Professeur Université Montpellier 2

Equipe : Diversité et Ecologie des Poissons (DEP)

Laboratoire "Ecologie des Systèmes Marins Côtiers", UMR 5119

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Selected papers on different topics

Students are underlined

Coastal lagoons: typology and conservation

Mouillot D., Laune J., Tomasini J.A., Aliaume C., Brehmer P., Dutrieux E. & Do Chi T. (2005) Taxonomic diversity of fish, zoobenthic and macrophyte communities along an eutrophication gradient in Mediterranean coastal lagoons. Hydrobiologia. 550: 121-130.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/n64628651t34g327/

Ramos Miranda J., Mouillot D., Flores Hernandez D., Sosa Lopez A., Do Chi T. & Ayala Perez L. (2005) Changes in four complementary facets of fish diversity in a tropical coastal lagoon after 18 years: a functional interpretation. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 304: 1-13.

http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v304/p1-13/

Mouillot D., Spatharis S., Reizopoulou S., Laugier T., Sabetta L., Basset A. & Do Chi T. (2006) Alternatives to taxonomic-based approaches to assess changes in transitional water communities. Aquatic Conservation. 16: 469-482.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112658511/abstract

Mouillot D. (2007) Niche-assembly vs. dispersal-assembly rules in coastal fish metacommunities: implications for a biodiversity management in brackish lagoons. Journal of Applied Ecology. 44: 760–767.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117972402/abstract

Marine protected areas

Mouillot D., Culioli J.M., Leprêtre A. & Tomasini J.A. (1999) Dispersion statistics and sample size estimates for three fish species (Symphodus ocellatus, Serranus scriba and Diplodus annularis) in the Lavezzi Islands Marine Reserve (South Corsica, Mediterranean Sea). Marine Ecology: PSZN. 20(1): 19-34.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121447030/abstract

Mouillot D., Culioli J.M., Pelletier D. & Tomasini J.A. (2008) Do we protect biological originality in protected areas? A new index and an application to the Bonifacio Strait Natural Reserve. Biological Conservation. 141: 1569–1580.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V5X-4SJR2HX-3&_user=2402213&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2402213&md5=6869f009ad6d791c8f215db5e8e9b915

Indicators and models of species diversity and species abundance distributions

Mouillot D., Leprêtre A., Andreï-Ruiz M.C. & Viale D. (2000) The Fractal Model: A new model to describe species accumulation process and Relative Abundance Distribution (RAD). Oïkos. 90(1): 333-342.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119037274/abstract

Mouillot D. & Wilson J.B. (2002) Can we tell how a community was constructed? A comparison of five evenness indices for their ability to identify theoretical models of community construction. Theoretical Population Biology. 61(2): 141-151.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WXD-45P0FM2-4&_user=2402213&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2002&_rdoc=4&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%237156%232002%23999389997%23309656%23FLP%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=7156&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=11&_acct=C000041118&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2402213&md5=3a4d622ef97053f697854f500b72fe0c

Fish functional traits

Dumay O., Tari P.S., Tomasini J.A. & Mouillot D. (2004) Functional groups of lagoon fish species in Languedoc Roussillon (South of France, Mediterranean Sea). Journal of Fish Biology. 64: 970–983.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118755943/abstract

Functional diversity estimators

Mouillot D., Mason N.W.H., Dumay O. & Wilson J.B. (2005) Functional regularity: a neglected aspect of functional diversity. Oecologia. 142: 353-359.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/g3q1l5x3ldbrdmwu/

Mason N.W.H., Mouillot D., Lee W.G & Wilson J.B. (2005) Functional richness, functional evenness and functional divergence: proposed primary components of functional diversity. Oikos. 111: 112-118.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118647667/abstract

Mouchet M., Guilhaumon F., Villeger S., Mason N.W.H., Tomasini J.A. & Mouillot D. (2008) Towards a consensus for calculating dendrogram-based functional diversity indices. Oikos. 117: 794-800.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119394986/abstract

Villeger S., Mason N. & Mouillot D. (2008) New multidimensional functional diversity indices for a multifaceted framework in functional ecology. Ecology. 89: 2290–2301.

http://www.esajournals.org/doi/full/10.1890/07-1206.1

Functional structure of communities: biotic interactions, environmental impacts and null models

Mouillot D., Stubbs W., Faure M., Dumay O., Tomasini A., Wilson J.B. & Do Chi T. (2005) Niche overlap estimates based on quantitative functional traits: a new family of non-parametric indices. Oecologia. 145: 345-353.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/rj75128l15117532/

Mouillot D., Dumay O. & Tomasini J.A. (2007) Limiting similarity, niche filtering and functional diversity in brackish lagoon fish communities. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 71: 443-456.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WDV-4M2WP91-3&_user=2402213&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000041118&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2402213&md5=3e01b813053ce207d353876cf9208bf6

