Jocelyn CHAMPAGNON

Theme: Species Conservation

Contact: e-mail | Ph. +33 (0)4 90 97 06 80 | Skype : Jocelyn_tdv

Joined our team: February 2015

Research interests and expertise

My ecology research projects are mainly in the field of population dynamics. Based on long-term monitoring studies (see the Tour du Valat’s long-term bird monitoring projects), bird censuses and the marking of individual birds, I am seeking to understand the factors that explain population fluctuations of these species. The main birds concerned by my research are ducks, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, Collared Pratincole and pelicans.

I am also Chair of the AEWA Eurasian Spoonbill International Expert Group.

Education

• Postdoc on the effect of climate change on the population dynamics of tropical Pacific marine birds, UNAM, Mexico, 2013-2015
• PhD The consequences of releasing Mallard on hunting (jointly supervised by the National Office for Hunting and Wildlife, the Tour du Valat, and the Centre of Functional Ecology and Evolution CEFE/CNRS), 2008-2011
• MSc Biology, UNAM, Mexico, 2004-2007
• Bioscience Engineering, INSA, Lyon (France), 1999-2004

Current and past projects carried out at the Tour du Valat

Supervision of students

• Darthayette X. 2019. Conservation de la Glaréole à collier (Glareola pratincola) en Camargue – Identification de mesures de gestion favorables à sa reproduction. Master 1 IEGB, Montpellier.
• Skinner T. 2019. Breeding of Glossy ibis in the Camargue. BSc Biology, University of Aberdeen (UK)
• Jara Navarro A. 2019. European Voluntary Service.
• Carré Hugo. 2015. Influence du dérangement scientifique sur le succès reproducteur d’ardéidés au sein d’une importante colonie d’oiseaux d’eau de Camargue. Nancy: Master1 3E, Spécialité GEMAREC. Université de Lorraine
• Gili Lisa. 2016. Influence du dérangement scientifique sur le succès reproducteur d’Ardéidés au sein de la principale colonie d’oiseaux d’eau en France. Université Aix-Marseille: Master 2 Pro – Expertise Écologique et Gestion de la Biodiversité
• Chabaud Nathan. 2016. La Spatule blanche Platalea leucorodia en Camargue : Reproduction et choix migratoire. Licence de Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre Biologie Santé-Environnement, Faculté des Sciences – Université d’Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse
• Canonne Coline. 2016. Évolution des effectifs et de la répartition spatio-temporelle des anatidés et foulques hivernant en Camargue. Master 2 – École Pratique des Hautes Études – Biodiversité et Gestion de l’Environnement – Parcours Pro – Écologie continentale.
• Badone Irene. 2017-2018. Monitoraggio della riproduzione di Plegadis falcinellus in Camargue, Francia. Licence, Universita degli studi di Pavia. Programme Erasmus+
• Lopez-Ricaurte Lina. 2016-2017. Conservation and population dynamics of Eurasian spoonbills in Camargue, France. Post Master2. Programme Erasmus+
• Ferreira Hugo. 2017-2018. European Voluntary Service
• Garde A. 2018. Migration behaviour of Eurasian spoonbill (​Platalea  leucorodia​) from a triaxial accelerometer [Master 1]. Dijon, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté – Master STS – ETEC – Behavioural Ecology and Wildlife Management
• Guillaud F. 2018. Analyse spatio-temporelle des Anatidés et de la Foulque macroule hivernant en Camargue. Toulouse, France: Université Paul Sabatier
• Mazza A. 2018. Accelerometer, machine learning, a method to determine behavioural time budget from Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia). [Master 1]. Dijon, University of Burgundy Franche-Comté – Master STS – ETEC – Behavioural Ecology and Wildlife Management
• Folliot B. 2018. Dynamique des espèces exploitées : le cas du Fuligule milouin (Aythya ferina) dans le Paléarctique [Thèse de doctorat]. Montpellier: Université de Montpellier
• Vallecillo D. (Thèse en cours). Modélisation de la répartition spatio-temporelle des oiseaux d’eau en Camargue – un outil pour la gestion. Montpellier: Université de Montpellier
  

