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Ecology and Evolution
France
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
103
Citations
47659
World Ranking
231
National Ranking
10

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in France Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in France Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in France Leader Award

Overview

David Mouillot is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial body of work in Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Molecular Biology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Oceanography.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology

David Mouillot's recent papers demonstrate a range of interests in marine biodiversity, ecosystem function, and genetic diversity. Notable works include:

  • "Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate," 2021, published in Nature
  • "mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity," 2021, published in Ecography
  • "Global determinants of freshwater and marine fish genetic diversity," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world," 2020, published in Science
  • "Global vulnerability of marine mammals to global warming," 2020, published in Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • Stéphanie Manel
  • Camille Albouy
  • Loïc Pellissier
  • Tony Déjean
  • Laure Velez

The scientist has published regularly in prominent venues such as:

  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Ecography

Best Publications

  • New multidimensional functional diversity indices for a multifaceted framework in functional ecology.

    Sébastien Villéger;Norman W. H. Mason;David Mouillot

  • Functional richness, functional evenness and functional divergence: the primary components of functional diversity

    Norman W. H. Mason;David Mouillot;William G. Lee;J. Bastow Wilson

  • The Biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: Estimates, Patterns, and Threats

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Jeroen Steenbeek;Kristin Kaschner

  • A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Sébastien Villéger;Sébastien Villéger;Norman W.H. Mason

  • Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules

    Maud A. Mouchet;Sébastien Villéger;Norman W. H. Mason;David Mouillot

  • Spatial mismatch and congruence between taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: the need for integrative conservation strategies in a changing world

    Vincent Devictor;David Mouillot;Christine Meynard;Frédéric Jiguet

  • Rare species support vulnerable functions in high-diversity ecosystems

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;David R. Bellwood;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto;Jerome Chave

  • Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

    Nicholas A. J. Graham;Simon Jennings;Simon Jennings;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;David Mouillot;David Mouillot

  • Defining and measuring ecological specialization

    Vincent Devictor;Vincent Devictor;Joanne Clavel;Romain Julliard;Sébastien Lavergne

  • Contrasting changes in taxonomic vs. functional diversity of tropical fish communities after habitat degradation.

    Sébastien Villéger;Julia Ramos Miranda;Domingo Flores Hernández;David Mouillot

  • The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

    Marta Coll;Marta Coll;Chiara Piroddi;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Frida Ben Rais Lasram

  • Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

    Enric Sala;Juan Mayorga;Darcy Bradley;Reniel B. Cabral

  • Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs.

    David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Sébastien Villéger;Valeriano Parravicini;Michel Kulbicki

  • Nestedness versus modularity in ecological networks: two sides of the same coin?

    Miguel A. Fortuna;Daniel B. Stouffer;Jens M. Olesen;Pedro Jordano

  • Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs

    Joshua E. Cinner;Cindy Huchery;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;M. Aaron MacNeil;Nicholas A.J. Graham;Nicholas A.J. Graham

  • Functional Structure of Biological Communities Predicts Ecosystem Multifunctionality

    David Mouillot;Sébastien Villéger;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen;Norman W. H. Mason

  • Functional ecology of fish: current approaches and future challenges

    Sébastien Villéger;Sébastien Brosse;Maud Mouchet;David Mouillot

  • Rare species contribute disproportionately to the functional structure of species assemblages

    Rafael P. Leitão;Jansen Zuanon;Sébastien Villéger;Stephen E. Williams

  • Ecophylogenetics: advances and perspectives.

    Nicolas Mouquet;Vincent Devictor;Christine N. Meynard;Francois Munoz

  • The dissimilarity of species interaction networks

    Timothée Poisot;Elsa Canard;Elsa Canard;David Mouillot;David Mouillot;Nicolas Mouquet

  • A guide for using functional diversity indices to reveal changes in assembly processes along ecological gradients

    Norman W.H. Mason;Francesco de Bello;David Mouillot;Sandrine Pavoine

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Poulin
Robert Poulin University of Otago
Sébastien Villéger
Sébastien Villéger Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Boris R. Krasnov
Boris R. Krasnov Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Camille Albouy
Camille Albouy ETH Zurich
François Guilhaumon
François Guilhaumon University of Montpellier
Michel Kulbicki
Michel Kulbicki Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Laurent Vigliola
Laurent Vigliola Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Nicolas Mouquet
Nicolas Mouquet University of Montpellier
Fabien Leprieur
Fabien Leprieur University of Montpellier
Georgy I. Shenbrot
Georgy I. Shenbrot Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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