Please send me an e-mail to get a pdf
* senior author
** advised graduate student, PhD student, postdoctorant or technician
Vanpé C. & Veron G. (2024) Rôle dans les écosystèmes. In: SAVOURÉ-SOUBELET A., AULAGNIER S., HAFFNER P., MAILLE A., MOUTOU F., RICHARD-HANSEN C., RUETTE S. & VERON G. (coord.). Atlas des mammifères sauvages de France volume 3 : Carnivores et Primates. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris ; OFB (Patrimoines naturels ; 85), pp. 292-296.
Camarra J-J. & Vanpé C. (2023) Fiche espèce : Ours brun. In: Brusten T. (coord.). Faune forestière française. Guide écologique illustré. Tome 1 – Mammifères, oiseaux, reptiles et amphibiens. CNPF-IDF, Paris, pp. 105.
Pauly G, et al. The role of Brown Bear in the dispersal of mycorrhiza, endophytes and pathogens together with their hosting plants. In preparation.
Bassi C.**, Vanpé C., Beaumelle C., Sentilles J.**, Quenette P-Y., Palazón S., Jordana I.A., Jato R., Elósegui Irurtia M.M., Solà de la Torre J. & de Barba M. A 16-year genetic assessment of the effectiveness of conservation translocations for the recovery of the critically endangered Pyrenean brown bear population. To be submitted to Conservation Biology or Biological Conservation.
Kervellec M.**, Gimenez O., Sanz Pérez A., Zhang W., Sollmann R., Bischof R., Dupont P., de Valpine P., Daniel Turek P., Vanpé C., Quenette P-Y., Sentilles J.**, Sazatornil V., Palazón S., Afonso Jordana I., Jato R., Elósegui Irurtia M.M., Solà de la Torre J. & Milleret C. A non-Euclidean movement model to quantify landscape connectivity with open spatial capture recapture models. Submitted to Ecology.
Kervellec M.**, Gimenez O., Vanpé C., Quenette P-Y., Sentilles J.**, Palazón S., Jordana I.A., Jato R., Elósegui Irurtia M.M. & Milleret C. Unravelling the effects of heterogeneity in space use on estimates of connectivity and population size: Insights from spatial capture-recapture modelling. Under revision for publication in PCI Ecology.
Pauly G.**, Vanpé C., Roy M., Clavier Y., Chevalier A., Sentilles J.**, Daufresne T. & Baltzinger C. Assessing endozoochorous seed dispersal from consumption to germination using Brown Bear faeces. Under revision for publication in Ecology and Evolution.
Pauly G.**, Roy M., Vanpé C., Sentilles J.**, Quenette P.-Y., Benoiston A.-S., Moreau L., Iribar A., Daufresne T. & Baltzinger C. Sex- but not age-related biological needs shape the endangered Pyrenean Brown Bear population diet: new insights from faecal metabarcoding. Biological Conservation (in press).
Pauly G.**, Vanpé C., Roy M., Quenette P-Y., Roy M., Daufresne T. & Baltzinger C. An overview of major omnivore roles in ecosystems: the case of bears (Familly: Ursidae). Submitted to European Journal of Wildlife Research.
[38] Auclair L.**, Chapron G., Quenette P.-Y., Vanpé C. & Robert A. (2025) Inbreeding depression in the Pyrenean brown bear population. Biological Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70123
[37]. Pauly G.**, Vanpé C., Roy M., Sentilles J., Chapelin-Viscardi J-D, Daufresne T. & Baltzinger C. (2025) Dung beetles, but not rodents, contribute to Brown Bear faeces removal, disaggregation and secondary seed dispersal. Ecosphere 16(8). https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.70382.
[36]. Dumortier N.**, Carruthers-Jones J., Sentilles J.**, Quenette P-Y., Lemaître P-L. & Vanpé C.*. (2025) Connectivité fonctionnelle des paysages pyrénéens pour l'ours brun. Naturae (in press).
