Publications
(* Co-supervised students)
28 – L. Chalmandrier, D. Cunillera-Montcusi, N. Lopez-Rojo, M. Canedo-Arguelles, Z. Csabai, A. Foulquier, F. Jabot, M. Milisa, H. Mykra, P. Paril, B. Pernecker, L. Polovic, R. Sarremejane, H. Snare, M. Soria, T. Datry, N. Bonada, F. Munoz. Natural Disturbances and Connectivity Drive Seasonal Taxonomic and Trait Patterns of Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Communities Across Europe. 2025. Global Ecology and Biogeography 34(5) e70047.
27 – L. Journiac*, F. Jabot, C. Jacquet, A. Künne, M. L. Messager, L. Mimeau, T. Datry, N. Bonada, F. Munoz & L. Chalmandrier. Exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics of disturbed metacommunities: a mechanistic modeling approach to species resistance and resilience strategies in Drying River Networks. 2025. Ecological Modelling 506 (111136) (here)
26 – M. Rohr, W. Thuiller, L. Chalmandrier, T. Münkemüller. The role of observation scales, trait correlations and competitive regimes in community assembly patterns. 2025. Ecology and Evolution 15(4) e71272 (here)
25 – R. Novella-Fernandez, L. Chalmandrier, R. Brandl, S. Pinkert, D. Zeuss, and C. Hof. Trait overdispersion in dragonflies reveals the role and drivers of competition in community assembly across space and season. 2024. Ecography. e06918 (here)
24 – W. Thuiller, I. Calderon-Sanou, L. Chalmandrier, P. Gaüzere, L. O’Connor, M. Ohlmann, G. Poggiato and T. Münkemüller. Navigating the integration of biotic Interactions in biogeography. 2023. Journal of Biogeography. Early view (here)
23 – Inferring community assembly processes from functional seed trait variation along temperature gradient. 2022. Journal of Ecology 110 (10): 2374-2387 (here)
22 – L. Chalmandrier, D. Stouffer, A. Purcell, W. Lee, A. Tanentzap & D. Laughlin. Predictions of biodiversity are improved by integrating trait-based competition with abiotic filtering. 2022. Ecology Letters, 25 1277-1289 (here)
21 – L. Chalmandrier, F. Hartig, D. C. Laughlin, H. Lischke, M. Pichler, D. B. Stouffer, L. Pellissier. Linking functional traits and demography to model species-rich communities. 2021. Nature Communications, 12, 2724 (here) – Chosen as one of the Editor’s highlights
20 – H. van’t Veen*, L. Chalmandrier, N. Sandau, M. Nobis, P. Descombes, A. Psomas, Y. Hautier, L. Pellissier. A landscape scale assessment of the relationship between grassland functioning, community diversity and functional traits. 2020 Ecology & Evolution: 10 (18): 9906-9919 (here)
19 – T. Münkemüller, L. Gallien, L. J. Pollock,C. Barros, M. Carboni, L. Chalmandrier, F. Mazel, K. Mokany, C. Roquet, J. Smyčka, M. Talluto, W. Thuiller. Do’s and don’ts when inferring assembly rules from diversity patterns. 2020. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 29 (7): 1212-1229 (PDF)
18 – L. Chalmandrier, J. Pansu, L. Zinger, F. Boyer, E. Coissac, A. Génin*, L. Gielly, S. Lavergne, N. Legay, V. Schilling, P. Taberlet, T. Münkemüller & W. Thuiller. Environmental and biotic drivers of soil microbial β-diversity across spatial and phylogenetic scale. 2019. Ecography: 42 (12), 2144-2156 (here)
17 – C. Martinez-Almoyna, W. Thuiller, L. Chalmandrier, J.C. Clément, A. Foulquier, M. Ohlmann*, L. Zinger & T. Münkemüller. Multi-trophic β-diversity mediates the effect of environmental gradients on the turnover of multiple ecosystem functions. 2019. Functional Ecology: 33 (10), 2053-2064 (here)
16 – M. Ohlmann*, V. Miele, S. Dray, L. Chalmandrier, L. O’Connor & W. Thuiller. Diversity indices for ecological networks: a unifying framework using Hill numbers. 2019. Ecology Letters: 22, 737-747 (here)
15 – J. Meyer, L. Chalmandrier, F. Fässler, C. Schefer, D. Rigling, S. Prospero. Role of fresh dead wood in the epidemiology and the biological control of an invasive fungal tree pathogen. 2019. Plant Disease. PDIS-05-18-0796-RE (PDF)
14 – M. Ohlmann*, F. Mazel, L. Chalmandrier, S. Bec, J. Chave, E. Coissac, L. Gielly, J. Pansu, V. Schilling, P. Taberlet, L. Zinger & W. Thuiller. Mapping the imprint of biotic interactions on β-diversity. 2018. Ecology Letters: 21, 1660-1669 (PDF)
13 – D. Laughlin, L. Chalmandrier, C. Joshi, M. Renton, J. Dwyer, J. Funk. Generating species assemblages for restoration and experimentation: a new method that can simultaneously converge on average trait values and maximize functional diversity. 2018. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 9, 1764-1771. (PDF)
