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Pierre-André Crochet is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work focuses on various subfields including Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Pierre-André Crochet include:

  • Species list of the European herpetofauna - 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 2020, Amphibia-Reptilia
  • Mass of genes rather than master genes underlie the genomic architecture of amphibian speciation, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Integrating hybrid zone analyses in species delimitation: lessons from two anuran radiations of the Western Mediterranean, 2020, Heredity
  • A new westward migration route in an Asian passerine bird, 2021, Current Biology
  • Examining the link between relaxed predation and bird coloration on islands, 2020, Biology Letters

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Pierre-André Crochet include:

  • Philippe Géniez
  • Christophe Dufresnes
  • José Carlos Brito
  • Loïs Rancilhac
  • Raphaël Leblois

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Amphibia-Reptilia
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Peer Community Journal

Best Publications

  • The conservation status of the world's reptiles

    Monika Böhm;Ben Collen;Jonathan E.M. Baillie;Philip Bowles

  • Updated distribution and biogeography of amphibians and reptiles of Europe

    Neftali Sillero;João Campos;Anna Bonardi;Claudia Corti

  • Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica

    Jeroen Speybroeck;Wouter Beukema;Christophe Dufresnes;Uwe Fritz

  • COMPARING CLINES ON MOLECULAR AND PHENOTYPIC TRAITS IN HYBRID ZONES: A WINDOW ON TENSION ZONE MODELS

    Pierre-André Crochet;Douglas A. Bell;Thomas Lenormand

  • Unravelling biodiversity, evolution and threats to conservation in the Sahara‐Sahel

    José C. Brito;Raquel Godinho;Fernando Martínez-Freiría;Juan M. Pleguezuelos

  • A rapid rate of sex-chromosome turnover and non-random transitions in true frogs.

    Daniel L. Jeffries;Guillaume Lavanchy;Roberto Sermier;Michael J. Sredl

  • Phylogenetic relationships within the Laridae (Charadriiformes: Aves) inferred from mitochondrial markers.

    J.-M. Pons;A. Hassanin;P.-A. Crochet

  • A reassessment of explanations for discordant introgressions of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes.

    Timothée Bonnet;Timothée Bonnet;Raphaël Leblois;Raphaël Leblois;François Rousset;Pierre-André Crochet

  • A tentative species list of the European herpetofauna (Amphibia and Reptilia) — an update

    Jeroen Speybroeck;Wouter Beukema;Pierre-André Crochet

  • Predator-induced plasticity in early life history and morphology in two anuran amphibians

    Anssi Laurila;Susanna Pakkasmaa;Pierre-André Crochet;Juha Merilä

  • Molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the west-palearctic common toads (Bufo bufo species complex)

    J. Garcia-Porta;S.N. Litvinchuk;P.A. Crochet;A. Romano

  • Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: eighth report

    George Sangster;George Sangster;J. Martin Collinson;Pierre André Crochet;Alan G. Knox

  • Genetic structure of avian populations--allozymes revisited.

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  • GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION AT NUCLEAR AND MITOCHONDRIAL LOCI AMONG LARGE WHITE-HEADED GULLS: SEX-BIASED INTERSPECIFIC GENE FLOW?

    Pierre Andre Crochet;Pierre Andre Crochet;Junjian Z. Chen;Jean-Marc Pons;Jean Dominique Lebreton

  • Capture–recapture models with heterogeneity to study survival senescence in the wild

    Guillaume Péron;Pierre-André Crochet;Rémi Choquet;Roger Pradel

  • Multilocus phylogeny of the avian family Alaudidae (larks) reveals complex morphological evolution, non-monophyletic genera and hidden species diversity

    Per Alström;Per Alström;Per Alström;Keith N. Barnes;Urban Olsson;F. Keith Barker

  • Morphology and nuclear markers reveal extensive mitochondrial introgressions in the Iberian Wall Lizard species complex

    Julien P. Renoult;Philippe Geniez;Paul Bacquet;Laure Benoit

  • Slow Rate of Evolution in the Mitochondrial Control Region of Gulls (Aves: Laridae)

    Pierre-André Crochet;Eric Desmarais

  • Conquering the Sahara and Arabian deserts: systematics and biogeography of Stenodactylus geckos (Reptilia: Gekkonidae)

    Margarita Metallinou;Edwin Nicholas Arnold;Pierre-André Crochet;Philippe Geniez

  • Speciation in mountains: phylogeography and phylogeny of the rock lizards genus Iberolacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae).

    P.-A. Crochet;O. Chaline;Y. Surget-Groba;C. Debain

Frequent Co-Authors

José Carlos Brito
José Carlos Brito University of Porto
Petros Lymberakis
Petros Lymberakis University of Crete
Salvador Carranza
Salvador Carranza Pompeu Fabra University
Miguel Vences
Miguel Vences Technische Universität Braunschweig
Nicolas Perrin
Nicolas Perrin University of Lausanne
Patrice David
Patrice David University of Montpellier
Juan M. Pleguezuelos
Juan M. Pleguezuelos University of Granada
David R. Vieites
David R. Vieites Spanish National Research Council
Gentile Francesco Ficetola
Gentile Francesco Ficetola University of Milan
Claire Doutrelant
Claire Doutrelant University of Montpellier

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