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Loïc Pellissier

Loïc Pellissier

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
69
Citations
20611
World Ranking
1424
National Ranking
37

Overview

Loïc Pellissier is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecological Modeling. Their research spans several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics of their work include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Plant and Animal Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Identification and Quantification in Food, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Pellissier cover a variety of relevant subjects in environmental science and biology. Notable publications include:

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Global determinants of freshwater and marine fish genetic diversity, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Global climate-related predictors at kilometer resolution for the past and future, 2022, Earth System Science Data
  • Global vulnerability of marine mammals to global warming, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Comparing environmental DNA metabarcoding and underwater visual census to monitor tropical reef fishes, 2020, Environmental DNA

Pellissier collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Camille Albouy
  • Niklaus E. Zimmermann
  • Florian Altermatt
  • David Mouillot
  • Stéphanie Manel

Their work has been published often in key scientific venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Environmental DNA, Nature Communications, Ecology and Evolution, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling

    Mary Susanne Wisz;Julien Pottier;W. Daniel Kissling;Loïc Pellissier

  • Measuring ecological niche overlap from occurrence and spatial environmental data

    Olivier Broennimann;Matthew C. Fitzpatrick;Peter B. Pearman;Blaise Petitpierre

  • ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions

    Valeria Di Cola;Olivier Broennimann;Blaise Petitpierre;Frank T. Breiner

  • Soil nematode abundance and functional group composition at a global scale

    Johan van den Hoogen;Stefan Geisen;Devin Routh;Howard Ferris

  • Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects.

    Lars Götzenberger;Francesco de Bello;Kari Anne Bråthen;John Davison

  • Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change

    Jake M. Alexander;Jake M. Alexander;Loïc Chalmandrier;Jonathan Lenoir;Treena I. Burgess

  • Overcoming the rare species modelling paradox: a novel hierarchical framework applied to an Iberian endemic plant.

    A. Lomba;L. Pellissier;C. Randin;J. Vicente

  • Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients.

    Loïc Pellissier;Camille Albouy;Camille Albouy;Jordi Bascompte;Nina Farwig

  • Climate‐driven change in plant–insect interactions along elevation gradients

    Sergio Rasmann;Loïc Pellissier;Emmanuel Defossez;Hervé Jactel

  • Predicting spatial patterns of plant species richness: a comparison of direct macroecological and species stacking modelling approaches

    Anne Dubuis;Julien Pottier;Vanessa Rion;Loïc Pellissier

  • Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change : new challenges for ecology and conservation

    Aníbal Pauchard;Ann Milbau;Ann Milbau;Ann Albihn;Ann Albihn;Jake Alexander

  • Improving the prediction of plant species distribution and community composition by adding edaphic to topo-climatic variables

    Anne Dubuis;Sara Giovanettina;Loïc Pellissier;Julien Pottier

  • Global climate-related predictors at kilometer resolution for the past and future

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  • Building the niche through time: using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe

    L. Maiorano;R. Cheddadi;N. E. Zimmermann;L. Pellissier

  • The Latitudinal Diversity Gradient: Novel Understanding through Mechanistic Eco-evolutionary Models

    Mikael Pontarp;Lynsey Bunnefeld;Juliano Sarmento Cabral;Rampal S. Etienne

  • SoilTemp: A global database of near-surface temperature

    Jonas J. Lembrechts;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Michael B. Ashcroft;Michael B. Ashcroft;Pieter De Frenne

  • Genetic diversity in caribou linked to past and future climate change

    Glenn Yannic;Loïc Pellissier;Loïc Pellissier;Joaquín Ortego;Joaquín Ortego;Nicolas Lecomte;Nicolas Lecomte

  • Shifts in species richness, herbivore specialization, and plant resistance along elevation gradients.

    Loïc Pellissier;Konrad Fiedler;Charlotte Ndribe;Anne Dubuis

  • Model complexity affects species distribution projections under climate change

    Philipp Brun;Wilfried Thuiller;Yohann Chauvier;Loïc Pellissier

  • Quaternary coral reef refugia preserved fish diversity

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

  • The accuracy of plant assemblage prediction from species distribution models varies along environmental gradients

    Julien Pottier;Anne Dubuis;Loïc Pellissier;Luigi Maiorano

  • Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants

    Loïc Pellissier;Kari Anne Bråthen;Julien Pottier;Christophe F. Randin

Frequent Co-Authors

Antoine Guisan
Antoine Guisan University of Lausanne
Camille Albouy
Camille Albouy ETH Zurich
Sergio Rasmann
Sergio Rasmann University of Neuchâtel
Nicolas Salamin
Nicolas Salamin University of Lausanne
David Mouillot
David Mouillot University of Montpellier
Mary S. Wisz
Mary S. Wisz World Maritime University
Pascal Vittoz
Pascal Vittoz University of Lausanne
Fabien Leprieur
Fabien Leprieur University of Montpellier
Nadir Alvarez
Nadir Alvarez University of Geneva
Niklaus E. Zimmermann
Niklaus E. Zimmermann Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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