[35]. Sanz-Pérez A., Sazatornil V., Palazón S., Vanpé C., Quenette P-Y., Sentilles J.**, Kervellec M.**, Milleret C., López-Bao J.V., Jordana I.A., Jato R., Elósegui Irurtia M.M., Solà de la Torre J. & Sollmann R. (2025) Mapping sex- and age-structure reveals lonely males at the front in an expanding brown bear population. Biological Conservation 306: 111122.
[34]. Pauly G.**, Vanpé C., Roy M., Quenette P-Y., Sentilles J.**, Dumas Y., Chevalier A., Chevalier R., Daufresne T. & Baltzinger C. (2024) Endozoochorous plant dispersal by brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Pyrénées: angiosperms but also ferns and mosses and the importance of disaggregation agent. Botany Letters 172(1): 119-131.
[33]. Cambreling S, Gaillard J-M, Pellerin M, Vanpé C, Débias F, Delorme D, Garcia R, Hewison, AJM & Lemaître J-F. (2023) Natal environmental conditions modulate antler size senescence in roe deer. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution Sec. Behavioral and Evolutionary Ecology 11, 1139235.
[32]. Couturier T, Bauduin S, Astruc G, Blanck A, Canonne C, Chambert T, Chiffard J, Cosquer A, Curtet L, Dortel E, Drouet-Hoguet N, Duchamp C, Francesiaz C, Grente O, Jailloux A, Kervellec M, Lebreton J-D, Louvrier J, Marescot L, Navas M-L, Perrot C, Poulet N, Quenette P-Y, Salas M, Souchay G, Vanpé C, Besnard A, Gimenez O. 2023. Building spaces of interactions between research and implementation: Case studies with biodiversity monitoring in national parks and management of large carnivores in France. Ecological Solutions and Evidence 4: e12245.
[31]. Kervellec M.**, Milleret C., Vanpé C., Quenette P-Y, Sentilles J.**, Palazón S., Jordana I.A., Jato R., Elósegui Irurtia M.M. & Gimenez O. 2023. Integrating opportunistic and structured non-invasive surveys with spatial capture-recapture models to map connectivity of the Pyrenean brown bear population. Biological Conservation 278: 109875.
[30]. Vanpé C., Piédallu B., Quenette P-Y., Sentilles J.**, Queney G., Palazón S., Jordana I.A., Jato R., Elósegui Irurtia M.M., Solà de la Torre J. & Gimenez O. 2022. Estimating abundance of a recovering transboundary brown bear population with capture-recapture models. Peer Community Journal 2 (2022), article e71.
[29]. Sentilles J.**, Vanpé C., Quenette P-Y. 2021. Benefits of incorporating a scat-detection dog into wildlife monitoring: a case study of Pyrenean brown bear. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, Special Issue Dogs and conservation: current and emerging considerations, 69(3): 20096.
[28]. Parreira B., Quéméré E., Vanpé C., Carvalho I. & Chikhi L. 2020. Genetic consequences of social structure in the golden-crowned sifaka. Heredity, 125(5), 328-339.
[27]. Ripple W.J., Wolf, C., Newsome T.M., Barnard P., Moomaw W.R. & 11,258 SCIENTIST SIGNATORIES FROM 153 COUNTRIES (2019). World scientists' warning of a climate emergency. BioScience 70: 8-12.
[26]. Quenette P-Y., Jonozovic M., Marinsic A., Camarra J-J., Guinot-Ghestem M., Sentilles J., Steinmetz J., Vanpé C. & Alban N. 2019. First translocation of females in the French Western Pyrenees: a new step in the long process of brown bear restoration in the Pyrenees Mountains. International Bear News, 28(1): 11-13.
[25]. Vanpé C., Gaillard J-M., Hewison A.J.M., Quéméré E., Kjellander P., Pellerin M. & Lemaître J-F. 2019. Old females rarely mate with old males in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 128(3), 515-525.
[24]. Lemaître J-F.**, Cheynel L., Douhard F. , Bourgoin G. , Debias F., Ferté H., Gilot-Fromont E., Pardonnet S. , Pellerin M., Rey B., Vanpé C., Hewison A.J.M. & Gaillard J-M. 2018. The influence of early-life allocation to antlers on male performance during adulthood: Evidence from contrasted populations of a large herbivore. Journal of Animal Ecology, 87: 921-932.
