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Thomas L. P. Couvreur

Thomas L. P. Couvreur

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Ecology and Evolution

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48
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8439
World Ranking
4246
National Ranking
182

Overview

Thomas L. P. Couvreur is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these main fields, they specialize in subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Paleontology, and Genetics.

Their scholarly work encompasses a variety of topics such as Plant Diversity and Evolution, Plant and Animal Studies, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and African Botany and Ecology Studies.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Thomas L. P. Couvreur include:

  • Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms (2024, Nature)
  • Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna (2020, Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society)
  • The global abundance of tree palms (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • A large-scale species level dated angiosperm phylogeny for evolutionary and ecological analyses (2020, Biodiversity Data Journal)
  • Chromosome-level reference genome of the soursop (Annona muricata): A new resource for Magnoliid research and tropical pomology (2021, Molecular Ecology Resources)

Thomas L. P. Couvreur frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • William J. Baker
  • Bonaventure Sonké
  • Léo-Paul M. J. Dagallier
  • Andrew J. Helmstetter
  • Francis J. Nge

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PhytoKeys
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics

    Lars W. Chatrou;Michael D. Pirie;Roy H. J. Erkens;Roy H. J. Erkens;Thomas L. P. Couvreur

  • Molecular phylogenetics, temporal diversification, and principles of evolution in the mustard family (Brassicaceae).

    Thomas L. P. Couvreur;Andreas Franzke;Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz;Freek T. Bakker

  • Origin and global diversification patterns of tropical rain forests: inferences from a complete genus-level phylogeny of palms.

    Thomas L P Couvreur;Thomas L P Couvreur;Félix Forest;William J Baker

  • The commonness of rarity: Global and future distribution of rarity across land plants.

    Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Xiao Feng;Brad Boyle;Brian Maitner

  • Cenozoic imprints on the phylogenetic structure of palm species assemblages worldwide

    W. Daniel Kissling;Wolf L. Eiserhardt;William J. Baker;Finn Borchsenius

  • Early evolutionary history of the flowering plant family Annonaceae: Steady diversification and boreotropical geodispersal

    Thomas L. P. Couvreur;Michael D. Pirie;Lars W. Chatrou;Richard M. K. Saunders

  • ConR: An R package to assist large-scale multispecies preliminary conservation assessments using distribution data.

    Gilles Dauby;Gilles Dauby;Tariq Stévart;Tariq Stévart;Tariq Stévart;Vincent Droissart;Vincent Droissart;Ariane Cosiaux;Ariane Cosiaux

  • Tectonics, climate and the diversification of the tropical African terrestrial flora and fauna

    Thomas L.P. Couvreur;Gilles Dauby;Anne Blach‐Overgaard;Vincent Deblauwe

  • Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. I. Historical biogeography

    William J. Baker;Thomas L.P. Couvreur

  • Molecular phylogenetics reveal multiple tertiary vicariance origins of the African rain forest trees.

    Thomas L.P. Couvreur;Lars W. Chatrou;Marc S. M Sosef;James E. Richardson

  • Exploring the floristic diversity of tropical Africa

    Marc S.M. Sosef;Gilles Dauby;Gilles Dauby;Anne Blach-Overgaard;Xander van der Burgt

  • Nuclear microsatellite markers for the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.): characterization and utility across the genus Phoenix and in other palm genera

    Norbert Billotte;Nicolas Marseillac;Philippe Brottier;Jean-Louis Noyer

  • Remotely sensed temperature and precipitation data improve species distribution modelling in the tropics

    Vincent Deblauwe;Vincent Deblauwe;Vincent Deblauwe;Vincent Droissart;R. Bose;R. Bose;B. Sonke

  • RAINBIO: a mega-database of tropical African vascular plants distributions.

    Gilles Dauby;Rainer Zaiss;Anne Blach-Overgaard;Luís Catarino

  • Cradles and museums of generic plant diversity across tropical Africa

    Léo-Paul M J Dagallier;Steven B Janssens;Gilles Dauby;Anne Blach-Overgaard

  • Global biogeography and diversification of palms sheds light on the evolution of tropical lineages. II: Diversification history and origin of regional assemblages

    William J. Baker;Thomas L.P. Couvreur

  • Cost-effective enrichment hybridization capture of chloroplast genomes at deep multiplexing levels for population genetics and phylogeography studies.

    Cédric Mariac;Nora Scarcelli;Juliette Pouzadou;Adeline Barnaud

  • Phylogenetic relationships among arecoid palms (Arecaceae: Arecoideae)

    William J. Baker;Maria V. Norup;Maria V. Norup;James J. Clarkson;Thomas L. P. Couvreur

  • Odd man out: why are there fewer plant species in African rain forests?

    Thomas L. P. Couvreur

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Seven WRKY Genes across the Palm Subtribe Attaleinae (Arecaceae) Identifies Syagrus as Sister Group of the Coconut

    Alan W. Meerow;Larry Noblick;James W. Borrone;Thomas L. P. Couvreur

  • A third of the tropical African flora is potentially threatened with extinction

    Tariq Stévart;Tariq Stévart;Tariq Stévart;Gilles Dauby;Gilles Dauby;Gilles Dauby;Porter Lowry Ii;Anne Blach-Overgaard

Frequent Co-Authors

Bonaventure Sonké
Bonaventure Sonké Université de Yaoundé I
William J. Baker
William J. Baker Royal Botanic Gardens
Jens-Christian Svenning
Jens-Christian Svenning Aarhus University
Olivier J. Hardy
Olivier J. Hardy Université Libre de Bruxelles
James E. Richardson
James E. Richardson University College Cork
Henrik Balslev
Henrik Balslev Aarhus University
W. Daniel Kissling
W. Daniel Kissling University of Amsterdam
Pierre Sepulchre
Pierre Sepulchre University of Paris-Saclay
Alexander Zizka
Alexander Zizka Philipp University of Marburg
Alexandre Antonelli
Alexandre Antonelli University of Gothenburg

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