Nicolas Mouquet

23.5k total citations · 10 hit papers
117 papers, 15.6k citations indexed

About

Nicolas Mouquet is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicolas Mouquet has authored 117 papers receiving a total of 15.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 51 papers in Ecology and 50 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nicolas Mouquet's work include Plant and animal studies (51 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers). Nicolas Mouquet is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (51 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (47 papers) and Species Distribution and Climate Change (30 papers). Nicolas Mouquet collaborates with scholars based in France, Canada and United States. Nicolas Mouquet's co-authors include Michel Loreau, Andrew Gonzalez, Wilfried Thuiller, Robert D. Holt, Dominique Gravel, Mathew A. Leibold, David Mouillot, Priyanga Amarasekare, Martha F. Hoopes and Marcel Holyoak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Nicolas Mouquet

112 papers receiving 15.1k 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.

The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi‐scale community ecology

2004 3.9k citations Mathew A. Leibold, Marcel Holyoak et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Spatial mismatch and congruence between taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: the need for integrative conservation strategies in a changing world

2010 751 citations Vincent Devictor, David Mouillot et al. Ecology Letters profile →
Community Patterns in Source‐Sink Metacommunities

2003 744 citations Nicolas Mouquet, Michel Loreau profile →
Rare Species Support Vulnerable Functions in High-Diversity Ecosystems

2013 681 citations David Mouillot, Sébastien Lavergne et al. profile →
Biodiversity as spatial insurance in heterogeneous landscapes

2003 655 citations Michel Loreau, Nicolas Mouquet et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Defining and measuring ecological specialization

2009 580 citations Vincent Devictor, Sébastien Lavergne et al. profile →
Biodiversity and Climate Change: Integrating Evolutionary and Ecological Responses of Species and Communities

2010 551 citations Sébastien Lavergne, Nicolas Mouquet et al. profile →
Empirical approaches to metacommunities: a review and comparison with theory

2011 528 citations Nicolas Mouquet et al. profile →
The dissimilarity of species interaction networks

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

2017 278 citations Cyrille Violle, Wilfried Thuiller et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicolas Mouquet

