• Presentation

  • My research aims to identify the mechanisms driving plant diversity in response to global change drivers (climate and land-use changes, eutrophication of lakes). Currently my work deals with different study scales: individual, community and ecosystem levels.

  • My research uses quantitative functional trait data to assess how biotic interactions and assembly rules 1) determine plant diversity and distributions and 2) ultimately affect ecosystem functioning.

  • Such an approach enables (i) to understand community responses to environmental drivers, (ii) to predict community feedbacks on ecosystems and (iii) to understand underlying ecological mechanisms, such as the importance of abiotic constraints and biotic interactions.

  • Key-words: assembly rules, biotic interactions, community ecology, environmental drivers, functional traits, plant diversity.

  • Research activities

  • 2015 - 2017

  • Marie Curie fellow : H2020 - Individual Fellowship (IF), DRYFUN project, n° 656035.
  • Keywords : community assembly, desertification, ecosystem multifunctionality, ecosystem thresholds, functional diversity, large-scale gradients, phylogenetic diversity.
  • Fernando Maestre’s lab, King Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain.
  • 2012 - 2015

  • Post-doctoral researcher.
  • Keywords : community assembly, functional biogeography, functional diversity, large-scale gradients, phylogenetic diversity.
  • Jan Leps' lab, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic.
  • 2010 - 2012

  • Post-doctoral researcher.
  • Keywords : community assembly, disturbance, local stress gradients, plant interactions, taxonomic diversity.
  • Richard Michalet's lab, University of Bordeaux, France.
  • 2007 - 2010

  • University thesis (PhD): "Indirect facilitation as a structuring mechanism of submersed aquatic plants: a buffering role under abiotic and biotic constraints".
  • Keywords : alternative states, ecosystem thresholds, eutrophication, grazing, nutrient manipulation, plant interactions, species distributions.
  • Dietmar Straile's lab, University of Konstanz, Germany.
  • 2005 - 2006

  • Master degree (2nd year)
  • Keywords : community ecology, nutrient manipulation, plant interactions, water manipulation.
  • Richard Michalet's lab, University of Bordeaux, France.
  • 2004 - 2005

  • Master degree (1st year)
  • Keywords : functional diversity, land use, mycorrhiza, nutrient manipulation, plant interactions, plant-soil interactions.
  • Sandra Lavorel's lab, University of Grenoble, France.
  • Editorial responsibilities (referee)

  • Research papers

  • Annals of Botany (1), Ecography (2), Ecology (2), Ecology and Evolution (2), Folia Geobotanica (2), Freshwater Biology (1), Functional Ecology (1), Fundamental and Applied Limnology (1), Journal of Ecology (4), Journal of Vegetation Science (6), New Phytologist (1), Oecologia (1), Oikos (7), Plant and Soil (1), Plant Ecology (1), PlosOne (6), Science (1), Trends in Ecology and Evolution (1)
  • Research proposals

  • Icelandic Research Fund (IRF, August 2014)