Prof. Dr. Loïc Pellissier
Funktion
Gruppenleiter, Joint Professorship
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Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Standort
Birmensdorf Bi HV E 01
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Research area
Loïc Pellisier’s research focuses on understanding and modelling past and future landscape dynamic and its link to biodiversity. He uses the fundamental knowledge in ecology and evolution of landscape biodiversity patterns provided by his research to improve sustainable management of natural resources. One of his research interests is the interaction between species, and how species assemblages respond to climate change. He also investigates the impact of climate change on ecosystems including the Arctic tundra and the marine realm. His current research objectives are to improve methods of modelling biodiversity across landscapes and to track change in the landscape more accurately with remote sensing technologies.
Curriculum Vitae
Loïc Pellissier has been Assistant Professor (with Tenure Track) of Landscape Ecology at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems at ETH Zurich and at WSL since July 2015.
He was born in Martigny, Switzerland, in 1984.
Loïc Pellissier studied at the University of Lausanne and completed his PhD in 2012. He then led a postdoctoral research project at the Arctic Research Center (Roskilde), which is affiliated to Aarhus University in Denmark. From 2013 to 2015 he was research group leader at the University of Fribourg.
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Publications WSL
Scientific publication article peer reviewed
Pontarp, M.; Bunnefeld, L.; Cabral, J.S.; Etienne, R.S.; Fritz, S.A.; Gillespie, R.; Graham, C.H.; Hagen, O.; Hartig, F.; Huang, S.; Jansson, R.; Maliet, O.; Münkemüller, T.; Pellissier, L.; Rangel, T.F.; Storch, D.; Wiegand, T.; Hurlbert, A.H., 2019: The latitudinal diversity gradient: novel understanding through mechanistic eco-evolutionary models. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 34, 3: 211-223. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.11.009
Vincent, C.; Fernandes, R.F.; Cardoso, A.R.; Broennimann, O.; Di Cola, V.; D'Amen, M.; Ursenbacher, S.; Schmidt, B.R.; Pradervand, J.; Pellissier, L.; Guisan, A., 2019: Climate and land-use changes reshuffle politically-weighted priority areas of mountain biodiversity. Global Ecology and Conservation, 17: e00589 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00589
Scherrer, D.; Mod, H.K.; Pottier, J.; Litsios-Dubuis, A.; Pellissier, L.; Vittoz, P.; Götzenberger, L.; Zobel, M.; Guisan, A., 2019: Disentangling the processes driving plant assemblages in mountain grasslands across spatial scales and environmental gradients. Journal of Ecology, 107, 1: 265-278. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13037
Mairal, M.; Caujapé-Castells, J.; Pellissier, L.; Jaén-Molina, R.; Álvarez, N.; Heuertz, M.; Sanmartín, I., 2018: A tale of two forests: ongoing aridification drives population decline and genetic diversity loss at continental scale in Afro-Macaronesian evergreen-forest archipelago endemics. Annals of Botany, 122, 6: 1005-1017. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcy107
Yannic, G.; Ortego, J.; Pellissier, L.; Lecomte, N.; Bernatchez, L.; Côté, S.D., 2018: Linking genetic and ecological differentiation in an ungulate with a circumpolar distribution. Ecography, 41, 6: 922-937. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02995
Stewart, L.; Simonsen, C.E.; Svenning, J.; Schmidt, N.M.; Pellissier, L., 2018: Forecasted homogenization of high Arctic vegetation communities under climate change. Journal of Biogeography, 45, 11: 2576-2587. doi: 10.1111/jbi.13434
Pellissier, L.; Rasmann, S., 2018: The functional decoupling of processes in alpine ecosystems under climate change. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 29: 126-132. doi: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.07.005
Pellissier, L.; Descombes, P.; Hagen, O.; Chalmandrier, L.; Glauser, G.; Kergunteuil, A.; Defossez, E.; Rasmann, S., 2018: Growth-competition-herbivore resistance trade-offs and the responses of alpine plant communities to climate change. Functional Ecology, 32, 7: 1693-1703. doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.13075
