Aurèle Toussaint

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Aurèle Toussaint is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Aurèle Toussaint has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 9 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Aurèle Toussaint's work include Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (6 papers). Aurèle Toussaint is often cited by papers focused on Fish Ecology and Management Studies (11 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (7 papers) and Fish biology, ecology, and behavior (6 papers). Aurèle Toussaint collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, France and Germany. Aurèle Toussaint's co-authors include Sébastien Brosse, Sébastien Villéger, Nicolas Charpin, Meelis Pärtel, Carlos P. Carmona, Riin Tamme, Thierry Oberdorff, Olivier Beauchard, C. Guillermo Bueno and Pablo A. Tedesco and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Aurèle Toussaint

21 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function

2021 200 citations Carlos P. Carmona, C. Guillermo Bueno et al. Nature profile →

Peers

Aurèle Toussaint

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Rafael P. Leitão Brazil

Jerry Penha Brazil

David A. Boughton United States

Pam Fuller United States

Josephine C. Iacarella Canada

Dirk Ercken Belgium

Carson A. Jeffres United States

Caroline M. Pollock United Kingdom

Kevin E. McCluney United States

Jean Carlo Gonçalves Ortega Brazil

Rafael P. Leitão Brazil

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1.0k ×1.4

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684 ×1.6

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323 ×1.5

181 ×0.9

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51 ×0.2

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aurèle Toussaint

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20 of 20 papers shown

Brosse, Sébastien, et al.. (2025). Global Patterns and Determinants of Multiple Facets of Freshwater Fishes Beta Diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(12).

Toussaint, Aurèle, Meelis Pärtel, & Carlos P. Carmona. (2024). Contrasting impacts of non‐native and threatened species on morphological, life history, and phylogenetic diversity in bird assemblages. Ecology Letters. 27(2). e14373–e14373. 2 indexed citations

Tordoni, Enrico, Carlos P. Carmona, Aurèle Toussaint, Riin Tamme, & Meelis Pärtel. (2024). Global patterns and determinants of multiple facets of plant diversity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 33(5). 10 indexed citations

Lizé, Anne, Thomas Lacoue‐Labarthe, Anthony Sturbois, et al.. (2024). Shark critical life stage vulnerability to monthly temperature variations under climate change. Marine Environmental Research. 198. 106531–106531. 3 indexed citations

Lindegren, Martin, et al.. (2023). Threatened fish species in the Northeast Atlantic are functionally rare. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(10). 1827–1845. 11 indexed citations

Tombeur, Félix de, John A. Raven, Aurèle Toussaint, et al.. (2022). Why do plants silicify?. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(3). 275–288. 45 indexed citations

Auber, Arnaud, Conor Waldock, Anthony Maire, et al.. (2022). A functional vulnerability framework for biodiversity conservation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 4774–4774. 29 indexed citations

Toussaint, Aurèle, et al.. (2022). Dark diversity at home describes the success of cross‐continent tree invasions. Diversity and Distributions. 28(6). 1202–1213. 8 indexed citations

Su, Guohuan, Pablo A. Tedesco, Aurèle Toussaint, Sébastien Villéger, & Sébastien Brosse. (2022). Contemporary environment and historical legacy explain functional diversity of freshwater fishes in the world rivers. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 31(4). 700–713. 19 indexed citations

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Carmona, Carlos P., Riin Tamme, Meelis Pärtel, et al.. (2021). Erosion of global functional diversity across the tree of life. Science Advances. 7(13). 137 indexed citations

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Carmona, Carlos P., C. Guillermo Bueno, Aurèle Toussaint, et al.. (2021). Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function. Nature. 597(7878). 683–687. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

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Toussaint, Aurèle, Sébastien Brosse, C. Guillermo Bueno, et al.. (2021). Extinction of threatened vertebrates will lead to idiosyncratic changes in functional diversity across the world. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5162–5162. 47 indexed citations

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Brosse, Sébastien, Nicolas Charpin, Guohuan Su, et al.. (2021). FISHMORPH: A global database on morphological traits of freshwater fishes. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 30(12). 2330–2336. 68 indexed citations

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Dézerald, Olivier, Cédric P. Mondy, Yorick Reyjol, et al.. (2020). A diagnosis-based approach to assess specific risks of river degradation in a multiple pressure context: Insights from fish communities. The Science of The Total Environment. 734. 139467–139467. 16 indexed citations

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Côte, Jessica, et al.. (2018). Spatial mismatch in morphological, ecological and phylogenetic diversity, in historical and contemporary European freshwater fish faunas. Ecography. 41(10). 1665–1674. 30 indexed citations

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Tedersoo, Leho, et al.. (2018). Global database of plants with root‐symbiotic nitrogen fixation: NodDB. Journal of Vegetation Science. 29(3). 560–568. 60 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Aurèle, Nicolas Charpin, Olivier Beauchard, et al.. (2018). Non‐native species led to marked shifts in functional diversity of the world freshwater fish faunas. Ecology Letters. 21(11). 1649–1659. 88 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Aurèle, Nicolas Charpin, Sébastien Brosse, & Sébastien Villéger. (2016). Global functional diversity of freshwater fish is concentrated in the Neotropics while functional vulnerability is widespread. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 22125–22125. 175 indexed citations

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Allard, Luc, Aurèle Toussaint, Régis Vigouroux, & Sébastien Brosse. (2015). Length-weight relationships of 58 fish species in French Guiana streams. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. 31(3). 567–570. 3 indexed citations

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Toussaint, Aurèle, Olivier Beauchard, Thierry Oberdorff, Sébastien Brosse, & Sébastien Villéger. (2013). Historical assemblage distinctiveness and the introduction of widespread non‐native species explain worldwide changes in freshwater fish taxonomic dissimilarity. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 23(5). 574–584. 46 indexed citations

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