1. Scientific publications

Blary C., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Barré K., Assessing the importance of field margins for bat species and communities in intensive agricultural landscapes. Agriculture Ecosystem & Environment in press


Barré K., Kerbiriou C., Ing R-K., Bas Y., Azam C., Le Viol I., Spoelstra K., Bats seek refuge in cluttered environment when exposed to white and red lights at Night. Movement Ecology in press


Fanini L., Piscart C., Pranzini E., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I, Pétillon J. The extended concept of Littoral Active Zone considering soft sediment shores as social-ecological systems, and an application to Brittany (North-Western France) Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science in press.


Challéat S. Barre K. Laforge A., Lapostolle D., Franchomme M., Sirami C., Le Viol I., Milian J., Kerbiriou C. Grasping darkness: the dark ecological network as a social-ecological framework to limit the impacts of light pollution on biodiversity, Ecology and Society in press


Dubos N., Kerbiriou C., Julien J.F. Barbaro L., Barré K., Claireau F., Froidevaux J., Le Viol I., Lorrillière R., Roemer C., Verfaillie FD., Bas Y. Going beyond species richness and abundance: robustness of community specialisation measures in short acoustic surveys. Biodiversity and conservation in press


Claireau F., Kerbiriou C., Charton F., De Almeida Braga C., Ferraille T., Julien J-F., Machon N., Allegrini B., Puechmaille S., Bas Y. Bat overpasses help bats to cross roads safely by increasing their flight height Acta Chiropterologica in press


Millon L., Barré K., Julliard R., Compere P., Kerbiriou C. Calculation of biodiversity level between different land-uses to improve conservation outcomes of biodiversity offsetting  Land Use Policy in press


Barré K., Spoelstra K., Yves Bas, Challéat S., Kiri Ing R., Azam C., Zissis G., Lapostolle D., Kerbiriou C*., Le Viol I.* Artificial light may change flight patterns of bats near bridges along urban waterways. Animal Conservation in press, https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12635


Kerbiriou C., Barré K., Mariton L., Pauwels J., Zissis G., Robert A., Le Viol I., 2020. Switching LPS to LED streetlight may dramatically reduce activity and foraging of bats. Diversity in press

Kerbiriou C. Parisot-Laprun M. 2020. Disentangling effects of local and landscape variables on attractiveness of restored gravel-sand pits for bat foraging activities. Land Degradation and Development in press

E. Gaget, I. Le Viol, D. Pavón-Jordán, V. Cazalis, C. Kerbiriou, F. Jiguet, N. Popoff, L. Dami, J.Y. Mondain-Monval, P. Defos du Rau, W.A.I. Abdou, L. Bozic, M. Dakki, V.M.F. Encarnação, K. Erciyas-Yavuz, K.S. Etayeb, B. Molina, N. Petkov, D. Uzunova, M. Zenatello, T. Galewski. 2020. Assessing the effectiveness of the Ramsar Convention in preserving wintering waterbirds in the Mediterranean. Biological Conservation, 243, in press

Thévenin C., Morin A., Robert A., Kerbiriou C., Sarrazin F. 2020. Heterogeneity in the allocation of reintroduction efforts among terrestrial mammals in Europe. Biological Conservation in press

Mimet A., Kerbiriou C., Simon L., Julien J.F., Raymond R., 2020. Contribution of private gardens to habitat availability, connectivity and conservation of the common pipistrelle in Paris Landscape and Urban Planning in press

Fontanilles P., Hera (de la) I., Sourdrille K., Lacoste F., Kerbiriou C. 2020. Stopover ecology of Bluethroats in threatened complex landscape with wetland and farming habitats. Journal of Ornithology 161:89-101

Barré K., Le Viol I., Julliard R., Pauwels J., Newson S.E., Julien J.F., Claireau F., Kerbiriou C.*, Bas Y.*, 2019. Accounting for automated identification errors in acoustic surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Claireau F., Bas Y., Pauwels J., Puechmaille S., Julien J.F., Machon N., Allegrini B., Kerbiriou C. 2019. Major roads have important effects on insectivorous bats activity. Biological Conservation, 235, 53-62

Kerbiriou, C., Bas, Y.; Le Viol, I.; Lorrillière, R.; Mougnot, J.; Julien, J.-F. 2019. Bat Pass Duration Measurement: An Indirect Measure of Distance of Detection. Diversity, 11, 47.

