Dispersal, breeding habitat selection and evolution of coloniality
Ponchon, A., Choquet, R., Tornos, J., McCoy, K.D., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. Survival estimates strongly depend on capture-recapture designs in a disturbed environment inducing dispersal. Ecography 41: 2055-2066.
Ponchon, A., Iliszko, L., Grémillet, D., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. 2017. Intense prospecting movements of failed breeders nesting in an unsuccessful breeding subcolony. Animal Behaviour 124:183-191.
Ponchon, A., Chambert, T., Lobato, E., Tveraa, T., Gremillet, D. & Boulinier, T. 2015. Breeding failure induces large scale prospecting movements in the black-legged kittiwake. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 473: 138-145.
Ponchon, A., Garnier, R., Gremillet, D. & Boulinier, T. 2015. Predicting population responses to environmental change: the importance of considering informed dispersal strategies in spatially structured population models. Diversity & Distribution 21: 88-100.
Ponchon, A., Grémillet, D., Doligez, B., Chambert, T., Tveraa, T., Gonzales-Solis, J. & Boulinier, T. 2013. Tracking prospecting movements involved in breeding habitat selection: insights, pitfalls and perspectives. 2013. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4: 143-150.
Chambert, T., Pardo, D., Staszewski, V., McCoy, K.D., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. 2012. Heterogeneity in detection probability along the breeding season in Black-legged kittiwakes: implications for sampling design. Journal of Ornithology 152: 371-380.
Gremillet, D. & Boulinier, T. 2009. Spatial ecology and conservation of seabirds facing climate change and profoundly altered marine ecosystems. Marine Ecology Progress Series 391: 121-137.
Boulinier, T., McCoy, K.D., Yoccoz, N.G., Gasparini, J. & Tveraa, T. 2008. Public information affects breeding dispersal in a colonial bird: kittiwakes cue on neighbours. Biology Letters 4 : 538–540.
McCoy, K.D., Boulinier, T. & Tirard, C. 2005. Comparative host-parasite population structures: disentangling prospecting and dispersal in the Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Molecular Ecology 14: 2825-2838.
Doligez, B., Cadet, C., Danchin, E. and Boulinier, T. 2003. When to use public information for breeding habitat selection? The role of environmental predictability and density dependence. Animal Behaviour 66: 973-988. (On-line suppl.)
Boulinier, T., Yoccoz, N.G., McCoy, K.D., Erikstad, K.E. & Tveraa, T. 2002. Testing the effect of conspecific reproductive success on dispersal and recruitment decisions in a colonial bird: design issues. Journal of Applied Statistics 29: 509-520.
Wagner, R., Danchin, E., Boulinier, T. & Helfenstein, F. 2000. Colonies as byproducts of commodity selection. Behavioral Ecology 11: 572-573.
Reed, J.M., Boulinier. T., Danchin, E. & Oring, L. 1999. Informed dispersal: prospecting by birds for breeding sites. Current Ornithology, Volume 15: 189-259.
Danchin, E., Wagner, R.H. & Boulinier, T. 1998. The evolution of coloniality – Reply. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 13: 76.
Danchin, E., Boulinier, T. & Massot, M. 1998. Conspecific reproductive success and breeding habitat selection: implications for the study of coloniality. Ecology 79: 2415-2428.
Boulinier, T., Sorci, G., Clobert, J. & Danchin, E. 1997. An experimental study of the costs of reproduction in the Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla: Comment. Ecology 78: 1284-1287.
Boulinier, T. & Danchin, E. 1997. The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding patch selection in territorial migratory species. Evolutionary Ecology 11: 505-517.
Boulinier, T., Danchin, E., Monnat, J.-Y., Doutrelant, C. & Cadiou, B. 1996. Timing of prospecting and the value of information in a colonial breeding bird. Journal of Avian Biology 27: 252-256.
Boulinier, T. & Lemel, J.-Y. 1996. Spatial and temporal variations of factors affecting breeding habitat quality in colonial birds: some consequences for dispersal and habitat selection. Acta Oecologica 17: 531‑552.
Boulinier, T. 1996. On breeding performance, colony growth and habitat selection in Buff-necked Ibis. Condor 98: 440-441.
