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, and with different biological models. Using semi-natural mesocosm experiments, I have studied 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 now use the same experimental set up to study climate change consequences on predator-prey interactions using terrestrial arthropods as a model. Finally, I have also worked on aquatic ecosystems, through lab- and mesocosms-based experiments, specifically investigating 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:
Álvarez-Codesal S, Faillace CA, Garreau A, Bestion E, Synodinos AD, Montoya JM. 2023. Thermal mismatches explain consumer–resource dynamics in response to environmental warming. Ecology and Evolution. 13: e10179. doi:10.1002/ece3.10179
Bestion E, San-Jose LM, Di Gesu L, Richard M, Sinervo B, Côte J, Calvez O, Guillaume O, & Cote J. 2023. Plastic responses to warmer climates: a semi-natural experiment on lizard populations. Evolution. qpad070, doi:10.1093/evolut/qpad070
Research Highlight: Evolution
San‐Jose LM, Bestion E, Pellerin F, Richard M, Di Gesu L, Salmona J, Winandy, L., Legrand, D., Bonneaud, C., Guillaume, O., Calvez, O., Elmer, K. R., Yurchenko, A. A., Recknagel, H., Clobert, J., & Cote, J. 2023. Investigating the genetic basis of vertebrate dispersal combining RNA ‐seq, RAD ‐seq and quantitative genetics. Molecular Ecology. mec.16916. doi:10.1111/mec.16916
Bestion E, Teyssier A, Rangassamy M, Calvez O, Guillaume O, Richard M, Braem A, Zajitschek F, Zajitschek S, Cote, J. 2022. Adaptive maternal effects shape offspring phenotype and survival in natal environments. The American Naturalist. doi:10.1086/721873
Álvarez-Codesal S, Faillace CA, Garreau A, Bestion E, Synodinos AD, Montoya JM. 2023. Thermal mismatches explain consumer–resource dynamics in response to environmental warming. Ecology and Evolution. 13: e10179. doi:10.1002/ece3.10179
Bestion E, San-Jose LM, Di Gesu L, Richard M, Sinervo B, Côte J, Calvez O, Guillaume O, & Cote J. 2023. Plastic responses to warmer climates: a semi-natural experiment on lizard populations. Evolution. qpad070, doi:10.1093/evolut/qpad070
Research Highlight: Evolution
San‐Jose LM, Bestion E, Pellerin F, Richard M, Di Gesu L, Salmona J, Winandy, L., Legrand, D., Bonneaud, C., Guillaume, O., Calvez, O., Elmer, K. R., Yurchenko, A. A., Recknagel, H., Clobert, J., & Cote, J. 2023. Investigating the genetic basis of vertebrate dispersal combining RNA ‐seq, RAD ‐seq and quantitative genetics. Molecular Ecology. mec.16916. doi:10.1111/mec.16916
Bestion E, Teyssier A, Rangassamy M, Calvez O, Guillaume O, Richard M, Braem A, Zajitschek F, Zajitschek S, Cote, J. 2022. Adaptive maternal effects shape offspring phenotype and survival in natal environments. The American Naturalist. doi:10.1086/721873
