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Nicolas Loeuille

Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (Paris)

Team Ecology and Evolution of Interaction Networks

Couloir 44-45, pièce 504, case 237

Place jussieu, 75005 Paris, France

(+33)1-44-27-36-10 

nicolas.loeuille(at)sorbonne-universite.fr

Current Position

Professor, Sorbonne Université (1st class)

Cursus & Education

09/2012-present: Professor, UPMC/Sorbonne University, Paris, France

2011: Habilitation (HDR), University Pierre & Marie Curie,Laboratoire Ecologie & Evolution, Paris, France

09/2006-09/2012: Maître de conférences, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France

07/2006-08/2006: Postdoc researcher, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Evolution and Ecology program, Vienna, Austria (advisor: Ulf Dieckmann)

10/2004-06/2006: Postdoc researcher, University of Texas, Section of Integrative Biology, Austin, TX USA, (advisor: Mathew Leibold)

09/2004-05/2004: PhD in Theoretical Ecology 2000-2004, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Laboratoire d'Ecologie, Paris, France, (advisor: Michel Loreau)

1999-2000: Master in Ecology, University Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris, France

1997-1999: Bachelor degree in Geology/Geophysics, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Publication List & Bibliometry

Publications

80) Pichon, B., Kéfi, S., Loeuille, N., Lajaaiti, I., Gounand, I. (2024) Integrating ecological feedbacks across scales and levels of organization. Ecography, doi: 10.1111/ecog.07167 (IF=5.9)

79) Finand, B., Loeuille, N., Bocquet, C., Fédérici, P., Monnin, T. (2024) Solitary foundation or colony fission in ants: an intraspecific study shows that worker presence and number increase colony foundation success. Oecologia, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-023-05509-4 (IF=2.7)

78) Prosnier, L., Loeuille, N., Hulot, F., Renault, D., Piscart, C., Bicocchi, B., Deparis, M., Lam, M., Médoc, V. (2023) Parasites make hosts more profitable, but less available to predators. Bioarxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.08.479552 now recommended by PCI Ecology, Oikos https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.10469 (IF=3.4)

77) Lepori, V. J., Loeuille, N. & Rohr, R. (2024) Robustness vs productivity during evolutionary community assembly: short-term synergies and long-term trade-offs. bioarxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512255, Proceedings of the Royal Society (B), doi:0.1098/rspb.2023.2495 (IF=4.7)

76) Finand, B., Loeuille, N., Bocquet, C., Fédérici, P., Ledamoisel, J., Monnin, T. Habitat fragmentation through urbanization selects for low dispersal in an ant species. (2023) Oikos, doi: 10.1111/oik.10325 (IF=3.4)

75) Fontaine, S., Abbadie, L., Aubert, M., Barot, S., Bloor, J., Derrien, D., Duchenne, O., Gross, N., Henneron, L., Le Roux, X., Loeuille, N., Michel, J., Recous, S., Wipf, D., Alvarez, G. (2023) Plant-soil synchrony in nutrient cycles: learning from ecosystems to design sustainable agrosystems. Global Change Biology, doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17034 (IF=11.6)

74) Finand, B., Monnin, T. & Loeuille, N. (2023) Evolution of dispersal and the maintenance of fragmented metapopulations, recommended in PCI Ecology Oikos, doi: 10.1111/oik.10490 (IF=3.4)

73) Planas-Sitja, I., Monnin, T. Loeuille, N. & Cronnin, A. L. (2023) To disperse or compete? Coevolution of traits leads to a limited number of reproductive strategies. Oikos, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.27.518112 (IF=4.25)

72) Tromeur, E., and N. Loeuille. (2023). Effects of adaptive harvesting on fishing down processes and resilience changes in predator-prey and tritrophic systems. recommended by PCI Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1101/290460, PCI Journal.

71) Ardichvili, A., Loeuille, N. & Dakos, V (2023) Evolutionary emergence of alternative stable states in shallow lakes. bioarxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.23.481597, recommended in Peer Community in Ecology, Ecology Letters, 26(5), 692-705 (IF=11.3).

Recommended by Faculty Opinions by Don de Angelis (very good)

70) Loeuille, N. (2023) Diversité, interactions et sauvetage évolutif. Regards sur la biodiversité 108. (in French) 

69) Mc Leod, A., Leroux, S., Little, C., Massol, F., van der Wal, E., Wiersma, Y., Gounand, I., Loeuille, N., Harvey, E. (2023) Studying the spatial structuring of chemical elements through the prism of community and landscape ecology. Authorea, https://doi.org/10.22541/au.167631340.08861447/v1

68) Rohr, R.P. and Loeuille, N. (2023), Effects of evolution on niche displacement and emergent population properties, a discussion on optimality. Oikos, 2023: e09472. https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09472

67) Leibold, M. A., Govaert, L., Loeuille, N., de Meester, L. & Urban, M. C. (2022) Evolution and community assembly across spatial scales. Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, 53:14.1–14.28. (IF=13.9)

66) Weinbach, A., Loeuille, N., & Rohr, R. P. (2022). Plant eco-evolution weakens mutualistic interaction with declining pollinator populations. bioRxiv, 570580. Recommended by Peer Community in Ecology, Evolutionary Ecology 36, 373–387, 10.1007/s10682-022-10176-7 (IF=2.13) 

65) Cortier, T. & Loeuille, N. (2022) On eco-evolutionary dynamics of phenologies in competitive communities and their robustness to climate change. bioarxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.01.470711 

64) Yacine, Y & Loeuille, N. (2022) Stable coexistence in plant-pollinator-herbivore communities requires balanced mutualistic vs antagonistic interactions. Ecol. Mod. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2021.109857 (IF=2.97)

