Current Team
Elvire Bestion
I am a CNRS researcher at the Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale. I am mainly interested in the impacts of climate change on organisms from the individual to the community.
Nicolas Mouret (PhD Student)
Nicolas works on climate-induced changes of behavioral variation among individuals, their ontogeny and senescence of common lizards and invertebrate prey species at different trophic levels. He is supervised by Julien Cote, Mathieu Paquet and myself.
Current collaborators
Julien Cote (https://juliencote.fr/)
Delphine Legrand (https://sete-moulis-cnrs.fr/fr/recherches/change/equipe/item/177-legrand-delphine)
Staffan Jacob (https://jacobstaffan.wordpress.com/)
José Montoya (https://sete-moulis-cnrs.fr/fr/recherches/linking/equipe/item/182-montoya-jose)
Delphine Legrand (https://sete-moulis-cnrs.fr/fr/recherches/change/equipe/item/177-legrand-delphine)
Staffan Jacob (https://jacobstaffan.wordpress.com/)
José Montoya (https://sete-moulis-cnrs.fr/fr/recherches/linking/equipe/item/182-montoya-jose)
Alumni
Laura Kouyoumdjian (Technician, 2022)
Laura worked as a technician to study the thermal physiology of various arthropods from the Metatron through respiratory metabolism.
Intern Supervision
Intern supervision and co-supervision
Oriane Bousquet--Lagarrigue (Master 2, 2025) – Impacts of climatic conditions on common lizard sexual behaviour (Co-supervisors: Julien Cote and Emma Fromm)
Fanny Lepage (Master 1, 2024) – Consequences of climate change for Pardosa’s activity and predation
Maryla Guilhot (Master 1, 2024) – Impacts of climate change on the personality of phytophagous prey
Marine Güell (Master 2, 2022) – Impacts of population density on a lizard behaviour (Co-supervisors: Julien Cote and Matthieu Paquet)
Saskia Johnson (3rd year, 2017) - Thermal-and-nutrient-dependent photosynthesis
Emily Budd (3rd year, 2016) - Temperature-dependent nutrient physiology of phytoplankton
Felix Pellerin (Master 2, 2015) - Dispersal phenotypic syndromes and climate change: a modelling approach (Main supervisor. Co-supervisors: Robin Aguilée and Julien Cote)
Lucie Di Gesu (Master 2, 2014) - Global warming and host-microbiota interactions in an ectotherm species (Co-supervisor. Main supervisors: Joel White and Julien Cote)
Erika Beaugeard (Licence 3, 2014) - Climate change and natal dispersal in the common lizard
Aude Benhemma-Le Gall (Master 1, 2014) - Maternal effects on lizards thermal preference
Antoine Cave (Licence 3, 2013) - Climate change and microhabitat choice in the common lizard
Bastien Remurier (Licence 3, 2013) - Heritability of exploratory behaviour in the common lizard
Romain Chazal (Master 1, 2012) - Thermal preferences and personality in the common lizard
Remi Patin (Licence 3, 2012) - Thermal melanism and gestation in the common lizard
Field assistants
Mattéo Riss (Licence 3, 2023) - Marion Garacci (Master 1, 2014) - Marlene Kleffert (Master 1, 2014) - Loreleï Boyer (Licence 1, 2014) - Rogini Runghen (Master 1, 2014) - Laure Geidel (Licence 3, 2013) - Alice Fournier (Licence 3, 2013) - Marion Segall (Master 1, 2012) - Julie Siracusa (Master 1, 2012) - Julie Raphalen (Master 1, 2012) - Cyrille Camuel (Licence 3, 2012)
Others
Member of Felix Pellerin’s (2015-2018) and Zoé Rousset’s (2023-ongoing) PhD committee
Member of the Jury of Chloé Chabaud’s (2023-04-21), Simon Bazin’s (2024-02-20) and Théo Bodineau's (2024-12-19) PhD defense
Oriane Bousquet--Lagarrigue (Master 2, 2025) – Impacts of climatic conditions on common lizard sexual behaviour (Co-supervisors: Julien Cote and Emma Fromm)
Fanny Lepage (Master 1, 2024) – Consequences of climate change for Pardosa’s activity and predation
Maryla Guilhot (Master 1, 2024) – Impacts of climate change on the personality of phytophagous prey
Marine Güell (Master 2, 2022) – Impacts of population density on a lizard behaviour (Co-supervisors: Julien Cote and Matthieu Paquet)
Saskia Johnson (3rd year, 2017) - Thermal-and-nutrient-dependent photosynthesis
Emily Budd (3rd year, 2016) - Temperature-dependent nutrient physiology of phytoplankton
Felix Pellerin (Master 2, 2015) - Dispersal phenotypic syndromes and climate change: a modelling approach (Main supervisor. Co-supervisors: Robin Aguilée and Julien Cote)
Lucie Di Gesu (Master 2, 2014) - Global warming and host-microbiota interactions in an ectotherm species (Co-supervisor. Main supervisors: Joel White and Julien Cote)
Erika Beaugeard (Licence 3, 2014) - Climate change and natal dispersal in the common lizard
Aude Benhemma-Le Gall (Master 1, 2014) - Maternal effects on lizards thermal preference
Antoine Cave (Licence 3, 2013) - Climate change and microhabitat choice in the common lizard
Bastien Remurier (Licence 3, 2013) - Heritability of exploratory behaviour in the common lizard
Romain Chazal (Master 1, 2012) - Thermal preferences and personality in the common lizard
Remi Patin (Licence 3, 2012) - Thermal melanism and gestation in the common lizard
Field assistants
Mattéo Riss (Licence 3, 2023) - Marion Garacci (Master 1, 2014) - Marlene Kleffert (Master 1, 2014) - Loreleï Boyer (Licence 1, 2014) - Rogini Runghen (Master 1, 2014) - Laure Geidel (Licence 3, 2013) - Alice Fournier (Licence 3, 2013) - Marion Segall (Master 1, 2012) - Julie Siracusa (Master 1, 2012) - Julie Raphalen (Master 1, 2012) - Cyrille Camuel (Licence 3, 2012)
Others
Member of Felix Pellerin’s (2015-2018) and Zoé Rousset’s (2023-ongoing) PhD committee
Member of the Jury of Chloé Chabaud’s (2023-04-21), Simon Bazin’s (2024-02-20) and Théo Bodineau's (2024-12-19) PhD defense
