Thématique de recherche

Etude de la communication chimique dans les interactions intra- et inter- spécifiques impliquant des arthropodes.

Mes domaines d'expertise sont : l'Ecologie Chimique, l'Electrophysiologie et l'Ecologie Comportementale.   

Mots clés : 

Ecologie Chimique ; Electrophysiologie ; Ecologie Comportementale ; Arthropodes ; Communication Chimique ; Olfaction.

Activités de recherche

Je mets en œuvre et adapte des techniques biologiques et des protocoles expérimentaux en Ecologie Chimique dans le but d'analyser l'écologie des interactions impliquant des arthropodes, dans le cadre de différents projets de recherches mené au sein de l’équipe. Elle s'étend de mesure in natura, au choix des protocoles expérimentaux, à l'analyse d'échantillons par des techniques biologiques au laboratoire et à l'élevage des arthropodes, incluant tests comportementaux, études morphologiques et analyses des molécules impliquées. Mon domaine d’expertise principal est l’électrophysiologie. Je visualise la détection de composés organiques volatils (COVs) par les arthropodes en utilisant le dispositif expérimental de chromatographie en phase gazeuse couplé à l’électro-antennographie. Cet outil permet de détecter une réponse électrique des organes sensoriels olfactifs, lors de l’exposition à des COVs. J’identifie ces composés par la technique de chromatographie en phase gazeuse couplée à la spectrométrie de masse. Ces analyses nous permettent de déterminer parmi les COVs émis, ceux qui sont perçus par les arthropodes étudiés. Complétés par des analyses comportementales, pour déterminer le type d’affinité vis-à-vis de ces composés. Je réalise également, des mesures de facteurs abiotiques et des colectes de COVs, en laboratoire et sur le terrain.

Publications

Full list : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Benoit-Lapeyre/research

Gimonneau G, Buatois B, Lapeyre B, Salou-Wendemanegde E, Sanon N, Ranaivoarisoa A, Roux O, Dormont L, 2024. Identification of semiochemical candidates involved in Glossina palpalis gambiensis larviposition site selection and behavioural responses of adult gravid females. Journal of Chemical Ecology DOI:10.18167/DVN1/XZ8IAF

Dubuisson C, Wortham H, Garinie T, Hossaert-McKey M, Lapeyre B, Buatois B, Temime-Roussel B, Ormeño E, Staudt M, Proffit M. 2024. Ozone alters the chemical signal required for plant-insect pollination: The case of the Mediterranean fig tree and its specific pollinator. The Science of The Total Environment, 919: 170861. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170861

Démares F, Gibert L, Lapeyre B, Creusot P, Renault D, Proffit M. 2023. Ozone exposure induces metabolic stress and olfactory memory disturbance in honey bees. Chemosphere, 346, 140647 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140647

Menacer K, Hervé M, Lapeyre B, Vedrenne M, Cortesero AM. 2023 Plant volatiles play differential roles in pre and post alighting phases in a specialist phytophagous insect. Comptes Rendus Chimie DOI: 10.5802/crchim.233

Auffray T, Arriaga-Jiménez A, Taudière A, Roy L.J.-M., Lapeyre B, Roy L. 2022. Attractant activity of host-related chemical blends on the poultry red mite at different spatial scales. Journal of Chemical Ecology DOI: 10.1007/s10886-022-01399-72022

Bèwadéyir Poda S, Buatois B, Lapeyre B, Dormont L, Abdoulaye Diabaté, Olivier Gnankiné, Roch K. Dabiré, Roux O. 2022. No evidence for long-range male sex pheromones in two malaria mosquitoes. Nature Ecology & Evolution... DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01869-x

Démares F, Gibert L, Creusot P, Lapeyre B, Proffit M. 2022. Acute ozone exposure impairs detection of floral odor, learning, and memory of honey bees, through olfactory generalization. Science of The Total Environment DOI : 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154342

Vanderplanck M, Lapeyre B, Lucas S, Proffit M. 2021 Ozone Induces Distress Behaviors in Fig Wasps with a Reduced Chance of Recovery. Insects DOI : 10.3390/insects12110995

Vanderplanck M, Lapeyre B, Brondani M, Opsommer M, Dufay M, Hossaert-McKey M, Proffit M. 2021. Ozone Pollution Alters Olfaction and Behavior of Pollinators. Antioxidants DOI : 10.3390/antiox10050636

Mondet F, Blanchard S, Barthes N, Beslay D, Bordier C, Costagliola G, Hervé M, Lapeyre B, Kim S-H, Basso B, R. Mercer A, Le Conte Y. 2021 Chemical detection triggers honey bee defense against a destructive parasitic threat. Nature Chemical Biology DOI : 10.1038/s41589-020-00720-3

Proffit M, Lapeyre B, Buatois B, Deng X, Arnal P, Gouzerh F, Carrasco D, Hossaert-McKey M. 2020. Chemical signal is in the blend: bases of plant-pollinator encounter in a highly specialized interaction Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66655-w

Directeur de recherche émérite CNRS

Je m'intéresse à l'écologie et à l'évolution des interactions inter-spécifiques. Mes études portent plus particulièrement sur les processus de coévolution et de diversification dans le système Ficus-insectes des figues.

I am interested in the ecology and evolution of inter-specific interactions. My studies are largely focused on coevolutionary processes and diversification in the fig-fig wasp system.

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 Mots-clés :
Organisme biologique : Ficus et chalcidiens associés
Milieu : tropical
Discipline : biologie évolutive
Technique : loupe
Thématique : coévolution
Autres mots clés : biologie de la conservation

Professeur émérite

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

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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

Professeur(Université Paul-Valéry Montpellier III)

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Research areas

- evolution and diversification of animal color patterns 

- evolutionary & computational aesthetics (aesthetic theory of efficient processing applied to artworks, plants and animals)

- processing bias (sparse coding, efficient categorization)

- models of animal vision (colour vision, pattern recognition)

- proximate mechanisms of mate choice

- Methods: Artificial intelligence for neuroscience and evolutionary ecology

Who am I?

I am an evolutionary biologist, cognitive scientist and naturalist. My main objective is to understand how do evolve complex and extravagant visual signals such as the eyespots of the peacock, the danse of the birds of paradise, and some artworks in humans. My research hypothesis is beauty. Using approaches of empirical psychology, computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence and philosophy of aesthetics, my goal is to identify the biological mechanisms underlying the beauty judgment in order to develop mechanistic models that predict this judgement. I then transfer these models to other animals to understand how beauty influences behaviors and, ultimately, the evolution of communication signals in nature.

I am also working on methods to characterize visual phenotypes, with applications in community ecology, evolutionary biology and systematics. I am particularly interested in how to use artificial intellgience to describe visual phenotypes and to model animal vision.

I am also conducting or participating to several research projects in ornithology and ichthyology (fish, and in particular gobies, of the Northeastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean region). 

Main research projects

WildCom-AI (ANR 2020-2025) - Artificial Intelligence for Studying Communication in Wild Animals (PI: J Renoult)

Darters (NSF 2020-2025)- Preferences, information theory, and the evolution of signal design (PI: T Mendelson & J Renoult)

BIRDHABITAT-PATTERN (2025-2026) - AI for studying the role of habitat in the diversification of bird plumage color patterns. With Chris Cooney (Univ Sheffield), Maximilien Servajean (UMR LIRMM) & Jérome Pasquet (UMR TETIS). CNRS programm AISSAI.