Ecology and evolution of host-parasite interactions / Immuno-ecology
Gamble A., Garnier R., Jaeger A., Thibault E., Gantelet H., Tortosa P., Bourret V., Thiebot J.-B., Delord K., Weimerskirch H., Tornos J., Barbraud C. & Boulinier T. 2019. Exposure of albatrosses to the avian cholera agent leads to a short-lived immune response: implications for disease surveillance and management. Oecologia 189: 939-949.
Gamble, A., Ramos, R., Rarra-Torres, Y., Mercier, A., Galal, L., Pearce-Duvet, J., Villena, I., Montalvo, T., González-Solís, J., Hammouda, A., Oro, D., Selmi, S. & Boulinier, T. 2019. Exposure of yellow-legged gulls to Toxoplasma gondii along the Western Mediterranean coasts: tales from a sentinel. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2019.01.002.
Boulinier, T., Kada, S., Ponchon, A., Dupraz, M., Dietrich, M., Gamble, A., Bourret, V., Duriez, O., Bazire, R., Tornos, J., Tveraa, T., Chambert, T., Garnier, R. & McCoy, K.D. 2016. Migration, prospecting, dispersal? What host movement matters for infectious agent circulation? Integrative and Comparative Biology 56: 330-42.
Garnier, R., Ramos, R., Sanz-Aguilar, A., Poisbleau, M., Weimerskirch, H., Burthe, S., Tornos, J. & Boulinier, T. 2017. Interpreting ELISA analyses from wild animal samples: some recurrent issues and solutions. Functional Ecology, doi:10.1111/1365-2435.12942.
Kada, S., McCoy, K.D. & Boulinier, T. 2017. Impact of life stage-dependent dispersal on the colonization dynamics of host patches by ticks and tick-borne infectious agents. Parasites and Vectors 10: 375.
Ramos, R., Garnier, R., Gonzalez-Solis, J. & Boulinier, T. 2014. Long antibody persistence and transgenerational transfer of immunity in a long-lived vertebrate. The American Naturalist 184: 764-776.
Bourret, V., Gamble, A., Tornos, J., Jaeger, A., Delord, K., Barbraud, C., Tortosa, P., Kada, K., Thiebot, J.-B., Thibault, E., Gantelet, H., Weimerskirch, H., Garnier, R. & Boulinier T. 2018. Vaccination protects endangered albatross chicks against avian cholera. Conservation Letters 11: e12443.
Jaeger, A., Lebarbenchon, C., Bourret, V., Bastien, M., Lagadec, E., Thiebot, J.-B., Boulinier, T., Delord, K., Barbraud, C., Marteau, C., Dellagi, K., Tortosa, P. & Weimerskirch, H. 2018. Avian cholera outbreaks threaten seabird species on Amsterdam Island. PLOS One 13: e0197291.
Ayadi, T., Selmi, S., Hammouda, A., Reis, S., Boulinier, T. & Loiseau, C. 2018 Diversity, prevalence and host specificity of avian parasites in southern Tunisian oases. Parasitology, 145: 971-978.
Hammouda, A., Pearce-Duvet, J., Boulinier, T. & Selmi, S. 2014. Egg sampling as a possible alternative to blood sampling when monitoring the exposure of yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) to avian influenza viruses. Avian Pathology 43: 547-51.
Dietrich, M., Kempf, F., Boulinier, T. & McCoy, K.D. 2014. Tracing the colonisation and diversification of the worldwide seabird ectoparasite Ixodes uriae. Molecular Ecology 23: 3292-3305.
Miguel, E., Boulinier, T., de Garine-Wichatitsky, M., Caron, A., Fritz, H. & Grosbois, V. Characterising African tick communities at a wild-domestic interface using repeated sampling protocols and models. Acta Tropica 138: 5-14.
Arnal*, A., Gómez-Díaz, E.*, Cerdà-Cuéllar, M., Lecollinet, S., Pearce-Duvet, J., Busquets, N., García-Bocanegra, I., Pagès, N., Vittecoq, M., Hammouda, A., Samraoui, B., Garnier, R., Ramos, R., Selmi, S., González-Solís, J., Jourdain, E. & Boulinier, T. 2014. Circulation of a Meaban-like virus in yellow-legged gulls and seabird ticks in the western Mediterranean Basin. PLOS One 9: e89601. (*: equal contribution)
Arnal, A.*, Vitteoq, M.*, Pearce-Duvet, J., Gauthier-Clerc, M., Boulinier, T. & Jourdain, E. 2014. Laridae: A neglected reservoir that could play a major role in avian influenza virus epidemiological dynamics. Critical Reviews in Microbiology, in press (*: equal contribution)
Dietrich, M., Lobato, E., Boulinier, T. & McCoy, K.D. 2014. An experimental test of host specialisation in a ubiquitous polar parasite: a role for adapation? Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 576–587.