63) Yacine, Y. & Loeuille, N. (2021) Attracting pollinators vs escaping herbivores: eco-evolutionary dynamics of plants confronted with an ecological trade-off. bioarxiv 10.1101/2021.12.02.470900

62) Tirard, C., Abbadie, L. & Loeuille, N. (2021) Introduction à l'écologie. Ed. Dunod

61) Fondation Recherche en Biodiversité (collectif) (2021) L'évolution Darwinienne, la biodiversité et des humains. (in French)

60) Edeline, E & Loeuille, N (2021) Size-dependent eco-evolutionary feedback loops in exploited ecosystems. Recommended by PCI Ecology, Oikos http://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08592

59) Nguyen, P. L., Costa, M. & Loeuille, N. (2021) Implications of drift and rapid evolution on negative niche construction. bioarxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.26.441094.

58) Picot, A., Monnin, T. & Loeuille, N. (2021) Implications of the evolution of agriculture and resource foraging for the maintenance of species diversity and community structure. Bioarxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.02.433551

57) Yacine, Y., Allhoff, K., Weinbach, A. & Loeuille, N. (2021) Collapse and rescue of evolutionary food webs under global warming. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.13405

56) Maliet, O., Loeuille, N., Morlon, H (2020) An individual based model for the eco-evolutionary emergence of bipartite interaction networks. Ecology Letters, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.13592. (IF=8.66)

highlighted by PNAS

55) Prosnier, L., Médoc, V., Loeuille, N. (2020) Evolution of predator foraging in response to prey infection favors species coexistence. bioarxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.18.047811

54) Romanuk, T. N., Binzer, A., Loeuille, N., Carscallen, W. M. A., Martinez, N. (2019) Simulated evolution assembles more realistic food webs with more functionally similar species than invasion. Scientific Reports, 9:18242 (IF=4)

53) Tissot, T., Massol, M., Ujvari, B., Alix-Panabieres C., Loeuille, N., Thomas, F. (2019) Metastasis and the evolution of dispersal. Proceedings of the Royal Society, B., 286: 20192186 (IF=4.3)

Recommended by F1000 (score=9.3)

52) Mendez-Vera, J., Raoul, G., Massol, F. & Loeuille, N. 2019 Effects of variations in adaptation potential on invasion speeds and species ranges. bioRxiv, doi: 10.1101/529735

51) Loeuille, N. 2019 Eco-evolutionary dynamics in a disturbed world: implications for the maintenance of ecological networks F1000Research 2019, 8(F1000 Faculty Rev):97 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.15629.1)

50) Dakos, V., Mathews, B., Hendry, A., Levine, J., Loeuille, N., Norberg, J., Nosil, P., Scheffer, M., de Meester, L. 2019 Ecosystem tipping points in an evolving world. bioRxiv, 447227, now accepted in Nature Ecology & Evolution (IF=10.96)

Recommended by F1000 (Score=14.1)

49) Picot, A., Georgelin, E. & Loeuille, N. 2019 From antagonistic larvae to mutualistic adults: coevolution of diet niches within life cycles. Oikos,128 (3), 392-404 (IF=4.03)

48) Lundström, N., Loeuille, N., Meng, X., Bodin, M., Brannström, A. 2019 Meeting yield and conservation objectives by balancing harvesting of juveniles and adults. American Naturalist, 193 (3), 373-390 (IF=3.85)

47) Picot, A., Monnin, T., & Loeuille, N. (2018). From apparent competition to facilitation, impacts of consumer niche construction on the coexistence and stability of consumer-resource communities. bioRxiv, 332437, now published in Functional Ecology (IF=5.03).

46) Prosnier, L., Médoc, V. & Loeuille, N. 2018. Parasitism effects on coexistence and stability within simple trophic modules. BioaRxiv: doi:10.1101/289819, Journal of Theoretical Biology, in press (IF=1.83)

45) Koffel, T., Boudsocq, S., Loeuille, N., Daufresne, T. 2018. Facilitation versus competition driven succession: the key role of resource ratio. Ecology Letters, 21(7) 1010-1021 (IF=9.45)

44) Weinbach, A., Allhoff, K., Thébault, E., Massol, F. & Loeuille, N. 2017. Selective effects of temperature on body mass depend on trophic interactions and network position. BioRXiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/233742

43) Loeuille, N. & Hauzy, C. 2018. Multidimensionality of plant defenses and herbivore niches: implications for eco-evolutionary dynamics. BioRXiv. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/070250, now in Journal of Theoretical Biology, 445, 110-119. supplementary information. (IF=2.11)

42) Tromeur, E. & Loeuille, N. 2017. Balancing yield with resilience and conservation objectives in harvested predator–prey communities. Oikos, 126, 1780-1789 DOI:10.1111/oik.03985. (IF=4.03)

41) David, P., Thébault, E., Anneville, O., Duyck, P. F., Chapuis, E. & Loeuille, N. 2017. Impacts of invasive species on food webs: a review of empirical data. Advances in Ecological Research. 56, 1-60 (IF=6.2)

40) Pantel, J. H., Bohan, D., Calcagno, V., David, P., Duyck, P. F., Kamenova, S., Loeuille, N., Mollot, G., Romanuk, T., Thébault, E., Tixier, P., Massol, F. 2017. 14 questions for invasion in ecological networks. Advances in Ecological Research. in press. 56, 293-340. (IF=6.2)

