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Fabien Leprieur is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science, producing a total of 96 publications. Their research primarily focuses on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Genetics, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work spans various topics related to marine and ecological systems. Key subjects include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Genetic Diversity and Population Structure
  • Marine Animal Studies Overview
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Identification and Quantification in Food
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Fabien Leprieur has published in several prominent scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Nature
  • Ecography
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of Biogeography
  • Scientific Reports

Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • "Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate," 2021, Nature
  • "mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity," 2021, Ecography
  • "Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Global vulnerability of marine mammals to global warming," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Trait similarity in reef fish faunas across the world's oceans," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Fabien Leprieur's research include David Mouillot, Camille Albouy, Loïc Pellissier, Arnaud Auber, and Giulia Donati. These partnerships suggest active engagement in interdisciplinary and collaborative scientific work focused on environmental and marine ecology.

Best Publications

  • Protecting the global ocean for biodiversity, food and climate

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

  • Fish invasions in the world's river systems: when natural processes are blurred by human activities.

    Fabien Leprieur;Olivier Beauchard;Simon Blanchet;Thierry Oberdorff

  • Conservation biogeography of freshwater fishes: recent progress and future challenges

    Julian D. Olden;Mark James Kennard;Fabien Leprieur;Pablo A. Tedesco

  • mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity

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  • Partitioning global patterns of freshwater fish beta diversity reveals contrasting signatures of past climate changes

    Fabien Leprieur;Fabien Leprieur;Pablo A. Tedesco;Bernard Hugueny;Olivier Beauchard

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

    Fabien Leprieur;Camille Albouy;Julien De Bortoli;Peter F. Cowman

  • Comparing methods to separate components of beta diversity

    Andrés Baselga;Fabien Leprieur

  • Prioritizing phylogenetic diversity captures functional diversity unreliably

    Florent Mazel;Florent Mazel;Matthew W. Pennell;Marc W. Cadotte;Sandra Diaz

  • Partitioning Beta Diversity into Turnover and Nestedness Components [R package betapart version 1.5.2]

    Andres Baselga;David Orme;Sebastien Villeger;Julien De Bortoli

  • A global database on freshwater fish species occurrence in drainage basins

    Pablo A. Tedesco;Olivier Beauchard;Rémy Bigorne;Simon Blanchet

  • Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene.

    Catalina Pimiento;Catalina Pimiento;F. Leprieur;F. Leprieur;D. Silvestro;D. Silvestro;J. S. Lefcheck

  • Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity

    Loïc Pellissier;Loïc Pellissier;Fabien Leprieur;Valeriano Parravicini;Peter F. Cowman

  • Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics

    Fabien Leprieur;Patrice Descombes;Patrice Descombes;Théo Gaboriau;Peter F. Cowman

  • Scientific uncertainty and the assessment of risks posed by non‐native freshwater fishes

    F Leprieur;S Brosse;T Oberdorff;J D Olden

  • Global and Regional Patterns in Riverine Fish Species Richness: A Review

    Thierry Oberdorff;Pablo A. Tedesco;Bernard Hugueny;Fabien Leprieur

  • Selective extinction drives taxonomic and functional alpha and beta diversities in island bird assemblages

    Xingfeng Si;Andrés Baselga;Fabien Leprieur;Xiao Song

  • Global imprint of historical connectivity on freshwater fish biodiversity.

    Murilo S. Dias;Thierry Oberdorff;Bernard Hugueny;Fabien Leprieur

  • Unexpected fish diversity gradients in the Amazon basin

    Thierry Oberdorff;Murilo S. Dias;Céline Jézéquel;James S. Albert

  • Combining projected changes in species richness and composition reveals climate change impacts on coastal Mediterranean fish assemblages.

    Camille Albouy;François Guilhaumon;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;David Mouillot;David Mouillot

  • Correction: Fish Invasions in the World's River Systems: When Natural Processes Are Blurred by Human Activities

    Fabien Leprieur;Olivier Beauchard;Simon Blanchet;Thierry Oberdorff

  • Effects of natural rapids and waterfalls on fish assemblage structure in the Madeira River (Amazon Basin)

    Gislene Torrente-Vilara;Jansen Zuanon;Fabien Leprieur;Thierry Oberdorff

  • Hydrological disturbance benefits a native fish at the expense of an exotic fish.

    F. Leprieur;M. A. Hickey;C. J. Arbuckle;G. P. Closs

  • Global vulnerability of marine mammals to global warming

    Camille Albouy;Valentine Delattre;Giulia Donati;Thomas L. Frölicher;Thomas L. Frölicher

Frequent Co-Authors

David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Camille Albouy
Camille Albouy ETH Zurich
Sébastien Brosse
Sébastien Brosse Paul Sabatier University
Thierry Oberdorff
Thierry Oberdorff Paul Sabatier University
Pablo A. Tedesco
Pablo A. Tedesco Paul Sabatier University
Bernard Hugueny
Bernard Hugueny Paul Sabatier University
Gaël Grenouillet
Gaël Grenouillet Paul Sabatier University
Michel Kulbicki
Michel Kulbicki Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Valeriano Parravicini
Valeriano Parravicini University of Perpignan

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