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Head: Prof. Dr. Loïc Pellissier
The Group
We are an international research team with diverse scientific expertise and backgrounds, connected by the goal to understand biodiversity. We study the mechanisms that shape biodiversity patterns across spatial and temporal scales - in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems -such as mountain ranges and tropical reefs. We use an interdisciplinary approach, whereby we bridge ecology, evolution, Earth history and global change.
To make these connections, we collect data through biological monitoring, environmental DNA methods, remote sensing, and field sampling, and use these data to answer questions with statistical and process-based models of biological diversity.
Our group is affiliated with ETH and WSL, but is also associated with Agroscope, EAWAG, the European Joint Research Centre and Vogelwarte.

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Publications
Jardim de Queiroz, L.; Doenz, C.J.; Altermatt, F.; Alther, R.; Borko, Š.; Brodersen, J.; Gossner, M.M.; Graham, C.; Matthews, B.; McFadden, I.R.; Pellissier, L.; Schmitt, T.; Selz, O.M.; Villalba, S.; Rüber, L.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Seehausen, O., 2022: Climate, immigration and speciation shape terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity in the European Alps. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289, 1980: 20221020 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1020
Rozanski, R.; Trenkel, V.M.; Lorance, P.; Valentini, A.; Dejean, T.; Pellissier, L.; Eme, D.; Albouy, C., 2022: Disentangling the components of coastal fish biodiversity in southern Brittany by applying an environmental DNA approach. Environmental DNA, 4, 4: 920-939. doi: 10.1002/edn3.305
Neff, F.; Lehmann, M.M.; Moretti, M.; Pellissier, L.; Gossner, M.M., 2022: Tracking sucking herbivory with nitrogen isotope labelling: lessons from an individual trait-based approach. Basic and Applied Ecology, 63: 104-114. doi: 10.1016/j.baae.2022.06.004
Lyu, L.; Leugger, F.; Hagen, O.; Fopp, F.; Boschman, L.M.; Strijk, J.S.; Albouy, C.; Karger, D.N.; Brun, P.; Wang, Z.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L., 2022: An integrated high‐resolution mapping shows congruent biodiversity patterns of Fagales and Pinales. New Phytologist, 235, 2: 759-772. doi: 10.1111/nph.18158
Pitteloud, C.; Defossez, E.; Albouy, C.; Descombes, P.; Rasmann, S.; Pellissier, L., 2022: DNA‐based networks reveal the ecological determinants of plant-herbivore interactions along environmental gradients. Molecular Ecology, doi: 10.1111/mec.16545
Lembrechts, J.J.; Van den Hoogen, J.; Aalto, J.; Ashcroft, M.B.; De Frenne, P.; Kemppinen, J.; Kopecký, M.; Luoto, M.; Maclean, I.M.D.; Crowther, T.W.; Descombes, P.; Frei, E.R.; Meusburger, K.; Pellissier, L.; Pitteloud, C.; Risch, A.C.; Rixen, C.; Wipf, S.; Zellweger, F.; Lenoir, J., 2022: Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, 28, 9: 3110-3144. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16060
Keck, F.; Blackman, R.C.; Bossart, R.; Brantschen, J.; Couton, M.; Hürlemann, S.; Kirschner, D.; Locher, N.; Zhang, H.; Altermatt, F., 2022: Meta-analysis shows both congruence and complementarity of DNA and eDNA metabarcoding to traditional methods for biological community assessment. Molecular Ecology, 31, 6: 1820-1835. doi: 10.1111/mec.16364
Boussange, V.; Pellissier, L., 2022: Eco-evolutionary model on spatial graphs reveals how habitat structure affects phenotypic differentiation. Communications Biology, 5, 1: 668 (12 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03595-3
Casanelles‐Abella, J.; Keller, A.; Müller, S.; Aleixo, C.; Alós‐Orti, M.; Chiron, F.; Laanisto, L.; Myczko, Ł.; Pinho, P.; Samson, R.; Tryjanowski, P.; Van Mensel, A.; Villarroya‐Villalba, L.; Pellissier, L.; Moretti, M., 2022: Wild bee larval food composition in five European cities. Ecology, doi: 10.1002/ecy.3740