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Visual ecology & evolution

Cognitive science/Computational neuroscience/Empirical Aesthetics

Marine biology

Others (mostly phylogenetics, population genetics and natural history)

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Visual ecology & evolution

RENOULT, J. P., KARPINSKI, R., SAUVADET, L., KREYER, M., MBADOUMOU, R., ROURA-TORRES, B., BANIEL, A, CHARPENTIER, M. J. E. (2025). Vision transformers for age prediction from facial images in a wild primate. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70187

DIBOT, N. M., RENOULT*, J. P., & PUECH*, W. (2025). Generation and Editing of Mandrill Faces: Application to Sex Editing and Assessment. ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications, 21(8), 1-23. [PDF]

ARIAS, M., BEHRENDT, L., DRESSLER, L., RAKA, A., PERRIER, C., ELIAS, M., GOMEZ, D., RENOULT, J.P., TEDORE, C. (2024). Testing the equivalency of human “predators” and deep neural networks in the detection of cryptic moths. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 38, 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1093/jeb/voae146

HÉJJA-BRICHARD, Y. H., RAYMOND, M., CUTHILL, I. C., MENDELSON, T. C., & RENOULT, J. P. From natural to sexual selection: Revealing a hidden preference for camouflage patterns. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.27.559753

HÉJJA-BRICHARD, Y., MILLION, K., RENOULT, J. P.*, & MENDELSON, T. C.* (2024). Using neural style transfer to study the evolution of animal signal design: A case study in an ornamented fish. Ecological Informatics,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102881

HEJJA-BRICHARD, Y., RENOULT, J., & MENDELSON, T. (2024). Comparative analysis reveals assortative mate preferences in darters independent of sympatry and sex. Ecology & Evolution. 14(10), e11498.

TIEO, S., DEZEURE, J., CRYER, A., LEPOU, P., CHARPENTIER, M. J., & RENOULT, J. P. (2023). Social and sexual consequences of facial femininity in a non-human primate. Iscience, 26(10).

BYBEE, S.M., FUTAHASHI, R., RENOULT, J.P., SHARKEY, C., SIMON, S., SUVOROV, A., WELLENREUTHER, M. (2023). Transcriptomic insights into Odonata ecology and evolution. In Dragonflies and Damselflies, 2nd Ed. (CORDOBA-AGUILA, A., BEALTY, C.D., BRIED, J.T.). Oxford University Press. [Book chapter] [PDF]

CHARPENTIER, M.J.E, POIROTTE, C., ROURA-TORRES, B., AMBLARD-RAMBERT, P., WILLAUME, E., KAPPELER, P.M., ROUSSET, F., RENOULT, J.P. (2022) Mandrill mothers associate with infants who look like their own offspring using phenotype matching. Elife. 11, e79417

LANGLOIS, J., GUILHAUMON, F., BALETAUD, F., CASAJUS, N., […], RENOULT, J.P., […], MOUQUET, N. (2022). Global mismatch between the aesthetic value of reef fishes and their conservation priorities. Plos Biology. 20(6):e3001640.

HULSE S.V., RENOULT, J.P., MENDELSON T.M. (2022). Using deep neural networks to model similarity between visual patterns: application to fish sexual signals. Ecological Informatics. 67:101486 [PDF]

CHARPENTIER M.J., HARTE M., POIROTTE C., DE BELLEFON J.M., LAUBI B., KAPPELER P.M., RENOULT J.P. (2020). Same father, same face: deep-learning reveals paternally-derived signalling of kinship in a wild primate. Science Advances. 6, eaba3274. [PDF]

DUFOUR P., GUERRA CARANDE J., RENAUD J., RENOULT J.P., LAVERGNE S., CROCHET P.-A. (2020). Plumage colouration in gulls responds to their non-breeding climatic niche. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 29: 1704-1715. [PDF]

JOFFARD N., LE RONCE I., LANGLOIS A., RENOULT J.P., BUATOIS B., DORMONT L., & SCHATZ B. (2020). Floral trait differentiation in Anacamptis coriophora: phenotypic selection on scents, but not on colour. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 33: 1028-1038.

BLIARD L., PAQUET M., ROBERT A., DUFOUR P.,
 RENOULT J.P.,
 GREGOIRE A., CROCHET P.-A., COVAS R., DOUTRELANT C. (2020). Examining the link between relaxed predation and bird colouration on islands. Biology Letters. 16: 20200002.

FERREIRA A.C., SILVA L.R., RENNA F., BRANDL H.B., RENOULT J.P., FARINE D.R., COVAS R., DOUTRELANT C. (2020). Deep learning-based methods for individual recognition in small birds. Methods in Ecology & Evolution. 11: 1072-1085.

DE SOLAN T., RENOULT J.P., GENIEZ P., DAVID P., & Crochet P.A. (2020). Looking for mimicry in a snake assemblage using deep learning. The American Naturalist. 196: 74-86. [PDF]

HULSE S.V., MENDELSON T.C.*, RENOULT J.P.*. (2020). Sexual signals of fish species mimic the spatial statistics of their habitat: evidence for processing bias in animal signal evolution. Nature Communications. 11: 1-8. [

RENOULT J.P., KELBER A., SCHAEFER H.M. (2017). Colour spaces in ecology and evolutionary biology. Biological Reviews. doi: 10.1111/brv.12230 [PDF]

BINKENSTEIN J., STANG M., RENOULT J.P., SCHAEFER H.M. (2017). Weak correlation of flower color and nectar-tube depth in temperate grassland. Journal of Plant Ecology. 10 : 397-405

DOUTRELANT C., PAQUET M., RENOULT J.P., GREGOIRE A., CROCHET P.-A., COVAS R. (2016). Worldwide patterns of bird colouration on islands. Ecology Letters. 19: 537-545.

RENOULT J.P., VALEUR B. (2015). Les couleurs de la vie – Mécanismes de production, fonctions et diversité. L’Actualité Chimique. 397-398 : 12-18.

RENOULT J.P., BLÜTHGEN N., BINKENSTEIN J., WEINER C.N., WERNER M., SCHAEFER H.M. 2015. Linking community to sensory ecology: the relative importance of color signaling for plant generalization in pollination networks. Oikos. 124: 347-354. [PDF]

RENOULT J.P., VALIDO P., JORDANO P., SCHAEFER M. (2014). Adaptation of flower and fruit colours to diversified mutualists. New Phytologist. 201: 678-686. [PDF]

RENOULT J.P., THOMANN M., SCHAEFER H.M., CHEPTOU P.-O. (2013). Selection on quantitative colour variation in Centaurea cyanus: the role of the pollinator’s visual system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26: 2415-2427.

RENOULT J.P., COURTIOL A., SCHAEFER H.M. (2013). A novel framework to study colour signaling to multiple species. Functional Ecology. 27: 718-729. [PDF]

BINKENSTEIN J., RENOULT J.P., SCHAEFER H.M. (2013). Increasing land-use intensity decreases floral colour diversity and changes composition of plant communities in temperate grasslands. Oecologia, 173: 461-471.

RENOULT J.P., SCHAEFER H.M., SALLE B., CHARPENTIER M.J.E. (2011). The evolution of the multicoloured face of mandrills: insights from the perceptual space of colour vision. PlosOne, 6:e29117.

SCHATZ, B., DELLE-VEDOVE, R., RENOULT, J., et al. (2011). Couleur de fleur d’orchidées et insectes. Le Courrier de la Nature. 260 : 24-36.

