Project outline

I am interested in the effects of culling of gray wolves (Canis lupus) on depredations (i.e. attacks on livestock) and on the social and spatial structure of the French wolf population.

 

Bio

  • 2023 – 2025. Postdoc CNRS/OFB about the effects of wolf culling in France on the social and spatial structure of wolves.
  • 2021 – 2022. Postdoc CNRS/OFB about distribution modelling of the Eurasian hamster in Alsace, France.
  • 2018 – 2021. PhD student OFB about the understanding of the depredation process in grey wolf (Canis lupus) and its interactions with lethal measures: focus on the French Alpine Arc, Université de Montpellier.
  • 2015 – 2017. Master Biodiversité Ecologie Evolution, Ecologie des écosystèmes tropicaux naturels et anthropisés, avec spécialité forêt et modélisation en M2, Université des Antilles.
  • 2012 – 2015. Licence de Biologie des Organismes, Université de Rennes 1 & Canterbury Christ Church University (Erasmus).

 

Publications

  • Grente, O., Opitz, T., Duchamp, C., Drouet-Hoguet, N., Chamaillé- Jammes, S. & Gimenez, O. (2025) Spatio-temporal dynamics of attacks around deaths of wolves: A statistical assessment of lethal control efficiency in France, under review in Peer Community In Ecology.
  • Drouilly, M., Ipavec, A., Grente, O., […], Breitenmoser-Wursten, C. & Durant, S. (2025) Spotted! Remote camera traps used in a novel design reveal a perilous situation for the Critically Endangered Northwest African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus hecki) in a conflict-affected protected area in Benin, accepted in Ecological Solutions and Evidence.
  • Grente, O., Bauduin, S., Santostasi, N.L., Chamaillé-Jammes, S., Duchamp, C., Drouet-Hoguet, N., & Gimenez, O. (2024) Evaluating the effects of wolf culling on livestock predation when considering wolf population dynamics in an Individual-Based Model, Wildlife Biology, e01227
  • Santostasi, N.L., Bauduin, S., Grente, O., Gimenez, O. & Ciucci, P. (2024) Assessing the efficacy of wolf-dog hybridization management using individual-based modeling, Conservation Biology, e14312
  • Couturier, T., Bauduin, S., Astruc, G., […], Grente, O., […], Vanpé, C., Besnard, A. & Gimenez, O. (2023) Building spaces of interactions between researchers and managers: Case studies with wildlife monitoring and conservation in France, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4, e12245
  • Grente, O., Duchamp, C., Bauduin, S., Chamaillé-Jammes, S., Drouet-Hoguet, N. & Gimenez, O. (2023) Tirs dérogatoires de loups en France : évaluation des effets sur les attaques aux troupeaux, Naturae, 5, pp. 65-73.
  • Grente, O., Saubusse, T., Gimenez, O., Marboutin, E. & Duchamp, C. (2022) Wolf depredation hotspots in France: Clustering analyses adjusting for livestock availability, Biological Conservation, 267, p. 109495.
  • Grente, O. (2021) Understanding the depredation process in grey wolf (Canis lupus) and its interactions with lethal measures: focus on the French Alpine Arc, Thèse, Université de Montpellier.
  • Gervasi, V., Linnell, J.D.C., Berce, T., […], Grente, O., […], Talvi, T., vonArx, M. & Gimenez, O. (2021) Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of large carnivore depredation on sheep in Europe, Global Ecology and Conservation, 30, e01798.
  • Grente, O., Duchamp, C., Bauduin, S., Opitz, T., Chamaillé-Jammes, S., Drouet-Hoguet, N. & Gimenez, O. (2021) Tirs dérogatoires de loups en France : état des connaissances et des enjeux pour la gestion des attaques aux troupeaux, Faune Sauvage, 327, pp.16-21.
  • Bauduin, S., Grente, O., Santostasi, N.L., Ciucci, P., Duchamp, C. & Gimenez, O. (2020) An individual-based model to explore the impacts of lesser-known social dynamics on wolf populations, Ecological Modelling, 433.
  • Consorte-McCrea, A., Bainbridge, A., Fernandez, A., Nigbur, D., McDonnell, S., Morin, A. & Grente, O. (2016) Understanding attitudes towards native wildlife and biodiversity in the UK: the role of zoo, Leal Filho, W. (Ed.), Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom: Approaches, Methods and Projects. Springer International Publishing, pp. 295–311.