Publications

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

• Do older parents do better? Relationships between parental age, chick body condition and migratory behaviour in a colonial-breeding waterbird
  de Hugo R. S. Ferreira, Jocelyn Champagnon, Thomas Blanchon, Tamar Lok, José A. Alves In Journal of Avian Biology, 2025(3) (May, 2025), e03387 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Animals' performance of basic functional behaviours, such as foraging and movement, may improve with age as a result of past experiences. ... read more
• Defining optimal small woody features and water densities to maximize European turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) occurrence in French agricultural landscapes
  de Yuping Ren, Karine Princé, Pierrick Bocher, Jocelyn Champagnon, Olivier Duriez, Frédéric Jiguet In Biological Conservation, 309 (September, 2025), 111302 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] The European turtle-dove is globally threatened, suffering a widespread and sustained decline in numbers across its breeding range, partly driven by habitat loss. Although ... read more
• Persistent lead poisoning of waterfowl in the Camargue (southern France) 10 years after the ban on the use of lead ammunition in wetlands
  de Arnaud Béchet, Anthony Olivier, Francois Cavallo, Lou Sauvajon, Jocelyn Champagnon, Pierre Defos du Rau, Jean-Yves Mondain-Monval In Conservation Science and Practice, (en ligne) (April, 2025), e70045 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] Lead pollution is a worldwide environmental and health issue causing persistent detrimental effects on humans and wildlife. ... read more
• Les oiseaux nicheurs rares et menacés en france en 2023
  de Gwenael Quaintenne, Antoine Arnaud, Mathurin Aubry, Arnaud Béchet, Maurice Benmergui, Mathieu Bourgeois, Bernard Cadiou, Pierre Camberlein, Pierre Chambrelein, Jocelyn Champagnon, et al. In Ornithos, 170 (Janvier, Février, Mars 2025), 04-31 L’observatoire des oiseaux nicheurs « rares et menacés » s’intéresse depuis 1994 à suivre l’évolution d’espèces à ... read more
• Crossing the Sahara by small jumps: the complete migration of the Western Orphean Warbler Curruca hortensis
  de Frédéric Jiguet, Jocelyn Champagnon, Olivier Duriez, Christophe de Franceschi, Stephan Tillo, Paul Dufour In Journal of Ornithology, 166(3) (July, 2025) En ligne : doi.org[...] We analyzed data retrieved from six multi-sensor loggers deployed on adult Western Orphean Warblers Curruca hortensis in France, to unravel the migration strategy ... read more
• Presence and potential impact of anthropogenic nesting materials on a colonial breeding waterbird
  de Hugo Rafael Soares Ferreira, Ana C. Hadden, Jocelyn Champagnon, Tamar Lok, Marion Vittecoq, José A. Alves In Science of The Total Environment, 964 (February, 2025), 178588 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Despite the vital importance of wetlands globally, these habitats have increasingly received anthropogenic materials, such as plastics, ... read more
• Eoldist, a web application for estimating cautionary detection distance of birds by automatic detection systems to reduce collisions with wind turbinew
  de Julie Fluhr, Olivier Duriez, Constance Blary, Thierry Chambert, Bettina Almasi, Patrik Byholm, Nelleke H. Buitendijk, Jocelyn Champagnon, Mindaugas Dagys, Wolfgang Fiedler, et al. In Wind Energy, 28(2) (January, 2025), e2971 En ligne : onlinelibrary.wiley.com[...] The installation of automatic detection systems (ADSs) on operating wind energy facilities is ... read more
• Role of protected areas for a colonial-breeding waterbird in a fragmented landscape throughout its annual cycle
  de Hugo Rafael Soares Ferreira, José A. Alves, Frédéric Jiguet, Olivier Duriez, Thomas Blanchon, Tamar Lok, Jocelyn Champagnon In Landscape Ecology, 40(1) (December, 2024), 6 En ligne : doi.org[...] Throughout their annual cycle and life stages, animals depend on a variety of habitats to meet their vital needs. ... read more
• Assessing exposure to wind turbines of a migratory raptor through its annual life cycle across continents
  de Giacomo Assandri, Gaia Bazzi, Ana Bermejo-Bermejo, Anastasios Bounas, Enrico Calvario, Carlo Catoni, Ines Catry, Teresa Catry, Jocelyn Champagnon, Federico De Pascalis, et al. In Biological Conservation, 293 (May, 2024), 110592 En ligne : www.sciencedirect.com[...] Unsustainable fossil fuel emissions have prompted a global shift towards renewable energy sources, ... read more
• La Grue cendrée en France. Migration et hivernage. Saison 2023-2024
  de Aurélien Deschatres, Jocelyn Champagnon, Gascogna Collectif Grus, Réserve d’Arjuzanx, Sébastien Merle, Alain Salvi In La Grue cendrée en France, Septembre (01/09/2024), 16 En ligne : champagne-ardenne.lpo.fr[...] De saison en saison, la Grue cendrée s’affirme comme une espèce phare de notre pays. Elle attire un public nombreux sur ... read more