RENOULT J.P, COURTIOL A., KJELLBERG F. (2010). When assumptions on visual system evolution matter: nestling colouration and parental visual performance in birds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23:220-226

Cognitive science/Computational neuroscience/Empirical Aesthetics

MENDELSON, T. C.*, RENOULT, J. P.*, ROSENTHAL, G., SHUKER, D. On the biological basis of beauty. (2025) Biological Review.[PDF]

TIEO, S., BARDIN, M., BERTIN-JOHANNET, R., DIBOT, N., MENDELSON, T. C., PUECH, W., & RENOULT, J. P. (2024). Comparing activation typicality and sparsity in a deep CNN to predict facial beauty. Computational Brain & Behavior  [PDF]

DIBOT, N. M., TIEO, S., MENDELSON, T. C., PUECH, W., & RENOULT, J. P. (2023). Sparsity in an artificial neural network predicts beauty: Towards a model of processing-based aesthetics. PLOS Computational Biology, 19(12), e1011703 [PDF]

TIEO, S., RESTREPO-ORTIZ, C. X., ROURA-TORRES, B., SAUVADET, L., HARTÉ, M., CHARPENTIER, M. J., & RENOULT, J. P. (2023). The Mandrillus Face Database: A portrait image database for individual and sex recognition, and age prediction in a non-human primate. Data in Brief, 47, 108939.

BELTZUNG, B., PELE, M., RENOULT, J.P., SUEUR, C. (2023). Deep learning for studying drawing behavior: A review. Frontiers in Psychology. 14: 992541.

BELTZUNG, B., PELE, M., RENOULT, J.P., SUEUR, C. (2022). Using artificial intelligence to analyze non-human drawings: A first step with Orangutan productions. Animals. 12(20): 2761. [PDF]

RENOULT, J.P. (2022). La Fluence, in Abécédaire de la beauté (éditeurs: ZERNIK, C. & JARICOT, J.). Editions B42. [Book chapter]

CHARPENTIER, M. J., PELÉ, M., RENOULT, J.P., SUEUR, C. (2021). Social data collection and analyses, in Demographic Methods Across the Tree of Life (ed. Salguero-Gomez, R., Gamelon, M.), pp.53-76 [Book chapter].

RENOULT J.P. (2019). Book review of "The Aesthetic Animal." Evolutionary Studies in Imaginative Culture. 3: 105-108. [PDF]

RENOULT J.P., GUYL B., MENDELSON T.C., PERCHER A., DORIGNAC J., GENIET F., MOLINO F. (2019). Modelling the Perception of Colour Patterns in Vertebrates with HMAX. bioRxiv, 552307.

HOLZLEITNER I.J., LEE A.J., HAHN A.C., KANDRIK M., BOVET J., RENOULT J.P.,... & JONES B.C. (2019). Comparing theory-driven and data-driven attractiveness models using images of real women’s faces. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 45: 1589.

RENOULT J.P., MENDELSON T.C. (2019). Processing bias: extending sensory drive to include efficacy and efficiency in information processing. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286: 20190165.

KAPOULA Z., VOLLE E., RENOULT J.P., ANDREATTA M. (ed.). (2018). Exploring Transdisciplinarity in Art and Sciences. Springer [Edited book]. 

RENOULT J.P. (2016). The evolution of aesthetics: a review of models. In Aesthetics and Neuroscience: Scientific and Artistic Perspectives, (KAPOULA Z. & VERNET M, ed.). pp. 271-300. Springer International Publishing. [Book chapter].

RENOULT J.P., BOVET J., RAYMOND M. (2016). Beauty is in the efficient coding of the beholder. Royal Society Open Science. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160027. [PDF]

CHARPENTIER M.J.E., HUCHARD E., GIMENEZ, O., SALLE, B., KAPPELER P., RENOULT J.P. (2012). Distribution of affiliative behavior across kin classes and their fitness consequences in mandrills. Ethology, 118: 1198-1207.

Marine biology

KOVAČIĆ, M., SVENSEN, R., RENOULT, J. P., PATZNER, R. (2025).  Checklist, key and latitudinal distribution of the eastern Atlantic marine gobies along the European coast (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae and Oxudercidae). Zootaxa. Zootaxa 5609 (1), 1-28.

KOVAČIĆ, M., BERGENGER, L., RENOULT, J. P. (2024). Testing of the taxonomic diagnosis of Zebrus pallaoroi Kovačić, Šanda & Vukić, 2021 (Actinopteri: Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) on a large sample from the Western Mediterranean. Fishes. 9, 511. [PDF]

MUCCIOLO, S., DESIDERATO, A., CHRISTIDIS, G., AMMAR, I. A., & ANTIT, M.,..., RENOULT, J.P., …, GEROVASILEIOU, V. (2024). New records of introduced species in the Mediterranean (August 2024). Mediterranean Marine Science, 25(2).

DIGENIS, M., AKYOL, O., BENOIT, L., BIEL-CABANELAS, M., ÇAMLIK, Ö. Y., CHARALAMPOUS, K.,... RENOULT, J.P., & GEROVASILEIOU, V. (2024). New records of rarely reported species in the Mediterranean Sea (March 2024). Mediterranean Marine Science, 25(1), 84-115. [PDF]

KOVACIC, M., ŠANDA, R., VUKIC, J., RENOULT, J. P., & FALZON, M.-A. (2023). New records of the recently described Pomatoschistus nanus Engin & Seyhan, 2017 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) (early view). Cybium. [PDF]

RENOULT, J., MENUT, T., RUFRAY, X., LE BRIS, S., IGLESIAS, S. P., LOUISY, P.,... & PRAT, M. (2023). Les poissons cryptobenthiques de la baie d’Agay (Var). Cahiers de la Fondation Biotope, 39, 58 pages.

KOVAČIĆ, M., RENOULT, J. P., PILLON, R., BILECENOGLU, M., TIRALONGO, F., BOGORODSKY, S. V.,... & YOKES, M. B. (2023). The delimitation of geographic distributions of Gobius bucchichi and Gobius incognitus (teleostei: Gobiidae). Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 11(3), 516. [PDF]

KOVAČIĆ, M., PILLON, R., RENOULT, J.P. (2022). Identification of enigmatic Mediterranean fish Gobius ater Bellotti, 1988 (Teleostei: Gobiidae) based on morphology from underwater photographs. Journal of Fish Biology, 101: 1381-1384 [PDF]

RENOULT, J.P., PILLON, R., KOVAČIĆ, M.,  LOUISY, P. (2022). Frontiers in Fishwatching Series: Gobies of the Northestern Atlantic and the Mediterranean – Gobius and Thorogobius. Les cahiers de la fondation Biotope. 237 pages.

KOVAČIĆ, M., RENOULT, J.P., PILLON, R., SVENSEN, R., BOGORODSKY, S., ENGEN, S., LOUISY, P. (2022). Identification of Mediterranean marine gobies (Actinopterygii: Gobiidae) of continental shelf from photographs of in situ individuals. Zootaxa. 5144: 1-103.

IGLESIAS, S. P., BARICHE, M.., …, RENOULT, J.P., …, TOURNIER-BROER, R. (2021). French ichthyological records for 2019. Cybium. 45: 169-188.

SANTIN A., AGUILAR R., …, RENOULT J.P., …, TIRALONGO, F. (2021) New records of rare species in the Mediterranean Sea (March 2021). Mediterranean Marine Science, 22: 199-217.

IGLESIAS S. P., BERGOT P., …, RENOULT J.P., …, THOMAS W. (2020). French ichthyological records for 2018. Cybium. 44: 285-307.

Others (mostly phylogenetics, population genetics and natural history)

ROCHAS, P., MINOT, M., MEZIERE, N., RENOULT J.P., JUILLERAT, N., URIOT, Q., URIOT, S., FOXONET, H., CERDAN, A. (2022). Check-list of Odonata from French Guiana with notes on their distribution, ecology, and new state records. Odonatologica, 51(3/4) : 175-224.