39) Loeuille, N., Le Mao, T. & Barot, S. 2016. Effects of plant evolution on nutrient cycling couple aboveground and belowground processes. Theor. Ecol., doi:10.1007/s12080-016-0315-y (IF=2.09)

38) Liu, Y., Barot, S., El Kassaby, Y. A., Loeuille, N. 2016. Impact of temperature shifts on the joint evolution of seed dormancy and size. Ecology & Evolution, DOI:10.1002/ece3.2611 (IF=2.53)

37) Cronin, A. L., Loeuille, N. & Monnin, T. 2016. Strategies of offspring investment and dispersal in a spatially structured environment: a theoretical study using ants. BMC Ecology, 16:4, DOI 10.1186/s12898-016-0058-z. (IF=2.36)

36) The Quintessence Consortium. 2016. Networking our way to better ecosystem service provision. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 31(2), 105-115. (IF=16.2)

35) Costa, M., Hauzy, C., Loeuille, N., Méléard, S. 2016. Stochastic eco-evolutionary model of a prey-predator community. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 72(3), 573-622. (IF=2.388)

34) Georgelin, E. & Loeuille, N. 2016. Evolutionary response of plant interaction traits to nutrient enrichment modifies the assembly and structure of antagonistic-mutualistic communities. J. Ecol., 104(1), 193-205 (IF=5.69)

33) Deraison, H., Badenhausser, I., Loeuille, N., Scherber, C., Gross, N. 2015. Functional diversity accross trophic levels determines herbivore impact on plant community biomass. Ecol. Let., 18, 1346-1355 (IF=10.69)

*Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (score=4.7)

32) Robinson, Kathryn M., Céline Hauzy, Nicolas Loeuille, and Benedicte R. Albrectsen. 2015. Relative Impacts of Environmental Variation and Evolutionary History on the Nestedness and Modularity of Tree-Herbivore Networks. Ecology and Evolution, 5: 2898-2915. doi:10.1002/ece3.1559. (IF= 2.32)

31) Leibold, M. & Loeuille, N. (2015) Species sorting and patch dynamics in harlequin metacommunities affect the relative importance of environment and space. Ecology, 96, 3227-3233 (IF=5)

30) Georgelin, E., Kylafis, G., Loeuille, N. (2015) Eco-evolutionary dynamics of plant-insect communities facing disturbances: implications for community maintenance and agricultural management. Advances in Ecological Research, 52, 91-114 (IF=6.25)

29) Barot, S., Bornhofen, S., Boudsocq, S., Raynaud, X., Loeuille, N. (2015) Evolution of nutrient acquisition: when space matters. Functional Ecology. doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12494 (IF=4.85)

28) Dubois, L., Mathieu, J. & Loeuille, N. 2015. The manager dilemma: optimal management of an ecosystem service in heterogeneous exploited landscapes. Ecological Modelling. 301: 78-89. (IF=2.32)

27) Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. A. 2014. Effects of Local Negative Feedbacks on the Evolution of Species within Metacommunities. Ecology Letters, 17: 563-573. doi:10.1111/ele.12258 (IF=17.95).

26) Barot, Sébastien, Stefan Bornhofen, Nicolas Loeuille, Nazia Perveen, Tanvir Shahzad, and S Fontaine. 2014. Nutrient Enrichment and Local Competition Influence the Evolution of Plant Mineralization Strategy: A Modelling Approach. J. Ecol. 102: 357–366. doi:10.1111/1365-2745.12200. (IF=5.43)

25) Georgelin, E., & Loeuille, N. (2014). Dynamics of coupled mutualistic and antagonistic interactions, and their implications for ecosystem management. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 346, 67-74 (IF=2.5)

24) Loeuille, N., Barot, S., Georgelin, E., Kylafis, G. & Lavigne, C. (2013). Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Agricultural Networks : Implications for Sustainable Management. Advances in Ecological Research 49: 339–435. (IF=5.33)

23) Bohan, D. A., Raybould, A., Mulder, C., Woodward, G., Tamaddoni-Nezhad, A., Bluthgen, N., Pocock, M. J. O., Muggleton, S., Evans, D. M., Astegiano, J., Massol, F., Loeuille, N., Petit, S. & Macfadyen, S. (2013). Networking Agroecology : Integrating the Diversity of Agroecosystem Interactions. Advances in Ecological Research 49: 1–67. (IF=5.33)

22) Loreau, M., Daufresne, T., Gonzalez, A., Gravel, D., Guichard, F., Leroux, S. J., Loeuille, N., Massol, F., Mouquet, N. (2013) Unifying sources and sinks in ecology and Earth sciences. Biological Reviews, 88, 365-379 (IF=9.067)

21) Brännström, A, Johansson, J., Loeuille, N., Kristensen, N., Troost, T., Hille Ris Lambers, R. and Dieckmann, U. (2012) Modeling the ecology and evolution of communities: a review of past achievements, current efforts, and future promises. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 14, 601-625. (IF=1.02) 

20) Norberg, J., Urban, M., Vellend, M., Klausmeier, C., Loeuille, N. (2012) Eco-evolutionary responses of biodiversity to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2, 747-751 (IF=14.47)  

   *Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (score=2) 

19) Boudsocq, S., Niboyet, A., Lata, J. C., Raynaud, X., Loeuille, N., Mathieu, J., Blouin, M., Abbadie, L., Barot, S. (2012) Plant preference for ammonium versus nitrate: a neglected determinant of ecosystem functioning? The American Naturalist, 180, 60-69. (IF=4.73) 

18) Tirard, C., Barbault, R., Loeuille, N. & Abbadie, L. (2012) Mini-Manuel d'Ecologie. Eds Dunod. 150 pages. 

