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  • 1999 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Yvon Le Maho is affiliated with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) in France. Their research spans several fields including Environmental Science, Medicine, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology with a strong focus on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Physiology, and Ecology.

Among the main topics addressed in their body of work are:

  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Dietary Effects on Health
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

Le Maho has contributed to a number of recent papers. Notable publications include:

  • Behavioural inference from signal processing using animal-borne multi-sensor loggers: a novel solution to extend the knowledge of sea turtle ecology (2020) published in Royal Society Open Science
  • High fidelity of sea turtles to their foraging grounds revealed by satellite tracking and capture-mark-recapture: New insights for the establishment of key marine conservation areas (2020) published in Biological Conservation
  • Body Protein Sparing in Hibernators: A Source for Biomedical Innovation (2021) published in Frontiers in Physiology
  • Is muscle and protein loss relevant in long-term fasting in healthy men? A prospective trial on physiological adaptations (2021) published in Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • Insect decline: immediate action is needed (2021) published in Comptes Rendus Biologies

Their frequent co-authors include Caroline Habold, Jordan Martin, Damien Chevallier, Lorène Jeantet, and Pierre Lelong.

Le Maho's work has appeared regularly in multiple publication venues, particularly:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biological Conservation
  • Comptes Rendus Biologies
  • EcoHealth
  • Science in One Health

The scientist was recognized as a Member of Academia Europaea in 1999.

Best Publications

  • Physiology and biochemistry of long-term fasting in birds

    Yves Cherel;Jean-Patrice Robin;Yvon Le Maho

  • Diving Behavior and Energetics During Foraging Cycles in King Penguins

    G. L. Kooyman;Y. Cherel;Y. Le Maho;J. P. Croxall

  • A new technique for monitoring the behaviour of free-ranging Adélie penguins.

    K. Yoda;Y. Naito;K. Sato;A. Takahashi

  • Reliability of flipper-banded penguins as indicators of climate change

    Claire Saraux;Céline Le Bohec;Joël M. Durant;Vincent A. Viblanc

  • Foraging habitat and food intake of satellite-tracked king penguins during the austral summer at Crozet Archipelago

    CA Bost;JY Georges;C. Guinet;Y. Cherel

  • Relationships between lipid availability and protein utilization during prolonged fasting.

    Y Cherel;J P Robin;A Heitz;C Calgari

  • Endangered species: where leatherback turtles meet fisheries.

    Sandra Ferraroli;Jean-Yves Georges;Philippe Gaspar;Yvon Le Maho

  • Hypothermia in foraging king penguins

    Y. Handrich;R. M. Bevan;J.-B. Charrassin;P. J. Butler

  • Marine animal behaviour: neglecting ocean currents can lead us up the wrong track

    Philippe Gaspar;Jean-Yves Georges;Sabrina Fossette;Arnaud Lenoble

  • Thermoregulation in fasting emperor penguins under natural conditions

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  • Foraging behaviour of emperor penguins as a resource detector in winter and summer

    A. Ancel;G. L. Kooyman;P. J. Ponganis;J.-P. Gendner

  • King penguin population threatened by Southern Ocean warming

    Céline Le Bohec;Joël M Durant;Michel Gauthier-Clerc;Nils C Stenseth

  • Energy saving in huddling penguins

    A Ancel;H Visser;Y Handrich;D Masman

  • Catching-up but telomere loss: half-opening the black box of growth and ageing trade-off in wild king penguin chicks.

    Sylvie Geiger;Maryline Le Vaillant;Thomas Lebard;Sophie Reichert

  • A fine-scale time budget of Cape gannets provides insights into the foraging strategies of coastal seabirds

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;David Grémillet;Akiko Kato;Peter G. Ryan

  • Long-term effects of flipper bands on penguins

    M. GauthierClerc;J.-P. Gendner;C. A. Ribic;W. R. Fraser

  • Pros and cons of using seabirds as ecological indicators

    Joel Marcel Durant;Dag Øystein Hjermann;Morten Frederiksen;Jean-Benoît Charrassin

  • Marine animal behaviour: neglecting ocean currents can lead us up the wrong track

    Philippe Gaspar;Jean-Yves Georges;Arnaud Lenoble;Sandra Ferraroli

  • Between air and water: the plunge dive of the Cape Gannet Morus capensis

    Yan Ropert-Coudert;David Grémillet;Peter Ryan;Akiko Kato

  • Ecology and physiology of fasting in King Penguin chicks

    Yves Cherel;Jean-Claude Stahl;Yvon Le Maho

  • Oxidative status and telomere length in a long-lived bird facing a costly reproductive event

    Michaël Beaulieu;Sophie Reichert;Yvon Le Maho;André Ancel

  • Feeding of diving predators and diel vertical migration of prey: King penguins¹ diet versus trawl sampling at Kerguelen Islands

    C. A. Bost;T. Zorn;Y. Le Maho;G. Duhamel

  • Nutrient reserve dynamics and energetics during long‐term fasting in the king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

    Y. Cherel;J. Gilles;Y. Handrich;Y. Le Maho

Frequent Co-Authors

Michel Gauthier-Clerc
Michel Gauthier-Clerc University of Geneva
Yan Ropert-Coudert
Yan Ropert-Coudert Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Handrich
Yves Handrich Hubert Curien Multi-disciplinary Institute
David Grémillet
David Grémillet Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yves Cherel
Yves Cherel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Akiko Kato
Akiko Kato University of La Rochelle
Charles-André Bost
Charles-André Bost University of La Rochelle
Yasuhiko Naito
Yasuhiko Naito National Institute of Polar Research
Philippe Bulet
Philippe Bulet Grenoble Alpes University
Jean-Yves Georges
Jean-Yves Georges Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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