RENOULT J.P., DELAHAIE B., DELATTRE J-C., DE FRANCESCHI C. , VEYRUNES F., LE BOT T. (2018). Chumming on multi-day sailing trip in Bay of Biscay. Dutch Birding40:96-98

CROCHET P.-A., LEBLOIS R., RENOULT J.P. (2015). New reptile records from Morocco and Western Sahara. Herpetology Notes. 8 : 583-588.

RENOULT, J.P. Arrivée de la Libellule purpurine Trithemis annulata (De Palisot de Beauvois, 1805) dans la vallée du Rhône. (2013). Sympetrum. 17: 81-82. 

DURANT, E., RENOULT, J.P.(2012). Addition à l’odonatofaune de l’Adrar mauritanien. Poiretia, 2012, 4 : 7-16.

CHARPENTIER M.J.E., FONTAINE M.C., CHEREL E., RENOULT J.P., JENKINS T., BENOIT L., BARTHES N., ALBERTS SC, TUNG J. (2012). Genetic structure in a dynamic baboon hybrid zone corroborates behavioral observations in a hybrid population. Molecular Ecology, 21:715-731.

RENOULT J.P., GENIEZ P., BEDDEK M., CROCHET P.-A. (2010). An isolated population of Podarcis vaucheri (Sauria: Lacertidae) in south-eastern Spain: genetic data suggest human-mediated range expansion. Amphibia-Reptilia, 31:287-296.

KJELLEBERG F., BAKOLIMALALA R., EDMOND R., RAFIDISON V., RABEVOHITRA R., RENOULT J., et. al. (2010). Corridors de végétation et conservation d'un groupe clé de voûte de la biodiversité au centre d'un réseau d'interactions: le cas des Ficus et des communautés associées. in Connaissance et Gestion des Milieux Tropicaux. p80-91. CNRS Edition. [Chapitre de livre].

RENOULT J.P., GENIEZ P, BACQUET P., GUILLAUME C. P., CROCHET P.-A. (2010). Systematics of the Podarcis hispanicus-complex (Sauria, Lacertidae) II: the valid name of the north-eastern Spanish form. Zootaxa, 2500:58-68

RENOULT J. (2009). The Sooty Gull, Larus hemprichii (Aves; Laridae), on Nosy Ve: first records for Madagascar. Malagasy Nature, 2:174-176.

RENOULT J.P., GENIEZ P, BACQUET P., BENOIT L., CROCHET P.-A. (2009). Morphology and nuclear markers reveal extensive mitochondrial introgressions in the Iberian Wall Lizard species complex. Molecular Ecology. 18:4298-4315.

RENOULT J.P., KJELLBERG F., SANTONI S., KHADARI B. (2009). Cyto-nuclear discordance in the phylogeny of Ficus section Galoglychia and host shifts in plant-pollinator associations. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9:248.

RENOULT J.P. & RASELIMANANA A.P. (2009). A new species of Malagasy blind snake of the genus Typhlops Oppel (Serpentes: Typhlopidae). Zootaxa,2290:65-68

CROCHET P.-A., RENOULT J. (2008). Tarentola annularis annularis (Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, 1827) preying on a mammal. Herpetology Notes, 1:58-59.

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Mon objectif est de comprendre le rôle et l’importance des odeurs et des médiateurs chimiques dans le fonctionnement et l’évolution des relations plantes-insectes. Je m’intéresse particulièrement aux aspects suivants : quelles sont les caractéristiques des odeurs et des signaux chimiques disponibles pour les insectes ? Quelle est l’activité biologique de ces molécules (réponse comportementale des insectes) ? Dans quelle mesure et à quel(s) niveau(x) ces interactions chimiques jouent un rôle dans le fonctionnement et l’évolution des systèmes plantes-insectes ?

Mots-clés :
Organisme biologique : Orchidées et insectes associés, insectes coprophages, insectes ravageurs de conifères
Milieu : Méditerranéen, Alpin
Discipline : Biologie des populations, écologie chimique
Technique : analyses chimiques, tests comportementaux
Thématique : relations plantes-insectes
Autres mots-clés : Dynamique des populations

Liste de publications

Gimonneau G., Buatois B., Lapeyre B., Ernest S., Sanon N., Rakotomahefa Y., Roux O. & Dormont L., 2024. Identification of semiochemical candidates involved in Glossina palpalis gambiensislarviposition site selection and behavioural responses of adult gravid females. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1-14.

Gouzerh F., Dormont L., Buatois B., Herve M., Mancini M., Maraver A., Thomas F., & Ganem G., 2024. Partial role of volatile organic compounds in behavioral responses of mice to bedding from cancer-affected congeners. Biology Open13 (10).

Gouzerh F., Vigo G., Dormont L., Buatois B., Herve M., Mancini M., Maraver A., Thomas F., & Ganem G., 2024. Urinary VOCs as biomarkers of early stage lung tumour development in mice. Cancer Biomarkers 39 (2):1-13.

Bogdziewicz M., Aravena M.-C., Andrus R., (…), Dormont L., (….), Clarck J.S., 2023. Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 32: 683-694.

Gouzerh F., Ganem G., Pichevin A., Dormont L. & Thomas F. 2023. Ability of animals to detect cancer odors. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer, 1878 (1), 188850.

Gouzerh F., Buatois B., Herve M., Mancini M., Maraver A., Dormont L., Thomas F., & Ganem G., 2022. Odours of cancerous mouse congeners: detection and attractiveness. Biology Open, in press.

Gouzerh F., Bessière J.-M., Ujvari B., Thomas T.*, Dujon A.*, & Dormont L.*, 2022. Odors and cancer: current status and future directions. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Reviews on Cancer, 1877, Issue 1, 188644.  *equal contribution

Journé V., Andrus R., Aravena M.-C., Ascoli D., (…), Dormont L., (….), Clarck J.S., 2022. Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters 25 (6), 1471-1482.

Poda S., Buatois B., Lapeyre B., Dormont L., Diabaté A., Gnankiné O., Dabiré R., Roux O., 2022. No evidence for long-range male sex pheromones in two malaria mosquitoes. Nature Ecology & Evolution 6 (11), 1676-1686.

Qiu T., Andrus R., Aravena M.-C., Ascoli D., Bergeron Y., (…), Dormont L., (….), Clarck J.S., 2022. Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications 13, 2381.

Qiu T., Aravena M.-C., Ascoli D., (…), Dormont L., (….), Clarck J.S., 2023. Masting is uncommon in trees that depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate and fertility gradients. Nature plants, 9 (7), 1044-1056.

 Dormont L., Mulatier M., Carrasco D., Cohuet A., 2021. Mosquito attractants. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 1-43.

Gimonneau G., Ouedraogo R., Salou E., Rayaisse J.-B., Buatois B., Solano P., Dormont L., Roux O., and Bouyer J., 2020. Larviposition site selection mediated by volatile semiochemicals in Glossina palpalis gambiensis. Ecological Entomology, in press.

Dormont L., Fort T., Bessière J.-M., Proffit M., Garcia Hidalgo E., Buatois B. & B. Schatz. 2020. Sources of floral scent variation in the food-deceptive orchid Orchis mascula. Acta Oecologica, 107 : 103600.

Joffard N., Le Roncé I., Renoult J., Buatois B., Dormont L. & Schatz B., 2020. Floral trait differentiation in Anacamptis coriophora: phenotypic selection on scents, but not on colour. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33: 1028-1038.

