Je travaille sur l’écologie et l’évolution des systèmes de reproduction chez les plantes, avec un intérêt particulier porté d’une part aux causes et conséquences de l’évolution de l’unisexualité et d’autre part à la communication entre plantes et pollinisateurs. J’utilise des approches de terrain, modélisation, génétique des populations, génétique quantitative et écologie évolutive, écologie chimique.

Mots-clés :
Organisme biologique : 
Milieu : méditerranéen et tempéré
Discipline : écologie évolutive
Technique : 
Thématique : évolution des systèmes de reproduction
Autres mots clés : changements climatiques

Voici un échantillon des questions auxquelles je tente de répondre :

• Comment les femelles (ou les mâles) se maintiennent-elles (ils) en compétition avec des hermaphrodites ?
• Dans quelles conditions les unisexués peuvent-ils remplacer les hermaphrodites ?
• La séparation des sexes chez les espèces dioïques peut-elle fragiliser l’interaction plante-pollinisateur ?
• Dans quelles conditions un dimorphisme sexuel peut-il évoluer chez une espèce pollinisée par des insectes ?
• Comment diffèrent les pressions de sélection qui s’exercent via les fonctions mâles et femelles des plantes ?
• Comment mesurer et interpréter les pressions de sélection sexuelle chez les plantes ?
• Quelles pressions de sélection s’exercent sur les odeurs florales émises par les plantes ?

Responsabilités collectives actuelles : 

• Responsable du parcours Darwin (1^ère année) Master BEE Université Montpelier
• Directrice adjointe du département d’enseignement Biologie-Ecologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Montpellier
• Responsable de la commission RH – B3ESTE (Biologie, Ecologie, Evolution, Environnement, Sciences de la Terre et de l’Eau), pôle de recherche AEB, Université de Montpellier : établissement des profils de poste, mise en place des commissions de sélection et jurys, recrutement des ATER, promotions et avancements des enseignants chercheurs et des BIATS.

Publications :

De Cauwer I., Delle-Vedove R., Buatois B., Gode C. & Dufay M. (2025). Striking variation of pollinator attracting scent within a highly specialized pollination system. Journal of Ecology In press

Barbot E., Dufay M, Godé C. & De Cauwer I. (2025). Investigating the effects of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators on male and female reproductive success and on floral trait selection in Silene dioica PCI Evol Biol 10.24072/pcjournal.508

Anderson, B., … Dufay, M., … Glémin S. (2023) Opposing effects of plant traits on diversification iScience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106362

Barbot E., Dufay M.* & De Cauwer I.* (2023). Sex-specific selection patterns in a dioecious insect-pollinated plant. Evolution. . https://doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpad069. *co-dernières auteures.

Laugier F., Saumitou-Laprade P., Vernet P., Lepart J., Cheptou P.-O. & Dufay M. (2023). Male fertility advantage within and between seasons in the perennial androdioecious plant Phillyrea angustifolia. Annals of Botany. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad169

Lavaut, E., Valero M., Mauger, S., Guillemin, M.-L., Destombe, C. & Dufay, M (2023) Sexual selection in seaweed? Testing Bateman’s principles in the red alga Gracilaria gracilis. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.1668

Voir aussi sur cet article la communication de l’INEE : https://www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/et-si-les-algues-rouges-etaient-elles-aussi-soumises-la-selection-sexuelle

Puyoou, A., … Dufay, M., … Besnard, G. (2023). Limitation of gene flow by distance in the common yellow jasmine (Chrysojasminum fructicans, Oleaceae): implications for the study of its mating strategy. Bot. J. of the Lin. Soc. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/boad035

Barbot E., Dufay M, Tonnabel J., Godé C. & De Cauwer I. (2022) On the function of flower number disentangling fertility from pollinator-mediated selection. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 289: 20221987. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1987.

de Manincor, N., Andreu, B, Buatois, B., Chao, HL, Hautekeete, N, Massol, F, Piquot Y, Schatz B, Schmitt E. & Dufay M. (2022) Geographical variation of floral scents in generalist entomophilous species with variable pollinator communities. Functional Ecology 36: 763-778 doi:10.1111/1365-2435.13984. 