12 – L. Pellissier, P. Descombes, O. Hagen, L. Chalmandrier, G. Glauser, A. Kergunteuil, E. Defossez, S. Rasmann. 2018. Growth-competition-herbivore resistance trade-offs and the responses of alpine plant communities to climate change. Functional Ecology 32: 1693 – 1703. (PDF)
11 – L. Chalmandrier, C. Albouy, P. Descombes, B. Sandel, S. Faurby, J.-C. Svenning, N. Zimmerman, L. Pellissier. 2018 Comparing spatial diversification and meta-population models in the Indo-Australian archipelago. Royal Society Open Science
10 – J. Alexander, L. Chalmandrier, J. Lenoir, T. Burgess, E. Treena, F. Essl, S. Haider, C. Kueffer, K. McDougall, A. Milbau, M. Nuñez, A. Pauchard, W. Rabitsch, L. Rew, N. Sanders & L. Pellissier. 2018. Lags in the response of alpine plant communities to climate change. Global Change Biology 24: 563–579 (PDF)
9 – L. Chalmandrier, C. Albouy & L. Pellissier. 2017. Species pool distributions along functional trade-offs shape plant productivity–diversity relationships. Scientific Reports 7: 15405. http://rdcu.be/yp7A
8 – L. Chalmandrier, T. Münkemüller, M.-P. Colace, J. Renaud, S. Aubert, B.Z. Carlson, J.-C. Clément, N. Legay, G. Pellet, A. Saillard, S. Lavergne & W. Thuiller. 2017. Spatial scale and intraspecific variability influence the response of alpine grassland functional diversity to environmental gradients. Journal of Ecology. 105: 277-287 (PDF)
7 – A. Siefert, C. Violle, L. Chalmandrier, C.H. Albert, A. Taudiere et al. 2015. A global meta-analysis of the relative extent of intraspecific trait variation in plant communities. Ecology Letters. 18: 1406-1419. (PDF)
6 – L. Chalmandrier, T. Münkemüller, S. Lavergne & W. Thuiller. Effects of species’ similarity and dominance on the functional and phylogenetic structure of a plant meta-community. 2015. Ecology. 96: 143-153. (PDF)
5 – L. Chalmandrier, T. Münkemüller, V. Devictor, S. Lavergne & W. Thuiller. Decomposing changes in phylogenetic and functional biodiversity across space and time. 2015. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 6: 109–118. (PDF)
4 – W. Thuiller, M. Guéguen, D. Georges, R. Bonet, L. Chalmandrier, L. Garraud, J. Renaud, C. Roquet, J. Van Es, N.E. Zimmermann & S. Lavergne 2014. Are different facets of plant diversity well protected in the face of climate and land use changes? A test study in the French Alps. Ecography. 37, 1254–1266 (PDF)
3 – L. Chalmandrier, T. Münkemüller, L. Gallien, F. de Bello, F. Mazel, S. Lavergne & W. Thuiller. 2013. A family of null models to distinguish between environmental filtering and biotic interactions in functional diversity patterns. Journal of Vegetation Science. 24, 853-864. (PDF)
2 – L. Chalmandrier, G. Midgley, P. Barnard & C. Sirami. 2013. Effects of time since fire on birds in a plant diversity hotspot. Acta Oecologica. 49, 99-106. (PDF)
1 – M.M. Mayfield, J.M. Dwyer, L. Chalmandrier, J.A. Wells, S. P. Bonser, C. P. Catterall, F. DeClerck, Y. Ding, J.M. Fraterrigo, D.J. Metcalfe, C. Queiroz, P.A. Vesk & J.W. Morgan 2013. Difference in forest plant functional trait distributions across land-use and productivity gradients. Journal of American Botany. 100, 1229-1233. (PDF)
Submitted
R. del Campo, T. Datry, A. Foulquier, N. López-Rojo, L. Chalmandrier, Z. Csabai, D. Cunillera-Montcusí, A. A. Rodeles, F. J. Peñas, B. Pernecker, N. Bonada, J. Barquín, A. Künne, R. Sarremejane, M. Soria, E. Estévez, P. Pařil, H. Mykrä, M. Polášek, B. Loskotová, L. Polović, G. Singer. Drying halves decomposition rates in river networks by disrupting structure-function linkages. Global Change Biology. In major revisions (preprint)
R. Novella-Fernandez, R. Brandl, L. Chalmandrier, S. Pinkert, G. Talavera, D. Zeuss, C. Hof. Bergmann’s Rule and Thermal Melanism Shape the Phenological Assembly of Butterfly Communities.
Others
L. Journiac, L. Chalmandrier, T. Münkemüller, M. Grenié. Do we pick at random? Ecological biais in medicinal plants harvested in the French Alps. Poster presented by by L. Journiac. British Ecological Society Annual meeting 15 Dec 2026 – 18 Dec 2025. Edimburg. Link to poster
Publication reviewing
Ecology Letters, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Functional Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Vegetation Science, Molecular Ecology Resources, the American Naturalist, Proceedings B of the Royal Society, Ecography, Limnology and Oceanography Letters
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Grant proposal reviewing
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)