Garnier, R., Gandon, S., Harding, K.C. & Boulinier, T. 2014. Length of intervals between epidemics: evaluating the influence of maternal transfer of immunity. Ecology & Evolution 4: 568–575.
Choquet, R., Carrié, C., Chambert, T. & Boulinier, T. 2013. Estimating transitions between states using measurements with imperfect detection: application to serological data. Ecology 94: 2160-2165.
Miguel, E., Grosbois, V., Caron, A., Boulinier, T., Fritz, H., Cornelis, D., Foggin, C., Makaya, P.V., Tshabalala, P.T. & De Garine-Wichatitsky, M. 2013. Contacts and foot and mouth disease transmission from wild to domestic bovines in Africa. Ecosphere 4, art51.
Garnier, R., Boulinier, T. & Gandon, S. 2013. Evolution of the temporal persistence of immune protection. Biology Letters 9: 20130017.
Garnier, G., Gandon, S., Chaval, Y., Charbonnel, N. & Boulinier, T. 2013. Evidence of cross-transfer of maternal antibodies through allosuckling in a mammal: potential importance for behavioral ecology. Mammalian Biology 78: 361-364.
Dietrich, M., Beati, L., Elguero, E., Boulinier, T. & McCoy, K.D. 2012. Body shape evolution in host races of the tick Ixodes uriae. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108: 323–334.
Garnier, R., Boulinier, T. & Gandon, S. 2012. Coevolution between maternal transfer of immunity and other resistance strategies against pathogens. Evolution 66: 3067–3078.
Chambert, T., Staszewski, V., Lobato, E., Choquet, R., McCoy, K.D., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier T. Exposure of Black-legged kittiwakes to Lyme disease spirochetes: dynamics of the immune status of adult individuals and effects on their survival. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 986-95.
Garnier, R., Ramos, R., Staszewski, V., Militão, T., Lobato, E., González-Solís, J. & Boulinier, T. 2012. Maternal antibody persistence: a neglected life history trait with implications from albatross conservation to comparative immunology. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 279: 2033-2041.
Hammouda, A., Selmi, S., Pearce-Duvet, J., Chokri M.A., Arnal, A., Gauthier-Clerc M. & Boulinier, T. 2012. Fluctuating asymmetry and maternal antibody transmission in the Yellow-legged gull Larus michahellis. PLOS One 7: e34966.
Dietrich, M., Kempf, F., Gómez-Díaz, E., Kitaysky, A.S., Hipfner, J.M., Boulinier, T. & McCoy, K.D. 2012. Inter-ocean variation in patterns of host-associated divergence in a seabird ectoparasite. J. Biogeography 39: 545-555.
Lobato, E., Pearce, J., Staszewski, V., Gómez-Díaz, E., González-Solís, J.. Kitaysky, A.S., McCoy, K.D. & Boulinier, T. 2011. Species and location effects on the prevalence of antibodies anti Lyme disease Borrelia spirochaetes in seabirds breeding in North Pacific islands. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11: 1521-1527.
Hammouda, A., Pearce-Duvet, J., Chokri, M.A., Arnal, A., Gauthier-Clerc, M., Boulinier, T. & Selmi, S. 2011. Prevalence of Influenza A antibodies in yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis) eggs and adults in southern Tunisia. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases 11: 1583-1590.
Gómez-Díaz, E., Boulinier, T., Cornet, M., Ferquel, E., Sertour, N. & McCoy, K.D. 2011. Genetic structure of marine Borrelia garinii and population admixture with the terrestrial cycle of Lyme borreliosis. Environmental Microbiology 13: 2453-67.
Kempf, F., Boulinier, T., De Meeûs, T., Arnathau, C. & McCoy, K.D. 2009. Recent evolution of host-associated divergence in the seabird tick Ixodes uriae. Molecular Ecology 18: 4450-4462.
