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Chargé de Recherche CNRS. Directeur Scientifique de l'ECOTRON Montpellier
I am an ecosystem ecologist whose research interest focuses on the consequences of global changes such as biodiversity loss and climate change for the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems. In my research I often use functional traits as a predictive framework for ecosystem functioning. In particular, I have a great interest in controlled environment facilities for ecosystem research (ECOTRONs) because they have the capacity to simultaneously control environmental conditions while allowing for ecosystem-level measurements of carbon and water fluxes. My research time is currently shared between CEFE and the CNRS Ecotron of Montpellier.
CEFE - Campus du CNRS
1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier cedex 5
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• Since 2015 - Researcher CR, CNRS CEFE
• Since 2018 - Ecotron Director
• 2016-2018 - Adjunct Director, CNRS, Ecotron
• 2012-2014 - Research Associate, CNRS Ecotron
• 2007-2012 - Ecotron Project Leader, Imperial College London (Silwood Park)
• 2005-2007 - Ecotron Research Officer, Imperial College London (Silwood Park)
• 2002-2005 - PhD, Technical University of Darmstadt
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Honvault, N., Tiouchichine, M.-L., Sauze, J., Piel, C., Landais, D., Devidal, S., Gritti, E., Bosch, D., & Milcu, A. (2024). Additive effects of basalt enhanced weathering and biochar co-application on carbon sequestration, soil nutrient status and plant performance in a mesocosm experiment. Applied Geochemistry, 169, 106054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2024.106054
Cassan, O., Pimpare, L.-L., Mozzanino, T., Fizames, C., Devidal, S., Roux, F., Milcu, A… A., & Martin, A. (2024). Natural genetic variation underlying the negative effect of elevated CO2 on ionome composition in Arabidopsis thaliana. eLife, 12, RP90170. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.90170.3
Ganault, P., Nahmani, J., Capowiez, Y., Fromin, N., Shihan, A., Bertrand, I., Buatois, B., & Milcu, A. (2024). Earthworms and plants can decrease soil greenhouse gas emissions by modulating soil moisture fluctuations and soil macroporosity in a mesocosm experiment. PLoS ONE, 19(2), e0289859. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289859
Forey, O., Sauze, J., Piel, C., Gritti, E. S., Devidal, S., Faez, A., Ravel, O., Nahmani, J., Rouch, L., Blouin, M., Pérès, G., Capowiez, Y., Roy, J., & Milcu, A. (2023). Earthworms do not increase greenhouse gas emissions (CO2 and N2O) in an ecotron experiment simulating a three-crop rotation system. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21920. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-48765-3
Roy, J., Rineau, F., De Boeck, H. J., Nijs, I., Pütz, T., Abiven, S., Arnone, J. A., Barton, … Milcu, A. (2021). Ecotrons: Powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science. Global Change Biology, 27(7), 1387–1407. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15471
Zeng, W., Xiang, W., Zhou, B., Ouyang, S., Zeng, Y., Chen, L., Freschet, G. T., Valverde-Barrantes, O. J., & Milcu, A. (2021). Positive tree diversity effect on fine root biomass: Via density dependence rather than spatial root partitioning. Oikos, 130(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.158085081.11215277
Milcu, A., Puga-Freitas, R., Ellison, A. M., Blouin, M., Scheu, S., Freschet, G. T., Rose, L., Barot, S., Cesarz, S., … Roy, J. (2018). Genotypic variability enhances the reproducibility of an ecological study. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 279–287. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0434-x
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