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62
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13449
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2086
National Ranking
79

Overview

Patrice David is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research focuses largely on Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work covers several subfields including Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Key topics addressed by Patrice David include Plant and Animal Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Patrice David's frequently published papers include:

  • "Key Questions for Next-Generation Biomonitoring", 2020, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • "Assessing metacommunity processes through signatures in spatiotemporal turnover of community composition", 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "How community adaptation affects biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationships", 2020, Ecology Letters
  • "The Scope for Postmating Sexual Selection in Plants", 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Systematics and geographical distribution of Galba species, a group of cryptic and worldwide freshwater snails", 2020, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Philippe Jarne, Pierre-André Crochet, Thomas de Solan, Émilien Luquet, and Christoph Grunau.

Patrice David's publications have appeared in several notable venues, such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Peer Community Journal, Ecology Letters, and Current Biology.

Best Publications

  • Mapping phenotypes: canalization, plasticity and developmental stability

    Vincent Debat;Patrice David

  • A general eco-evolutionary framework for understanding bioinvasions

    Benoit Facon;Benjamin J. Genton;Jacqui Shykoff;Philippe Jarne

  • The coupling hypothesis: why genome scans may fail to map local adaptation genes.

    Nicolas Bierne;Nicolas Bierne;John Welch;Etienne Loire;François Bonhomme;François Bonhomme

  • Heterozygosity–fitness correlations: new perspectives on old problems

    Patrice David

  • Understanding the relationship between the inbreeding coefficient and multilocus heterozygosity: theoretical expectations and empirical data.

    J Slate;P David;K G Dodds;B A Veenvliet

  • Reliable selfing rate estimates from imperfect population genetic data

    Patrice David;Benoît Pujol;Benoît Pujol;Frédérique Viard;Vincent Castella

  • Heterozygosity-fitness correlations: a time for reappraisal.

    Marta Szulkin;Nicolas Bierne;Nicolas Bierne;Patrice David

  • Impacts of Invasive Species on Food Webs: A Review of Empirical Data

    Patrice David;Elisa Thebault;Orlane Anneville;Pierre-François Duyck

  • Condition-dependent signalling of genetic variation in stalk-eyed flies

    Patrice David;Patrice David;Tracey Bjorksten;Tracey Bjorksten;Kevin Fowler;Andrew Pomiankowski

  • A review of relationships between interspecific competition and invasions in fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae).

    Pierre François Duyck;Patrice David;Serge Quilici

  • High-throughput sequencing reveals inbreeding depression in a natural population.

    Joseph I. Hoffman;Fraser Simpson;Patrice David;Jolianne M. Rijks

  • High genetic variance in life-history strategies within invasive populations by way of multiple introductions

    Benoît Facon;Jean-Pierre Pointier;Philippe Jarne;Violette Sarda

  • Introgression patterns in the mosaic hybrid zone between Mytilus edulis and M. galloprovincialis

    N. Bierne;Philippe Borsa;Philippe Borsa;C. Daguin;D. Jollivet

  • Coexistence in a metacommunity: the competition-colonization trade-off is not dead.

    Vincent Calcagno;Nicolas Mouquet;Philippe Jarne;P. David

  • inbreedR: An R package for the analysis of inbreeding based on genetic markers

    Martin A. Stoffel;Martin A. Stoffel;Mareike Esser;Marty Kardos;Emily Humble;Emily Humble

  • Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis.

    Ana C Correa;Juan S Escobar;Patrick Durand;François Renaud

  • A molecular phylogeography approach to biological invasions of the New World by parthenogenetic Thiarid snails.

    B. Facon;J.‐P. Pointier;M. Glaubrecht;C. Poux

  • Habitat preference and the marine-speciation paradox

    Nicolas Bierne;Nicolas Bierne;François Bonhomme;Patrice David

  • Independence between developmental stability and canalization in the skull of the house mouse

    Vincent Debat;Paul Alibert;Patrice David;Emmanuel Paradis

  • Diversity Spurs Diversification in Ecological Communities

    Vincent Calcagno;Philippe Jarne;Michel Loreau;Nicolas Mouquet

  • Male sexual ornament size but not asymmetry reflects condition in stalk–eyed flies

    P. David;P. David;A. Hingle;D. Greig;D. Greig;A. Rutherford

Frequent Co-Authors

Philippe Jarne
Philippe Jarne University of Montpellier
Nicolas Bierne
Nicolas Bierne University of Montpellier
Jean-Pierre Pointier
Jean-Pierre Pointier University of Perpignan
François Bonhomme
François Bonhomme University of Montpellier
François Massol
François Massol University of Lille
Pierre-André Crochet
Pierre-André Crochet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Nicolas Mouquet
Nicolas Mouquet University of Montpellier
Benoit Facon
Benoit Facon University of Montpellier
Frédérique Viard
Frédérique Viard University of Montpellier
Jérôme Goudet
Jérôme Goudet University of Lausanne

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