Pearce-Duvet, J., Jourdain, E., Gauthier-Clerc, M. & Boulinier, T. 2009. Maternal antibody transfer in Yellow-legged gulls. Emerging Infectious Diseases 15: 1147-1149.
Staszewski, V., McCoy, K.D. & Boulinier, T. 2008. Variable exposure and immunological response to Lyme disease Borrelia among North Atlantic seabird species. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 275: 2101–2109.
Duneau, D., Boulinier, T., Gomez-Diaz, E., Petersen, A., Tveraa, T., Barrett, R.T. & McCoy, K.D. 2008. Prevalence and diversity of Lyme borreliosis bacteria in marine birds. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 8: 352-359.
Boulinier, T. & Staszewski, V. 2008. Maternal transfer of antibodies: raising immuno-ecology issues. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 282-288.
Staszewski, V., McCoy, K.D., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. 2007. Interannual dynamics of antibody levels in naturally infected individuals of a long-lived colonial bird. Ecology 88: 3183-3191.
Staszewski, V., Gasparini, J. McCoy, K., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. 2007. Evidence of an interannual effect of maternal immunization on the immune response of juveniles in a long-lived colonial bird. Journal of Animal Ecology 76: 1215–1223.
Gasparini, J., Boulinier, T., Gill, V.A., Gil, D., Hatch, S.A. & Roulin, A. 2007. Food availability affects the maternal transfer of androgens and antibodies into eggs of a colonial seabird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 874-880.
Gasparini, J., Roulin, A., Gill, V., Hatch, S.A. & Boulinier, T. 2006. In kittiwakes food availability partially explains the seasonal decline in humoral immunocompetence. Functional Ecology 20: 457-463.
Gasparini, J., Roulin, A., Gill, V., Hatch, S.A. & Boulinier, T. 2006. Kittiwakes strategically reduce investment in replacement clutches. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 273: 1551-1554.
McCoy, K.D., Chapuis, E., Tirard, C., Boulinier, T., Michalakis, Y., Le Bohec, C., Le Maho, Y. & Gauthier-Clerc, M. 2005. Recurrent evolution of host-specialized races in a globally-distributed parasite. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 272: 2389-2395.
McCoy, K.D., Boulinier, T. & Tirard, C. 2005. Comparative host-parasite population structures: disentangling prospecting and dispersal in the Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Molecular Ecology 14: 2825-2838.
Staszewski, V. & Boulinier, T. 2004. Vaccination: a way to address questions in behavioural and population ecology? Trends in Parasitology 20: 17-22.
McCoy, K.D., Boulinier, T., Tirard, C. & Michalakis, Y. 2003. Differential host-associated dispersal of the seabird ectoparasite Ixodes uriae. Evolution 57: 288-296.
Gasparini, J., McCoy, K.D., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. 2002. Related concentrations of specific immunoglobulins against the Lyme disease agent Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in eggs, young and adults of the kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). Ecology Letters 5: 519-524.
McCoy, K.D., Boulinier, T., Schjørring, S. & Michalakis, Y. 2002. Local adaptation of an ectoparasite Ixodes uriae to its seabird host. Evolutionary Ecology Research 4: 441-456.
McCoy, K.D., Boulinier, T., Tirard, C. & Michalakis, Y. 2001. Host specificity of a generalist parasite: genetic evidence of sympatric host races in Ixodes uriae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 395-405.
Gasparini, J., McCoy, K.D., Haussy, C., Tveraa, T. & Boulinier, T. 2001. Induced maternal response to the Lyme disease spirochaete Borrelia burdgorferi sensu lato in a colonial seabird, the Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 1467: 647-650.
Elston, D.A., Moss, R., Boulinier, T., Arrowsmith, C. & Lambin, X. 2001. Analysis of aggregation, a worked example: numbers of ticks on red grouse chicks. Parasitology 122: 563-569.
McCoy, K.D., Boulinier, T., Chardine, J., Michalakis, Y. & Danchin, E. 1999. Dispersal of the tick Ixodes uriae within and among seabird host populations: the need for a population genetic approach. Journal of Parasitology 85: 196-202.
Danchin, E., Boulinier, T. & Massot, M. 1998. Conspecific reproductive success and breeding habitat selection: implications for the study of coloniality. Ecology 79: 2415-2428.
