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Overview

Claude Miaud is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and specializes in environmental science with a focus on ecology and conservation.

Their research output includes 25 publications in environmental science, with particular depth in subfields such as ecology, nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecological modeling, and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The primary topics addressed by their work include:

  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Genetic composition, origin and conservation of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) frequenting the French Mediterranean coasts, 2021, Marine Biology
  • From single to multiple habitat connectivity: The key role of composite ecological networks for amphibian conservation and habitat restoration, 2023, Biological Conservation
  • Toward a common approach for assessing the conservation status of marine turtle species within the European marine strategy framework directive, 2022, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Turquoise infrastructure: Assessing the impacts of global change on multi-habitat connectivity from a landscape management perspective, 2024, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Analyser la connectivité de la trame turquoise: définition, caractérisation et enjeux opérationnels, 2023, Sciences Eaux & Territoires

Claude Miaud frequently collaborates with a core group of co-authors, including:

  • Céline Clauzel
  • Christophe Eggert
  • Marion Bailleul
  • Claire Godet
  • Simon Tarabon

Their work is published in various academic venues, with multiple publications appearing in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe), Marine Biology, Biological Conservation, Frontiers in Marine Science, and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In addition to journal articles, Claude Miaud has contributed to book publications, including a title published by éditions Quae eBooks:

  • Pollution plastique, la biodiversité menacée, 2025

Best Publications

  • Species detection using environmental DNA from water samples.

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Claude Miaud;François Pompanon;Pierre Taberlet

  • Next-generation monitoring of aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA metabarcoding

    Alice Valentini;Pierre Taberlet;Pierre Taberlet;Claude Miaud;Raphaël Civade

  • Persistence of environmental DNA in freshwater ecosystems.

    Tony Dejean;Alice Valentini;Antoine Duparc;Stéphanie Pellier-Cuit

  • Improved detection of an alien invasive species through environmental DNA barcoding: the example of the American bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus

    Tony Dejean;Alice Valentini;Christian Miquel;Pierre Taberlet

  • Prediction and validation of the potential global distribution of a problematic alien invasive species — the American bullfrog

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Wilfried Thuiller;Claude Miaud

  • Recent Asian origin of chytrid fungi causing global amphibian declines

    Simon J. O’Hanlon;Adrien Rieux;Rhys A. Farrer;Gonçalo M. Rosa;Gonçalo M. Rosa

  • Explorative Genome Scan to Detect Candidate Loci for Adaptation Along a Gradient of Altitude in the Common Frog (Rana temporaria)

    Aurélie Bonin;Pierre Taberlet;Claude Miaud;François Pompanon

  • Habitat matrix effects on pond occupancy in newts.

    Pierre Joly;Claude Miaud;Anthony Lehmann;Odile Grolet

  • Variations in life-history traits in the common frog Rana temporaria (Amphibia: Anura): a literature review and new data from the French Alps

    Claude Miaud;Robert Guyétant;Johan Elmberg

  • Population Adaptive Index: a New Method to Help Measure Intraspecific Genetic Diversity and Prioritize Populations for Conservation

    Aurelie Bonin;Florence Nicole;François Pompanon;Claude Miaud

  • Population genetics reveals origin and number of founders in a biological invasion.

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Aurelie Bonin;Claude Miaud

  • Knowing the past to predict the future: Land-use change and the distribution of invasive bullfrogs

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Luigi Maiorano;Luigi Maiorano;Alessandra Falcucci;Nicolas Dendoncker

  • Buccal swabs as a non-destructive tissue sampling method for DNA analysis in amphibians

    Nathalie Pidancier;Christian Miquel;Claude Miaud

  • Integrative approach for landscape-based graph connectivity analysis: a case study with the common frog (Rana temporaria) in human-dominated landscapes

    Samuel Decout;Stéphanie Manel;Claude Miaud;Sandra Luque

  • Terrestrial movements of the natterjack toad Bufo calamita (Amphibia, Anura) in a semi-arid, agricultural landscape

    Delfi Sanuy;Jean-Noël Avrillier;Claude Miaud

  • Bergmann’s rule in amphibians: combining demographic and ecological parameters to explain body size variation among populations in the common toad Bufo bufo

    D. Cvetković;N. Tomašević;G. F. Ficetola;J. Crnobrnja-Isailović

  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity

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  • Pattern of distribution of the American bullfrog Rana catesbeiana in Europe

    Gentile Francesco Ficetola;Christophe Coïc;Mathieu Detaint;Matthieu Berroneau

  • Variation in age structures in a subdivided population of Triturus cristatus

    Claude Miaud;Pierre Joly;Jacques Castanet

  • Age, size and growth of the southern crested newt Triturus karelinii (Strauch 1870) in a population from Bozdag (Western Turkey)

    Kurtulus Olgun;Nazan Uzum;Azız Avci;Claude Miaud

  • Transience, dispersal and survival rates in newt patchy populations

    Nadège Perret;Roger Pradel;Claude Miaud;Odile Grolet

Frequent Co-Authors

Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan
Pierre Taberlet
Pierre Taberlet Grenoble Alpes University
Dirk S. Schmeller
Dirk S. Schmeller National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse
Pierre Joly
Pierre Joly Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Benedikt R. Schmidt
Benedikt R. Schmidt University of Zurich
François Pompanon
François Pompanon Grenoble Alpes University
Trenton W. J. Garner
Trenton W. J. Garner Zoological Society of London
Aurélien Besnard
Aurélien Besnard Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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