[23]. Quéméré E., Gaillard J.-M., Galan M., Vanpé C., David I., Pellerin M., Kjellander P., Hewison A.J.M. & Pemberton J. 2018. Between-population differences in the genetic and maternal components of body mass in roe deer. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18(1): 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1154-9
[22]. Bonnot N.**, Hewison A.J.M., Morellet N., Gaillard J-M., Debeffe L., Monestier C., Couriot O., Cargnelutti B., Chaval Y., Lourtet B. & Vanpé C.*. 2017. Stick or twist: roe deer adjust their flight behaviour to the perceived trade-off between risk and reward. Animal Behaviour 124: 35-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.11.031.
[21]. Vanpé C., Debeffe L.**, Galan M., Hewison A.J.M., Gaillard J-M., Gilot-Fromont E., Morellet N., Verheyden H., Cosson J-F., Cargnelutti B., Merlet J. & Quéméré E. 2016. Immune gene variability influences roe deer natal dispersal. Oikos, 125: 1790–1801. DOI: 10.1111/oik.02904.
This paper made the Oikos cover page in December 2016.
[20]. Debeffe L.**, Lemaître J-F., Bergvall U.A., Hewison A.J.M., Gaillard J-M., Morellet N., Goulard M, Monestier C., David M., Verheyden-Tixier H., Jäderberg L., Vanpé C.* & Kjellander P. 2015. Short- and long-term repeatability of docility in the roe deer: sex and age matter. Animal Behaviour, 109: 53-63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.08.003. (C. Vanpé & P. Kjellander are both last co-authors, see in the acknowledgements of the paper)
[19]. Monestier C.**, Morellet N., Gaillard J-M., Cargnelutti B., Vanpé C. & Hewison A.J.M. 2015. Is a proactive mum a good mum? Maternal coping style influences early survival in roe deer. Behavioral Ecology, 26(5): 1395-1403. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arv087
[18]. Lemaître J-F.**, Vanpé C., Plard F., Pélabon C. & Gaillard J-M. 2015. Response to Packard: Make sure we do not throw out the biological baby with the statistical bath water when performing allometric analyses. Biology Letters, 11: 20150144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.0144
[17]. Vanpé C., Debeffe L., Hewison A.J.M., Quéméré E., Lemaître J.-F., Galan M., Amblard B., Klein F., Cargnelutti B., Capron G., Merlet J., Warnant C., Gaillard J-M. 2015. Reduced microsatellite heterozygosity does not affect natal dispersal in three contrasting roe deer populations. Oecologia, 177: 631–643. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3139-8
[16]. Debeffe L.**, Focardi S., Bonenfant C., Hewison M., Morellet N., Vanpé C., Heurich M., Kjellander P., Linnell J.D.C., Mysterud A., Pellerin M., Sustr P., Urbano F. & Cagnacci F. 2014. A one night stand? Reproductive excursions of female roe deer as a breeding dispersal tactic. Oecologia, 176(2): 431-443. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3021-8
[15]. Debeffe L.**, Morellet N., Bonnot N., Gaillard J-M., Cargnelutti B., Verheyden-Tixier H., Vanpé C., Coulon A., Clobert J., Bon R. & Hewison A.J.M. 2014. The link between behavioural profiles and natal dispersal reveals a dispersal syndrome in a large herbivore. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 281: 20140873. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0873
[14]. Lemaître J-F.**, Vanpé C., Plard F. & Gaillard J-M. 2014. The allometry between secondary sexual traits and body size is non-linear among cervids. Biology Letters, 10(3): 20130869. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0869
[13]. Ouellet J-F., Vanpé C. & Guillemette M. 2013. The body size-dependent diet composition of North American sea ducks in winter. PLoS ONE 8(6): e65667. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0065667
[12]. Vanpé C., Salmona J., Pais I., Kun-Rodrigues C., Pichon C., Viana Meyler S., Rabarivola C., Lewis R.J., Thani Ibouroi M. & Chikhi L. 2013. Non-invasive molecular sexing : an evaluation and validation of the SRY- and amelogenin-based method in three new lemur species. American Journal of Physical Anthropology150(3):492-503. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22222