Mouillot D., Mason N.W.H. & Wilson J.B. (2007) Is the abundance of species determined by their functional traits? A new method with a test using plant communities. Oecologia. 152: 729-737.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/w647j47760818174/

Mason N.W.H., Lanoiselée C., Mouillot D., Wilson J.B. & Argillier C. (2008) Does niche overlap control relative abundance in French lacustrine fish communities? A new method incorporating functional traits. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77: 661–669.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120084792/abstract

Host-parasite webs

Mouillot D., Krasnov B.R., Shenbrot G.I. & Poulin R. (2008) Connectance and parasite diet breadth in flea-mammal webs. Ecography. 31: 16-20.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119407279/abstract

Mouillot D., Krasnov B.R. & Poulin R. (2008) High intervality explained by phylogenetic constraints in host-parasite webs. Ecology. 89: 2043–2051.

http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/07-1241.1

Host specificity of parasite species: measurements and phylogenetic conservatism

Poulin R. & Mouillot D. (2003) Parasite specialisation from a phylogenetic perspective: a new index of host specificity. Parasitology. 126(5): 473-480.

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=148971

Poulin R. & Mouillot D. (2005) Combining phylogenetic and ecological information into a new index of host specificity. Journal of Parasitology. 91: 511-514.

http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1645%2FGE-398R

Mouillot D., Krasnov B.R., Shenbrot G.I., Gaston K.J. & Poulin R. (2006) Conservatism of host specificity in parasites. Ecography. 29: 596-602.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118729902/abstract

Poulin R., Krasnov B.R., Shenbrot G.I., Mouillot D. & Khokhlova I.S. (2006) Evolution of host specificity in fleas: is it directional and irreversible? International Journal for Parasitology. 36: 185–191.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T7F-4HDGKGX-2&_user=2402213&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2402213&md5=68958fe3d9002e8711e790112b159833

Ecology of parasite communities

Mouillot D., George-Nascimento M. & Poulin R. (2003) How parasites divide resources: a test of the niche apportionment hypothesis. Journal of Animal Ecology. 72: 757–76.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118869510/abstract

Mouillot D., George-Nascimento M. & Poulin R. (2005) Richness, structure and functioning in metazoan parasite communities. Oikos. 109: 447-460.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118647568/abstract

Mouillot D., Šimková A., Morand S. & Poulin R. (2005) Parasite species coexistence and limiting similarity: a multiscale look at phylogenetic, functional and reproductive distances. Oecologia. 146: 269-278.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/k818n5314p063277/?p=e9b48e945ba8487ababfc6263d30e49a&pi=11

Biogeography of parasites

Krasnov B.R., Poulin R., Shenbrot G.I., Mouillot D. & Khokhlova I.S. (2004) Ectoparasitic “jacks-of-all-trades”: relationship between abundance and host specificity in fleas (Siphonaptera) parasitic on small mammals. American Naturalist. 164: 506-516.

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/423716

Krasnov B.R., Mouillot D., Shenbrot G.I., Khokhlova I.S. & Poulin R. (2004) Geographical variation in host specificity of fleas (Siphonaptera): the influence of phylogeny and local environmental conditions. Ecography. 27: 787-797.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118786347/abstract

Krasnov B.R., Shenbrot G.I., Khokhlova I.S., Mouillot D. & Poulin R. (2008) Latitudinal gradient in niche breadth: empirical evidence from haematophagous ectoparasites. Journal of Biogeography. 35: 592-601.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119402447/abstract

Krasnov B.R., Mouillot D., Khokhlova I.S., Shenbrot G.I. & Poulin R. (2008) Scale-invariance of niche breadth in haematophagous ectoparasites. Ecography. 31: 630-635.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121369964/abstract

Biogeography: patterns, processes and biodiversity conservation

Sosa Lopez A., Mouillot D., Ramos Miranda J., Flores Hernandez D. & Do Chi T. (2007) Fish species richness decreases with salinity in tropical coastal lagoons. Journal of Biogeography. 34: 52-61.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117963706/abstract

Mouillot D. & Gaston K.J. (2007) Geographic range size heritability: what do neutral models with different modes of speciation predict? Global Ecology & Biogeography. 16: 367-380.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118545929/abstract

Guilhaumon F., Gimenez O., Gaston K.J. & Mouillot D. (2008) Taxonomic and regional uncertainty in species-area relationships and the identification of richness hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 15458–15463.

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/40/15458.short

Lasram F.B.R., Tomasini J.A., Guilhaumon F., Romdhane M.S., Do Chi T. & Mouillot D. (2008) Ecological correlates of colonization success of Lessepsian fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 363: 273–286.

http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v363/p273-286/