McFadden, I.R.; Fritz, S.A.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Pellissier, L.; Kissling, W.D.; Tobias, J.A.; Schleuning, M.; Graham, C.H., 2022: Global plant‐frugivore trait matching is shaped by climate and biogeographic history. Ecology Letters, 25, 3: 686-696. doi: 10.1111/ele.13890
Flück, B.; Mathon, L.; Manel, S.; Valentini, A.; Dejean, T.; Albouy, C.; Mouillot, D.; Thuiller, W.; Murienne, J.; Brosse, S.; Pellissier, L., 2022: Applying convolutional neural networks to speed up environmental DNA annotation in a highly diverse ecosystem. Scientific Reports, 12, 1: 10247 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13412-w
Macé, B.; Hocdé, R.; Marques, V.; Guerin, P.; Valentini, A.; Arnal, V.; Pellissier, L.; Manel, S., 2022: Evaluating bioinformatics pipelines for population-level inference using environmental DNA. Environmental DNA, 4, 3: 674-686. doi: 10.1002/edn3.269
Zhong, W.; Zhang, J.; Wang, Z.; Lin, J.; Huang, X.; Liu, W.; Li, H.; Pellissier, L.; Zhang, X., 2022: Holistic impact evaluation of human activities on the coastal fish biodiversity in the Chinese coastal environment. Environmental Science and Technology, 56: 6574-6583. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01339
Mathon, L.; Marques, V.; Mouillot, D.; Albouy, C.; Andrello, M.; Baletaud, F.; Borrero-Pérez, G.H.; Dejean, T.; Edgar, G.J.; Grondin, J.; Guerin, P.; Hocdé, R.; Juhel, J.B.; Kadarusman; Maire, E.; Mariani, G.; McLean, M.; Polanco F., A.; Pouyaud, L.; ... Manel, S., 2022: Cross-ocean patterns and processes in fish biodiversity on coral reefs through the lens of eDNA metabarcoding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 289, 1973: 20220162 (10 pp.). doi: 10.1098/rspb.2022.0162
Eme, D.; Rufino, M.M.; Trenkel, V.M.; Vermard, Y.; Laffargue, P.; Petitgas, P.; Pellissier, L.; Albouy, C., 2022: Contrasted spatio-temporal changes in the demersal fish assemblages and the dominance of the environment vs fishing pressure, in the Bay of Biscay and Celtic Sea. Progress in Oceanography, 204: 102788 (13 pp.). doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2022.102788
Leugger, F.; Broquet, T.; Karger, D.N.; Rioux, D.; Buzan, E.; Corlatti, L.; Crestanello, B.; Curt‐Grand‐Gaudin, N.; Hauffe, H.C.; Rolečková, B.; Šprem, N.; Tissot, N.; Tissot, S.; Valterová, R.; Yannic, G.; Pellissier, L., 2022: Dispersal and habitat dynamics shape the genetic structure of the Northern chamois in the Alps. Journal of Biogeography, doi: 10.1111/jbi.14363
Pavón-Vázquez, C.J.; Brennan, I.G.; Skeels, A.; Keogh, J.S., 2022: Competition and geography underlie speciation and morphological evolution in Indo-Australasian monitor lizards. Evolution, International Journal of Organic Evolution, 76, 3: 476-495. doi: 10.1111/evo.14403
Formenti, G.; Theissinger, K.; Fernandes, C.; Bista, I.; Bombarely, A.; Bleidorn, C.; Ciofi, C.; Crottini, A.; Godoy, J.A.; Höglund, J.; Pellissier, L.; European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) Consortium, 2022: The era of reference genomes in conservation genomics. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37, 3: 197-202. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.008
Casanelles‐Abella, J.; Müller, S.; Keller, A.; Aleixo, C.; Alós Orti, M.; Chiron, F.; Deguines, N.; Hallikma, T.; Laanisto, L.; Pinho, P.; Samson, R.; Tryjanowski, P.; Van Mensel, A.; Pellissier, L.; Moretti, M., 2022: How wild bees find a way in European cities: Pollen metabarcoding unravels multiple feeding strategies and their effects on distribution patterns in four wild bee species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2: 457-470. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.14063
Fernandez-Conradi, P.; Defossez, E.; Delavallade, A.; Descombes, P.; Pitteloud, C.; Glauser, G.; Pellissier, L.; Rasmann, S., 2022: The effect of community-wide phytochemical diversity on herbivory reverses from low to high elevation. Journal of Ecology, 110, 1: 46-56. doi: 10.1111/1365-2745.13649
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