae, et oiseaux associés
Milieu : méditerranéen, montagnard
Discipline : Biologie évolutive - Ecologie (expérimentale, des communautés, chimique) – Parasitologie
Thématique : anthropisation
Autres mots clés : agriculture, élevage, lutte biologique, médiateurs chimiques

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Email: quentin.struelens < at > ird.fr

Supervisor: Dr Olivier DANGLES

Institutions: National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) / French National Research Institue for Sustainable Development (IRD)

Keywords: Ecology, Agroecology, Socio-ecosystem dynamics, Tropical Andes.

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Title:Pest Management Across Scales: Insight From Mountainous Tropical Agroscapes.

Context: the tropical Andes is a world full of gradients that occur at several spatial scales. At the crop scale, a mosaic of spatial and temporal microclimates exists due to the high diversity of crop plants and the diel temperature changes. At the landscape scale, the diversities of land-management and land-use produce a gradient of landscape complexity. Finally, at the human-community scale, there is a wide diversity and combinations of human cultures related to historical contingency. This combination of abiotic-, biotic- and human-related gradients makes the tropical Andes an attractive playground for ecologists who are interested in understanding the effects and interactions of these drivers on agroecosystems.

Goal: I aim at identifying the drivers of pest control across these three spatial scales in order to propose practical solutions for the local farmer communities. Each chapter focuses on a specific scale, with its particular set of drivers of pest control.

Chapter 1: At the crop scale, temperatures vary tremendously both spatially and temporally, which impacts the development and emergence of pests. To cope with this highly fluctuating environment, we expect species to have developed a variety of developmental and phenological adaptations. We integrated, for the first time, slow-fast thermal strategies into a mechanistic predictive framework. The model calibrated with the observed individual thermal strategies showed a high accuracy in phenological predictions. This model can therefore be used to accurately predict the emergence of pests in the Andean context. Read more...

Chapter 2: At the landscape scale, we aim at identifying potential trade-offs and synergies between landscape characteristics and agrochemical use on insect diversity and functions. We are especially interested in the potentially opposite effect of these two drivers on arthropod pests and pollinators, which both ultimately influence crop yield.

Chapter 3: At the human-community scale, we aim at assessing whether agrochemical resellers are responsible for pesticide overuse in the Andes. Reseller knowledge on common pests and the quality of their recommendations will be evaluated.

Chapter 4: At the human-community and landscape scale, we aim at understanding how the perception of ecosystem services and the landscape can be influenced by the traditional knowledge of indigenous and non-indigenous farmers.

Altogether, these different chapters will provide new insights in several areas of natural and human sciences, along with practical solutions to be included into an integrated pest management program.

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Publications:

Struelens, Q., Rebaudo, F., Quispe, R., & Dangles, O. (2018). Thermal pace-of-life strategies improve phenological predictions in ectotherms. Scientific Reports, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34274-1

Rebaudo, F., Struelens, Q., & Dangles, O. (2018). Modelling temperature-dependent development rate and phenology in arthropods: The devRate package for r. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 9(4), 1144‑1150.  https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12935

Mina, D., Struelens, Q., Carpio, C., Rivera, M., Rebai, N., Rebaudo, F., & Dangles, O. (2017). Lupin Pest Management in the Ecuadorian Andes: Current Knowledge and Perspectives. Outlooks on Pest Management, 28(6), 250‑256. https://doi.org/10.1564/v28_dec_05

Struelens, Q., Gonzales Pomar, K., Loza Herrera, S., Nina Huanca, G., Dangles, O., & Rebaudo, F. (2017). Market access and community size influence pastoral management of native and exotic livestock species: A case study in communities of the Cordillera Real in Bolivia’s high Andean wetlands. PLOS ONE, 12(12), e0189409. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189409

Rebaudo, F., Struelens, Q., Callizaya Condori, F., & Quispe, R. (2017). Relationship between temperature and development rate of Copitarsia incommoda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Bolivian Andes. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 52(2), 313‑320. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13355-017-0480-5

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Directrice de recherche au CNRS - section 39
Ethnoécologue / géographe

Responsable de l'équipe Interactions bioculturelles
Chercheure associée à l'UMR CREDO et l’UMR SENS

A travers un engagement ethnographique avec les agriculteur·rices, je cherche à décrire et comprendre les relations des humains avec leurs plantes, leur rapport à l’espace ou au lieu, et plus largement le rôle des organisations sociales et des institutions dans l’élaboration et la transformation de ces relations. Mes objectifs sont de comprendre comment (i.e. savoirs, ontologies et pratiques) et pourquoi (i.e. valeurs instrumentales, intrinsèques et surtout relationnelles), les agriculteur·rices gèrent, maintiennent et expérimentent une diversité de variétés et d’espèces. J’ai particulièrement étudié, à l’aide d’analyses de réseaux sociaux, les modalités de circulation des plantes et des connaissances associées. Plus récemment, mon objectif est d’identifier les valeurs de bien-être bioculturel chez les agriculteur·rices d’Océanie et de France (vigneron·nes), ainsi que les processus sociaux, écologiques et politiques générateurs d’un vignoble et de vin de « qualité » en Occitanie.