Sorci, G., Møller, A.P. & Boulinier, T. 1997. Genetics of host-parasite interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12: 196-199.
Boulinier, T., Sorci, G., Monnat, J.-Y. & Danchin, E. 1997. Parent-offspring regression suggests heritable susceptibility to ectoparasites in a natural population of kittiwake Rissa tridactyla. Journal of evolutionary Biology 10: 77-85.
Boulinier, T., Ives, A.R. & Danchin, E. 1996. Boulinier, T., Ives, A.R. & Danchin, E. 1996. Measuring aggregation of parasites at different host population levels. Parasitology 112: 581-587. Parasitology 112: 581-587.
Boulinier, T. & Danchin, E. 1996. Population trends in Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla colonies in relation to tick infestation. Ibis 138: 326-334.
Community dynamics
Yoccoz, N.G., Nichols, J.D. & Boulinier, T. 2001. Monitoring biodiversity in space and time: concepts, methods and designs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 16: 446-453.
Boulinier, T., Nichols, J.D., Hines, J.E., Sauer, J.R., Flather, C.H. & Pollock, K.H. 2001. Forest fragmentation and bird community dynamics: inference at regional scales. Ecology 82: 1159-1169.
Hines, J.E, Boulinier, T., Nichols, J.D., Sauer, J.R. & Pollock, K.H. 1999. COMDYN: software to study the dynamics of animal communities using a capture-recapture approach. Bird Study 46: S209-S217.
Boulinier, T., Nichols, J.D., Hines, J.E., Sauer, J.R., Flather, C. & Pollock, K.H. 1998. Higher temporal variability of forest breeding bird communities in fragmented landscapes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 95: 7497-7501.
Nichols, J.D., Boulinier, T., Hines, J.E., Pollock, K.H. & Sauer, J.R. 1998. Estimating rates of species extinction, colonization and turnover in animal communities. Ecological Applications 8: 1213-1225.
Nichols, J.D., Boulinier, T., Hines, J.E., Pollock, K.H. & Sauer, J.R. 1998. Inference methods for spatial variation in species richness and community composition when not all species are detected. Conservation Biology 12: 1390-1398.
Boulinier, T., Nichols, J.D., Sauer, J.R., Hines, J.E. & Pollock, K.H. 1998. Estimating species richness: the importance of heterogeneity in species detectability. Ecology 79: 1018-1028.
Selmi, S. & Boulinier, T. 2001. Ecological biogeography of Southern Ocean islands: the importance of considering spatial issues. American Naturalist 158: 426-437.
Selmi, S., Boulinier, T. & Barbault, R. 2002. Richness and composition of oasis bird communities: spatial issues and species-area relationship. The Auk 119: 533-539.
Selmi, S. & Boulinier, T. 2003. Breeding bird communities in southern Tunisian oases: the importance of traditional agricultural practices for bird diversity in a semi-natural system. Biological Conservation 110: 285-294.
Selmi, S. & Boulinier, T. 2003. Does time of season influence bird species number determined from point-count data? a capture-recapture approach. Journal of Field Ornithology 74: 349-356.
Selmi, S., Boulinier, T. & Faivre, B. 2003. Distribution and abundance patterns of a newly colonizing species in Tunisian oases: the Common Blackbird Turdus merula. Ibis 145: 681-688.
Selmi, S. & Boulinier, T. 2004. Distribution-abundance relationship for passerines breeding in Tunisian oases: Test of the sampling hypothesis. Oecologia 139: 440-445.
Jenouvrier, S. & Boulinier, T. 2006. Estimation of local extinction rates when species detectability covaries with extinction probability: is it a problem ? Oïkos 113: 132-138.
Lekve, K., Boulinier, T., Stenseth, N.C., Gjøsæter, J., Fromentin, J.-M., Hines, J.E. & Nichols., J.D. 2002. Spatio-temporal dynamics of species richness in coastal fish communities. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 269: 1781-1789.
Husté, A. & Boulinier, T. 2007. Determinant of local extinctions and turnover rates in urban bird communities. Ecological Applications 17: 168-180.
Husté, A. & Boulinier, T. 2011. Determinants of bird community composition on patches in the suburbs of Paris, France. Biological Conservation 144: 243-252.
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