Thomas F., Giraudeau M., Gouzerh F., Boutry J., Renaud F., Pujol P., Tasiemski A., Bernex F., Maraver A., Bousquet E., Dormont L., Osterkamp J., Roche B., Hamede R., Ujvari B., 2019. The evolution of resistance and tolerance as cancer defences. Parasitology, 147: 255-262.

Dormont L., Joffard N., Schatz B. (2019). Intraspecific variation in floral colour and odour in orchids. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 180:1036–1058.

El Adouzi M., Arriaga-Jiménez A., Dormont L., Barthes N., Labalette A., Lapeyre B., Bonato O., Roy L. (2019). Modulation of feed composition is able to make hens less attractive to the poultry red mite Dermanyssus gallinae. Parasitology, 147: 171-181.

Frago E., Wang H.-L., Svensson G.P., Marques J.F., Hódar J.A., Boettner J., Ciornei C., Dormont L., Elkinton J., Franzén M., Khrimian A., Marianelli L., Marzialli L., Mas H., Perez Laorga E., Pérez-López J., Roques A., Simonca V., Anderbrant O. (2019). Common pheromone use among host-associated populations of the browntail moth, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, displaying different adult phenologies.Entomologia Generalis 39: 295-306.

Gaillard B., Simard F., Dormont L., Jay-Robert P., D’Abadie de Lurbe D., Etienne M., Baudin A., Raude J. (2019). Is perceived exposure to mosquitoes associated with actual exposure? Results from studies in high-risk and low-risk geographic areas. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101: 976-979.

Mulatier M., Camara S., Koffi A., Carrasco D., Porciani A., Chandre F., Moiroux N., Lefevre T., Dabiré R., Assi S., Phamien Ahoua Alou L., Dormont L., Pennetier C. Cohuet A. (2019). Efficacy of vector control tools against malaria-infected mosquitoes. Scientific reports, 9(1), 6664.

Mulatier M., Pennetier C., Porciani A., Chandre F., Dormont L., Cohuet A. (2019). Prior contact with permethrin decreases its irritancy at the following exposure among a pyrethroid-resistant malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Scientific reports, 9(1), 8177.

Mulatier M., Alou L.P.A., Chandre F., Pennetier C., Dormont L., Cohuet A. (2018). Effect of DEET-multiple exposures on behavior and life history traits in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae (s.s.).Parasites and Vectors 11: 432, doi:10.1186/s13071-018-3024-0.

Mulatier M, Porciani A, Nadalin L, Phamien Ahoua Alou L, Chandre F, Pennetier C, Dormont L, Cohuet A. (2018). DEET Efficacy Increases with age in the vector mosquitoes Anopheles gambiae s.s. and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology, 55: 1542–1548. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjy134

Porciani A., Diop M., Moiroux N., Kadoke-Lambi T., Cohuet A., Chandre F., Dormont L., Pennetier C. (2017). Influence of pyrethroïd-treated bed net on host seeking behavior of Anopheles gambiae s.s. carrying the kdr allele. PLoS One, 12(7): e0164518. 

Salesse R., Dormont L. (2017). Is There Such a Thing as a Bad Smell? In: “Olfaction in Animal Behaviour and Welfare” (Nielsen, B., editor), CABI pub., 234 p.

Baldacchino F., Manon S., Puech L., Buatois B., Dormont L., Jay-Robert P. (2014). Olfactory and behavioural responses of tabanids to octenol, phenols and aged horse urine.Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 28: 201-209.

Dormont L., Delle-Vedove R., Bessière J.-M., B. Schatz.( 2014). Floral scent emitted by white and coloured morphs in orchids.Phytochemistry, 100 : 51-59.

Baldacchino F., Cadier J., Porciani A., Buatois B., Dormont L., Jay-Robert P. (2013). Behavioural and electrophysiological responses of females of two species of tabanids to urine volatiles from different mammals.Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 27(1):77-85.

Dormont L., Bessière J.-M., Cohuet A. (2013). Human skin volatiles: a review. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 39: 569-578.

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

Schatz B., Delle-Vedove R., Dormont L. (2013). Presence, distribution and effect of white, pink and purple morphs on pollination in the orchid Orchis mascula.European Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3, 119-128.

Thiery D., Brevault T., Quilici S., Dormont L., Schatz B. (2013). Recherche de la plante hôte à distance - In: Interactions insectes-plantes (Sauvion, N., Calatayud P.A., Thiéry D. & Marion-Poll F., eds). Quae & IRD Editions

Vittecoq M., Djieto-Lordon C., Buatois B., Dormont L., McKey D., Blatrix R. (2011). The evolution of communication in two ant-plant mutualisms.Evolutionary Biology, 38(3): 360-369.

Schatz B., Delle-Vedove R., Renoult J., Juillet N., Pailler T., Bessière, J.-M., Dormont L. (2011). Couleur de fleur d’orchidées et insectes pollinisateurs. Le Courrier de la Nature, 260 : 10-17.

Delle-Vedove R., Juillet N., Bessière J.-M., Grison C., Barthes N., Pailler T., Dormont L., Schatz B. (2011). Colour-scent associations in a tropical orchid: three colours but two odours.Phytochemistry, 72 : 735–742.

Suchet C., Dormont L., Schatz B., Giurfa M., Simon V., Raynaud C., Chave J. (2011). Floral scent variation in two Antirrhinum majus subspecies influences the choice of naïve bumblebees.Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65 : 1015 - 1027.

Juillet N., Delle-Vedove R., Dormont L., Schatz B., Pailler T. (2010). Differentiation in a tropical deceptive orchid : colour polymorphism and beyond.Plant Systematics and Evolution, 289 : 213-221.

Schatz B., Dormont L., McKey D. (2010). Relations fourmis-plantes : Des mutualismes de protection. Le courrier de la nature 250 : 58.

Dormont L., Jay-Robert P., Bessière J.-M., Rapior S., Lumaret J.-P. (2010). Innate olfactory preferences in dung beetles.The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213: 3177-3186.

Dormont L., Delle-Vedove R., Bessière J.-M., Hossaert-Mc Key M., Schatz B. (2010) Helping in food-deceptive orchids? A possible new mechanism maintaining polymorphism of floral signals.Plant Signaling and Behavior, 5 : 526-527.

Dormont L., Delle-Vedove R., Bessière J.-M., Hossaert-Mc Key M. Schatz B. (2010). Rare white-flowered morphs increase the reproductive success of common purple morphs in a food-deceptive orchid.New Phytologist 185: 300-310.

Schatz B., Djieto-Lordon C., Dormont L., Bessière J.-M., McKey D., Blatrix R. (2009). A simple non-specific chemical signal mediates defence behaviour in a specialised ant-plant mutualism.Current Biology, 19: 361-362.

Roux-Morabito G., Gillette N.E., Roques A., Dormont L., Stein J., Sperling F.A.H. (2008). Systematics of the Dioryctria abietella species group (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) based on mitochondrial DNA.Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101: 845-859.

Hossaert-McKey M., McKey D., Dormont L. (2008). Fungal sex as a private matter: odor signals in a specialized pollination-like insect-fungus mutualism.New Phytologist, 178: 225-227.

Dormont L., Rapior S., McKey D., Lumaret J.-P. (2007). Influence of dung volatiles on the process of resource selection by coprophagous beetles.Chemoecology, 17: 23-30.

Dormont L., Baltensweiler W., Choquet R., Roques A. (2006). Larch- and pine-feeding host races of the larch bud moth (Zeiraphera diniana) have cyclic and synchronous population fluctuations.Oikos, 115: 299-307.