Moquet, L., Jacquemart A.-L., Dufay M*. & De Cauwer I*. (2022) Effects of sexual dimorphism on pollinator behaviour in a dioecious species. Oikos e08662 doi:10.1111/oik.08662 *co-dernières auteures.

Besnard, G, Dufay, M & Schatz, B.(2021) Investigating pollination strategies in a changing world. Botany Letters. 168:311-315 doi:10.1080/23818107.2021.1965018

Tonnabel J., David P., Janicke T., Lehner A., Mollet J.-C., Pannell JP & Dufay M. (2021) The scope for post-mating sexual selection in plants. Tr. Ecol. Evol. 10.1016/j.tree.2021.02.013

Vanderplanck M., Lapeyre B., Brondani M., Opsommer M., Dufay M., Hossaert-McKey M., Proffit M. (2021) Ozone pollution alters olfaction and behavior of pollinators. Antioxydants. 10.3390/antiox10050636 .

Moquet L, Lateur L, Jacquemart AL, De Cauwer I & Dufay M (2020). Temporal dynamics of sexual dimorphism in a dioecious species. Annals of Botany. 126. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcaa088

Vanderplanck M, Touzet P, Van Rossum F, Lahiani E, De Cauwer I & Dufay M. (2020). Does pollination syndrome reflect pollinator efficiency in Silene nutans? Acta Oecologica 105. 10.1016/j.actao.2020.103557

Saumitou-Laprade P, Vernet Ph. Dowkiw A., Bertrand S, Billiard S, Albert B, Gouyon PH & Dufay M. (2018). Polygamy or subdioecy? The impact of diallelic self-incompatibility on the sexual system in Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae). Proc. Roy. Soc. London B. 285. 10.1098/rspb.2018.0004

Delle-Vedove R., Schatz B & Dufay M. (2017) Understanding intraspecific variation of floral scents in light of evolutionary ecology. Annals of Botany. 120: 1-20

Martin H, Touzet P. Dufay M, Godé C, Schmitt E, Lahiani E, Delph LF & Van Rossum F. (2017) Lineages of Silene nutans developed rapid, strong, asymmetric postzygotic reproductive isolation in allopatry. Evolution. 71: 1519-1531

Lahiani E., Touzet P., Billard E., & Dufay M. (2015) When is it worth being a self-compatible hermaphrodite ? Context-dependent effects of self-pollination on female advantage in gynodioecious Silene nutans. Ecology & Evolution doi 10.1002/ece3.1410

Dufay M. Champelovier P, Käfer J, Henry JP, Mousset S, Marais GAB. (2014) An angiosperm-wide analysis of the gynodioecy-dioecy pathway. Annals of Botany. 114: 539-548.

Käfer J., de Boer H., Mousset S., Kool A., Dufay M. & Marais G.A.B. (2014) Dioecy increases diversification in flowering plants. J. Evol. Biol. 27: 1478-1490. Sex uncovered special issue.

Lepers C., Dufay M. & Billiard S. (2014). How does pollination mutualisms affect the evolution of prior self-fertilization? A model. Evolution. 68: 3581-3598. 

Dornier A. & Dufay M. (2013) How selfing, inbreeding depression and pollen limitation impact nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy : a model. Evolution 67: 2674-2687.

Lahiani E., Dufay M., Castric V., Charlesworth D., Le Cadre S., Van Rossum F. & Touzet P. (2013) Balancing selection rather than epidemic dynamics maintains gynodioecy in Silene.  Heredity 111: 157-164.