17) Fontaine, C., P. R. Guimarães, S. Kéfi, N. Loeuille, J. Memmott, W. H. van der Putten, F. J. F. van Veen, and E. Thébault. 2011. The ecological and evolutionary implications of merging different types of networks. Ecology Letters 14 (11): 1170-1181. (IF=15.25) 

16) Boudsocq, S., Barot, S., Loeuille, N. (2011) Evolution of nutrient acquisition: when adaptation fills the gap between contrasting ecological theories. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences, 278, 449-457 (IF=5.06) 

15) Brännström, A, N Loeuille, M Loreau, and U Dieckmann (2010) Emergence and maintenance of biodiversity in an evolutionary food web model. Theor. Ecol. 4 (4): 467-478. (IF=1.36) 

14) Loeuille, N. (2010) Influence of evolution on the stability of ecological communities. Ecol. Lett., 13, 1536-1545. (IF=15.25) *

Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (score=9.3) 

13) Loeuille, N. (2010) Consequences of adaptive foraging in diverse communities. Functional Ecology, 24, 18-27. (IF=4.65) 

12) Loeuille, N. & Loreau, M. (2009) Emergence of complex food web structure in community evolution models, in Community Ecology (pp. 163-178), ed Verhoef, H. A. & Morin, P. J. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. 

11) Loeuille, N. (2009) Evolution of communities and ecosystems. In The princeton guide to ecology (pp. 414-422), edited by S. A. Levin. Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. 

10) Moritz, C., Loeuille, N., Guarini, JM, Guizien, K. (2009) Quantifying the dynamics of marine invertebrate communities: what processes can maintain high diversity with low densities in the Mediterranean sea? Ecological Modelling, 220, 3021-3032. (IF=1.87) 

9) Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. (2008) Ecological consequences of evolution in plant defenses in a metacommunity. Theoretical Population Biology, 74, 34-45. (IF=1.58) 

8) Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. (2008) Evolution in metacommunities: on the relative importance of species sorting and monopolization in structuring communities. The American Naturalist, 171 (6), 788-799. (IF=4.67) 

7) Urban, M. C., Leibold, M. A., Amarasekare, P., De Meester, L. Gomulkiewicz, R., Hochberg, M. E., Klausmeier, C. A., Loeuille, N., de Mazancourt, C., Norberg, J., Pantel, J. H., Strauss, S. Y., Vellend, M., Wade, M. J. (2008) The evolutionary ecology of metacommunities. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 23(6), 311-317. (IF=11.9) 

6) Loeuille, N. & Loreau, M. (2006) Evolution of body-size in food webs: does the energetic equivalence rule hold? Ecology Letters, 9, 171-178. (IF=7.6) *

Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (score=4.7) 

5) Loeuille, N. & Loreau, M. (2005) Evolutionary emergence of size-structured food webs. Proc. Nat. Aca. Sci. USA: 102(16), 5761-5766. (IF=10.23) *

Recommended by Faculty of 1000 (score=14.1) 

4) Loeuille, N. & Loreau, M. (2004) Nutrient enrichment and food webs: can evolution buffer top-down effects? Theoretical Population Biology: 65(3), 285-298. (IF=2.48) 

3) Loeuille, N. & Ghil, M. (2004) Intrinsic and climatic factors in North-American animal population dynamics. BMC Ecology, 4:6, doi:10.1186/1472-6785-4-6. 

2) Loeuille, N., Loreau, M. & Ferrière, R. (2002) Consequences of plant-herbivore coevolution on the dynamics and functioning of ecosystems. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 217: 369-381. (IF=1.68) 

1) Goffé B., Guérin R., Mercier E., Loeuille N., Pubellier M. (1999) « Le contrôle tectonique de la morphologie de la baie de Somme, ses conséquences sur la sédimentation » In « La Baie de Somme en question » J.M. Hoeblich ed. Edition pour le littoral picard et la baie de Somme (25-32). 

Citation report 

Number of publications: 78

Number of citations: 3966

Number of citations per publication: 51

h-index: 28

Distinction

Research Prize 2022 (French Society of Ecology and Evolution)

Invited talks

Loeuille, N Evolutionary dynamics, stability and resilience of ecological systems. (2022) CUSO workshop (Fribourg, Switzerland) on Critical transitions, early signal warnings and coexistence theory)

Loeuille, N Evolutionary dynamics of antagonistic-mutualistic systems. (2022) Models in Ecology and Evolution, Montpellier, France.

Loeuille N, Evolution and the maintenance of species coexistence under global changes. April 2021, in the synthesis panel of the Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution/French Center for the synthesis and analysis of biodiversity. Video of the panel discussion here.

Loeuille N., Eco-evolutionary dynamics and their consequences for the management of global changes. November 2020, Chaire MMB (Mathematics and modelling of biodiversity).

Loeuille N., Eco-evolutionary dynamics and their consequences for the management of global changes. September 2020, Evolution group, FRB (French foundation for research in biodiversity).

Loeuille N. & Leibold, M. A. Local negative feedbacks and the evolution of species diversity within metacommunities. March 2019, labex CEMEB Montpellier, day on eco-evolutionary dynamics.

Loeuille N. Spatial dynamics influences evolution and the maintenance of diversity in a changing world. May 2018. Hilgendorf lecture, University of Tubingen, Germany.

Loeuille, N. Network eco-evolutionary dynamics in a disturbed world. 2017. SEEMontpellier, France.

Loeuille, N. From evolutionary ecology to functional ecology, using phenotypic traits for a more integrative approach of ecosystems. 2017. Journée LABEX Montpellier, France.