Dormont L., Roques A. (2005). Pissodes validirostris. Datasheet for CABI Forestry Compendium 2005 Edition. CAB International, Oxfordshire. www.cabicompendium.org/fc

Dormont L., Epinat G., Lumaret J.-P. (2004). Trophic preferences mediated by olfactory cues in dung beetles colonizing cattle and horse dung.Environmental Entomology, 33 : 370-377.

Dormont L., Roques A. (2001). Why a specialized pine cone weevil, Pissodes validirostris, does not attack seed cones of Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra) ? Host selection vs. host suitability.Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 99: 157-163.

Dormont L., Roques A. (1999). A survey of insects attacking seed cones of Pinus cembra in the Alps, the Pyrénées, and Massif central.Journal of Applied Entomology, 123 : 65-72.

Dormont L., Roques A., Malosse C. (1998). Cone and foliage volatiles emitted by Pinus cembra and some related conifer species.Phytochemistry, 49 : 1269-1277.

Dormont L. (1997). Analyse de la faible colonisation des cônes de pin cembro (Pinus cembra L.) par les insectes. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 123 : 345-359.

Dormont L., Roques A., Malosse C. (1997). Efficiency of spraying moutain pine cones with oleoresin of Swiss stone Pine cones to prevent insect attack.Journal of Chemical Ecology, 23 : 2261-2274.

Dormont L., Roques A., Trosset L. (1996). Insect damage to cones and other mortality factors limiting natural regeneration potential of Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra L.) in the Northern French Alps.Annales des Sciences Forestières, 53 : 153-158.

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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Mots-clés :
Interdisciplinarity, Chemical ecology, Sensory ecology, Specialized metabolism, Volatile organic compounds, Plant-insect interactions, Pollination ecology, Adaptation of interactions to global change, Atmospheric pollution, fig-fig wasp interactions, Mediterranean region, Tropical Region.

Mes recherches portent sur les interactions interspécifiques, plus particulièrement entre plantes et insectes. Mes projets de recherche s´intègrent dans le domaine de l´écologie chimique. En favorisant une approche interdisciplinaire combinant la chimie analytique, l’écologie comportementale, la physiologie sensorielle et la biologie évolutive, j’ai étudié le rôle de la médiation chimique, particulièrement via les composés organiques volatils (COVs), dans le fonctionnement d’interactions de différents types : pollinisation, herbivorie, parasitisme et reconnaissance entre partenaires sexuels. Je travaille aussi bien dans des écosystèmes méditerranéens que tropicaux.

My research focuses on interspecific interactions, particularly between plants and insects. My research projects are in the field of chemical ecology. Favoring an interdisciplinary approach combining analytical chemistry, behavioral l ́ecology, sensory physiology and evolutionary biology, I have studied the role of chemical mediation, particularly via volatile organic compounds (VOCs), in the functioning of different types of interactions: pollination, herbivory, parasitism and recognition between sexual partners. I work in both Mediterranean and tropical ecosystems.

Thématiques français

Je consacre une partie de mes activités de recherche à la caractérisation des mécanismes évolutifs impliqués dans la nature des messagers chimiques ainsi que la détection de ces composés dans les interactions plantes-pollinisateurs. L’autre axe de mes recherches porte sur l ́impact des changements environnementaux globaux, principalement climatiques et de concentrations en polluants atmosphériques, sur la communication chimique plantes-pollinisateurs. Ces deux axes de recherches sont abordés de manière originale et intégrative car je m’intéresse aussi bien aux pressions de sélections qu’aux sources de variations proximales qui peuvent affecter l’émission des COVs, leur stabilité dans l’atmosphère que leur détection par les pollinisateurs. Une originalité forte de mon approche est que je cherche à connecter différentes disciplines afin d’étudier conjointement les deux fonctions principales des COVs émis par les plantes : défenses contre des stress (abiotiques et biotiques) et reproduction.

Anglais

I dedicate part of my research activities to characterizing the evolutionary mechanisms involved in the nature of chemical messengers and the detection of these compounds in plant-pollinator interactions. The other part of my research focuses on the impact of global environmental changes, mainly climatic and atmospheric pollutant concentration changes, on plant-pollinator chemical communication. These two areas of research are approached in an original and integrative way, as I am interested in both selection pressures and sources of proximal variations that can affect the emission of VOCs, their stability in the atmosphere and their detection by pollinators. A strong originality of my approach is that I attempt to connect different disciplines in order to jointly study the two main functions of VOCs emitted by plants: defense against stresses (abiotic and biotic), and reproduction.

Projects since 2019

POLLURISK project, MUSE (Montpellier University of Excellence): Impact of ozone POLLUtion, in the context of climate change, on plant-pollinator chemical communication: RISQue pour la résilience des services écosystémiques (2018-2022, 150 k€, PI).

ExpOz project, ANSES: Determination of ozone exposure threshold values for the resilience of plant-insect chemical communication (2019-2022, 200 k€, PI).

Partners: IMBE; LCE; LBVpam; FLP-UAE (Morocco).

The aim of these two projects was to characterize the effect of ozone pollution (O₃) on chemical communication in two types of plant-pollinator interactions: the highly specialized and obligatory interaction between the cultivated fig tree and its pollinating wasp, and the generalist interaction between lavender and the honey bee. At the end of this project, we will define tolerance thresholds for the resilience of these two interactions to a major pollutant.

IRP Chine MOST project, CNRS-INEE: "Figs and fig-wasps: a model system to investigate biotic interaction network responses to global change" (2018-2022 then 2025-2029, 100 k€, PI). Partners: XTBG ; SCBG.

The aim of the IRP was to generate basic knowledge on the impact of increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and O₃on the stability of interaction networks and, more specifically, on the ecosystem services of pollination. For this, we used a model system, the specific mutualism between Ficus and fig insects. We studied how insects' attraction to the VOCs produced by their specific host plant was affected by high concentrations of O₃and CO₂through comparative studies conducted between three regions with high and variable tropospheric O₃ concentrations, southern France, southern Yunnan and Guangdong.

Chime2 project, PRIME 80 CNRS-INEE-IC: Biochemical constraints and ecological selection pressures in the evolution of volatile organic compounds responsible for pollinator attraction (2019-2022, 150 k€, PI) Partners: XTBG; LBVpam ; ICN.

The main objective of this project was to understand the evolutionary dynamics of floral VOC emission. Using fig trees, the aim was to understand the involvement of biochemical constraints, linked to volatile biosynthesis pathways, as well as ecological selection pressures in the establishment of VOCs responsible for attracting specialized pollinators. This approach will enable more general conclusions to be drawn on the mechanisms of co-evolution and co-adaptation at the level of chemical communication in plant-pollinator mutualistic interactions.

ASPI project, ANSES: Wild bees in the city: effects of urban pollutants on insect health and plant-pollinator interactions (2020-2024, 200 k€, WP manager). Partners: EEP; University of Mons (Belgium).

Thisproject aims to understand the effects of exposure of wild pollinators to urban pollutants (PAHs and phthalates), by combining several approaches. This will involve: (Axis 1) determining the nature and levels of contamination of wild bees living in cities (Axis 2) exploring the effects of living in low vs. highly polluted sites on pollinator health, the attractiveness of floral resources and the quality of pollen produced (Axis 3) characterizing the individual and colonial effects of exposure under controlled conditions to realistic mixtures of families of these contaminants.

COMIX project, French Embassy in China: Comparative study of the effect of O₃ concentration on the behavior of different species of fig tree pollinators (2019-2020, 13 k€, PI). Partners: XTBG; SCBG (China).