Alexander, J.M.; Chalmandrier, L.; Lenoir, J.; Burgess, T.I.; Essl, F.; Haider, S.; Kueffer, C.; McDougall, K.; Milbau, A.; Nuñez, M.A.; Pauchard, A.; Rabitsch, W.; Rew, L.J.; Sanders, N.J.; Pellissier, L., 2018: Lags in the response of mountain plant communities to climate change. Global Change Biology, 24, 2: 563-579. doi: 10.1111/gcb.13976
Kergunteuil, A.; Descombes, P.; Glauser, G.; Pellissier, L.; Rasmann, S., 2018: Plant physical and chemical defence variation along elevation gradients: a functional trait-based approach. Oecologia, 187, 2: 561-571. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4162-y
Defossez, E.; Pellissier, L.; Rasmann, S., 2018: The unfolding of plant growth form-defence syndromes along elevation gradients. Ecology Letters, 21, 5: 609-618. doi: 10.1111/ele.12926
Pellissier, L.; Albouy, C.; Bascompte, J.; Farwig, N.; Graham, C.; Loreau, M.; Maglianesi, M.A.; Melián, C.J.; Pitteloud, C.; Roslin, T.; Rohr, R.; Saavedra, S.; Thuiller, W.; Woodward, G.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Gravel, D., 2018: Comparing species interaction networks along environmental gradients. Biological Reviews, 93, 2: 785-800. doi: 10.1111/brv.12366
Chalmandrier, L.; Albouy, C.; Descombes, P.; Sandel, B.; Faurby, S.; Svenning, J.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L., 2018: Comparing spatial diversification and meta-population models in the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Royal Society Open Science, 5, 3: 171366 (14 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rsos.171366
Pellissier, L.; Heine, C.; Rosauer, D.F.; Albouy, C., 2018: Are global hotspots of endemic richness shaped by plate tectonics?. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123, 1: 247-261. doi: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx125
D'Amen, M.; Mateo, R.G.; Pottier, J.; Thuiller, W.; Maiorano, L.; Pellissier, L.; Ndiribe, C.; Salamin, N.; Guisan, A., 2018: Improving spatial predictions of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity. Journal of Ecology, 106, 1: 76-86. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12801
Descombes, P.; Gaboriau, T.; Albouy, C.; Heine, C.; Leprieur, F.; Pellissier, L., 2018: Linking species diversification to palaeo-environmental changes: a process-based modelling approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27, 2: 233-244. doi: 10.1111/geb.12683
Geijzendorffer, I.R.; Van Teeffelen, A.J.A.; Allison, H.; Braun, D.; Horgan, K.; Iturrate-Garcia, M.; Santos, M.J.; Pellissier, L.; Prieur-Richard, A.; Quatrini, S.; Sakai, S.; Zuppinger-Dingley, D., 2017: How can global conventions for biodiversity and ecosystem services guide local conservation actions?. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 29: 145-150. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.12.011
Mairal, M.; Sanmartín, I.; Pellissier, L., 2017: Lineage-specific climatic niche drives the tempo of vicariance in the Rand Flora. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 4: 911-923. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12930
Di Cola, V.; Broennimann, O.; Petitpierre, B.; Breiner, F.T.; D'Amen, M.; Randin, C.; Engler, R.; Pottier, J.; Pio, D.; Dubuis, A.; Pellissier, L.; Mateo, R.G.; Hordijk, W.; Salamin, N.; Guisan, A., 2017: ecospat: an R package to support spatial analyses and modeling of species niches and distributions. Ecography, 40, 6: 774-787. doi: 10.1111/ecog.02671
Chalmandrier, L.; Albouy, C.; Pellissier, L., 2017: Species pool distributions along functional trade-offs shape plant productivity-diversity relationships. Scientific Reports, 7: 15405 (11 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15334-4
Pellissier, L.; Kostikova, A.; Litsios, G.; Salamin, N.; Alvarez, N., 2017: High rate of protein coding sequence evolution and species diversification in the lycaenids. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 5: 90 (7 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00090
Descombes, P.; Vittoz, P.; Guisan, A.; Pellissier, L., 2017: Uneven rate of plant turnover along elevation in grasslands. Alpine Botany, 127, 1: 53-63. doi: 10.1007/s00035-016-0173-7