Loeuille, N. Coevolution and ecological networks. 2017. Prospectives INEE, Bordeaux, Atelier Ecologie Fondamentale.

Loeuille, N. Coevolution within ecological networks under global changes: implications for structure, functioning and stability. 2016. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Loeuille, N. Evolution of biodiversity under global changes: a metacommunity approach. 2016. University of Fribourg, Switzerland

Loeuille, N, Georgelin, E. & Picot, A. Eco-evolutionary dynamics of antagonistic-mutualistic communities. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Loeuille, N. Evolution and maintenance of species diversity in communities and metacommunities. Spring school Biology & Mathematics, Aussois, France.

Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. 2013 Local negative feedbacks and the evolution of species diversity within metacommunities. EAWAG, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.

Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. 2013 Local negative feedbacks and the evolution of species diversity within metacommunities. Umea, Sweden.

Loeuille, N. 2012 Implications of eco-evolutionary dynamics in the management of agrosystems. Dijon

Loeuille, N, Norberg, J., Urban, M., Vellend, M. & Klausmeier C., 2012 Ecoevolutionary metacommunity dynamics in a changing world. Montpellier.

Loeuille, N & Georgelin E., 2012 Gathering mutualistic and trophic interactions in coevolutionary dynamics models. Lille

Loeuille, N. 2010 Influence of evolution on the stability of ecological communities. Icelab, University of Umea, Sweden.

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M., Leibold, M. A. 2009 Evolution of plant defenses in communities and metacommunities. University of Texas, Austin, USA.

Loeuille N, de Mazancourt, C. & Amarasekare, P., 2008 Evolution of specialization in (meta)communities. ESA meeting, symposium “evolution in metacommunities”.

Loeuille, N. & Loreau M., 2007 Emergence  of food web structures out of adaptive processes. ESA meeting, symposium “flexible foragers in food webs.”

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M., Brännström, A. & Dieckmann, U., 2006 Predator prey coevolution in harvested food webs. GDR meeting, community ecology (Montpellier, France)

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M. & Leibold, M., 2006 Evolution and dispersal: consequences for the structure of communities. Université de Montpellier.

Loeuille, N. 2006 Review of empirical food-web datasets (and possible modelling implications). Fishace workshop, Oregrund, Sweden.

Loeuille, N., Brännström, A., Dieckmann, U. & Loreau, M., 2005 Emergence of complex size-structured food webs out of repetitive radiation. Diversitas meeting, Oaxaca.

Loeuille, N., Leibold, M. A. & Loreau, M. 2005 What do we gain by considering space in evolutionary models? Kellogg Biological Station.

Loeuille, N. & Loreau, M. 2004 Coevolution of species and ecosystem functioning. University of Texas, Integrative Biology.

Loeuille, N. & Loreau, M. 2004 Evolutionary emergence of size structured food webs. International Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.

Loeuille, N., Hulot, F., Loreau, M. 2003 Resistance of complex adaptive systems to external perturbations: potential applications to ecotoxicology. French Institute for Nuclear Security, Cadarache, France.

Loeuille, N., Hulot, F., Loreau, M. 2002 Evolutionary and ecological consequences of pollutants on simple trophic systems. French Institute of Hydrology and Forestry, Lyon, France.  

Workshops

Webs in Webs 2023- (GDR TheoMoDiv)

Dynamic resource landscapes, eco-evolutionary feedbacks and the emergence of meta-food webs. 2020-2022 (CESAB-University of Vancouver)

Spatial coexistence in metawebs. 2018. Aschaffenburg, Germany.

Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics and Alternative Stable States. 2016. EAWAG, Kastanienbaum, Switzerland.

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning under global changes: theory and experiments. 2016. University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

Species invasions in ecological networks, 2014-2017, CESAB working group, Aix en Provence, France

Networks of Networks, 2014, Göttingen, Germany

Meta-webs, September 2013, Bielefeld, Germany

Community Evolution and Speciation. January 2013, Umea, Sweden

Mathematics and biology of pollination ecology. December 2012, Lille, France

Applications of network approaches in agrosystems. September 2012, Dijon, France

The web of life in a changing world. June 2012, Montpellier, France

Coevolution in insect-plant communities. April 2011, Columbus, USA

Structure and stability of ecological webs. May 2010, Paris, France

Ecology and evolution of metaecosystems. Dec 2008, Montpellier, France

Evolution in metacommunities. 2005-2007. NCEAS working group, Santa Barbara, USA

Exploited food webs, 2006. Oregrund, Sweden.

Evolution in ecosystems. 2003. LINKECOL, Ekenas, Sweden.

Evolution in simple systems: reconciling models and experiments. 2001. LINKECOL, University of Dundee, UK.

Non Invited talks

Loeuille N 2023 Eco-evolutionary dynamics and tipping points, when evolution modulates the strength of ecological feedbacks. ECEM conference (Leipzig, Germany)

Loeuille N. 2022 Evolutionary interplay of antagonistic and mutualistic interactions and its implication for species coexistence. Intecol meeting, Geneva Switzerland

Loeuille N. 2019 Evolutionary rescue in ecological networks. 4th symposium on ecological networks, Paris, France

Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. 2017 Negative feedbacks and the emergence of diversity in metacommunities. Mathematical Models in Ecology and Evolution meeting, London.

Loeuille, N., Barot, S., Georgelin, E., Kylafis, G. & Lavigne, C. 2014. Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Agricultural Networks : Implications for Sustainable Management. BES/SFE Meeting, Lille.

Loeuille, N. & Leibold, M. 2013 Negative feedbacks and the emergence of diversity in metacommunities. INTECOL-BES meeting, London.