[11]. Nicol S.C., Vanpé C., Sprent J., Morrow G. & Andersen N. 2011. Spatial ecology of a ubiquitous Australian ant-eater, the short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus). Journal of Mammalogy, 92(1):101-110. DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-398.1
[10]. Vanpé C., Gaillard J-M., Kjellander P., Liberg O., Delorme D. & Hewison A.J.M. 2010. Assessing the intensity of sexual selection on male body mass and antler size in the weakly dimorphic roe deer : Is bigger better ? Oikos, 119(9) : 1484-1492. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18312.x
[9]. Vanpé C., Buschiazzo E., Abdelkrim J., Morrow G., Nicol S.C. & Gemmell N.J. 2009. Development of microsatellite markers for the short-beaked echidna using three different approaches. Australian Journal of Zoology, 57 : 219-224. DOI: 10.1071/ZO09033
[8]. Vanpé C., Gaillard J-M., Morellet N., Kjellander P., Delorme D., Liberg O. & Hewison A.J.M. 2009. Age-specific variation in male breeding success of a territorial ungulate species : the European roe deer. Journal of Mammalogy, 90(3) : 661-665. DOI: 10.1644/08-MAMM-A-137R.1
[7]. Vanpé C., Kjellander P., Gaillard J-M., Cosson J-F., Galan M. & Hewison A.J.M. 2009. Multiple paternity occurs with lo frequency in the territorial roe deer, Capreolus capreolus. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 97 : 128-139. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01196.x
[6]. Vanpé C., Morellet N., Kjellander P., Goulard, M., Liberg O. & Hewison A.J.M. 2009. Access to mates in roe deer is determined by the size of a male’s territory, but not its habitat quality. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78(1) : 42-51. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01467.x
[5]. Gaillard J-M., Hewison A.J.M., Kjellander P., Pettorelli N., Bonenfant C., Van Moorter B., Liberg O., Andren H., Van Laere G., Klein F., Angibault J-M., Coulon A. & Vanpé C. 2008. Population density and sex do not influence natal dispersal in roe deer. The Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B, 275 : 2025-2030. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0393
[4]. Richard E., Morellet N., Cargnelutti B., Angibault J-M., Vanpé C. & Hewison A.J.M. 2008. Ranging behaviour and excursions of female roe deer during rut. Behavioural Processes, 78 : 28-35. DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.04.008
[3]. Vanpé C., Kjellander P., Galan M., Cosson J-F., Aulagnier S. & Hewison A.J.M. 2008. Mating system, sexual dimorphism and the opportunity for sexual selection in a territorial ungulate. Behavioral Ecology, 19(2) : 309-316. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm132
[2]. Cherel Y., Hobson K.H., Guinet C. & Vanpé C. 2007. Stable isotopes document seasonal changes in trophic niches and winter foraging individual specialization in diving predators from the Southern Ocean. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76(4) : 826-836. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01238.x
[1]. Vanpé C., Gaillard J-M., Kjellander P., Mysterud A., Magnien P., Delorme D., Van Laere G., Klein F., Liberg O. & Hewison A.J.M. 2007. Antler size provides an honest signal of male phenotypic quality in roe deer. The American Naturalist, 169(4) : 481-493. DOI: 10.1086/512046
Sentilles J, Lemaitre P-L, Desbarax R, Steinmetz J, Vanpé C & Quenette P-Y (2025) Suivi de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. Rapport annuel - Année 2024. OFB / DRAS / SEE.
Kaczensky, P., Ranc, N., Hatlauf, J., Payne, J.C., ... , Vanpé, C., et al. (2024) Large carnivore distribution maps and population updates 2017 – 2022/23. Report to the European Comission under contract N°09.0201/2023/907799/SER/ENV.D.3 “Support for Coexistence with Large Carnivores”, “B.4 Update of the distribution maps”. IUCN/SSC Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE) and Istituto di Ecologia Applicata (IEA).
