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Sandrine Meylan

Sandrine Meylan

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4664
World Ranking
7609
National Ranking
340

Overview

Sandrine Meylan is affiliated with Sorbonne University in France and primarily works within the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, and Physiology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, focusing particularly on Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Physiological and biochemical adaptations, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Bat Biology and Ecology Studies, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, and Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence.

Recent publications by Sandrine Meylan include:

  • "Potential Benefits of Acanthocephalan Parasites for Chub Hosts in Polluted Environments," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Lizards from warm and declining populations are born with extremely short telomeres," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Water deprivation compromises maternal physiology and reproductive success in a cold and wet adapted snake Vipera berus," 2021, Conservation Physiology
  • "Short-term change in water availability influences thermoregulation behaviours in a dry-skinned ectotherm," 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • "Interaction of hydric and thermal conditions drive geographic variation in thermoregulation in a widespread lizard," 2020, Ecological Monographs

Frequent collaborators in Sandrine Meylan's research include:

  • Jean-François Le Galliard
  • David Rozen-Rechels
  • Andréaz Dupoué
  • Arnaud Badiane
  • Jean Clobert

Common venues for their publications include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Functional Ecology, and OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) from La Trobe University.

Best Publications

  • Informed dispersal, heterogeneity in animal dispersal syndromes and the dynamics of spatially structured populations

    Jean Clobert;Jean-François Le Galliard;Julien Cote;Sandrine Meylan

  • Increased pre‐natal maternal corticosterone promotes philopatry of offspring in common lizards Lacerta vivipara

    Michelle De Fraipont;Jean Clobert;Henry John;Alder

  • Is corticosterone-mediated phenotype development adaptive? Maternal corticosterone treatment enhances survival in male lizards.

    Sandrine Meylan;Jean Clobert

  • When water interacts with temperature: Ecological and evolutionary implications of thermo-hydroregulation in terrestrial ectotherms

    David Rozen‐Rechels;Andréaz Dupoué;Olivier Lourdais;Olivier Lourdais;Simon Chamaillé‐Jammes

  • Stress and body condition as prenatal and postnatal determinants of dispersal in the common lizard (Lacerta vivipara).

    Sandrine Meylan;Josabel Belliure;Jean Clobert;Michelle de Fraipont;Michelle de Fraipont

  • Experimental enhancement of corticosterone levels positively affects subsequent male survival

    J. Cote;J. Clobert;S. Meylan;P.S. Fitze;P.S. Fitze

  • Hormonally mediated maternal effects, individual strategy and global change

    Sandrine Meylan;Sandrine Meylan;Donald B. Miles;Donald B. Miles;Jean Clobert

  • An integrative study of ageing in a wild population of common lizards

    Manuel Massot;Jean Clobert;Laetitia Montes-Poloni;Laetitia Montes-Poloni;Claudy Haussy

  • Carotenoid-Based Colours Reflect the Stress Response in the Common Lizard

    Patrick S. Fitze;Julien Cote;Julien Cote;Luis Martin San-Jose;Sandrine Meylan

  • Carotenoid-based coloration, oxidative stress and corticosterone in common lizards

    Julien Cote;Sandrine Meylan;Jean Clobert;Yann Voituron

  • The effect of transdermal corticosterone application on plasma corticosterone levels in pregnant Lacerta vivipara.

    S. Meylan;Alfred M. Dufty Jr.;J. Clobert

  • Maternal Effects on Offspring Locomotion: Influence of Density and Corticosterone Elevation in the Lizard Lacerta vivipara

    Sandrine Meylan;Jean Clobert

  • Shorter telomeres precede population extinction in wild lizards.

    Andréaz Dupoué;Alexis Rutschmann;Alexis Rutschmann;Jean François Le Galliard;Jean François Le Galliard;Jean Clobert

  • Physiological actions of corticosterone and its modulation by an immune challenge in reptiles.

    Sandrine Meylan;Sandrine Meylan;Claudy Haussy;Yann Voituron

  • Prenatal and postnatal effects of corticosterone on behavior in juveniles of the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara.

    Josabel Belliure;Sandrine Meylan;Jean Clobert

  • Adaptive significance of maternal induction of density‐dependent phenotypes

    Sandrine Meylan;Jean Clobert;Barry Sinervo

  • Ontogenic sources of variation in sexual size dimorphism in a viviparous lizard

    J.-F. Le Galliard;J.-F. Le Galliard;M. Massot;M. M. Landys;S. Meylan

  • Food deprivation modifies corticosterone-dependent behavioural shifts in the common lizard.

    J. Cote;J. Clobert;L. Montes Poloni;C. Haussy

  • Cloacal Bacterial Diversity Increases with Multiple Mates: Evidence of Sexual Transmission in Female Common Lizards

    Joël White;Joël White;Murielle Richard;Manuel Massot;Sandrine Meylan;Sandrine Meylan

  • The importance of ultraviolet and near-infrared sensitivity for visual discrimination in two species of lacertid lizards

    Mélissa Martin;Jean-François Le Galliard;Sandrine Meylan;Ellis R. Loew

  • Water availability and environmental temperature correlate with geographic variation in water balance in common lizards

    Andréaz Dupoué;Alexis Rutschmann;Jean François Le Galliard;Jean François Le Galliard;Donald B. Miles

  • Do personalities co-vary with metabolic expenditure and glucocorticoid stress response in adult lizards?

    Hugo Mell;Rémy Josserand;Beatriz Decencière;Paulina Artacho

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-François Le Galliard
Jean-François Le Galliard École Normale Supérieure
Jean Clobert
Jean Clobert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Donald B. Miles
Donald B. Miles Ohio University
Manuel Massot
Manuel Massot Sorbonne University
Olivier Lourdais
Olivier Lourdais Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick S. Fitze
Patrick S. Fitze Spanish National Research Council
Julien Cote
Julien Cote Paul Sabatier University
Frédéric Angelier
Frédéric Angelier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Barry Sinervo
Barry Sinervo University of California, Santa Cruz
François Brischoux
François Brischoux University of La Rochelle

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