CNRS Researcher
Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale
My interests lie in experimentally understanding the traits linked to organisms' success in a warming climate at various levels of biological organization. One of my study interests deals with the impacts of climate change on common lizards from the individual level – which phenotypic traits are linked to individual success – to the population and community level. I also work on smaller species, with a more community-based framework, as I am investigating experimentally the traits linked to competition between species in different climatic conditions in phytoplankton communities, and to how climate and habitat fragmentation shape phytoplankton and zooplankton communities.
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New articles:
Bestion E, Haegeman B, Codesal SA, Garreau A, Huet M, Barton S, Montoya JM. 2021. Phytoplankton biodiversity is more important for ecosystem functioning in highly variable thermal environments. PNAS. 118(35):e2019591118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2019591118
Research highlight: Nature Ecology and Evolution
Lachapelle J, Bestion E, Jackson EE, Schaum C-E. 2020. Presence of a resident species aids invader evolution. bioRxiv. 2020.05.19.103978. doi:10.1101/2020.05.19.103978
Bestion E, Barton S, García FC, Warfield R, Yvon‐Durocher G. 2020. Abrupt declines in marine phytoplankton production driven by warming and biodiversity loss in a microcosm experiment. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.13444
Moulherat S, Bestion E, Baguette M, Moulherat M, Palmer SCF, Travis JM, Clobert J. 2020. MetaConnect, a new platform for population viability modelling to assist decision makers in conservation and urban planning. bioRxiv. 2019.12.30.890921. doi:10.1101/2019.12.30.890921
Bestion E, Haegeman B, Codesal SA, Garreau A, Huet M, Barton S, Montoya JM. 2021. Phytoplankton biodiversity is more important for ecosystem functioning in highly variable thermal environments. PNAS. 118(35):e2019591118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2019591118
Research highlight: Nature Ecology and Evolution
Lachapelle J, Bestion E, Jackson EE, Schaum C-E. 2020. Presence of a resident species aids invader evolution. bioRxiv. 2020.05.19.103978. doi:10.1101/2020.05.19.103978
Bestion E, Barton S, García FC, Warfield R, Yvon‐Durocher G. 2020. Abrupt declines in marine phytoplankton production driven by warming and biodiversity loss in a microcosm experiment. Ecology Letters. doi:10.1111/ele.13444
Moulherat S, Bestion E, Baguette M, Moulherat M, Palmer SCF, Travis JM, Clobert J. 2020. MetaConnect, a new platform for population viability modelling to assist decision makers in conservation and urban planning. bioRxiv. 2019.12.30.890921. doi:10.1101/2019.12.30.890921