Barré K., Le Viol I., Bas Y., Julliard R., Kerbiriou C. 2019. Wind turbine impact on bat activity is not driven by siting altitude. Addendum to “Estimating habitat loss due to wind turbine avoidance by bats: Implications for European siting guidance” [Biol. Conserv.] 226, 205–214. Biological Conservation 235 77–78.

Laforge A., Pauwels J., Faure B., Bas Y., Kerbiriou C., Fonderflick J., Besnard A. 2019. Reducing light pollution improves connectivity for bats in urban landscapes. Landscape and Urban planning

Claireau F., Bas Y., Julien J.F., Machon N., Allegrini B., Puechmaille S., Kerbiriou C. 2019. Bat overpasses as an alternative solution to restore habitat connectivity in the context of road requalification. Ecological Engineering accepted

Bezombes L., Kerbiriou C., Spiegelberger T. 2019. Do biodiversity offsets achieve No Net Loss? An evaluation of offsets in a French department. Biological Conservation accepted

Kerbiriou C., Bas Y., Le Viol I., Lorrilliere R., Mougnot J., Julien J.-F., 2019. Potentiality of the bat pass duration measure for studies dealing with bat activity. Bioacoustic 28 (2): 177 -192

Barbaro L., Allan E., Ampoorter E., Castagneyrol B., Charbonnier Y., De Wandeler H., Kerbiriou C., Milligan H.T., Vialatte A., Carnol M., Deconchat M., De Smedt P., Jactel H., Koricheva J., Le Viol I., Muys B., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., van der Plas F. 2019. Biotic predictors complement bat and bird response models to climate and tree diversity in European forests Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Claireau F., Bas Y., Puechmaille S.J., Julien J.F., Allegrini B., Kerbiriou C. 2019. Bat overpasses: an insufficient solution to restore habitat connectivity across the road. Journal of Applied Ecology accepted https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13288

Pauwels J., Le Viol I., Azam C., Valet N., Julien J.F., Lemarchand C., Bas Y., Sanchez de Miguel A., Kerbiriou C. 2019. Accounting for artificial light impact on bat activity for a biodiversity-friendly urban planning. Landscape and Urban planning, 183 : 12-25.

Dubs F., Vergnes A., Mirlicourtois E., Le Viol I., Kerbiriou C., Goulnik J., Belghali S., Bentze L., Barot S., Porcher E. 2018. Positive effects of wheat variety mixtures on aboveground arthropods are weak and variable. Basic and Applied Ecology, 33: 66-78

Lacoeuilhe, A., Machon, N., Julien, J.-F., Kerbiriou, C. 2018. The relative effects of local and landscape characteristics of hedgerows on bats. Diversity, 10, 72.

Penone C., Kerbiriou C., Marmet J., Julien J.F., Le Viol I. 2018. Body size information in large-scale acoustic bat databases. Peer J, 6:e5370https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5370

Barré K., Le Viol I., Bas Y., Julliard R., Kerbiriou C. 2018. Estimating habitat loss due to wind turbine avoidance by bats: implications for European siting guidance. Biological Conservation, 226: 205-214.

Bezombes L., Gaucherand S., Spiegelberger T., Gouraud V., Kerbiriou C., 2018. Development of a standardized framework for the evaluation of biodiversity in the context of biodiversity offsets. Ecological indicator 83 : 1244-1252.

Pinaud D., Claireau F., Leuchtmann M., Kerbiriou C. 2018. Modelling landscape connectivity for greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) using an empirical quantification of resistance. Journal Applied Ecology 55: 2600–2611.

Azam C., Le Viol I., Bas Y., Zissis G., Vernet A., Julien J.F., Kerbiriou C. 2018. Evidence for distance and illuminance thresholds in the effects of artificial lighting on bat activity. Landscape and Urban Planning 175: 123-135.