Pitteloud, C.; Arrigo, N.; Suchan, T.; Mastretta-Yanes, A.; Vila, R.; Dincă, V.; Hernández-Roldán, J.; Brockmann, E.; Chittaro, Y.; Kleckova, I.; Fumagalli, L.; Buerki, S.; Pellissier, L.; Alvarez, N., 2017: Climatic niche evolution is faster in sympatric than allopatric lineages of the butterfly genus Pyrgus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences, 284, 1852: 20170208 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0208
Ottimofiore, E.; Albouy, C.; Leprieur, F.; Descombes, P.; Kulbicki, M.; Mouillot, D.; Parravicini, V.; Pellissier, L., 2017: Responses of coral reef fishes to past climate changes are related to life-history traits. Ecology and Evolution, 7, 6: 1996-2005. doi: 10.1002/ece3.2800
Høj Jensen, G.; Pellissier, L.; Tombre, I.M.; Madsen, J., 2017: Landscape selection by migratory geese: implications for hunting organisation. Wildlife Biology, 192 (12 pp.). doi: 10.2981/wlb.00192
Descombes, P.; Leprieur, F.; Albouy, C.; Heine, C.; Pellissier, L., 2017: Spatial imprints of plate tectonics on extant richness of terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Biogeography, 44, 5: 1185-1197. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12959
Descombes, P.; Marchon, J.; Pradervand, J.; Bilat, J.; Guisan, A.; Rasmann, S.; Pellissier, L., 2017: Community-level plant palatability increases with elevation as insect herbivore abundance declines. Journal of Ecology, 105, 1: 142-151. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12664
Ware, C.; Berge, J.; Jelmert, A.; Olsen, S.M.; Pellissier, L.; Wisz, M.; Kriticos, D.; Semenov, G.; Kwásniewski, S.; Alsos, I.G., 2016: Biological introduction risks from shipping in a warming Arctic. Journal of Applied Ecology, 53, 2: 340-349. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12566
Stewart, L.; Alsos, I.G.; Bay, C.; Breen, A.L.; Brochmann, C.; Boulanger-Lapointe, N.; Broennimann, O.; Bültmann, H.; Klith Bøcher, P.; Damgaard, C.; Daniëls, F.J.A.; Ehrich, D.; Bronken Eidesen, P.; Guisan, A.; Jónsdóttir, I.S.; Lenoir, J.; Le Roux, P.C.; Lévesque, E.; Luoto, M.; ... Pellissier, L., 2016: The regional species richness and genetic diversity of Arctic vegetation reflect both past glaciations and current climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25, 4: 430-442. doi: 10.1111/geb.12424
Pellissier, L.; Moreira, X.; Danner, H.; Serrano, M.; Salamin, N.; Van Dam, N.M.; Rasmann, S., 2016: The simultaneous inducibility of phytochemicals related to plant direct and indirect defences against herbivores is stronger at low elevation. Journal of Ecology, 104, 4: 1116-1125. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.12580
Pellissier, L.; Bronken Eidesen, P.; Ehrich, D.; Descombes, P.; Schönswetter, P.; Tribsch, A.; Bakke Westergaard, K.; Alvarez, N.; Guisan, A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Normand, S.; Vittoz, P.; Luoto, M.; Damgaard, C.; Brochmann, C.; Wisz, M.S.; Alsos, I.G., 2016: Past climate-driven range shifts and population genetic diversity in arctic plants. Journal of Biogeography, 43, 3: 461-470. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12657
Pellissier, L.; Litsios, G.; Fishbein, M.; Salamin, N.; Agrawal, A.A.; Rasmann, S., 2016: Different rates of defense evolution and niche preferences in clonal and nonclonal milkweeds (Asclepias spp.). New Phytologist, 209, 3: 1230-1239. doi: 10.1111/nph.13649
Pauchard, A.; Milbau, A.; Albihn, A.; Alexander, J.; Burgess, T.; Daehler, C.; Englund, G.; Essl, F.; Evengård, B.; Greenwood, G.B.; Haider, S.; Lenoir, J.; McDougall, K.; Muths, E.; Nuñez, M.A.; Olofsson, J.; Pellissier, L.; Rabitsch, W.; Rew, L.J.; ... Kueffer, C., 2016: Non-native and native organisms moving into high elevation and high latitude ecosystems in an era of climate change: new challenges for ecology and conservation. Biological Invasions, 18, 2: 345-353. doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-1025-x
Leprieur, F.; Descombes, P.; Gaboriau, T.; Cowman, P.F.; Parravicini, V.; Kulbicki, M.; Melián, C.J.; De Santana, C.N.; Heine, C.; Mouillot, D.; Bellwood, D.R.; Pellissier, L., 2016: Plate tectonics drive tropical reef biodiversity dynamics. Nature Communications, 7: 11461 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/ncomms11461
