Redpath Museum McGill University

Claire de Mazancourt

Claire de Mazancourt Assistant Professor Redpath Museum, McGill University 859 Sherbrooke St. W Montreal, Qc, H3A 2K6, Canada Mailing address and office location: McGill University c/o Biology Dept 1205 av Docteur-Penfield Montreal, Qc, H3A 1B1, Canada Phone: +1 514 398 6508 Fax: +1 514 398 5069 e-mail: claire.demazancourt "at" mcgill.ca Office: W3/25

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My research focuses on developing ecological theory of species interactions such as herbivory, competition and mutualism, and their effects on ecosystem functioning and evolution in ecosystems. Understanding evolutionary dynamics in ecosystems requires taking into account the effect on individuals of ecosystem constraints such as nutrient cycling processes as well as species interactions. However, ecosystem ecology typically ignores ecological interactions, and evolutionary ecology typically ignores ecosystem functioning. By linking these different aspects, my work has uncovered interesting and counterintuitive relationships.

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Matthew Osmond, MSc student

Magnus Bein, MSc student, co-supervised by Michel Loreau

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I do not take graduate students at the moment.

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After completing a Master Degree in Science and Executive Engineering, Ecole des Mines de Paris (France), I wanted to proceed to research in Ecology. I went to Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, to complete a Masters and PhD in Ecology. I studied the ecological and evolutionary effects of herbivores on plants through nutrient cycling, using mathematical models with Michel Loreau. I then went to Imperial College at Silwood Park (UK), to do a post-doc with Mick Crawley, where I worked on one of the oldest experiments in Ecology, Park Grass experiment. After 2 years of post-doc, I obtained a lectureship at Imperial College. I have been holding an assistant professorship at the Redpath Museum, McGill University, since October 2006. I am also a member of the editorial board of the American Naturalist.

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Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., E. Johnson, and T. G. Barraclough. 2008. Biodiversity inhibits species' evolutionary responses to changing environments. Ecology Letters 11:380-388.
Pdf	Loreau, M., and C. de Mazancourt. 2008. Species synchrony and its drivers: Neutral and nonneutral community dynamics in fluctuating environments. American Naturalist 172:E48-E66.
Pdf	Perring, M. P., L. O. Hedin, S. A. Levin, M. McGroddy, and C. de Mazancourt. 2008. Increased plant growth from nitrogen addition should conserve phosphorus in terrestrial ecosystems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105:1971-1976.
Pdf	Olofsson, J., C. de Mazancourt, and M. J. Crawley. 2008. Spatial heterogeneity and plant species richness at different spatial scales under rabbit grazing. Oecologia 156:825-834.
Pdf	Olofsson, J., de Mazancourt, C. and Crawley, M.J. 2007. Contrasting effects of herbivore exclusion on N availability and primary production at different time-scales. Oecologia, 150: 582-589.
Pdf AppendixA AppendixB AppendixC	Clark, B., Hartley, S.E., Nash Sudling, K., de Mazancourt, C. 2005. The effect of recycling on plant competitive hierarchies. American Naturalist. 165: 609-622.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., Loreau, M., & Dieckmann, U. 2005. Understanding mutualism when there is adaptation to the partner. Journal of Ecology, 93: 305-314.
Pdf	Crawley, M.J., Johnston, A.E., Silvertown, J., Dodd, M., de Mazancourt, C., Heard, M.S., Henman, D.F., & Edwards, G.R. 2005. Determinants of species richness in the park grass experiment. American Naturalist, 165: 179-192.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., and Dieckmann, U. 2004. Trade-off geometries and frequency-dependent selection. American Naturalist. 164: 765-778.
Pdf	Loreau, M., de Mazancourt, C., and Holt, R.D. 2004. Ecosystem evolution and conservation. in Evolutionary Conservation Biology. Ferrière, R., Dieckmann, U. and Couvet, D., eds. Cambridge Studies in Adaptive Dynamics, IIASA and Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp 327-343.
Pdf	Voituron, Y., Mouquet, N., Clobert, J. and de Mazancourt, C. 2002. To freeze or not to freeze? an evolutionary perspective on the cold hardiness strategies of overwintering ectoterms. American Naturalist, 160: 255-270.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., Loreau, M, and Dieckmann, U. 2001. Can the evolution of plant defense lead to plant-herbivore mutualism? American Naturalist, 158: 109-123.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C. 2001. The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography by Hubbell SP. Science 293: 1772-1772.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., and Loreau, M. 2000. Effect of herbivory and plant species replacement on primary production. American Naturalist, 155: 735-754.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., and Loreau, M. 2000. Grazing optimization, nutrient cycling, and spatial interaction of plant herbivore interactions: should a palatable plant evolve? Evolution, 54: 81-92.
Pdf	Loreau, M, and de Mazancourt, C. 1999. Should plants in resource-poor environments invest more in antiherbivore defence? Oikos, 87: 195-200.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., Loreau, M., and Abbadie, L. 1999. Grazing optimization and nutrient cycling: Potential impact of large herbivores in a savanna ecosystem. Ecological Applications, 9: 784-797.
Pdf	de Mazancourt, C., Loreau, M., and Abbadie, L. 1998. Grazing optimization and nutrient cycling: When do herbivores enhance primary production? Ecology 79: 2242-2252.