Thévenin C., Mouchet M., Robert A., Kerbiriou C. Sarrazin F. 2018. Reintroductions of birds and mammals involve evolutionarily distinct species at the regional scale. Proceeding of the National Academy of Science 115 (13) 3404-3409.

Barré K., Le Viol I., Julliard R., Kerbiriou C. 2018. Weed control method drives conservation tillage efficiency on farmland breeding birds. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 256: 74-81.

Millon L., Colin C., Brescia F., Kerbiriou C. 2018. Wind turbines impact bat activity, leading to high losses of habitat use in a biodiversity hotspot. Ecological Engineering 112: 51-54.

Kerbiriou C., Parisot-Laprun M., Julien J.-F., 2018. Potential of restoration of gravel-sand pits for Bats, Ecological Engineering, 110: 137-145

Kerbiriou C., Azam C., Touroult J., Marmet J., Julien J.F., Pellissier V., 2018. Common bats are more abundant within Natura 2000 areas. Biological Conservation, 217: 66-74

Barré K., Le Viol I., Julliard R., Chiron F., Kerbiriou C. 2017. Tillage and herbicide reduction mitigate the gap between conventional and organic farming effects on foraging activity of insectivorous bats Ecology and Evolution, 8(3): 1496–1506.

Bezombes L., Gaucherand S., Kerbiriou C., Reinert M.-E., Spiegelberger T. 2017. Ecological equivalence assessment methods: what trade-offs between operationality, scientific basis and comprehensiveness? Environmental Management, 60: 216-230

Musseau R., Beslic S., Benard S., Kerbiriou C. 2017. Importance of intertidal coastal wetlands for Atlantic bluethroat populations (Luscinia svecica namnetum) during moulting period and conservation implications in the context of global changes. Ardeola 64.2: 325-345.

Azam C., Le Viol I., Julien JF., Bas Y., Kerbiriou C. 2016. Disentangling the relative effect of light pollution, impervious surfaces and intensive agriculture on bat activity with a national-scale monitoring program. Landscape Ecology 31: 2471-2483

Dupont H., Gourmelon F., Rouan M., Le Viol I., Kerbiriou C. 2016. The contribution of agent-based simulations to conservation management on a Natura 2000 site. Journal of Environmental Management 168, 27-35.

Dupont H., Gourmelon F., Rouan M., Le Viol I., Kerbiriou C. 2016. Modélisation d’accompagnement en gestion conservatoire, expérimentation au sein du réseau Natura 2000 français. revue Internalionale de Géomatique

Jeliazkov A. Bas Y., Kerbiriou C., Julien JF., Penone C, Le Viol I. 2016. Large-scale semi-automated acoustic monitoring allows to detect temporal decline of bush-crickets. Global Ecology and Conservation, 6:208–218

Lacoeuilhe A., Machon N., Julien JF., Kerbiriou C. 2016. Effects of hedgerows on bats and bush crickets at different spatial scales, Acta Oecologica 71: 61-72

Robert A., Colas B., Guigon I., Kerbiriou C., Mihoub J.B., Saint-Jalme M., Sarrazin F. 2015. Reintroducing reintroductions into the conservation arena. Animal Conservation 18 : 413–414

Azam C., Kerbiriou C., Vernet A., Julien J.F., Bas Y., Plichard L., Maratrat J., Le Viol I. 2015. Is part-night lighting an effective measure to limit the impacts of artificial lighting on bats? Global Change Biology 21 : 4333–4341.

Kerbiriou C., Julien J.F. Monsarrat S., Lustrat P., Haquart A., Robert A., 2015. Information on population trends and biological constraints from bat counts in roost cavities: a 22-year case study of a pipistrelle bats (Pipistrellus pipistrellus Schreber) hibernaculum Wildlife Research, 42: 35–43

Redon de L., Le Viol I., Jiguet, F., Machon N., Scher O., Kerbiriou C., 2015. Road network in human-dominated landscape: Habitat, corridor or barrier for small mammals ? Acta Oecologica 62: 58-65.