Loeuille, N. 2011 Effects of contrasted dispersal of resources on the maintenance of diversity within metacommunities. ESA meeting, Austin, Texas

Loeuille, N., Leibold, M. A. 2005. Evolution of plant defenses in metacommunities. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Montreal, Canada.

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M. 2004. Evolutionary emergence of size structured food webs. Poster, Gordon conference, Lewiston, Maine.

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M. 2002. Nutrient enrichment in simple food chains: how does evolution affect top down controls? Oral presentation, Journees d'Ecologie Fonctionelle, Nancy, France.

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M. 2001. Considering the dynamics of inorganic nutrient may alter pairwise coevolution of species. Oral presentation, Journees d'Ecologie Fonctionelle, Gourdon, France.  

Loeuille, N., Loreau, M. 2001. Consequences of nutrient recycling on the plant-herbivore coevolution. Linkecol workshop, Dundee, UK.

Teaching & Teaching Responsibilities 

2012-présent: Professeur UPMC

2006-2012: Maître de conférences UPMC

Theoretical Ecology; Evolutionary Ecology; Statistics; Community Ecology; Functional Ecology; Population Dynamics; Food webs

About 200h a year at both bachelor and master levels

Teaching responsibilities

Co-responsibility of the master "Environmental Science and Policy" (Sorbonne Université & Science Po) (2022-) 

Co-responsibility of the "biodiversity, ecology and evolution" master degree (2012-2018)

Responsibility of the specialization "Evolutionary Ecology" within this master (2006-2018)

Coordinator of the Ecology Teaching group within the University UPMC (2011-2015)

Management of the following teaching units

"Ecology" (master 1, 10-15 students, 2022-)

"Environmental engineering" (master 2, 10-15 students, 2022-)

"Toward a multi-scale approach of Ecology" (Bachelor, 40-80 students, 2022-)

"Advanced Ecology" (Master, first year, 35 students) (2017-)

"Modeling (Biodiversity Ecology & Evolution)" (Master, first year, 70 students) (2017-)

"Integrative Ecology" (Bachelor, 3rd year, 500 students) (2009-2012)

"Evolutionary Ecology and Population Dynamics" (Master, first year, 35 students) (2006-2012)

"Evolution of Life Cycles" (Master, 2nd year, 15 students) (2006-2008)

Funding

2023 ANR WINE (Webs of Interaction Networks), participant (PI: François Massol)

ANR SOGENANT (Evolution of supergenes in ants), participant (PI: Claudie Doums)

2022 ITE Funding (PhD "eco-evolutionary dynamics of exploited ecological networks)

2020 Chaire MMB "Evolution of niche construction" (postdoc funding)

2017                ITE (UPMC) "Impact écologiques et évolutifs du changement climatique sur la dynamique des réseaux d’interactions plantes-pollinisateurs : approches empiriques, expérimentales et théoriques" 10k€ (Participant)

                        PEPS INEE (CNRS) "Adaptation des fonctions écologiques aux contraintes exercées par les changements globaux : le cas de la pollinisation" 15k€ (Participant)

                        Ec2co project "Influence du parasitisme sur la distribution des flux d’énergie dans les réseaux trophiques" 24k€ (co-PI)

2015                Ec2co project "Recycling of dead organic matter in Mediterranean ecosystems" 21k€ (Participant)

2014                Convergence Sorbonne Université CRAC-ant "La décision, processus et dynamique" (co-PI): 75k€

                        CESAB-COREIDS "Prédire la résilience des communautés face aux invasions" (Participant)

                        ANR ARSENIC (co-PI): 500k€

                        COST European network on three way interactions between plants, microbes and arthropods (Participant, leader: Arjen Biere)

2011 DimAstrea: postdoc funding (PI)

        FRB (Fondation pour la recherche en biodiversité) workshop funding (co-PI)

2009 Emergence Université Pierre et Marie Curie: postdoc funding (PI)

2008 ASC project (PhD&Postdoc funding) (PI)

Editorial activities

Editorial activities

Associate Editor, American Naturalist (2018-)

Faculty member of F1000 Faculty Opinions, section "Community & biodiversity" (2014-)

Recommender for Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology (2017-)

Recommender for Peer Community in Ecology (2017-)

As a referee for the following journals

Advances in Ecological Research

American Naturalist

Ecological Modelling

Ecological Monographs

Ecology

Ecology & Evolution

Ecology Letters

Evolution

Functional Ecology

Journal of Animal Ecology

Journal of Ecology

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Oikos

Plos Biology

Plos One

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Biological Sciences

Science

Theoretical Population Biology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Jury activities

PhD juries

2010:

Elodie Courtois

2011:

Elsa Canard

2012:

Adrien Pinot

Florian Barnier

Thomas Fauvel

2013:

Rafael Cardenas

Stéphane Chantepie

Benoit Geslin

Charlotte Heiniger

Aliénor Jeliazkov

Angéla Rouyar

Doan Thu Thuy

Lambiénou Yé

2014:

Jean-Sébastien Nelva Pasqual

Ahmad Ismail

Boris Sauterey

Jonathan Rolland

Sophie Cauvy

Nicolas Chazot

Anne Sophie Monnet

2015:

Coline Jaworski

Thomas Brom

Benoit Randuineau

2016:

Christoph Mensens

Marie Rescan

2018:

Charles Thévenin

2019:

Antoine Rombault

Théophile Olivier

2020:

Typhaine Rousteau

2021:

Reuben Ceulemans

Léo Ledru

2023 :

Jules Fraboul

2024 :

Simon Bazin

Habilitation (HDR) juries

2015:

