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Antoine Fouquet is affiliated with the École Nationale Supérieure de Formation de l'Enseignement Agricole in France. The research conducted primarily centers on environmental science, with a focus on amphibian and reptile biology, species distribution and climate change, and ecological modeling.

The main fields and subfields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Genetics

Key topics in the scientist's work involve:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Recent and significant publications include:

  • "Ongoing declines for the world's amphibians in the face of emerging threats", 2023, Nature
  • "Large-scale DNA-based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism", 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • "Historical biogeography identifies a possible role of Miocene wetlands in the diversification of the Amazonian rocket frogs (Aromobatidae: Allobates)", 2020, Journal of Biogeography
  • "Species diversity and biogeography of an ancient frog clade from the Guiana Shield (Anura: Microhylidae: Adelastes, Otophryne, Synapturanus) exhibiting spectacular phenotypic diversification", 2020, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • "Systematics and biogeography of the Boana albopunctata species group (Anura, Hylidae), with the description of two new species from Amazonia", 2021, Systematics and Biodiversity

Frequent co-authors with whom Antoine Fouquet has collaborated include:

  • Miguel Tréfaut Rodrigues
  • Philippe J. R. Kok
  • Fernanda P. Werneck
  • Albertina P. Lima
  • Raffael Ernst

The most common publication venues for their works are:

  • Zootaxa
  • Systematics and Biodiversity
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
  • Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Best Publications

  • Underestimation of Species Richness in Neotropical Frogs Revealed by mtDNA Analyses

    Antoine Fouquet;Antoine Fouquet;André Gilles;Miguel Vences;Christian Marty

  • High Levels of Diversity Uncovered in a Widespread Nominal Taxon: Continental Phylogeography of the Neotropical Tree Frog Dendropsophus minutus

    Marcelo Gehara;Marcelo Gehara;Andrew J. Crawford;Andrew J. Crawford;Victor G. D Orrico;Ariel Rodríguez

  • Revealing cryptic diversity using molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography in frogs of the Scinax ruber and Rhinella margaritifera species groups

    Antoine Fouquet;Miguel Vences;Marie-Dominique Salducci;Axel Meyer

  • Species delimitation, patterns of diversification and historical biogeography of the Neotropical frog genus Adenomera (Anura, Leptodactylidae)

    Antoine Fouquet;Antoine Fouquet;Carla Santana Cassini;Célio Fernando Baptista Haddad;Nicolas Pech

  • Multiple Quaternary Refugia in the Eastern Guiana Shield Revealed by Comparative Phylogeography of 12 Frog Species

    Antoine Fouquet;Antoine Fouquet;Brice P. Noonan;Miguel T. Rodrigues;Nicolas Pech

  • Molecular phylogeny and morphometric analyses reveal deep divergence between Amazonia and Atlantic Forest species of Dendrophryniscus

    Antoine Fouquet;Renato Recoder;Mauro Teixeira;José Cassimiro

  • Cryptic species in Iphisa elegans Gray, 1851 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae) revealed by hemipenial morphology and molecular data

    Pedro M. Sales Nunes;Antoine Fouquet;Felipe F. Curcio;Philippe J. R. Kok;Philippe J. R. Kok

  • From Amazonia to the Atlantic forest: molecular phylogeny of Phyzelaphryninae frogs reveals unexpected diversity and a striking biogeographic pattern emphasizing conservation challenges.

    Antoine Fouquet;Daniel Loebmann;Santiago Castroviejo-Fisher;Jose M. Padial

  • Unexpected phylogenetic positions of the genera Rupirana and Crossodactylodes reveal insights into the biogeography and reproductive evolution of leptodactylid frogs.

    Antoine Fouquet;Boris Leonardo Blotto;Maximiliano Manuel Maronna;Vanessa Kruth Verdade

  • Large‐scale DNA‐based survey of frogs in Amazonia suggests a vast underestimation of species richness and endemism

    Jean‐Pierre Vacher;Jérôme Chave;Francesco Gentile Ficetola;Francesco Gentile Ficetola;Guilhem Sommeria‐Klein;Guilhem Sommeria‐Klein

  • Using ecological niche modelling to infer past, present and future environmental suitability for Leiopelma hochstetteri, an endangered New Zealand native frog

    Antoine Fouquet;Antoine Fouquet;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Amanda Haigh;Neil Gemmell

  • Plotting the course of an African clawed frog invasion in Western France

    G. John Measey;Antoine Fouquet

  • The trans-riverine genetic structure of 28 Amazonian frog species is dependent on life history

    Antoine Fouquet;Elodie A. Courtois;Daniel Baudain;Jucivaldo Dias Lima

  • Weak warning signals can persist in the absence of gene flow

    J. P. Lawrence;Bibiana Rojas;Antoine Fouquet;Johanna Mappes

  • On the brink of extinction: two new species of Anomaloglossus from French Guiana and amended definitions of Anomaloglossus degranvillei and A. surinamensis (Anura: Aromobatidae).

    Antoine Fouquet;Jean-Pierre Vacher;Elodie A Courtois;Benoit Villette

  • Cryptic diversity in Amazonian frogs: Integrative taxonomy of the genus Anomaloglossus (Amphibia: Anura: Aromobatidae) reveals a unique case of diversification within the Guiana Shield.

    Jean-Pierre Vacher;Philippe J.R. Kok;Miguel T. Rodrigues;Jucivaldo Dias Lima

  • A new species of Brasilotyphlus (Gymnophiona: Siphonopidae) and a contribution to the knowledge of the relationship between Microcaecilia and Brasilotyphlus.

    Larissa Lima Correia;Pedro M. Sales Nunes;Tony Gamble;Adriano Oliveira Maciel

  • Integrative taxonomy reveals a new but common Neotropical treefrog, hidden under the name Boana xerophylla.

    Moisés Escalona;Enrique La Marca;Michelle Castellanos;Antoine Fouquet

  • The Amphibians of the Mitaraka massif, French Guiana

    Antoine Fouquet;Nicolas Vidal;Maël Dewynter

  • Phylogeography of Leiopelma hochstetteri reveals strong genetic structure and suggests new conservation priorities

    Antoine Fouquet;Antoine Fouquet;David M. Green;Bruce Waldman;Julia H. Bowsher;Julia H. Bowsher

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues
Miguel Trefaut Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Brice P. Noonan
Brice P. Noonan University of Mississippi
Andrew J. Crawford
Andrew J. Crawford Universidad de Los Andes
Santiago R. Ron
Santiago R. Ron Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Célio F. B. Haddad
Célio F. B. Haddad Sao Paulo State University
Neil J. Gemmell
Neil J. Gemmell University of Otago
Tomas Hrbek
Tomas Hrbek Federal University of Amazonas
Christophe Thébaud
Christophe Thébaud Paul Sabatier University
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta
Ariovaldo Antonio Giaretta Federal University of Uberlândia

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