David Mouillot

33.7k total citations · 12 hit papers
260 papers, 21.3k citations indexed

About

David Mouillot is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David Mouillot has authored 260 papers receiving a total of 21.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Ecology, 106 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 84 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David Mouillot's work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (95 papers), Marine and fisheries research (77 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (35 papers). David Mouillot is often cited by papers focused on Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (95 papers), Marine and fisheries research (77 papers) and Identification and Quantification in Food (35 papers). David Mouillot collaborates with scholars based in France, Australia and United Kingdom. David Mouillot's co-authors include Norman W. H. Mason, Sébastien Villéger, Robert Poulin, J. B. Wilson, David R. Bellwood, Nicholas A. J. Graham, William G. Lee, Maud Mouchet, Boris R. Krasnov and Camille Albouy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Mouillot

250 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

NEW MULTIDIMENSIONAL FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY INDICES FOR A MULTIFACETED FRAMEWORK IN FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

2008 2.6k citations Sébastien Villéger, Norman W. H. Mason et al. profile →
Functional richness, functional evenness and functional divergence: the primary components of functional diversity

2005 1.7k citations Norman W. H. Mason, David Mouillot et al. profile →
A functional approach reveals community responses to disturbances

2012 1.5k citations David Mouillot, Nicholas A. J. Graham et al. profile →
Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules

2010 1.2k citations Maud Mouchet, Sébastien Villéger et al. Functional Ecology profile →
Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

2015 578 citations Nicholas A. J. Graham, M. Aaron MacNeil et al. profile →
Contrasting changes in taxonomic vs. functional diversity of tropical fish communities after habitat degradation

2010 526 citations Sébastien Villéger, David Mouillot et al. profile →
The Mediterranean Sea under siege: spatial overlap between marine biodiversity, cumulative threats and marine reserves

2011 485 citations Camille Albouy, David Mouillot et al. profile →
Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs

2014 439 citations David Mouillot, Sébastien Villéger et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Functional ecology of fish: current approaches and future challenges

2017 358 citations Sébastien Villéger, Sébastien Brosse et al. profile →
The dissimilarity of species interaction networks

2012 324 citations David Mouillot, Dominique Gravel et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Functional Rarity: The Ecology of Outliers

2017 278 citations Cyrille Violle, François Munoz et al. profile →
mFD: an R package to compute and illustrate the multiple facets of functional diversity

2021 203 citations Nicolas Loiseau, Camille Albouy et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Mouillot

