My topics of interests in research presently include:
- Local adaptation at small spatial scales
- Adaptive and non-adaptive responses to climate change
- Evolutionary importance of extreme climatic events
- Adaptation to urban habitats
- Sexual selection and evolution of sexual ornaments
- Natural selection and microevolution in natural populations
- Spatio-temporal fluctuations in natural selection
- Evolutionary ecology of bird personality
- Evolutionary constraints and multivariate quantitative genetics
- Ecological genomics
I am part of the group 'Ecologie Evolutive Empirique, Communication & Coopération' in the CEFE.
Below my closest collaborators:
Postdocs
Laura Gervais (2022-) - collaboration with Alexis Chaine (ANR SoCo) & Charles Perrier
Otto Monge (2023-) - collaboration with Samuel Caro
PhD students
Lucie Michel (2024-xx) - cosupervision with Claire Doutrelant (CEFE) & Denis Réale (UQAM)
Hélène Dion-Phénix (2020-2025) - cosupervision with Denis Réale & Steven Kembel (UQAM)
Jérémy Defrance (2023-2026) cosupervision with Arnaud Grégoire & Marcel Lambrechts (CEFE)
Laurine Mathieu (2023-2026) cosupervision with Samuel Caro (CEFE)
Arlette Fauteux (2023-2027) - main supervisor: Denis Réale (UQAM), co-supervision: Claire Doutrelant (CEFE)
Master students
Visitor students
Presently none!
External collaborators
Denis Réale, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada
Charles Perrier, INRAE, CBGP
Marta Szulkin, University of Warsaw, Poland
Clotilde Biard, Sorbonne Université
Juan Carlos Senar, Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona
Sylvie Massemin, Université de Sherbrooke
Davide Dominoni, University of Glasgow
Vicki Friesen, Queen's University
Alexis Chaine & Maxime Cauchoix, CNRS à Moulis
Adèle Mennerat , University of Bergen, Norway
Loeske Kruuk, Australia National University, Australia
Sandra Bouwhuis, Institute of Avian Research 'Vogelwarte Helgoland', Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Alexandre Robert, CESCO, MNHN, Paris
Past students
Charlène Ruppli (Master 2007-2008)
Mélody Porlier (PhD:2009-2012) - cosupervision with Dany Garant
Coline Arnaud (PhD:2009-2012) - cosupervision with Steve Dobson
Nicolas Rode (PhD:2008-2012) - cosupervision with Thomas Lenormand
Mandy Thion (Master 2012) - cosupervision with Claire Doutrelant
Pauline Beis (Master 2012) - cosupervision with Olivier Gimenez
Suzanne Bonamour (Master 2016) - cosupervision with Céline Teplitsky, Luis Miguel Chevin & Pierre-André Crochet
Aude Caizergues (Master 2016) – cosupervision with Arnaud Grégoire
Ana Lozano (Master 2015-2016) - cosupervision with Charles Perrier
Virginie Demeyrier (PhD: 2014-2016) - cosupervision with Arnaud Grégoire
Pascal Marrot (PhD: 2012-2016) - cosupervision with Dany Garant
Gabrielle Dubuc-Messier (PhD: 2012-2017) - cosupervision with Denis Réale
Suzanne Bonamour du Tartre (PhD: 2016-2019) - cosupervision with Céline Teplistky & Luis Miguel Chevin
Olivier Bastianelli (PhD: 2016-2019) - cosupervision with Alexandre Robert
Hélène Dion-Phénix (Master 2017-2019) - cosupervision with Denis Réale & Steven Kembel (UQAM)
Amélie Hoste (Master 2019-2020) - cosupervision with Samuel Caro & Sylvain Gandon
Aude Caizergues (PhD: 2017-2021) - cosupervision with Arnaud Grégoire
Dhanya Bharath (Master 2022) - cosupervision with Megan Thompson
Drew Sauve (PhD: 2018-2023) - cosupervision with Vicki Friesen (Queen's University)
Jeremy Defrance (Master 2023) - cosupervision with Arnaud Grégoire & Marcel Lambrechts
Mathias Gagnon-Barbin (Master 2019-2023) - cosupervision with Denis Réale
Chase Carreau (Master 2022-2023) - cosupervision with Denis Réale
Mathis Ballet (Master 2024) - cosupervision with Laura Gervais
Megan Thompson (2020-2024) - cosupervision with Denis Réale (UQAM)
Past postdocs
Tracy Burkhard (2022-2024)
Barbara Class (2022)
Maria Moiron (2018-2022) -collaboration with Sandra Bouwhuis
Charles Perrier (2015-2019)
Boris Delahaie (2015-2017) - collaboration with Céline Teplitksy
Marta Szulkin (2012-2015)
Jeff Lane (2010-2011) - collaboration with Steve Dobson
Josh Auld (2008-2009) – collaboration with Patrice David & Philippe Jarne
Fieldwork collaborators
Here I try to keep an update of fieldworkers that have participated in the blue tit/great tit projects over the years. Please contact me if your name is missing!
- in 2013: Virginie Journeau, Marc-Olivier Beausoleil, Paul Acker, Claire Loiseau
- in 2014: Christophe de Franceschi, Aude Caizergues, Catherine Geoffroy, Marc-Olivier Beausoleil, Karine Dubois, Coline Cannone, Marie Maistre
- in 2015: Christophe de Franceschi, Simon Coté Bourgoin, Raphaëlle Mercier Gauthier, Stéphan Tillo, Marie Maistre, Simon Miljeteig, Lisa Hagevik, Siri Haugsum
- in 2016: Christophe de Franceschi, Aude Caizergues, Raphaëlle Mercier Gauthier, Stéphan Tillo, Adrien Martineau, Anaïs Prud'Homme, Jessé Roy-Drainville, Aurore Aguetaz, Stéphane Hello, Marie Danielsen
- in 2017: Christophe de Franceschi, Baptiste Pépin, Raphaëlle Mercier Gauthier, Marie Pillods, Gabrielle Dubuc-Messier, Boris Flotterer, Louise Froud.
- in 2018: Christophe de Franceschi (just before becoming officially CNRS-CEFE staff!), Arnaud Borne (notre super BBS), Carole Leray, Gabriel Dansereau, Gabriel Trannoy
- in 2019: Cécile Vansteenberghe, Fiona Cornet, Johanna Theys, Mathias Gagnon-Barbin, Simon Sabrié Perrine Lequitte-Charransol, Claire Dufour.
- in 2020: Achille Sanroma & Catherine Janvier saved the Pirio dataset during the covid lockdown, Stéphan Tillo ( ECOTONE) similarly in Montpellier, and Juliette Linossier (Biophonia) in the Regino valley. THANK YOU to them since we ran a high risk to have a blank year for laying dates!!
- in 2021: Juliette Linossier, Amélie Fargevieille, Aude Caizergues, Pierre Colençon, Thomas Dagonet, Benjamin Dupuis, Fanny Gonguet, Angelika Borowiecka, Marta Szulkin, the GNAUM students (in particular Flora Gouzerh)
- in 2022: Dhanya Bharat, Gabrielle Gingras, François-Xavier Habimana, Amélie Fargevieille, Maël Moulin, Ulysse Lafond, the GNAUM students (in particular Flora Gouzerh)
- in 2023: Victor René de Cotret, Marilou Cournoyer, Emilie Favaro, Arlette Fauteux, Gabrielle Gingras, Adam Gybely, Christian Tchana
- Want to be part of our next field team for spring 2025? Contact us!
Thank you to the city of Montpellier, the University of Montpellier, the OSU-OREME, the MAB Fango Valley, the associations APEEM and GRIPEM.
