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Overview

Hélène Morlon is affiliated with École Normale Supérieure in France. Their research encompasses a range of topics in evolutionary biology and environmental science, with a notable focus on molecular biology, paleontology, genetics, and ecology.

The scientist's main fields of study include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Environmental Science. Their subfields of expertise extend to Molecular Biology, Paleontology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecology.

Their work covers several key topics including:

  • Evolution and Paleontology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

Hélène Morlon has authored multiple papers, some of the recent ones being:

  • Global drivers of eukaryotic plankton biogeography in the sunlit ocean, 2021, Science
  • Fast and Accurate Estimation of Species-Specific Diversification Rates Using Data Augmentation, 2021, Systematic Biology
  • Reliable Phylogenetic Regressions for Multivariate Comparative Data: Illustration with the MANOVA and Application to the Effect of Diet on Mandible Morphology in Phyllostomid Bats, 2020, Systematic Biology
  • Studying speciation and extinction dynamics from phylogenies: addressing identifiability issues, 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Priorities for ocean microbiome research, 2022, Nature Microbiology

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Systematic Biology
  • Science
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Collaborations form a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Benoît Perez-Lamarque
  • Jérémy Andréoletti
  • Isaac Overcast
  • Odile Maliet
  • Ignacio Quintero

Best Publications

  • Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

    Steven W. Kembel;Peter D. Cowan;Matthew R. Helmus;William K. Cornwell

  • Microbes on mountainsides: Contrasting elevational patterns of bacterial and plant diversity

    Jessica A. Bryant;Christine Lamanna;Hélène Morlon;Andrew J. Kerkhoff

  • Islands as model systems in ecology and evolution: prospects fifty years after MacArthur‐Wilson

    Ben H. Warren;Ben H. Warren;Ben H. Warren;Daniel Simberloff;Robert E. Ricklefs;Robin Aguilée

  • Phylogenetic approaches for studying diversification

    Hélène Morlon

  • A general framework for the distance–decay of similarity in ecological communities

    Helene Morlon;George B. Chuyong;Richard S. Condit;Stephen P. Hubbell

  • Reconciling molecular phylogenies with the fossil record

    Hélène Morlon;Todd L. Parsons;Joshua B. Plotkin

  • Why does diversification slow down

    Daniel Moen;Hélène Morlon

  • Faster speciation and reduced extinction in the tropics contribute to the Mammalian latitudinal diversity gradient.

    Jonathan Rolland;Fabien L. Condamine;Frederic Jiguet;Hélène Morlon

  • RPANDA : an R package for macroevolutionary analyses on phylogenetic trees.

    Hélène Morlon;Eric Lewitus;Fabien L. Condamine;Marc Manceau

  • REVIEW: Predictive ecology in a changing world

    Nicolas Mouquet;Yvan Lagadeuc;Vincent Devictor;Luc Doyen

  • Macroevolutionary perspectives to environmental change

    Fabien L. Condamine;Jonathan Rolland;Hélène Morlon

  • Quantifying temporal change in biodiversity: challenges and opportunities

    Maria Dornelas;Anne Magurran;Stephen Terrence Buckland;Anne Chao

  • Origin and diversification of living cycads: a cautionary tale on the impact of the branching process prior in Bayesian molecular dating

    Fabien L Condamine;Fabien L Condamine;Nathalie S Nagalingum;Charles R Marshall;Hélène Morlon

  • Spatial patterns of phylogenetic diversity

    Hélène Morlon;Dylan W. Schwilk;Jessica A. M. Bryant;Pablo A. Marquet;Pablo A. Marquet

  • Inferring the dynamics of diversification: a coalescent approach.

    Hélène Morlon;Matthew D. Potts;Joshua B. Plotkin

  • Cracking the Code of Biodiversity Responses to Past Climate Change

    David Nogués-Bravo;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;Luisa Orsini;Erik de Boer

  • A model with many small shifts for estimating species-specific diversification rates

    Odile Maliet;Florian Hartig;Hélène Morlon

  • Embracing heterogeneity: coalescing the Tree of Life and the future of phylogenomics.

    Gustavo A. Bravo;Alexandre Antonelli;Christine D. Bacon;Krzysztof Bartoszek

  • Testing Convergence Versus History: Convergence Dominates Phenotypic Evolution for over 150 Million Years in Frogs

    Daniel S. Moen;Daniel S. Moen;Daniel S. Moen;Hélène Morlon;John J. Wiens

  • Assessing the causes of diversification slowdowns: temperature‐dependent and diversity‐dependent models receive equivalent support

    Fabien L. Condamine;Jonathan Rolland;Hélène Morlon;Hélène Morlon

  • Settling down of seasonal migrants promotes bird diversification

    Jonathan Rolland;Frédéric Jiguet;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Fabien L. Condamine;Fabien L. Condamine

  • A general framework for the distance-decay of similarity in ecological communities OnlineOpen: This article is available free online at www.blackwell-synergy.com

    Helene Morlon;Richard Condit;Stephen Hubbell;Duncan Thomas

Frequent Co-Authors

Fabien L. Condamine
Fabien L. Condamine University of Montpellier
Marc-André Selosse
Marc-André Selosse University of Gdańsk
Alfried P. Vogler
Alfried P. Vogler Imperial College London
Jessica L. Green
Jessica L. Green University of Oregon
Brian J. Enquist
Brian J. Enquist University of Arizona
Brent C. Emerson
Brent C. Emerson Spanish National Research Council
Rampal S. Etienne
Rampal S. Etienne University of Groningen
Maarja Öpik
Maarja Öpik University of Tartu
Paula Arribas
Paula Arribas Spanish National Research Council
Nicolas Mouquet
Nicolas Mouquet University of Montpellier

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