Millon L., Julien J.F., Julliard R., Kerbiriou C., 2015. Bat activity in intensively farmed landscapes with wind turbines and offset measures. Ecological Engineering, 75: 250-257

Robert A., Colas B., Guigon I., Kerbiriou C., Mihoub J.B., Saint-Jalme M., Sarrazin F. 2015. Defining reintroduction success using IUCN criteria for threatened species. A demographic assessment. Animal Conservation, 18: 407–408.

Arthur L., Lemaire M., Dufrêne L., Le Viol I., Julien J.F., Kerbiriou C. 2014. Understanding bat-habitat associations and the effects of monitoring on long-term roost success using a volunteer dataset. Acta Chiropterologica, 16(2): 397–411

Lacoeuilhe A., Machon N., Julien J.F., Le BocqA., Kerbiriou C. 2014. The Influence of LowIntensities of Light Pollution on Bat Communities in a Semi-Natural Context Article. PLOS ONE. published31 Oct 2014

Musseau R. Herrmann V., Bénard S., Kerbiriou C., Herault T., Jiguet F. 2014. Ecology of Aquatic Warblers Acrocephalus paludicola in a fall stopover area on the Atlantic coast of France. Acta Ornithologica. 49: 93–105

Vandevelde J.C., Bouhours A., Julien J.F., Couvet C., Kerbiriou C. 2014. Activity of European common bats along railway verges. Ecological Engineering 64: 49-56

Regnery B., Couvet D., Kubarek L., Julien J.F., Kerbiriou C. 2013. Tree microhabitats as indicators of bird and bat communities in Mediterranean forests. Ecological Indicators 34: 221-230

Regnery B., Couvet D., Kerbiriou C. 2013. Offset measures and development projects : the conservation of protected species under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. Conservation Biology 27: 1335–1343 cité par la commission Européenne Science for Environmental Policy

Regnery B., Kerbiriou C., Julliard R., Vandevelde J-C., Le Viol I., Burylo M. Couvet D. 2013. Sustain common species and ecosystem functions through biodiversity offsets : response to Pilgrim et al. Conservation Letters 6: 385–386

Chateil C., Goldringer I., Tarallo L., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Ponge J-F., Salmon S., Gachet S., Porcher E. 2013. Crop genetic diversity benefits farmland biodiversity in cultivated fields. Agriculture Environment & Ecosystems 171: 25-32

Regnery B., Paillet Y., Couvet D., Kerbiriou C. 2013. Which factors influence the occurrence and density of tree microhabitats in Mediterranean oak forests ? Forest Ecology and Management 295: 118-125

Vergnes A., Kerbiriou C., Clergeau P. 2013. Ecological corridors also operate in an urban matrix : a test case with garden shrews. Urban Ecosystems 16: 511-525

Penone C., Le Viol I., Pellissier V., Julien J-F., Bas Y., Kerbiriou C. 2013. Assessing anthropogenic pressures on Orthoptera communities using large scale acoustic monitoring. Conservation Biology 7: 979–987

Gourmelon F., Chlous-Ducharme F., Kerbiriou C., Rouan M., Bioret F., 2013. Role-playing game developed from a modelling process : A relevant participatory tool for sustainable development ? A co-construction experiment in an insular biosphere reserve. Land Use Policy 32: 96-107

Penone C., Kerbiriou C., Julien J.F., Julliard R., Machon, N., Le Viol I. 2013. Urbanisation effect on Orthoptera : which scale matters ? Insect Conservation and Diversity 6: 319–32.

Le Viol I., Chiron, F., Julliard, R., Kerbiriou C.. 2012. More amphibians than expected in highway stormwater ponds. Ecological Engineering 47: 146-154

Wenzel M.A, Blanco G., Burgess M.D., Kerbiriou C., Segelbacher G., Webster L.M., Piertney S.B., Reid J.M. 2012. Pronounced genetic structure and low genetic diversity among European populations of the red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) Conservation Genetics 13: 1213-1230

Kerbiriou C., Le Viol, I., Bonnet, X., Robert, A. 2012. Dynamics of a northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) population at the southern limit of its range in Europe. Population Ecology 54: 295-304