The aim of the project was to compare the sensitivity of different species of fig pollinators to different concentrations of O₃.

PolluCom project, ANR: "Effects of ozone pollution on plant-pollinator chemical communication under global warming, consequences for their interactions" (2023-2026, 702 k€, PI) Partners: LBVpam; IEES and Ecotron de Montpellier.

The aim of this project is to test the individual and combined effects of the two stress factors, O₃and temperature, on two pollination systems with different levels of specialization and with a focus on studying the mechanisms of action of O₃, using a broadly interdisciplinary approach. Both environmental stressors are expected to have an impact on plant and pollinator physiology, affecting, respectively, the emission of VOCs and their perception. These effects would emerge in particular from changes in the expression of genes involved in VOC biosynthesis and olfaction. We predict that these changes will disrupt plant-pollinator chemical communication and thus their interaction, with the generalist pollination system being more resilient than the specialist.

BeeMed project, ANSES: Resilience of bees to global changes through the prism of self-medication (2023-2025, 200 k€, P). Partners: ECOBIO; IMBE.

This project aims to define the capacity of different wild bee species to adapt to air pollution and climate change. More specifically, we will test the nutritional and self-medication resilience of bees by considering the spatiotemporal heterogeneity of environmental stressors and characterizing antioxidant resources within flowering plant pollen.

IRP Thailand SPECIFLY, CNRS-INEE project: "Characterization little-known of biodiversity: Ecology and evolution of specialized pollination by flies" (2023-2027, 10k€/year P). Partner: Chulalongkorn University.

This project aims to compare pollinator attraction strategies in two phylogenetically distant plant genera,Ceropegia (Thailand) andAristolochia (France), some of whose species have converged on the same deceptive pollination strategy. In addition to establishing a solid collaboration with the Thai team, this project opens up new prospects for understanding the factors governing the evolution of floral specialization.

Air pollution project, CAS: "Effects of air pollution on chemical communication between species - a case study of figs and fig wasps".  (2023-2026, 400 k€/ WP manager).  Partner: SCBG.

The aim of the project is to provide basic knowledge on the impact of air pollution on the stability of the interaction network between insects and plants. To this end, the effects of major pollutants (O₃, NO_X) on fig odor and the response of fig wasps to this variation in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Bay regionwill be investigated.

IRN China project, Virtual Institute on Biodiversity, CAS-CNRS (2024-2028, 15k€/year PI). Partners:  researchers from 25 different units.

The virtual institute comprises a steering committee and around 15 pairs of principal investigators from CAS and CNRS institutes. The main objective of this IRN is to strengthen and develop Franco-Chinese collaboration on various aspects of biodiversity research through a network of scientists from both countries, and to set up an educational program for young scientists.

Blastosome project, Exposome-CNRS: A novel component of the fig exposome: its pollinator, the blastophage (2025-2026, 25k€ PI). Partners CRBM Montpellier (CNRS-INSB).

Our project is to study the disruptive effect of ozone pollution and rising temperatures on fig tree-blastophaga-Wolbachia-nematode interactions. We will draw on the complementary skills of a CNRS Biology team specializing in Wolbachia, nematodes and insect reproduction, and a CNRS Ecology & Environment team specializing in the chemical ecology and evolutionary biology of the Ficus-pollinator system.

Liste de publications

Blatrix R., Kidyoo A., Matrougui I., Samsungnoen P., McKey D., Proffit M., 2024. Mechanical stimulation of the stigmas triggers switch from female to male phase in the protogynous trap flower of Aristolochia rotunda (Aristolochiaceae). Mediterranean Botany, 45, e85906. https://doi.org/10.5209/mbot.85906

Dubuisson C, Worthan H, Garinie T, Hossaert-McKey M, Lapeyre B, Buatois B, Temime-Roussel B, Ormeño E, Staudt M, Proffit M. 2024. Ozone alters the chemical signal required for plant – insect pollination: the case of the Mediterranean fig tree and its specific pollinator. Science of the total environment 827.

Démares F, Gibert L, Lapeyre B, Creusot P, Renault D, Proffit M. 2024. Ozone exposure induces metabolic stress and olfactory memory disturbance in honey bees. Chemosphere, 140647.

Hmimsa Y, ·Ramet A, · Dubuisson C, · El Fatehi S, Hossaert-McKey M, · Kahi H, · Munch J, · Proffit M, · Salpeteur M, ·  Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y. 2024. Pollination of the Mediterranean fig tree, Ficus carica L.: Caprification practices and social networks of exchange of caprifigs among Jbala Farmers in Northern Morocco. Human Ecology 52, 289–302

Kidyoo A., Kidyoo M., Ekkaphan P., Blatrix R., McKey D, Proffit M., 2024. Specialized pollination by cecidomyiid flies and associated floral traits in Vincetoxicum sangyojarniae (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae). Plant Biology, 26, 166-180. https://doi.org/10.1111/plb.13607

Cao L, Hmimsa Y, El fatehi S, Buatois B, Dubois MP, Le Moigne M, Hossaert‑McKey M, Aumeeruddy‑Thomas Y, Bagnères AG, Proffit M. 2023. Floral scent of the Mediterranean fig tree: significant inter‑varietal difference but strong conservation of the signal responsible for pollinator attraction. Scientific Reports | (2023) 13:5642 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-32450-6

Deng X, Buatois B, Peng YQ, Yu H, Cheng Y, Ge X, Proffit M, Kjellberg F. 2023. Plants are the drivers of geographic variation of floral odours in brood site pollination mutualisms: a case study of Ficus hirta. Acta Oecologica, 121,103952.

Fernandez C, Saunier A, Wortham H, Ormeño E, Proffit M, Lecareux C, Greff S, Van Tan D, Tuan MS, Hoan HD, et al. 2023. Mangrove’s species are weak isoprenoid emitters. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 283: 108256.

Demares F, Gibert L, Creusot P, Lapeyre B, Proffit M. 2022. Acute ozone exposure impairs detection of floral odor, learning, and memory of honey bees, through olfactory generalization. Science of the total environment 827.

Dubuisson C, Nicolè F, Buatois B, Hossaert-Mckey M, Proffit M. 2022. Tropospheric ozone alters the chemical signal emitted by an emblematic plant of the mediterranean region: the true lavender (Lavandula angustifolia Mill.). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10, ff10.3389/fevo.2022.795588ff. ffhal-03871592f

Kidyoo A., Kidyoo M., McKey D., Proffit M., Deconninck G., Wattana P., Uamjan N., Ekkaphan P., Blatrix, R., 2022. Pollinator and floral odor specificity among four synchronopatric species of Ceropegia (Apocynaceae) suggests ethological isolation that prevents reproductive interference. Scientific Reports, 12, 13788. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18031-z

Kidyoo A, Kidyoo M, Blatrix R, Deconninck G, McKey D, Ekkaphan P, Proffit M. 2021. Molecular phylogenetic analysis and taxonomic reconsideration of Ceropegia hirsuta (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae) reveal a novelty in Thailand, Ceropegia citrina sp. nov., with notes on its pollination ecology. Plant systematics and evolution 307.

Vanderplanck M., Lapeyre B., Brondani M., Opsommer M., Dufay M., Hossaert-McKey M., Proffit M. 2021. Ozone pollution alters olfaction and behavior of pollinators. Antioxidants 2021, 10, 636. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox10050636

Vanderplanck M, Lapeyre B, Lucas S, Proffit M. 2021. Ozone induces distress behaviors in fig wasps with a reduced chance of recovery. INSECTS 12.

