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Overview

Matthieu Le Corre is affiliated with the University of La Réunion in Réunion and specializes in environmental science with a focus on ecology and related subfields. Their research output includes a significant number of publications in areas such as global and planetary change, pollution, nature and landscape conservation, and genetics.

Their main topics of research cover a diverse set of themes including:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Wildlife ecology and conservation
  • Impact of light on environment and health
  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Turtle biology and conservation
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies

Le Corre has contributed to multiple recent papers, including work published in well-established journals. Selected recent publications are:

  • "Rat eradication restores nutrient subsidies from seabirds across terrestrial and marine ecosystems", 2021, Current Biology
  • "Seabird Migration Strategies: Flight Budgets, Diel Activity Patterns, and Lunar Influence", 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Do loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) gut contents reflect the types, colors and sources of plastic pollution in the Southwest Indian Ocean?", 2023, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • "25 years of light-induced petrel groundings in Reunion Island: Retrospective analysis and predicted trends", 2022, Global Ecology and Conservation
  • "Tracking seabird migration in the tropical Indian Ocean reveals basin-scale conservation need", 2023, Current Biology

Their research has appeared frequently in several scientific journals, including:

  • Current Biology
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Le Corre collaborates with a number of frequent co-authors such as Patrick Pinet, Maria P. Dias, Audrey Jaeger, Margot Thibault, and Ludovic Hoarau, reflecting a collaborative approach across their research projects.

Best Publications

  • A global review of the impacts of invasive cats on island endangered vertebrates

    Félix M. Medina;Elsa Bonnaud;Elsa Bonnaud;Eric Vidal;Bernie R. Tershy

  • Bioaccumulation of trace elements in pelagic fish from the Western Indian Ocean.

    Jessica Kojadinovic;Michel Potier;Matthieu Le Corre;Richard P. Cosson

  • Applying global criteria to tracking data to define important areas for marine conservation

    B. G. Lascelles;P. R. Taylor;M. G. R. Miller;M. P. Dias

  • The diet of feral cats on islands: a review and a call for more studies

    E. Bonnaud;E. Bonnaud;F. M. Medina;Eric Vidal;M. Nogales

  • Foraging strategy of a top predator in tropical waters: great frigatebirds in the Mozambique Channel

    Henri Weimerskirch;Matthieu Le Corre;Sébastien Jaquemet;Michel Potier

  • Seabird mortality induced by land-based artificial lights

    Airam Rodríguez;Nick D. Holmes;Peter G. Ryan;Kerry-Jayne Wilson

  • Resource partitioning within a tropical seabird community: new information from stable isotopes

    Yves Cherel;Matthieu Le Corre;Sébastien Jaquemet;F. Ménard

  • Light-induced mortality of petrels: a 4-year study from Reunion Island (Indian Ocean)

    M Le Corre;A Ollivier;S Ribes;P Jouventin

  • Mercury content in commercial pelagic fish and its risk assessment in the Western Indian Ocean

    Jessica Kojadinovic;Michel Potier;Matthieu Le Corre;Richard P. Cosson

  • Future Directions in Conservation Research on Petrels and Shearwaters

    Airam Rodríguez;José M. Arcos;Vincent Bretagnolle;Maria P. Dias

  • Foraging strategy of a tropical seabird, the red- footed booby, in a dynamic marine environment

    Henri Weimerskirch;Matthieu Le Corre;Sébastien Jaquemet;Francis Marsac

  • Sex-specific foraging behaviour in a seabird with reversed sexual dimorphism: the red-footed booby

    Henri Weimerskirch;Matthieu Le Corre;Yan Ropert-Coudert;Akiko Kato

  • The three-dimensional flight of red-footed boobies: adaptations to foraging in a tropical environment?

    H. Weimerskirch;M. Le Corre;Y. Ropert-Coudert;A. Kato

  • Tracking seabirds to identify potential Marine Protected Areas in the tropical western Indian Ocean

    Matthieu Le Corre;Audrey Jaeger;Patrick Pinet;Michelle A. Kappes

  • Sex-specific foraging strategies throughout the breeding season in a tropical, sexually monomorphic small petrel

    Patrick Pinet;Sébastien Jaquemet;Richard A. Phillips;Matthieu Le Corre

  • Movements, at-sea distribution and behaviour of a tropical pelagic seabird: the wedge-tailed shearwater in the western Indian Ocean

    Teresa Catry;Jaime A. Ramos;Matthieu Le Corre;Richard A. Phillips

  • Seabird community structure in a coastal tropical environment: importance of natural factors and fish aggregating devices (FADs)

    Sébastien Jaquemet;Matthieu Le Corre;Henri Weimerskirch

  • Comparative foraging ecology of a tropical seabird community of the Seychelles, western Indian Ocean

    Teresa Catry;Jaime A. Ramos;Sébastien Jaquemet;Lucie Faulquier

  • Intraguild predation and mesopredator release effect on long-lived prey

    James C. Russell;Vincent Lecomte;Yves Dumont;Matthieu Le Corre

  • The island syndrome and population dynamics of introduced rats

    James C. Russell;James C. Russell;David Ringler;Aurélien Trombini;Matthieu Le Corre

Frequent Co-Authors

Henri Weimerskirch
Henri Weimerskirch Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
James C. Russell
James C. Russell University of Auckland
Jaime A. Ramos
Jaime A. Ramos University of Coimbra
Paco Bustamante
Paco Bustamante University of La Rochelle
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Maria P. Dias
Maria P. Dias University of Lisbon
Karen D. McCoy
Karen D. McCoy University of Montpellier
Richard A. Phillips
Richard A. Phillips British Antarctic Survey
Thierry Boulinier
Thierry Boulinier University of Montpellier
Christopher D. McQuaid
Christopher D. McQuaid Rhodes University

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