Research interests

TLDR: I am an ecologist predictive modeller focussing on conservation, and I also make scientific rap.

My research fields are macroecology, biogeography and global changes, with a focus on the effect of climate and land use change on biodiversity. Beyond theoretical interests in understanding large scale ecological processes and their underlying mechanisms, I give special attention to species conservation. My current models are amphibians, reptiles, bats, common songbirds and freshwater fish. I mostly work on occidental Europe systems, Reunion Island, Madagascar, the Amazon basin and other tropical islands. My main activities are:

• Explaining species response to anthropogenic activity

With correlative approaches, I worked on body size response to climate change (French passerines), amphibian population trends from Madagascar, and drivers of tetrapod distribution

• Predicting species response to projected environmental change for conservation

I use open-access online information (species occurrence and environmental conditions) to explain and predict species environmental niche and project the effects of future global change. I contribute to methodological development in the field of Environmental Niche Modelling (ENM) also known as Species Distribution Modelling (SDM).

• Predicting invasion risks

With the ENM approach, I contribute to invasion risk assessments by explaining and predicting the risk of introduction and spread of invasive alien species. I mostly worked on invasive hymenoptera and reptiles.

• Improving species monitoring

I contributed to the optimization of the French bat passive acoustic monitoring. I am currently developing a drone-based monitoring protocol for threatened and invasive species in Reunion Island

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