De Cauwer I., Arnaud J.F, Klein, E. & Dufay M. (2012) Disentangling the causes of heterogeneity in male fecundity in gynodioecious Beta vulgaris spp. maritima. New Phytologist 195: 676-687.

De Cauwer I., Dufay M. Hornoy B., Courseaux A. & Arnaud J.F. (2012) Gynodioecy in structured populations : understanding fine-scale sex ratio variation in Beta vulgaris spp. maritima. Molecular Ecology, 21 :834-850.

Dufay M. & Billard E. (2012) How much better are females? The occurrence of female advantage, its proximal causes and its variation among and within gynodioecious species. Annals of Botany, 109: 509-519. Special Issue on Plant Mating Systems.

De Cauwer I., Arnaud J.F, Courseaux A. & Dufay M. (2011) Sex-specific fitness variation in gynodioecious Beta vulgaris spp. maritima: do empirical observations fit theoretical predictions ? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 24 : 2456-2472.

Garraud C., Brachi B., Dufay M., Touzet P. and Shykoff J. (2011)  Genetic determination of male sterility in gynodioecious Silene nutans. Heredity. 5 : 757-764.

De Cauwer I., Arnaud J.F., Schmidt E. & Dufay M. (2010) Fine-scale sex structure and pollen limitation of female reproductive success in the gynodioecious wind-pollinated Beta vulgaris spp. maritima. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 : 2636-2647.

De Cauwer I., Dufay M.., Cuguen J. & Arnaud JF. (2010) Effects of fine-scale genetic structuring on male mating success in a gynodioecious species. Molecular Ecology, 19:1540-1558.

Dufay M. (2010) Impact of plant flowering phenology on the cost/benefit balance in a specific nursery pollination mutualism, with honest males and cheating females. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 23 : 977-986.

Dufay M, Lahiani E., & Brachi B. (2010). Gender variation and inbreeding depression in gynodioecious-gynomonoecious Silene nutans. International Journal of Plant Science, 171 : 53-62.

Dufay M. & Pannell J.R. (2010) The effects of pollen versus seed flow on the maintenance of nuclear-cytoplasmic gynodioecy. Evolution, 64 : 772-784.

Dufay M, Cuguen J., Arnaud J.F., & Touzet P. (2009). Sex ratio variation in gynodioecious populations of wild beet: can it be explained by frequency-dependent selection ? Evolution, 63 : 1483-1497.

Dufaÿ M.,  Vaudey V., De Cauwer I., Touzet P., Cuguen J. & Arnaud J.F. (2008) Variation in pollen production and pollen viability in natural populations of  gynodioecious Beta vulgaris spp. maritima: evidence for a cost of restoration ? Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 : 202-212.

Dufaÿ M., Touzet P., Maurice S. & Cuguen J. (2007) Modeling the maintenance of male fertile cytoplasm in a gynodioecious population. Heredity,  99: 349-356.

Dufaÿ M. & Anstett M-C. (2004) Cheating is not always punished: killer female plants and pollination by deceit in the dwarf palm Chamaerops humilis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17 : 862-868.

Dufaÿ M., Anstett M-C. & Hossaert-McKey M. (2004) Temporal and sexual variation of the leaf-produced odour, attracting the specific pollinator of the dwarf palm. Oecologia, 139: 392-398.

Dufaÿ M. & Anstett M-C. (2003) Conflicts in pollination mutualisms where pollinators reproduce in the inflorescence: evolutionary variations on a theme. Oikos, 100 : 3-14.

Dufaÿ M., Hossaert-McKey M. & Anstett M-C. (2003) When leaves act like flowers : how dwarf palms attract their pollinators. Ecology Letters, 6 : 28-34. 

Barbot E., Dufay M, Godé C. & De Cauwer I. (2025). Investigating the effects of diurnal and nocturnal pollinators on male and female reproductive success and on floral trait selection in Silene dioica PCI Evol Biol 10.24072/pcjournal.508

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 gambiensis larviposition 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 Open 13 (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.

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

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