Dormont L, Fort T, Bessiere J, Proffit M, Hidalgo E, Buatois B, Schatz B. 2020. Sources of floral scent variation in the food-deceptive orchid Orchis mascula.Acta oecologica 107.

Proffit M., LapeyreB., Buatois B., Deng X.X., Arnal P., Gouzerh F., Carrasco D., Hossaert-McKey M. 2020. Chemical signal is in the blend: bases of plant-pollinator encounter in a highly specialized interaction. Scientific Reports 10:10071

Conchou L., Lucas P., Meslin C., Proffit M., Staudt M., Renou M. 2019. Insect odorscapes: from plant volatiles to natural olfactory scenes. Frontiers in Physiology, 10:972. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00972 

Carrasco D.^*, Desurmont G.A.^*, Laplanche D., Proffit M., Gols R., Becher P.G., Larsson M.C., Turlings T.C.J., Anderson P. 2018. With or without you: effects of the concurrent range expansion of an herbivore and its natural enemy on native species interactions. Global Change Biology, 24(2):631-643.

Proffit M., Bessière J.M., Schatz B., Hossaert-McKey M. 2018. Can fine-scale post-pollination variation of fig volatile compounds explain some steps of the temporal succession of fig wasps associated with Ficus racemosa? Acta Oecologica, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2017.08.009.

Souto-Vilarós D., Proffit M., Buatois B., Rindos M., Sisol M., Kuyaiva T., Michalek J., Darwell C.T. , Hossaert-McKey M., Weiblen G. D. , Novotny V., Segar S.T. 2018 Pollination along an elevational gradient mediated both by floral scent and pollinator compatibility in the fig and fig-wasp mutualism. Journal of Ecology, 106:2256-2273.

Karlsson M.F., Proffit M., Birgersson. 2017. Host-plant location by the Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora is assisted by floral volatiles.Chemoecology. 27(5):187-198.

Santonja M., Fernandez C., Proffit M., Gers C., Gauquelin T., Reiter I.M., Cramer W., Baldy V. 2017. Plant litter mixture partly mitigates the negative effects of extended drought on soil biota and litter decomposition in a Mediterranean oak forest. Journal of Ecology, doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12711.

Hossaert-McKey M., Proffit M., Soler C., Chen C., Bessière J.M., Schatz B., Borges R.M. (2016). How to be a dioecious fig: Chemical mimicry between sexes matters only when both sexes flower synchronously. Scientific Reports 6, 21236.

Kjellberg F., Proffit M. (2016). Tracking the elusive history of diversification in plant-herbivorous insect-parasitoid food webs: insights from figs and fig-wasps.Molecular Ecology, 25, 843-845.

Proffit M., Khallaf M., Carrasco D., Larsson M. & Anderson P. (2015). Do you remember the first time? Host plant preference in a moth is modulated by experiences during larval and adult mating.Ecology Letters, 18, 365-374.

Schatz B., Proffit M., Kjellberg F., Hossaert-McKey M. (2013). Un réseau trophique complexe: le cas des figuiers associés à différentes communautés d’insectes.in : Des insectes et des plantes. Ed. Quae.

Charpentier M.J.E., Barthes N., Proffit M., Bessière J.M., Buatois B., Grison C. (2012). Critical thinking in the chemical ecology of mammalian communication: Roadmap for future studies.Functional Ecology, 26, 769-774.

Clavijo McCormick A.L., Karlsson M.F., Bosa C.F., Proffit M., Bengtsson M., Zuluaga M.V., Fukumoto T., Oehlschlager C., Cotes Prado A.L., Witzgall P. (2012). Mating disruption of Guatemalan Potato Moth Tecia solanivora by attractive and non-attractive pheromone blends.Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, 63-70.

Cornille A., Underhill J.G., Cruaud A., Hossaert-McKey M., Johnson S.D., Tolley K.A., Kjellberg F., van Noort S., Proffit M. (2012). Floral volatiles, pollinator sharing and diversification in the fig–wasp mutualism: insights from Ficus natalensis, and its two wasp pollinators (South Africa).Proceedings of the royal society-B, 279, 1731-1739.

Soler C., Proffit M., Bessière J.M., Hossaert-McKey M., Schatz B. (2012). When males change their scents in presence of females, the case of the plant Ficus carica.Ecology letters, 15, 978-985.

Witzgall P., Proffit M., Rozpedowska E., Becher PG., Andreadis S., Coracini M., Lindblom TU., Rearn LJ., Hagman A., Bengtsson M., Kurtzman CP., Piskur J., Knight A. (2012). "This is not an Apple"-yeast mutualism in codling moth.Journal of Chemical Ecology, 38, 949-957.

Proffit M., Birgersson G., Bengtsson M., Witzgall P., Lima E. (2011). Attraction and oviposition of Tuta absoluta females (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in response to tomato leave volatiles.Journal of Chemical Ecology, 37, 565-574.

Soler C., Hossaert-McKey M., Buatois B., Bessière J.M., Schatz B., Proffit M. (2011). Geographic variation of floral scent in a highly specialized pollination mutualism.Phytochemistry, 72, 74-81.

Hossaert-McKey M., Soler C., Schatz B., Proffit M. (2010). Floral scents: their roles in nursery pollination mutualisms.Chemoecology, 20, 75-88.

Soler C., Proffit M., Chen C., Hossaert-McKey M. (2010). Private channels in plant-pollinator mutualisms. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 7, 893-895.

Chen C., Song Q., Proffit M., Bessière J.M., Li Z., Hossaert-McKey M. (2009). Private channel: a single unusual compound assures specific pollinator attraction in Ficus semicordata.Functional Ecology, 23, 941-950.

Proffit M., Chen C., Soler C., Bessière JM., Schatz B., Hossaert-McKey M. (2009). Can chemical signals responsible for mutualistic partner encounter promote the specific exploitation of nursery pollination mutualisms? – The case of figs and fig wasps.Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 131, 46-57.

Proffit M., Johnson S.D. (2009). Specificity of the signal emitted by figs to attract their pollinating wasps: Comparison of the volatile organic compounds produced by receptive syconia of Ficus sur and F. sycomorus in Southern Africa. South African Journal of Botany, 75, 771-777.

Proffit M., Schatz B., Bessière J.M., Chen C., Soler C., Hossaert-McKey M. (2008). Signalling receptivity: comparison of the emission of volatile compounds of figs of Ficus hispida before, during and after the phase of receptivity to pollinators.Symbiosis 45, 15-24.

Roy M., Dubois M.P., Proffit M., Vincenot L., Desmarais E., Selosse M.A. (2008). Evidence from population genetics that the ectomycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria amethystina is an actual multihost symbiont.Molecular Ecology 17, 2825-2838.

Proffit M., Schatz B., Borges R.M., Hossaert-McKey M. (2007). Chemical mediation and niche partitioning in non-pollinating fig-wasp communities.Journal of Animal Ecology 76, 296-303.

Schatz B., Proffit M., Rakhi B.V., Borges R.M., Hossaert-McKey M. (2006). Complex interactions on fig trees: ants capturing parasitic wasps as indirect mutualists of the fig-fig wasp interaction.Oikos 113, 344-352.

Directeur de Recherche / Senior scientist

I study the evolution of adaptive diversity, using colour patterns in butterflies as a model. In my group, we integrate many different approaches, including ecology, genetics, and modelling, to try and untangle how multiple factors influence the evolution and maintenance of diversity and polymorphisms.

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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

Directeur de Recherche CNRS

CEFE
Campus du CNRS
1919, route de Mende
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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.

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.