Search Results - "Pointier, Jean Pierre"
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Niche filtering, competition and species turnover in a metacommunity of freshwater molluscs
Published in Oikos (01-09-2022)“…Metacommunity structure reflects the interplay of various processes, including niche filtering, extinction/colonization and interspecific interactions. Spatial…”
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Modeling competition, niche, and coexistence between an invasive and a native species in a two-species metapopulation
Published in Ecology (Durham) (01-06-2019)“…Modeling the dynamics of competition and coexistence between species is crucial to predict long-term impacts of invasive species on their native congeners…”
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Metapopulation dynamics of multiple species in a heterogeneous landscape
Published in Ecological monographs (01-08-2022)“…Characterizing the diversity of demographic strategies among species can inform research in topics such as trait syndromes, community stability, coexistence,…”
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PATTERNS OF MATING-SYSTEM EVOLUTION IN HERMAPHRODITIC ANIMALS: CORRELATIONS AMONG SELFING RATE, INBREEDING DEPRESSION, AND THE TIMING OF REPRODUCTION
Published in Evolution (01-05-2011)“…In hermaphrodites, traits that influence the selfing rate can coevolve with inbreeding depression, leading to the emergence of evolutionary syndromes. Theory…”
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Bioinvasion Triggers Rapid Evolution of Life Histories in Freshwater Snails
Published in The American naturalist (01-11-2017)“…Biological invasions offer interesting situations for observing how novel interactions between closely related, formerly allopatric species may trigger…”
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Bridging gaps in the molecular phylogeny of the Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), vectors of Fascioliasis
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (09-12-2010)“…Lymnaeidae snails play a prominent role in the transmission of helminths, mainly trematodes of medical and veterinary importance (e.g., Fasciola liver flukes)…”
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Morphological and molecular characterization of Neotropic Lymnaeidae (Gastropoda: Lymnaeoidea), vectors of fasciolosis
Published in Infection, genetics and evolution (01-12-2011)“…► We compare the reliability of morphological and molecular approaches to identify species of Lymnaeidae. ► We examine conchological, anatomical and DNA-based…”
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Environmental DNA for detecting Bulinus truncatus: A new environmental surveillance tool for schistosomiasis emergence risk assessment
Published in Environmental DNA (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-04-2020)“…Under ongoing climate changes, the development of large‐scale monitoring tools for assessing the risk of disease emergence constitutes an urging challenge…”
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Is Galba schirazensis (Mollusca, Gastropoda) an intermediate host of Fasciola hepatica (Trematoda, Digenea) in Ecuador?
Published in Parasite (Paris) (2017)“…Fasciolosis is a widely distributed disease in livestock in South America but knowledge about the epidemiology and the intermediate hosts is relatively scarce…”
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Malacological survey in a bottle of water: A comparative study between manual sampling and environmental DNA metabarcoding approaches
Published in Global ecology and conservation (01-01-2021)“…To assess the effect of anthropogenic activities on ecosystems, it is of prime importance to develop new tools enabling a rapid characterization of ecological…”
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Amassing diversity in an ancient lake: evolution of a morphologically diverse parthenogenetic gastropod assemblage in Lake Malawi
Published in Molecular ecology (01-02-2007)“…Exceptional ecological niche diversity, clear waters and unique divergent selection pressures have often been invoked to explain high morphological and genetic…”
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Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (Gastropoda: Physidae): a Study of Topotypic Specimens
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-06-2003)“…A description is given of Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805, based on topotypic specimens from the Garonne river basin, and additional samples from the environs of…”
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Molecular Identification of the Human Pathogen Amphimerus sp. in the Freshwater Snail Aroapyrgus sp. in Ecuador
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (25-10-2021)“…Here, we report for the first time the snail intermediate host for the Amphimerus liver fluke, a foodborne trematodiasis. In Ecuador, Amphimerus of the…”
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Camouflaged invasion of Lake Malawi by an Oriental gastropod
Published in Molecular ecology (01-08-2004)“…In this study we report the first animal invasion, to our knowledge, into Lake Malawi. The colonizer is a non‐native morph of the gastropod Melanoides…”
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High Genetic Variance in Life-History Strategies within Invasive Populations by Way of Multiple Introductions
Published in Current biology (11-03-2008)“…Biological invasions represent major threats to biodiversity [1] as well as large-scale evolutionary experiments [2]. Invasive populations have provided some…”
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Patterns of distribution, population genetics and ecological requirements of field-occurring resistant and susceptible Pseudosuccinea columella snails to Fasciola hepatica in Cuba
Published in Scientific reports (07-10-2019)“…Pseudosuccinea columella snails transmit the trematode Fasciola hepatica , but in Cuba, six naturally occurring populations successfully resist parasite…”
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Invading Freshwater Snails and Biological Control in Martinique Island, French West Indies
Published in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (01-01-2001)“…Eight alien freshwater snail species were introduced into Martinique Island during the last 50 years. The introduced snails include four planorbids (…”
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Systematics and geographical distribution of Galba species, a group of cryptic and worldwide freshwater snails
Published in Molecular phylogenetics and evolution (01-04-2021)“…[Display omitted] •We clarified systematics, distribution and phylogeny of Galba with an integrative approach.•Galba evolved ca. 22 myr ago and today comprises…”
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Metapopulation Dynamics of Species with Cryptic Life Stages
Published in The American naturalist (01-04-2013)“…Quantifying metapopulation dynamics is a challenging task. Difficulties particularly arise in species that possess unobservable resistance forms that bias the…”
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Lymnaeidae from Santander and bordering departments of Colombia: Morphological characterization, molecular identification and natural infection with Fasciola hepatica
Published in Veterinary parasitology (Amsterdam) (01-04-2020)“…The Lymnaeidae constitute a family of freshwater gastropod molluscs whose diversity and ecology have been infrequently studied throughout Colombia. Some…”
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