Samuel HILAIRE

Theme: Wetland Dynamics and Water Management | Management and restoration of Natural and Agricultural ecosystems

Contact: e-mail | +33 (0)4 90 97 63 77

Joined our team: January 2011

Research interests and expertise

I am a versatile naturalist, with expertise in entomology (beetles and flies), ichthyology, herpetology, and aquatic invertebrates.

Education

DESS (Master of Advanced Studies) Coastal Mediterranean Ecosystems

Projets

• Adaptive management of the ponds and marshes on the former Camargue saltworks site
• Impact of mosquito control in the Camargue
• Fish communities in the Camargue
• Water Framework Directive (WFD) monitoring campaign covering oligo-mesohaline lagoons (average salinity <18)
• FEDER “Halmifolia (Ludwigia spp.) control in the Vigueirat Canal,” 2013-2015.
• Studies on the Red Swamp Crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in the Camargue, 2011.

Publications

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

• Long-term persistence and recycling of Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis spores in wetlands sprayed for mosquito control
  de Brigitte Poulin, Gaëtan Lefebvre, Samuel Hilaire, Laurence Després In Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 243 (September, 2022), 10 En ligne : linkinghub.elsevier.com[...] Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis (Bti) is the main larvicide used to control mosquitoes worldwide. Although there is accumulating evidence of Bti having environmental effects on non-target ... 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, interactive and vary ... read more
• Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions
  de Clelia Sirami, Nicolas Gross, Aliette Bosem Baillod, Colette Bertrand, Romain Carrié, Annika Hass, Laura Henckel, Paul Miguet, Carole Vuillot, Audrey Alignier, et al. In Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(33) (2019-08-13), 16442-16447 En ligne : www.pnas.org[...] Agricultural landscape homogenization has detrimental effects on biodiversity and ... read more
• Mosquito Traps: An Innovative, Environmentally Friendly Technique to Control Mosquitoes
  de Brigitte Poulin, Gaëtan Lefebvre, Camille Muranyi-Kovacs, Samuel Hilaire In International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(3) (2017-03-18), 313 En ligne : www.mdpi.com[...] We tested the use of mosquito traps as an alternative to spraying insecticide in Camargue (France) following the significant impacts observed on the ... read more
• Temporary pond ecosystem functioning shifts mediated by the exotic red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii): a mesocosm study
  de Héctor Rodríguez-pérez, Samuel Hilaire, François Mesléard In Hydrobiologia, 767(1) (March 2016), 333-345 En ligne : link.springer.com[...] Temporary ponds, acknowledged for their conservation value, are colonized by the invasive crayfish Procambarus clarkii. We have tested the consequences of this colonization for the ecosystem under two contrasted scenarios: one ... read more
• Distribution and reproduction of Procarambus clarkii in relation to water management, salinity and habitat type in the Camargue (2013)
  de E. Meineri, H. Rodriguez-perez, Samuel Hilaire, François Mesléard 2013 ... read more