Mes travaux se déclinent ainsi en cinq thèmes : (1) Savoirs hybrides et classification des plantes ; (2) Valeurs associées à l’agrobiodiversité ; (3) Circulation des semences et des savoirs ; (4) Bien-être des agriculteur·rices ; (5) Transition « qualité » des vins occitans.

Through ethnographic engagement with farmers, I seek to describe and understand the relationships between humans and their plants, their connection to space or place, and more broadly, the role of social organizations and institutions in shaping and transforming these relationships. My goals are to understand how (i.e., knowledge, ontologies, and practices) and why (i.e., instrumental, intrinsic, and especially relational values) farmers manage, maintain, and experiment with a diversity of varieties and species. I have particularly studied, using social network analysis, the ways in which plants and associated knowledge circulate. More recently, my aim is to identify the values of biocultural well-being among farmers in Oceania and France (winegrowers), as well as the social, ecological, and political processes that generate a shift to "quality" in vineyard and wine in France (Occitania region).

My work is organized around five themes: (1) Hybrid knowledge and plant classification; (2) Values associated with agrobiodiversity; (3) Circulation of seeds and knowledge; (4) Farmer well-being; (5) Shifting to quality wine production.

PhD candidate – EPHE & CEN Occitanie

 

Ma thèse a pour objectif d’étudier l’efficacité des mesures compensatoires d’un grand projet d’infrastructure, la LGV « Contournement Nîmes-Montpellier » (CNM). Les mesures sont majoritairement des mesures agro-écologiques à destination des outardes canepetières, œdicnèmes criards, lézards ocellés, orthoptères, dianes… L’étude permet d’appréhender les facteurs de succès ou d’échecs d’un projet compensatoire dans son ensemble et également d’apporter un retour sur des protocoles d’évaluation des mesures. Cette thèse permet aussi d’améliorer les connaissances sur l’écologie d’espèces méditerranéennes et mener à des préconisations de mesures de conservation.

PHD supervisors: Aurélien Besnard (EPHE, CEFE-CNRS) et Olivier Scher (CEN Occitanie)

 

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 Chargée de Recherche HC - CE - INRAE - HDR

Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive
1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier 5


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Personal interests

As an ecophysiologist, my research is focused on the adaptive strategies of plants under drought (Volaire, 2018, Global Change Biology). I have particularly analysed the adaptive strategies to cope with severe water deficit, such as summer dormancy (Volaire & Norton, 2006, Annals of Botany). I also investigate the  dehydration tolerance and embolism resistance of perennial herbaceous plants under severe summer droughts as occurring in Mediterranean and semi-arid areas.  We proposed a critical view of the so called 'functional' traits that are increasingly challenged as unsuitable to fully understand plant and communities functioning (Volaire et al., 2021 Ecology and Evolution). As a consequence, I highlight the importance of seasonal phenological adaptations across species and types to survive dehydration stress (drought, frost), based on the important framework in ecology, the 'growth-stress survival' tradeoff' (Volaire et al., 2022 Annals of Botany). I am developing collaborative research projects with geneticists and ecologists to understand plant traits and strategies associated with drought survival with application to plant breeding in forage species for better adaptation to increasing aridity under climate change.

Intérêts personnels
Mes travaux portent sur les stratégies adaptatives des plantes à la sécheresse. Je travaille notamment sur les espèces herbacées pérennes sous sécheresses estivales sévères de type méditerranéen. Je couple des approches en écophysiologie, agronomie et écologie fonctionnelle. L’objectif principal est d’analyser le fonctionnement des espèces et communautés herbacées sous contrainte hydrique forte dans le cadre du changement climatique. Un cadre conceptuel et terminologique unifié des stratégies adaptatives des plantes à la sécheresse a été proposé en 2018. Les études portent notamment sur la stratégie de dormance estivale et plus largement sur la généricité du compromis fonctionnel entre potentiel de croissance et survie au stress. Une revue multi-espèces et multi-stress a été publiée en 2023 dans Annals of Botany qui propose de considérer mieux la phénologie des plantes au travers d'un 'Plant economics spectrum' saisonnier.