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Jean-François Le Galliard

Jean-François Le Galliard

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
6829
World Ranking
6567
National Ranking
292

Jean-François Le Galliard publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Le Galliard sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 110 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Jean-François Le Galliard D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jean-François Le Galliard sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jean-François Le Galliard is affiliated with the École Normale Supérieure in France. Their research spans multiple areas within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist has published extensively with significant contributions in the fields of:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Subfields of particular interest include ecology, ecological modeling, physiology, and global and planetary change.

Their main research topics cover:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Physiological and Biochemical Adaptations
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
  • Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence

Jean-François Le Galliard has frequently published in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Journal of Experimental Biology, the Journal of Animal Ecology, the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

Recent papers include:

  • Diverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity, 2022, Science
  • Ecotrons: Powerful and versatile ecosystem analysers for ecology, agronomy and environmental science, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Lizards from warm and declining populations are born with extremely short telomeres, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A worldwide and annotated database of evaporative water loss rates in squamate reptiles, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Water deprivation compromises maternal physiology and reproductive success in a cold and wet adapted snake Vipera berus, 2021, Conservation Physiology

The scientist has collaborated extensively with coauthors including Sandrine Meylan, Olivier Lourdais, Andréaz Dupoué, David Rozen-Rechels, and Arnaud Badiane.

Best Publications

  • Informed dispersal, heterogeneity in animal dispersal syndromes and the dynamics of spatially structured populations

    Jean Clobert;Jean-François Le Galliard;Julien Cote;Sandrine Meylan

  • Sex ratio bias, male aggression, and population collapse in lizards

    Jean François Le Galliard;Patrick S. Fitze;Patrick S. Fitze;Régis Ferrière;Jean Clobert

  • How does selection operate on whole-organism functional performance capacities? A review and synthesis

    Duncan J. Irschick;Jerry J. Meyers;Jerry F. Husak;Jean-François Le Galliard

  • A comparative analysis of dispersal syndromes in terrestrial and semi-terrestrial animals.

    Virginie M. Stevens;Sarah Whitmee;Sarah Whitmee;Sarah Whitmee;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean Clobert

  • Physical performance and Darwinian fitness in lizards.

    Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean Clobert;Régis Ferrière;Régis Ferrière

  • Personality and the pace‐of‐life syndrome: variation and selection on exploration, metabolism and locomotor performances

    Jean‐François Le Galliard;Jean‐François Le Galliard;Matthieu Paquet;Matthieu Cisel;Laetitia Montes‐Poloni

  • When water interacts with temperature: Ecological and evolutionary implications of thermo-hydroregulation in terrestrial ectotherms

    David Rozen‐Rechels;Andréaz Dupoué;Olivier Lourdais;Olivier Lourdais;Simon Chamaillé‐Jammes

  • Adaptive evolution of social traits: Origin, trajectories, and correlations of altruism and mobility

    Jean François Le Galliard;Régis Ferrière;Ulf Dieckmann

  • THE ADAPTIVE DYNAMICS OF ALTRUISM IN SPATIALLY HETEROGENEOUS POPULATIONS

    Jean François Le Galliard;Regis Ferrière;Ulf Dieckmann;Ulf Dieckmann

  • Mother-offspring interactions affect natal dispersal in a lizard.

    Jean François Le Galliard;Régis Ferrière;Jean Clobert

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

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  • Networking Our Way to Better Ecosystem Service Provision

    David A. Bohan;Dries Landuyt;Athen Ma;Sarina Macfadyen

  • CONFLICT OVER MULTIPLE-PARTNER MATING BETWEEN MALES AND FEMALES OF THE POLYGYNANDROUS COMMON LIZARDS

    Patrick S Fitze;Patrick S Fitze;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Pierre Federici;Murielle Richard

  • Operational sex ratio, sexual conflict and the intensity of sexual selection

    Patrick S. Fitze;Jean-François Le Galliard

  • Patterns and processes of dispersal behaviour in arvicoline rodents.

    Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Alice Rémy;Alice Rémy;Rolf A. Ims;Xavier Lambin

  • The Metatron: an experimental system to study dispersal and metaecosystems for terrestrial organisms

    Delphine Legrand;Olivier Guillaume;Michel Baguette;Julien Cote;Julien Cote

  • Cohort variation, climate effects and population dynamics in a short-lived lizard

    Jean François Le Galliard;Jean François Le Galliard;Olivier Marquis;Manuel Massot

  • Intergenerational effects of climate generate cohort variation in lizard reproductive performance.

    Olivier Marquis;Manuel Massot;Jean François Le Galliard

  • Shorter telomeres precede population extinction in wild lizards.

    Andréaz Dupoué;Alexis Rutschmann;Alexis Rutschmann;Jean François Le Galliard;Jean François Le Galliard;Jean Clobert

  • Natal dispersal, interactions among siblings and intrasexual competition

    Jean-François Le Galliard;G. Gundersen;H.P. Andreassen;N.C. Stenseth

  • Effects of individual condition and habitat quality on natal dispersal behaviour in a small rodent

    Alice Rémy;Alice Rémy;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Jean-François Le Galliard;Gry Gundersen;Harald Steen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandrine Meylan
Sandrine Meylan Sorbonne University
Jean Clobert
Jean Clobert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Régis Ferrière
Régis Ferrière École Normale Supérieure
Patrick S. Fitze
Patrick S. Fitze Spanish National Research Council
Jacques Roy
Jacques Roy Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Donald B. Miles
Donald B. Miles Ohio University
Manuel Massot
Manuel Massot Sorbonne University
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
Olivier Lourdais
Olivier Lourdais Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Michael Bonkowski
Michael Bonkowski University of Cologne

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