Leprieur, F.; Colosio, S.; Descombes, P.; Parravicini, V.; Kulbicki, M.; Cowman, P.F.; Bellwood, D.R.; Mouillot, D.; Pellissier, L., 2016: Historical and contemporary determinants of global phylogenetic structure in tropical reef fish faunas. Ecography, 39, 9: 825-835. doi: 10.1111/ecog.01638
Jenkins, D.A.; Lecomte, N.; Schaefer, J.A.; Olsen, S.M.; Swingedouw, D.; Côté, S.D.; Pellissier, L.; Yannic, G., 2016: Loss of connectivity among island-dwelling Peary caribou following sea ice decline. Biology Letters, 12, 9: 20160235 (5 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0235
Pellissier, L., 2015: Stability and the competition-dispersal trade-off as drivers of speciation and biodiversity gradients. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 3: 52 (10 pp.). doi: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00052
Kleckova, I.; Cesanek, M.; Fric, Z.; Pellissier, L., 2015: Diversification of the cold-adapted butterfly genus Oeneis related to Holarctic biogeography and climatic niche shifts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 92: 255-265. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.06.012
Descombes, P.; Pradervand, J.; Golay, J.; Guisan, A.; Pellissier, L., 2015: Simulated shifts in trophic niche breadth modulate range loss of alpine butterflies under climate change. Ecography, 39, 8: 796-804. doi: 10.1111/ecog.01557
Bonanomi, S.; Pellissier, L.; Therkildsen, N.O.; Hedeholm, R.B.; Retzel, A.; Meldrup, D.; Olsen, S.M.; Nielsen, A.; Pampoulie, C.; Hemmer-Hansen, J.; Wisz, M.S.; Grønkjaer, P.; Nielsen, E.E., 2015: Archived DNA reveals fisheries and climate induced collapse of a major fishery. Scientific Reports, 5: 15395 (8 pp.). doi: 10.1038/srep15395
Wisz, M.S.; Pottier, J.; Kissling, W.D.; Pellissier, L.; Lenoir, J.; Damgaard, C.F.; Dormann, C.F.; Forchhammer, M.C.; Grytnes, J.; Guisan, A.; Heikkinen, R.K.; Høye, T.T.; Kühn, I.; Luoto, M.; Maiorano, L.; Nilsson, M.; Normand, S.; Öckinger, E.; Schmidt, N.M.; ... Svenning, J., 2013: The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling. Biological Reviews, 88, 1: 15-30. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2012.00235.x
Maiorano, L.; Cheddadi, R.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L.; Petitpierre, B.; Pottier, J.; Laborde, H.; Hurdu, B.I.; Pearman, P.B.; Psomas, A.; Singarayer, J.S.; Broennimann, O.; Vittoz, P.; Dubuis, A.; Edwards, M.E.; Binney, H.A.; Guisan, A., 2013: Building the niche through time: using 13,000 years of data to predict the effects of climate change on three tree species in Europe. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 3: 302-317. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00767.x
Pellissier, L.; Bråthen, K.A.; Vittoz, P.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Dubuis, A.; Meier, E.S.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Randin, C.F.; Thuiller, W.; Garraud, L.; Van Es, J.; Guisan, A., 2013: Thermal niches are more conserved at cold than warm limits in arctic-alpine plant species. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 22, 8: 933-941. doi: 10.1111/geb.12057
Litsios, G.; Pellissier, L.; Forest, F.; Lexer, C.; Pearman, P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin, N., 2012: Trophic specialization influences the rate of environmental niche evolution in damselfishes (Pomacentridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological sciences, 279, 1743: 3662-3669. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1140
Broennimann, O.; Fitzpatrick, M.C.; Pearman, P.B.; Petitpierre, B.; Pellissier, L.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Thuiller, W.; Fortin, M.-J.; Randin, C.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Graham, C.H.; Guisan, A., 2012: Measuring ecological niche overlap from occurrence and spatial environmental data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 21, 4: 481-497. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00698.x
Pellissier, L.; Brathen, K.A.; Pottier, J.; Randin, C.F.; Vittoz, P.; Dubuis, A.; Yoccoz, N.G.; Alm, T.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Guisan, A., 2010: Species distribution models reveal apparent competitive and facilitative effects of a dominant species on the distribution of tundra plants. Ecography, 33, 6: 1004-1014. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06386.x