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The combined impact of fisheries and climate change on future carbon sequestration by oceanic macrofauna 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Jérôme Guiet, Daniele Bianchi, Tim DeVries, Nicolas Barrier, Marc Troussellier, David Mouillot	0
2	Potential yield and food provisioning gains from rebuilding the world’s coral reef fish stocks 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Joshua E. Cinner, M. Aaron MacNeil, Maria Beger, David J. Booth, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Christopher D. Golden, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Andrew S. Hoey, David Mouillot, Sean R. Connolly	0
3	Aerial Video Surveys and Spatial Prioritization Reveal Conservation Opportunities for Endangered Dugongs in New Caledonia 2024 ·Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·Laura Mannocci, Solène Derville, (unknown), David Mouillot	1
4	Cumulative risk of future bleaching for the world’s coral reefs 2024 ·Science Advances ·Camille Mellin, Stuart C. Brown, Neal E. Cantin, (unknown), David Mouillot, Scott F. Heron, Damien A. Fordham	27
5	Seasonal dynamics of Mediterranean fish communities revealed by eDNA: Contrasting compositions across depths and Marine Fully Protected Area boundaries 2024 ·Ecological Indicators ·(unknown), Laure Velez, Régis Hocdé, (unknown), Conor Waldock, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier, Camille Albouy	5
6	Environmental DNA recovers fish composition turnover of the coral reefs of West Indian Ocean islands 2024 ·Ecology and Evolution ·(unknown), Camille Albouy, (unknown), Conor Waldock, Virginie Marques, Eva Maire, Jean‐Baptiste Juhel, Marco Andrello, Alice Valentini, Stéphanie Manel, Tony Déjean, David Mouillot, Loïc Pellissier	3
7	The long‐term impacts of Marine Protected Areas on fish catch and socioeconomic development in Tanzania 2024 ·Conservation Letters ·Sébastien Desbureaux, (unknown), Alicia Dalongeville, Rodolphe Devillers, David Mouillot, Narriman Jiddawi, (unknown), Laure Velez, (unknown), Antoine Leblois	2
8	Assessing the effects of coral reef habitat and marine protected areas on threatened megafauna using aerial surveys 2023 ·Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·(unknown), David Mouillot, Laura Mannocci	5
9	Functional diversity of sharks and rays is highly vulnerable and supported by unique species and locations worldwide 2023 ·Nature Communications ·Catalina Pimiento, Camille Albouy, Daniele Silvestro, (unknown), Laure Velez, David Mouillot, (unknown), John N. Griffin, Fabien Leprieur	26
10	Inferring functional diversity from environmental DNA metabarcoding 2023 ·Environmental DNA ·(unknown), (unknown), Jérôme Murienne, Sébastien Brosse, Sébastien Villéger, Alice Valentini, Tony Déjean, David Mouillot	11
11	If you build it, they will come: Coastal amenities facilitate human engagement in marine protected areas 2023 ·People and Nature ·Christopher M. Free, (unknown), (unknown), Julien Brun, Tessa B. Francis, Jacob G. Eurich, Joachim Claudet, Jenifer E. Dugan, David Gill, Scott L. Hamilton, Kristin Kaschner, David Mouillot, Shelby L. Ziegler, Jennifer E. Caselle, Kerry J. Nickols	2
12	Temperature, species identity and morphological traits predict carbonate excretion and mineralogy in tropical reef fishes 2023 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown), Michael A. Salter, Valériano Parravicini, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Tim Rixen, Christian Wild, (unknown), Chris T. Perry, (unknown), Rod W. Wilson, David Mouillot, Sonia Bejarano	9
13	Towards process-oriented management of tropical reefs in the anthropocene 2022 ·Nature Sustainability ·(unknown), David Mouillot, Joshua E. Cinner, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Eva Maire, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Matthew McLean, Laurent Vigliola, Nicolas Loiseau	17
14	Safeguarding nutrients from coral reefs under climate change 2022 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Camille Mellin, Christina C. Hicks, Damien A. Fordham, Christopher D. Golden, Marian Kjellevold, M. Aaron MacNeil, Eva Maire, Sangeeta Mangubhai, David Mouillot, Kirsty L. Nash, Johnstone O. Omukoto, James P. W. Robinson, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Jessica Zamborain‐Mason, Graham J. Edgar, Nicholas A. J. Graham	28
15	Rebound in functional distinctiveness following warming and reduced fishing in the North Sea 2021 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Matthew McLean, Anthony Maire, David Mouillot, Nicolas Loiseau, François Munoz, Cyrille Violle, Arnaud Auber	22
16	Species ecology explains the spatial components of genetic diversity in tropical reef fishes 2021 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Giulia Donati, Niklaus Zemp, Stéphanie Manel, (unknown), Thomas Claverie, Franck Ferraton, (unknown), Rodney Govinden, Oskar Hagen, (unknown), David Mouillot, (unknown), (unknown), Laure Velez, (unknown), (unknown), Fabien Leprieur, Camille Albouy, Loïc Pellissier	11
17	Environmental DNA metabarcoding reveals and unpacks a biodiversity conservation paradox in Mediterranean marine reserves 2021 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·(unknown), Nicolas Loiseau, Alice Valentini, Véronique Arnal, Pierre Boissery, Tony Déjean, Julie Déter, (unknown), Florian Holon, Jean‐Baptiste Juhel, Philippe Lenfant, Stéphanie Manel, David Mouillot	50
18	Extensions of Island Biogeography Theory predict the scaling of functional trait composition with habitat area and isolation 2016 ·Ecology Letters ·Claire Jacquet, David Mouillot, Michel Kulbicki, Dominique Gravel	55
19	Functional over-redundancy and high functional vulnerability in global fish faunas on tropical reefs breakdown → 2014 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David Mouillot, Sébastien Villéger, Valériano Parravicini, Michel Kulbicki, Jesús Ernesto Arias‐González, Mariana G. Bender, Pascale Chabanet, Sergio R. Floeter, Alan M. Friedlander, Laurent Vigliola, David R. Bellwood	439
20	Functional diversity measures: an overview of their redundancy and their ability to discriminate community assembly rules breakdown → 2010 ·Functional Ecology ·Maud Mouchet, Sébastien Villéger, Norman W. H. Mason, David Mouillot	1216

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