Alexandre Robert

Céline Teplitsky

Mathieu Molet

2017:

Martin Daufresne

Tanguy Daufresne

2020:

Emanuel Fronhofer

Other jury activities

2017: Jury for the "Evolutionary Ecology" session at the Young Natural History Scientists Meeting 

2019: Jury for student oral presentation award BES (Belfast)

Media/Outreach

2014

Interviewed by Science Magazine "Science & Vie": l'incroyable force de la nature

Participation to the radio program "Science Publique": La nature peut-elle résister à l'homme? (France Culture)

2020

Participation/interview for the children book "la loi de l'entraide" (Claire Lecoeuvre, Simon Bailly) ed. Actes Sud

Participation/interview for a TV show on interactions within forests (by Christophe Cousin)

2023

Opinion article in "Le Monde" on the concept of useful/pest species (in French)

Interview on TV5 monde on the concept of useful/pest species (in French)

Interview in the scientific magazine "Science & Vie" on the concept of useful/pest species (in French)

Interview on RTS (national radio/TV Switzerland) on the concept of useful/pest species (in French)

Participation to the making of game on interaction networks for the "fête de la Science"

Organization of Workshops and conferences

Organizer of the workshop "Niche construction and eco-evolutionary dynamics: emergence of spatial heterogeneities" (Paris, 2023)

Organizer of the symposium "Interdisciplinary approaches in Ecology" in the International Congress of Zoology (Paris, 2008)

Member of the Organizing Committee of the IEES-Paris Scientific days (2014)

Research management & collective responsibilities

At the lab level

Team Leader (Ecology and Evolution of Interaction Networks) (2012-2018)

At the university level

Elected member of the expert committee (2010-2011)

Co-leader of the "biodiversity, ecology and evolution" master degree (2012-2018)

Coordinator of the Ecology Teaching group within the University UPMC (2011-2015)

Elected member of the TEB faculty commission (2016-2020)

Elected member of the TEB faculty scientific commission (2016-2020)

Elected member of the Biology Bachelor degree commission (2018-2022)

Co-leader of the "Environmental Science and Policy" master program (2022-)

At the national level

Elected member of the Ecology/evolution section of CNRS (2013-2016)

AERES expert (AERES being a French Agency evaluating research labs and university teaching structures): 2013

Member of the committee of the master Biodiversity Ecology Evolution (USaclay) (2015-2018).

Member of hiring committees

Museum of Natural History (Faculty position, section 67), 2011

University Rennes (Faculty position, section 67), 2013

UPMC (Faculty position, section 67), 2017

IRSTEA (Researcher position, concours DR), 2017

EPHE (external review), 2018

Museum of Natural History (Professor position, section 67), 2022

Repyramidage University of Lille (Ecology CNU section), 2023

ATER Committee Sorbonne University (2024)

Expert for funding agencies

ANR

Banting Fellowhips (Canada)

CIFRE PhD funding

Czech Science Foundation

Emergence Pierre et Marie Curie, Emergence Sorbonne Université

ERC

FWF Austrian Science Fund

Museum Histoire Naturelle (Action Transversale Museum-Resilience des systèmes Socio-écosystémiques)

NWO Research council for earth and life sciences (Pays Bas)

Région Ile de France-DIM R2DS

Swiss National Science Foundation


Student Intership supervision

Undergraduates (2nd year)

2018 : Baptiste Carrere (Université Paris Saclay): "Effects of the white bacterial disease on Daphnia life history traits"

Undergraduate (3rd year)

2011: Eric Tromeur (ENS Lyon student): “Consequences of exploitation for the eco-evolutionary dynamics and resilience of predator-prey interactions”. (co-advisor: Tiphaine Le Mao)

2021: Mathieu Lachaise (Sorbonne Université) "Effects of fragmentation and resource availability on the occurrence of Myrmrcina graminicola" (co-supervision: Basile Finand, Thibaud Monnin)

Master (1st year)

2007: Julien Crayenest (master EBE): “Reconciling economy and conservation: implications for fisheries design”

2008: Angéla Rouyar (master EBE): “Quantitative analysis of food web structures”

2009: Carlos Rodrigues (master EBE) : “Ecological and evolutionary effects of exploiting species in a simple food chain”

2010: Benoit Randuineau (master EBE): “Reconciling economy and conservation: theoretical implications for the design of marine reserves” (co-advisor: Tiphaine Le Mao)

2011: Sarah Jousset (Ecole polytechnique): “Facilitative interactions within food webs: implications for the structure and dynamics of communities.” (co-advisor: Tiphaine Le Mao)

2012: Eric Tromeur (ENS Lyon student): “Consequences of exploitation for the eco-evolutionary dynamics and resilience of predator-prey interactions”.

2013: Gauthier Maigret (Ecole polytechnique): "Plant herbivore coevolution and the emergence of food web structure" (co-advisor: Céline Hauzy)

2016: Tiphaine Boursier (master EBE): "Effect of diet on the predation of Daphnia" (co advisor: Loïc Prosnier)

2016: Guillaume Chéro (master EBE): "Temperature dependent predation influences coexistence and stability in evolutionary food webs" (co advisor, Korinna Allhoff)

2016: Elise Kerdoncuff (master EBE): "Effects of spatial heterogeneities on evolutionary metacommunities affected by global change" (co advisor, Korinna Allhoff)

2016: Alexandre Terrigeol (master EBE): "Predator prey coevolutionary networks in face of climate change" (co advisor, Korinna Allhoff)

2017: Victor Lisembart (master EIO): "Fisheries management in evolving food webs" (co advisor: Eric Tromeur)

