Arnaud BÉCHET

Themes: Species Conservation | Management and restoration of Natural and Agricultural ecosystems

Position at the Tour du Valat: Research Scientist, PhD – HDR (post-doctorate qualifications authorising the supervision of research)

Contact: e-mail | Ph. +33 (0)4 90 97 29 73

Personal page: http://arnaudbechet.ouvaton.org

Joined our team: 2002

Research interests and expertise

I am interested in approaching biodiversity conservation from scientific, ethical, and political points of view.

I coordinate our long-term study on the Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) and the Slender-billed Gull (Chroicocephalus genei). We are using an integrated approach based on tools from the fields of population dynamics, genetics, and behavioural ecology to improve our understanding of the biology of these two species.

Current & past projects carried out at the Tour du Valat

Publications

Find below the most recent publications of Arnaud Béchet, or see the full list on the Tour du Valat’s documentary web portal:

• Les oiseaux nicheurs rares et menacés en France en 2020
  de Gwenael Quaintenne, Arnaud Béchet, Maurice Benmergui, Hervé Bergère, Jean-Jacques Boutteaux, Bernard Cadiou, Pierre Camberlein, Jocelyn Champagnon, Frederic Chapalain, Virginie Couanon, et al. In Ornithos, 29(2) (Mai, 2022), 73-111 ... read more
• Different components of landscape complexity are necessary to preserve multiple taxonomic groups in intensively-managed rice paddy landscapes (2022)
  de Pierre Mallet, Arnaud Béchet, Thomas Galewski, François Mesléard, Samuel Hilaire, Gaëtan Lefebvre, Brigitte Poulin, Clelia Sirami 2022, 8 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Increase in pesticide use and landscape homogenization are two key drivers of the decline in farmland biodiversity. The effects of these two drivers are often complex, ... read more
• The color of greater flamingo feathers fades when no cosmetics are applied
  de Maria Cecilia Chiale, Miguel A. Rendon, Sophie Labaude, Anne-Sophie Deville, Juan Garrido-Fernandez, Antonio Pérez-Gálvez, Araceli Garrido, Manuel Rendón-Martos, Arnaud Béchet, Juan A. Amat In Ecology and Evolution, Online (September, 2021), 7 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Greater flamingos use cosmetic coloration by spreading uropygial ... read more
• Gap analysis of the Ramsar site network at 50: over 150 important Mediterranean sites for wintering waterbirds omitted
  de Nadège Popoff, Elie Gaget, Arnaud Béchet, Laura Dami, Pierre Defos Du Rau, Ilse Geijzendorffer, Anis Guelmami, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval, Christian Perennou, Marie Suet, et al. In Biodiversity and conservation, Online (July, 2021), 19 En ligne : link.springer.com[...] The Mediterranean Basin is a biodiversity hotspot. Wetlands make a key ... read more
• Context in Landscape Planning: Improving Conservation Outcomes by Identifying Social Values for a Flagship Species
  de Lisa Ernoul, Angela Wardell-Johnson, Raphael Mathevet, Alain Sandoz, Olivier Boutron, Loic Willm, Stephan Arnassant, Arnaud Béchet In Sustainability, 13(12) (June 2021), 6827 En ligne : www.mdpi.com[...] Sustainable conservation planning depends on understanding local context including the way social values impact a landscape. Flamingos are used here as ... read more
• Assessing Management Perceptions Linked to a Flagship Species: A New Approach to Increase Landscape Management Legitimacy and Support
  de Lisa Ernoul, Angela Wardell-Johnson, Raphael Mathevet, Alain Sandoz, Olivier Boutron, Loic Willm, Stephan Arnassant, Arnaud Béchet In Coastal Management, Online (June, 2021), 1-13 En ligne : www.tandfonline.com[...] Integrated socio-ecological decision-making is important in improving legitimacy in management decisions through effective solutions that avert conflicts. This research examined ... read more
• Demography, distribution, and threat assessment of the Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) in the Gediz Delta, Turkey (Reptilia: Testudines)
  de Dilara Arslan, Anthony Olivier, Lisa Ernoul, Arnaud Béchet, Kerim Cicek In Zoology in the Middle East, Online (May, 2021), 1-12 En ligne : doi.org[...] The Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca) is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with small and fragmented populations located around the Mediterranean ... read more
• Phylogeny- and Abundance-Based Metrics Allow for the Consistent Comparison of Core Gut Microbiome Diversity Indices Across Host Species
  de Alice Risely, Mark A. F. Gillingham, Arnaud Béchet, Stefan Brändel, Alexander C. Heni, Marco Heurich, Sebastian Menke, Marta B. Manser, Marco Tschapka, Wasimuddin, et al. In Frontiers in Microbiology, 12 (2021) En ligne : www.frontiersin.org[...] The filtering of gut microbial datasets to retain high prevalence taxa is ... read more
• Bioaccumulation of trace elements affects chick body condition and gut microbiome in greater flamingos
  de Mark A.F. Gillingham, Fabrizio Borghesi, B. Karina Montero, Francesca Migani, Arnaud Béchet, Manuel Rendón-Martos, Juan A. Amat, Enrico Dinelli, Simone Sommer In Science of The Total Environment, Online (11/2020), 143250 En ligne : linkinghub.elsevier.com[...] Elevated concentrations of trace elements represent a major concern to wetland ecosystems, since ... read more
• The dimensions of evolutionary potential in biological conservation
  de Emmanuel Milot, Arnaud Béchet, Virginie Maris In Evolutionary Applications, Online (2020-06-12), eva.12995 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] It is now well admitted by ecologists that the conservation of biodiversity should imply preserving the evolutionary processes that will permit its adaptation to ongoing and future environmental changes. This is ... read more