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conserving the beauty of the world’s reef fish assemblages 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Matthew McLean, David Mouillot, Juliette Langlois, Suchinta Arif, Sonia Bejarano, Nicolas Casajus, Graham J. Edgar, (unknown), François Guilhaumon, (unknown), Nicolas Loiseau, M. Aaron MacNeil, Eva Maire, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Nicolas Mouquet	0
2	Functional diversity shapes the stability of reef fish biomass under global change 2025 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Lucie Mahaut, Nicolas Loiseau, Sébastien Villéger, Arnaud Auber, (unknown), Anthony Maire, Camille Mellin, Nicolas Mouquet, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, Cyrille Violle, David Mouillot	2
3	Spatial Insurance of Distinct Ecological Functions 2025 ·Ecology Letters ·Nicolas Mouquet, Lucie Mahaut, Wilfried Thuiller, Arnaud Auber, Nicolas Casajus, Brian J. Enquist, Pierre Gaüzère, Nicolas Loiseau, David Mouillot, François Munoz, Sébastien Villéger, Cyrille Violle	0
4	The socioeconomic and environmental niche of protected areas reveals global conservation gaps and opportunities 2024 ·Nature Communications ·David Mouillot, Laure Velez, Camille Albouy, Nicolas Casajus, Joachim Claudet, (unknown), Rodolphe Devillers, Tom B. Letessier, Nicolas Loiseau, Stéphanie Manel, Laura Mannocci, Jessica J. Meeuwig, Nicolas Mouquet, Ana Nuño, Louise O’Connor, Valériano Parravicini, Julien Renaud, (unknown), Marc Troussellier, Wilfried Thuiller	12
5	Divergent responses of pelagic and benthic fish body-size structure to remoteness and protection from humans 2024 ·Science ·Tom B. Letessier, David Mouillot, Laura Mannocci, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alan M. Friedlander, Alex Hearn, Jean‐Baptiste Juhel, Alf Ring Kleiven, Even Moland, Nicolas Mouquet, (unknown), Enric Sala, (unknown), Laure Velez, Laurent Vigliola, Jessica J. Meeuwig	7
6	Quantifying the impact of small boats on Posidonia seagrass meadows: Methods and path for future efficient management of anchoring pressure 2024 ·Ocean & Coastal Management ·(unknown), (unknown), Nicolas Mouquet, David Mouillot, Quentin Fontaine, Julie Déter	1
7	Low human interest for the most at-risk reef fishes worldwide 2024 ·Science Advances ·Nicolas Mouquet, Juliette Langlois, Nicolas Casajus, Arnaud Auber, (unknown), François Guilhaumon, Nicolas Loiseau, Matthew McLean, Aurore Receveur, Rick D. Stuart‐Smith, David Mouillot	8
8	Trait‐environment associations diverge between native and alien breeding bird assemblages on the world's oceanic islands 2023 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·(unknown), Fabien Leprieur, Luc Barbaro, Holger Kreft, Nicolas Mouquet, Julien Papaïx, Çaḡan H. Şekercioḡlu, Cyrille Violle, Jean‐Yves Barnagaud	3
9	chessboard: An R package for creating networkconnections based on chess moves 2023 ·The Journal of Open Source Software ·Nicolas Casajus, (unknown), Éric Tabacchi, Guillaume Fried, Nicolas Mouquet	0
10	Anchoring pressure and the effectiveness of new management measures quantified using AIS data and a mobile application 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Florian Holon, Pierre Boissery, (unknown), Nicolas Mouquet, Julie Déter	4
11	A functional vulnerability framework for biodiversity conservation 2022 ·Nature Communications ·Arnaud Auber, Conor Waldock, Anthony Maire, Éric Goberville, Camille Albouy, Adam C. Algar, Matthew McLean, Anik Brind’Amour, Alison L. Green, Mark Tupper, Laurent Vigliola, Kristin Kaschner, Kathleen Kesner‐Reyes, Maria Beger, Jerry Tjiputra, Aurèle Toussaint, Cyrille Violle, Nicolas Mouquet, Wilfried Thuiller, David Mouillot	29
12	Trait-trait relationships and tradeoffs vary with genome size in prokaryotes 2022 ·Frontiers in Microbiology ·Sara Beier, Johannes Werner, Thierry Bouvier, Nicolas Mouquet, Cyrille Violle	6
13	The dimensionality and structure of species trait spaces 2021 ·Ecology Letters ·David Mouillot, Nicolas Loiseau, Matthias Grenié, Adam C. Algar, Michele Allegra, Marc W. Cadotte, Nicolas Casajus, Pierre Denelle, Maya Guéguen, Anthony Maire, Brian Maitner, Brian J. McGill, Matthew McLean, Nicolas Mouquet, François Munoz, Wilfried Thuiller, Sébastien Villéger, Cyrille Violle, Arnaud Auber	83
14	On the relative importance of space and environment in farmland bird community assembly 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Laura Henckel, Christine N. Meynard, Vincent Devictor, Nicolas Mouquet, Vincent Bretagnolle	10
15	Diversity spurs diversification in ecological communities 2017 ·Nature Communications ·Vincent Calcagno, Philippe Jarne, Michel Loreau, Nicolas Mouquet, Patrice David	66
16	Metacommunity speciation models and their implications for diversification theory 2015 ·Ecology Letters ·Nicolas Hubert, Vincent Calcagno, Rampal S. Etienne, Nicolas Mouquet	37
17	A road map for integrating eco‐evolutionary processes into biodiversity models 2013 ·Ecology Letters ·Wilfried Thuiller, Tamara Münkemüller, Sébastien Lavergne, David Mouillot, Nicolas Mouquet, Katja Schiffers, Dominique Gravel	176
18	Extending the concept of keystone species to communities and ecosystems 2012 ·Ecology Letters ·Nicolas Mouquet, Dominique Gravel, François Massol, Vincent Calcagno	119
19	Linking community and ecosystem dynamics through spatial ecology 2011 ·Ecology Letters ·François Massol, Dominique Gravel, Nicolas Mouquet, Marc W. Cadotte, Tadashi Fukami, Mathew A. Leibold	189
20	The metacommunity concept: a framework for multi‐scale community ecology breakdown → 2004 ·Ecology Letters ·Mathew A. Leibold, Marcel Holyoak, Nicolas Mouquet, Priyanga Amarasekare, Jonathan M. Chase, Martha F. Hoopes, Robert D. Holt, Jonathan B. Shurin, Richard Law, David Tilman, Michel Loreau, Andrew Gonzalez	3866

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