2017: Muriel Deparis (Master EBE): "Effects of parasitism on the vulnerability of prey" (co-advisors: Loic Prosnier, Vincent Médoc)

2017: Baptiste Carrère (Master EBE) : "Effects of parasitism on species life history traits" (co-advisors: Loic Prosnier, Vincent Médoc)

2018: Jeson Berthelot (Master EBE): "Negative feedbacks, evolution of dispersal and the coexistence of species within metacommunities"

2018: Ludovic Crochard (Master EBE): "Evolution of pollinator phenology in response to floral availability" (co-advisor: Avril Weinbach)

2018: Léo Bricout (Master BEE): "Effect of prey parasitism on predator foraging strategy" (co-advisor: Loïc Prosnier)

2019: Mauricio Castano Palacio (Master BEE): "Frequency vs Density dependence in the evolution of mutualistic networks" (main advisor: Florence Débarre)

2019: Glenn Shillito (Master BEE) "Coevolution of mutualistic and antagonistic interactions within ecological networks" (co-advisor: Youssef Yacine)

2019: Karl Zeller (Master BEE) "Evolution of pollinator phenologies in agricultural landscapes" (co-advisor: Avril Weinbach)

2020: Michelle Silva Del Pozo (Master BEE) "Etude des stratégies de dispersion de la fourmi Myrmecina graminicola en environnement variable" (co-advisors: Basile Finand, Thibaud Monnin)

2021: Amed Ouattara (Master BEE) "Modélisation de la coexistence des plantes selon les préférences ammonium/nitrate et stimulation/inhibition de la nitrification" (co-advisor: Alice Ardichvili)

2021: Klervi Verbrugghe (Master BEE) "Ecologie des réseaux exploités: effets indirects des pêches multi-espèces au sein de réseaux trophiques simples" (co-advisor: Thomas Cortier)

2021: Manon Dehalle (Master BEE) "Abondance et stratégie de dispersion de Myrmecina graminicola en environnement variable" (co-advisors: Thibaud Monnin & Basile Finand)

2021: Joséphine Lademoisel (Magistère de Biologie, Saclay) "Etude de l'impact de la variabilité spatiale de l'habitat sur la densité et les stratégies de dispersion de la fourmi Myrmecina graminicola" (co-advisors: Thibaud Monnin & Basile Finand)

2022: Léa Darmedru (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Diversity of ant species communities in a urban context" (co-advisors: Thibaud Monnin & Basile Finand)

2022: Jules Dessart Pardon (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Evolution of plant defenses in a spatial context"

2022: Quentin Guilloit (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Control of nitrification by plants: implications for the spatial structure of plant communities" (co-advisor: Alice Ardichvili)

2023: Brandon Duquenoy (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Effect of exploitation selectivity on the eco-evolutionary dynamics of fished trophic chains" (co-advisor: Théo Villain)

2023: Jeanne Lepas (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Evolution of plant defenses in spatially structured metacommunities"

2023: Christelle Penager (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Evolution of nitrification control by plants and its influence on the spatial structure of ecosystems" (co-advisor: Alice Ardichvili)

2024: Mattéo Regnard (master BEE, Sorbonne Université) "Evolution of plant signal in antagonistic-mutualistic systems"

Master (2nd year)

2009: Tiphaine Le Mao (master EBE): “Nutrient acquisition and recycling: implications for plant eco-evolutionary dynamics within a metaecosystem.” (co-advisor: Sébastien Barot)

2012: Laetitia Dubois (master EBE) “Metapopulation dynamics of ecosystem engineers: optimal strategies for conserving biodiversity and economic activities” (co-advisor: Jérôme Mathieu)

2014: Aurore Picot (master EBE): "Switching from antagonist to mutualist along life-cyles: implications for ecological and evolutionary dynamics" (co-advisor: Ewen Georgelin)

2015: Loïc Prosnier (master EBE) "Influence of host-parasite interactions on the adaptive foraging of a predator" (co-advisor: Vincent Médoc)

2015: Avril Weinbach (master Biosciences, ENS Lyon): "Effects of global changes on the evolution of predator body size" (co-advisor: Korinna Allhoff)

2017: Youssef Yacine (master EBE) "Evolutionary rescue within coevolving food webs" (co-advisor: Korinna Allhoff)

2017: Nicolas Poulain (master EBE) "Probability and effects of invasions in adaptive food webs" (co-advisor: Elisa Thébault)

2018: Elise Verrier (master EBE) "Eco-evolutionary dynamics of niche construction and the dynamics of diversity within metacommunities" (co-advisors: Aurore Picot & Thibaud Monnin)

2019: Thomas Cortier (Master iMalis) "Evolution of species phenologies under climate change"

2020: Alice Ardichvili (Master BEE) "Ecological consequences of rapid evolution in ecosystems with tipping points" (co-advisor: Vasilis Dakos)

2022: Théo Villain (ENS Paris-Saclay, Master BEE) "Evolution of calcification: implications for diversification, community structure and resilience to acidification"

2023: Chloé Mian (master MSV, Ecole polytechnique) "Hétérogénéité spatiale, évolution et coexistence" (co-advisor: Vincent Bansaye)

2023: Elise Jorge (master MSV, Ecole polytechnique) "Hétérogénéité spatiale, évolution et coexistence" (co-advisor: Vincent Bansaye)

2024 : Hippolyte Erve (master Sciences de la Mer, Univ Aix Marseille) "Effet du design des aires protégés sur le maintien des réseaux d'interaction" (co-advisors: Théo Villain & Jean-Christophe Poggiale)