Evaluations de l’état de conservation de la population d’ours brun dans les Pyrénées pour le Rapportage DHFF et LCIE.
Rédaction pour l’ONCFS, le Préfet 64 et le Ministère de la Transition Ecologique et Solidaire de la « Demande d'autorisation d'introduction dans le milieu naturel de deux Ours bruns (Ursus arctos) femelles dans le département des Pyrénées-Atlantiques à la fin de l’été ou à l’automne 2018. »
Vanpé C, Quenette P-Y (2018) Notion de taille efficace de population d'ours brun pour obtenir une population viable dans les Pyrénées. Note technique NT/2018/DRE/UPAD/18, ONCFS – DRAS (30 Novembre 2018).
Vanpé C, Sentilles J, Lemaître P-L, Desbarax R. , Bibal D. , Darmani G. , Labal P., Quenette P-Y (2021) Cartographie quinquennale (2016-2020) de l’aire de répartition de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. OFB / DRAS / EO.
Vanpé C, Sentilles J, Lemaître P-L, Quenette P-Y (2020) Cartographie quinquennale (2015-2019) de l’aire de répartition de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. OFB / DRAS / EO.
Vanpé C, Sentilles J, Camarra J-J, Quenette P-Y (2019) Cartographie quinquennale (2014-2018) de l’aire de répartition de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. ONCFS / DRE / EO.
Vanpé C, Sentilles J, Camarra J-J, Quenette P-Y (2018) Cartographie quinquennale (2013-2017) de l’aire de répartition de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. ONCFS / DRE / EO.
Vanpé C, Sentilles J, Camarra J-J, Quenette P-Y (2017) Cartographie quinquennale (2012-2016) de l’aire de répartition de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. ONCFS / DRE / EO.
Sentilles J, Vanpé C, Quenette P-Y (2022) Suivi de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. Rapport annuel - Année 2021. OFB / DRAS.
Sentilles J, Lemaître P-L, Vanpé C, Quenette P-Y (2021) Suivi de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. Rapport annuel - Année 2020. OFB / DRAS / EO.
Sentilles J, Lemaître P-L, Vanpé C, Quenette P-Y (2020) Suivi de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. Rapport annuel - Année 2019. OFB / DRAS / EO.
Sentilles J, Camarra J-J, Vanpé C, Quenette P-Y (2019) Suivi de l’Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. Rapport annuel - Année 2018. ONCFS / DRE / EO.
Camarra J-J., Sentilles J., Vanpé C. & Quenette P-Y. 2018. Suivi de l'Ours brun dans les Pyrénées françaises. Rapport annuel - Année 2017. ONCFS / DRE / EO.
Richard-Hansen C., Hibert F., Vanpé C., Marmoex C. & Debeir L. 2009. Etude de l’abondance des ongulés sauvages en Guyane par piégeage photographique. Rapport scientifique ONCFS 2008.
Vanpé C. 2007. Mating systems and sexual selection in ungulates – New insights from a territorial species with low sexual size dimorphism : the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Ph.D. dissertation, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
Vanpé C. 2005. Male mating systems and sexual selection in ungulates. Introductory Research Essay n°19, Dept. of Conservation Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
Vanpé C. 2003. Etude de la ségrégation trophique au sein de la guilde des prédateurs plongeurs des TAAF par analyse de régime alimentaire et analyse d’isotopes stables : études préliminaires et première application à la communauté de manchots des îles Crozet. DEA d’Ecologie, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
Vanpé C. 2000. Caractérisation du régime alimentaire des canards de mer en hiver. Thèse de Diplôme de second cycle en Gestion de la Faune, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada.
My google scholar citations profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kD3EiDMAAAAJ&hl=en
My ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cecile_Vanpe/
My academia.edu profile: http://cnrs-gif.academia.edu/C%C3%A9cileVanp%C3%A9
My Mendeley profile: https://www.mendeley.com/profiles/cecile-vanpe/
My Scopus Author ID: 16053602200
My HAL profile:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8136-1657
ID-HAL: