Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive

Roger PRODON

Directeur d'Etude Emerite (EPHE)

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

tél : +33 4 67 61 33 43

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Thématiques : Incendies ou brûlages, dynamique du paysage, et faune : écologie des perturbations et conservation.
Sylvain COQ
Maitre de Conférence au CEFE et au département Biologie-écologie (Faculté des Sciences, Université de Montpellier)
Mes travaux de recherche portent sur les relations entre sol, plantes et herbivores. Je m'intéresse en particulier:

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

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

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

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

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

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Sélection de publications / Selected publications
- Génin A., Devresse L., Garnier E., Coq S. Fine-scale co-ocurrence patterns in grasslands reflect competition for space rather than broad plant strategies.bioRxiv, 2024.12. 25.630317
- Locqueville, J., Caillon, S., Violle, C., McKey, D., & Coq, S. (2023) A feedback loop between management, intraspecific trait variation and harvesting practices. Annals ofBotany Plants, 15, 1–12. plad077, https://doi.org/10.1093/aobpla/plad077
- Delalandre L., Violle C., Coq S., Garnier E. (2023) Trait-environment relationships depend on species life history. Journal of vegetation science,34:e13211. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13211
- Segrestin J., Kazakou E., Coq S., Sartori K., Richarte J., Rowe N. P. & Garnier E. (2023) Reponses of leaf biomechanics and underlying traits to rangeland management.Journal of vegetation science. 34:e13216. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13216
- de Tombeur F., Raven J., Toussaint A., Lambers H., Cooke J., Hartley S., Johnson S., Coq S., Katz O., Schaller J., Violle C. (2022) Why do plants silicify?Trends in ecology and evolution
- Coq S., Cárdenas R.E., Mousain D., Selosse M.A., Richard F., Hättenschwiler S. (2022) Ectomycorrhizae and nitrogen acquisition from tannin-protein complexes in Pinus pinea.Pedobiologia 94 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedobi.2022.150817
- Coq S., Ganault P., Le Mer G., Nahmani J., Capowiez Y., Dignac P.F., Rumpel C., Joly F.X.(2022) Faeces traits as unifying predictors of detritivore effects on organic matter turnoverGeoderma422: 115940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.115940
- Joly F.X., Coq S., Coulis M., David J.F, Hättenschwiler S., Mueller C.W., Prater I., Subke J. A. (2020) Detritivore conversion of litter into faeces accelerates organic matter turnover. Communications Biology 3 (160).
- Coq S, Nahmani J, Kazakou E, Fromin N, David JF (2020). Do litter feeding macroarthropods disrupt cascading effects of land use on microbial decomposer activity? Basic and Applied Ecology. 46: 24-34
- Arnoldi JF., Coq S., Kéfi S., Ibanez S (2019). Positive plant-soil feedbacks trigger tannin evolution by niche construction: a spatial stoichiometric model. Journal of Ecology. 108, 378-391.
- Hättenschwiler S. , Sun T, Coq S (2019). The chitin connection of polyphenols and its ecosystem consequences. New Phytologist 223: 5–7
- Coq S, Nahmani J, Resmond R., Segrestin J., David JF, Schevin P., Kazakou E (2018). Intraspecific variation in litter palatability to macroarthropods in response to grazing and soil fertility. Functional Ecology, 32, 2615 - 2624.
- Joly FX, Coq S., Coulis M., Nahmani J., Hättenschwiler S (2018). Litter conversion into detritivore faeces reshuffles the quality control over C and N dynamics during decomposition.Functional Ecology, 32, 2605 - 2614.
- Coulis, M., Hättenschwiler, S., Coq, S. and David J.F., 2016. Leaf litter consumption by macroarthropods and burial of their faeces enhance decomposition in a mediterranean ecosystem. Ecosystems19: 1104. doi:10.1007/s10021-016-9990
- Hättenschwiler S., Coq S, Barantal S., Handa T, 2010. Leaf traits and decomposition in tropical rainforests: revisiting some commonly held views and towards a new hypothesis.New phytologist, doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03483.x.
- Coq S, Souquet JM, Meudec E, Cheynier V, Hättenschwiler S, 2010. Leaf litter tannins drive decomposition and control animal consumption in a humid tropical forest in French Guiana. Ecology,91 (7), pp. 2080-2091.
- Coulis M, Hättenschwiler S, Rapior S, Coq S. 2009. Litter consumption by soil macrofauna and the fate of condensed tannins.Soil Biology and Biochemistry,41, pp. 2573-2578.
Thibaud DECAËNS

Professeur des Universités, Université de Montpellier

Mes travaux portent sur l'écologie fonctionnelle et l'écologie des communautés d'invertébrés terrestres.

In my studies I focuss on functional and community ecology of terrestrial invertebrates.

Courriel: Thibaud.Decaens [at] cefe.cnrs.fr
Thomas LENORMAND

Directeur de Recherche CNRS

CEFE
Campus du CNRS
1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier 5
Tél : +33/0 4 67 61 32 91
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@Th_Lenormand

My principal area of research is Evolutionary genetics and evolutionary ecology. I have a broad expertise in evolutionary biology, genetics and ecology.

I have been working on adaptation and mutation, local adaptation, evolution of genetic systems (sex, recombination, sex chromosomes), evolution of gene duplicates, speciation, genetic conflicts, dispersal, biotic interactions (parasites, microbiota), statistics and fitness measures. I have been working with many empirical systems (vertebrates, insects, crustaceans, fungi, plants, helminths, bacteria), in the lab and in the field.

Currently, my scientific activity rests on three axes: first I do theoretical work (theoretical population genetics, statistics, and bioinformatics development). I am particularly interested currently on the evolution of gene expression (on sex chromosomes or in asexuals). Second, I work on small crustaceans Artemia and Daphnia. I’m particularly interested currently on sex-asex transitions, biotic interactions and adaptation to temperature. Third, I do experimental evolution on E. coli. I'm particularly interested on testing fitness landscape models, adaptation to different doses of antibiotics, and coevolution of species coexisting by frequency dependence.

Research interests by keywords
adaptation, local adaptation, migration, speciation, (sex) chromosomes, clines, sex, parthenogenesis, meiosis, recombination, epistasis, dominance, mutations, resistance, duplications, modifiers, mating systems, sexual conflicts, parasites, microbiota.
Vittoria MILANO

Cotutelle PhD student

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UMR 5175 CEFE
Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III
route de Mende
34199 Montpellier cedex 5
tel (+33)(0)4 67 14 23 15

Research goals

I revisited the environmental filtering metaphor in urban ecology context, in particular zooming on urban parks in Mediterranean Region (Naples and Montpellier cities).Even though urban parks are considered as biodiversity hot-spots within the cities, they are usually still far from reaching this status. Indeed, spatial and temporal landscape discontinuities, as well as the management disturbances may be exacerbated, causing decays of soil biodiversity.

The main goals of the thesis are to understand whether the collembolan species and trait communities are shaped by: 1- factors which are indicators of management practices of urban parks; 2- the landscape and the temporal heterogeneity of the studied sites.