Kerbiriou C., Bargain B., Le Viol, I., Pavoine S., 2011. Foraging requirement and diet specificity of the globally threatened aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola at autumn migration stopover sites. Animal Conservation 14 : 261–270

Provost, P., Kerbiriou, C., Jiguet, F. 2010. Foraging range size and habitat use of Aquatic Warblers during fall migration stopover. Acta Ornithologica 45: 173–180

Rouan, M., Kerbiriou, C., Levrel, H. & Etienne, M. 2010. A co-modelling process of social and natural dynamics on the isle of Ouessant : Sheep, turf and bikes. Environmental Modelling & Software 25(11):1399-1412

Levrel, H., Fontaine, B., Henry, P-Y., Jiguet, F., Julliard, R., Kerbiriou, C. & Couvet D. 2010. Balancing state and volunteer investment in biodiversity monitoring for the implementation of CBD indicators : a French example. Ecological Economics 69(7) : 1580-1586. cité par la commission Européenne Science for Environmental Policy

De Redon L., Machon, N., Kerbiriou C., & Jiguet, F., 2010. Possible effects of roadside verges on vole outbreaks in an intensive agrarian landscape, Mammalian Biology 75: 92-94

Kerbiriou C., Leviol I., Robert A., Porcher E., Gourmelon F. & Julliard R. 2009. Tourism in protected areas can threaten wild populations : from individual response to population viability of the chough pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Journal Applied Ecology 46 : 657-665 Prix southwood

Kerbiriou C., Leviol I., Jiguet, F. & Devictor V., 2009. More species, fewer specialists : 100 years of changes in community composition in an island-biogeographical study, Diversity and Distribution 15: 641-648

Le Viol, I., Mocq, J., Julliard, R. & Kerbiriou, C. 2009. The contribution of motorway stormwater retention ponds to the biodiversity of aquatic macroinvertebrates. Biological Conservation 142: 3163-3171

Levrel H., Etienne M., Kerbiriou C., Le Page C. & Rouan M., 2009. « Co-modeling process, negotiations and power relationships : some outputs from a MAB project in the island of Ouessant », Society and Natural Resources 22:172-188

Levrel H., Kerbiriou C. & Couvet, D., 2009. “OECD Pressure-State-Response indicators for managing biodiversity : A realistic perspective for a French biosphere reserve”, Biodiversity and Conservation 18 : 1719-1732

Le Viol I., Kerbiriou C. & Julliard R. 2008. Evaluation of habitat restoration : assessing the consequences of rat eradication on biodiversity in a NATURA 2000 Area. Actes du colloque : 6th European Conference on Ecological Restoration, Ghent, Belgium

Le Viol, I., Julliard, R., Kerbiriou, C., De Redon, L., Carnino, N. Machon, N. & Porcher, E. 2008. Plant and spider communities benefit differently from the presence of planted hedgerows in highway verges. Biological Conservation 141: 1581-1590 cité par la commission Européenne Science for Environmental Policy

Gourmelon, F., Etienne, M., Rouan, M., Kerbiriou, C., Charles, M., Bioret, F., Chlous-Ducharme, F., Guermeur, Y. & Levrel, H. 2008. Éléments de prospective environnementale dans une réserve de biosphère, Cybergeo,Systèmes, Modélisation, GéostatistiquesOnline article 429.

Kerbiriou, C., Leviol I., Jiguet, F. & Julliard R.,. 2008. The impact of human frequentation on coastal vegetation in a biosphere reserve Journal of Environmental Management 88: 715-728

Kerbiriou, C. & Julliard R.,. 2007. Demographic consequences of prey availability and diet of Red billed Choughs (Pyrrhocorax pyrrochorax). Bird Study 54: 296-306

Kerbiriou, C., Gourmelon, F., Jiguet F., Le Viol I., Bioret F., & Julliard R.,. 2006. Linking territory quality and reproductive success in the chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrochorax) : implications for conservation management of an endangered population. Ibis 148: 352-364

Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Pascal M. & Garroche 2004. Conséquences de l’éradication d’une population allochtone insulaire de rat surmulot (Ratus norvegicus) sur l’avifaune terrestre. J. Terre et vie.59: 319-329.