Functional ecology of fish: current approaches and future challenges

S Villéger, S Brosse, M Mouchet, D Mouillot, MJ Vanni - Aquatic Sciences, 2017‏ - Springer
Fish communities face increasing anthropogenic pressures in freshwater and marine
ecosystems that modify their biodiversity and threaten the services they supply to human …

Making protected areas effective for biodiversity, climate and food

A Arneth, P Leadley, J Claudet, M Coll… - Global Change …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The spatial extent of marine and terrestrial protected areas (PAs) was among the most
intensely debated issues prior to the decision about the post‐2020 Global Biodiversity …

Functional diversity of sharks and rays is highly vulnerable and supported by unique species and locations worldwide

C Pimiento, C Albouy, D Silvestro, TL Mouton… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Elasmobranchs (sharks, rays and skates) are among the most threatened marine
vertebrates, yet their global functional diversity remains largely unknown. Here, we use a …

Global vulnerability of marine mammals to global warming

C Albouy, V Delattre, G Donati, TL Frölicher… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
Although extinctions due to climate change are still uncommon, they might surpass those
caused by habitat loss or overexploitation over the next few decades. Among marine …

Phylogenetic diversity and nature conservation: where are we?

M Winter, V Devictor, O Schweiger - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2013‏ - cell.com
To date, there is little evidence that phylogenetic diversity has contributed to nature
conservation. Here, we discuss the scientific justification of using phylogenetic diversity in …

Invading the Mediterranean Sea: biodiversity patterns shaped by human activities

S Katsanevakis, M Coll, C Piroddi… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Human activities, such as ship**, aquaculture, and the opening of the Suez Canal, have
led to the introduction of nearly 1000 alien species into the Mediterranean Sea. We …

The alarming decline of Mediterranean fish stocks

P Vasilakopoulos, CD Maravelias, G Tserpes - Current Biology, 2014‏ - cell.com
In recent years, fisheries management has succeeded in stabilizing and even improving the
state of many global fisheries resources [1–5]. This is particularly evident in areas where …

Inferring food web structure from predator–prey body size relationships

D Gravel, T Poisot, C Albouy, L Velez… - Methods in Ecology …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Current global changes make it important to be able to predict which interactions will occur
in the emerging ecosystems. Most of the current methods to infer the existence of …

Quantifying phylogenetic beta diversity: distinguishing between 'true'turnover of lineages and phylogenetic diversity gradients

F Leprieur, C Albouy, J De Bortoli, PF Cowman… - 2012‏ - journals.plos.org
The evolutionary dissimilarity between communities (phylogenetic beta diversity PBD) has
been increasingly explored by ecologists and biogeographers to assess the relative roles of …

Ecoregion-based conservation planning in the Mediterranean: dealing with large-scale heterogeneity

S Giakoumi, M Sini, V Gerovasileiou, T Mazor, J Beher… - PloS one, 2013‏ - journals.plos.org
Spatial priorities for the conservation of three key Mediterranean habitats, ie seagrass
Posidonia oceanica meadows, coralligenous formations, and marine caves, were …