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Overview

Marion Valeix is affiliated with Claude Bernard University Lyon 1 in France. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a concentration in ecology. Their work extensively covers wildlife ecology and conservation, as well as animal ecology and behavior studies.

The main areas of study in their research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Ecology
  • Genetics
  • Social Psychology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Small Animals

The core topics explored across their publications are:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Some of Marion Valeix's recent publications include:

  • "Effect of ecological factors on fine-scale patterns of social structure in African lions", 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Dynamic interactions between apex predators reveal contrasting seasonal attraction patterns", 2021, Oecologia
  • "Climate Effects on Prey Vulnerability Modify Expectations of Predator Responses to Short- and Long-Term Climate Fluctuations", 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Long-term high densities of African elephants clear the understorey and promote a new stable savanna woodland community", 2021, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • "Can an herbivore affect where a top predator kills its prey by modifying woody vegetation structure?", 2020, Oecologia

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Biological Conservation
  • Oecologia
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Collaboration is a notable part of Marion Valeix's scientific work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Hervé Fritz
  • Andrew J. Loveridge
  • Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
  • Daphine Madhlamoto
  • Stéphane Dray

Marion Valeix's research contributes to understanding patterns in animal behavior, ecological interactions, and environmental dynamics, often with a focus on African wildlife and ecosystem processes.

Best Publications

  • Behavioral adjustments of African herbivores to predation risk by lions: Spatiotemporal variations influence habitat use

    Marion Valeix;A.J. Loveridge;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Z. Davidson

  • Managing heterogeneity in elephant distribution: interactions between elephant population density and surface‐water availability

    Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz

  • Behavioural adjustments of a large carnivore to access secondary prey in a human-dominated landscape

    Marion Valeix;Graham Hemson;Andrew J. Loveridge;Gus Mills

  • Risk avoidance in sympatric large carnivores: reactive or predictive?

    Femke Broekhuis;Gabriele Cozzi;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;John W. McNutt

  • How key habitat features influence large terrestrial carnivore movements: waterholes and African lions in a semi-arid savanna of north-western Zimbabwe

    Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Zeke Davidson;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Resource variability, aggregation and direct density dependence in an open context: the local regulation of an African elephant population

    Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Hervé Fritz;Marion Valeix;Felix Murindagomo

  • Landscapes of Coexistence for terrestrial carnivores: the ecological consequences of being downgraded from ultimate to penultimate predator by humans

    Alayne Oriol‐Cotterill;Alayne Oriol‐Cotterill;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Laurence G. Frank;Corinna Riginos

  • Does the risk of encountering lions influence African herbivore behaviour at waterholes

    Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Andrew J. Loveridge;Zeke Davidson

  • Interference competition and temporal niche shifts: elephants and herbivore communities at waterholes

    Marion Valeix;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Hervé Fritz;Hervé Fritz

  • Changes in home range size of African lions in relation to pride size and prey biomass in a semi-arid savanna

    Andrew J. Loveridge;Marion Valeix;Zeke Davidson;Felix Murindagomo

  • Seasonal diet and prey preference of the African lion in a waterhole-driven semi-arid savanna.

    Zeke Davidson;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Freya Van Kesteren;Andrew J. Loveridge

  • Elephant-induced structural changes in the vegetation and habitat selection by large herbivores in an African savanna

    Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Rodolphe Sabatier;Felix Murindagomo

  • Individual vigilance of African herbivores while drinking: the role of immediate predation risk and context

    Stéphanie Périquet;Stéphanie Périquet;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Spatiotemporal patterns of lion space use in a human-dominated landscape

    A. Oriol-Cotterill;A. Oriol-Cotterill;D.W. Macdonald;M. Valeix;S. Ekwanga

  • Environmental determinants of habitat and kill site selection in a large carnivore: scale matters

    Zeke Davidson;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Andrew J. Loveridge;Jane E. Hunt

  • African ungulates and their drinking problems: hunting and predation risks constrain access to water

    William-Georges Crosmary;William-Georges Crosmary;Marion Valeix;Hervé Fritz;Hillary Madzikanda

  • Conservation of large predator populations: Demographic and spatial responses of African lions to the intensity of trophy hunting

    A.J. Loveridge;M. Valeix;M. Valeix;G. Chapron;Z. Davidson

  • Influence of immediate predation risk by lions on the vigilance of prey of different body size

    S. Périquet;L. Todd-Jones;M. Valeix;B. Stapelkamp

  • The landscape of anthropogenic mortality: how African lions respond to spatial variation in risk

    Andrew J. Loveridge;Marion Valeix;Marion Valeix;Nicholas B. Elliot;David W. Macdonald

  • Reactive responses of zebras to lion encounters shape their predator–prey space game at large scale

    Nicolas Courbin;Andrew J. Loveridge;David W. Macdonald;Hervé Fritz

  • Non-consumptive effects of predation in large terrestrial mammals: Mapping our knowledge and revealing the tip of the iceberg

    Elise Say-Sallaz;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Simon Chamaillé-Jammes;Hervé Fritz;Marion Valeix

Frequent Co-Authors

Hervé Fritz
Hervé Fritz Nelson Mandela University
David W. Macdonald
David W. Macdonald University of Oxford
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Andrew J. Loveridge
Andrew J. Loveridge University of Oxford
Patrick Duncan
Patrick Duncan Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Stéphane Dray
Stéphane Dray Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Eloy Revilla
Eloy Revilla Spanish National Research Council
Laura R. Prugh
Laura R. Prugh University of Washington
Jean Clobert
Jean Clobert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Christophe Bonenfant
Christophe Bonenfant Claude Bernard University Lyon 1

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