Pierre Taberlet

72.9k total citations · 26 hit papers
301 papers, 48.4k citations indexed

About

Pierre Taberlet is a scholar working on Ecology, Genetics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pierre Taberlet has authored 301 papers receiving a total of 48.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Ecology, 145 papers in Genetics and 107 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Pierre Taberlet's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (122 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (106 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (68 papers). Pierre Taberlet is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (122 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (106 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (68 papers). Pierre Taberlet collaborates with scholars based in France, Norway and Switzerland. Pierre Taberlet's co-authors include Ludovic Gielly, François Pompanon, Éric Coissac, Gordon Luikart, Jean Bouvet, Guy Pautou, Eva Bellemain, Christian Brochmann, Luca Fumagalli and Aurélie Bonin and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Pierre Taberlet

295 papers receiving 46.3k citations

Hit Papers

Universal primers for amplification of three non-coding r... 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 1998 2003 2012 2008 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. Universal primers for amplification of three non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA
    1991 5.0k citations Pierre Taberlet, Ludovic Gielly et al. profile →
  2. Comparative phylogeography and postglacial colonization routes in Europe
    1998 2.6k citations Pierre Taberlet, Luca Fumagalli et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
  3. Landscape genetics: combining landscape ecology and population genetics
    2003 1.8k citations Stéphanie Manel, Gordon Luikart et al. profile →
  4. Towards next‐generation biodiversity assessment using DNA metabarcoding
    2012 1.3k citations Pierre Taberlet, Éric Coissac et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
  5. Species detection using environmental DNA from water samples
    2008 1.2k citations Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  6. How to track and assess genotyping errors in population genetics studies
    2004 1.2k citations Aurélie Bonin, Pierre Taberlet et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
  7. Reliable genotyping of samples with very low DNA quantities using PCR
    1996 1.2k citations Pierre Taberlet profile →
  8. Estimating the probability of identity among genotypes in natural populations: cautions and guidelines
    2001 1.1k citations Gordon Luikart, Pierre Taberlet et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
  9. The power and promise of population genomics: from genotyping to genome typing
    2003 1.0k citations Gordon Luikart, Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  10. Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing
    2011 924 citations Pierre Taberlet et al. Molecular Ecology profile →
  11. Genotyping errors: causes, consequences and solutions
    2005 917 citations Aurélie Bonin, Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  12. Power and limitations of the chloroplast trnL (UAA) intron for plant DNA barcoding
    2006 876 citations Pierre Taberlet, Éric Coissac et al. profile →
  13. ITS as an environmental DNA barcode for fungi: an in silico approach reveals potential PCR biases
    2010 865 citations Éric Coissac, Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  14. obitools: a unix‐inspired software package for DNA metabarcoding
    2015 817 citations Frédéric Boyer, Aurélie Bonin et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →
  15. Noninvasive genetic sampling: look before you leap
    1999 814 citations Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  16. DNA barcoding for ecologists
    2008 791 citations Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  17. Critical considerations for the application of environmental DNA methods to detect aquatic species
    2016 754 citations Pierre Taberlet et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  18. Environmental DNA
    2018 663 citations Pierre Taberlet, Aurélie Bonin et al. profile →
  19. Non-invasive genetic sampling and individual identification
    1999 652 citations Pierre Taberlet, Gordon Luikart profile →
  20. Replication levels, false presences and the estimation of the presence/absence from eDNA metabarcoding data
    2014 513 citations Gentile Francesco Ficetola, Aurélie Bonin et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →
  21. Persistence of Environmental DNA in Freshwater Ecosystems
    2011 502 citations Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  22. ecoPrimers: inference of new DNA barcode markers from whole genome sequence analysis
    2011 477 citations Pierre Taberlet, Éric Coissac et al. profile →
  23. Improved detection of an alien invasive species through environmental DNA barcoding: the example of the American bullfrogLithobates catesbeianus
    2012 451 citations Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  24. DNA metabarcoding and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I marker: not a perfect match
    2014 431 citations Éric Coissac, Pierre Taberlet et al. profile →
  25. DNA metabarcoding multiplexing and validation of data accuracy for diet assessment: application to omnivorous diet
    2013 427 citations Marta De Barba, Frédéric Boyer et al. Molecular Ecology Resources profile →
  26. Environmental DNA: For Biodiversity Research and Monitoring
    2018 287 citations Pierre Taberlet, Aurélie Bonin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pierre Taberlet France 103 25.5k 18.9k 18.2k 11.6k 7.3k 301 48.4k
David Posada Spain 55 15.4k 0.6× 18.9k 1.0× 18.5k 1.0× 13.0k 1.1× 12.5k 1.7× 164 56.6k
Laurent Excoffier Switzerland 85 19.0k 0.7× 18.0k 1.0× 45.6k 2.5× 13.4k 1.2× 10.7k 1.5× 185 70.9k
Jérôme Goudet Switzerland 46 11.4k 0.4× 7.0k 0.4× 26.0k 1.4× 10.0k 0.9× 10.0k 1.4× 124 39.3k
Paul D. N. Hebert Canada 107 28.0k 1.1× 25.4k 1.3× 23.9k 1.3× 19.8k 1.7× 6.0k 0.8× 571 68.4k
Peter E. Smouse United States 36 12.9k 0.5× 9.5k 0.5× 25.1k 1.4× 10.9k 0.9× 12.9k 1.8× 78 44.9k
Arndt von Haeseler Austria 58 13.8k 0.5× 28.4k 1.5× 14.1k 0.8× 12.4k 1.1× 13.2k 1.8× 192 61.8k
Montgomery Slatkin United States 81 9.6k 0.4× 8.7k 0.5× 24.7k 1.4× 8.9k 0.8× 5.8k 0.8× 229 39.1k
François Rousset France 63 12.1k 0.5× 7.6k 0.4× 26.3k 1.4× 9.2k 0.8× 5.1k 0.7× 178 41.7k
Julio Rozas Spain 34 7.7k 0.3× 10.8k 0.6× 14.2k 0.8× 6.1k 0.5× 6.7k 0.9× 96 31.2k
Rod Peakall Australia 54 8.5k 0.3× 7.8k 0.4× 18.2k 1.0× 12.0k 1.0× 13.1k 1.8× 184 34.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pierre Taberlet

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All Works

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Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Alexis Carteron, Silvio Marta, et al.. (2025). Comparison of Short Generalist and Specific Markers to Assess the Diversity of Arthropods Using eDNA Metabarcoding. Environmental DNA. 7(6).
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Coissac, Éric, et al.. (2024). Deciphering microbial communities of three Savoyard raw milk cheeses along ripening and regarding the cheese process. International Journal of Food Microbiology. 418. 110712–110712. 1 indexed citations
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Ratkiewicz, Mirosław, et al.. (2024). Winter diet overlap among moose, roe deer and red deer in coniferous and mixed forests depends on snow cover depth. Forest Ecology and Management. 556. 121710–121710. 3 indexed citations
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Wan, Qiuchi, Kangyou Huang, Sufang Chen, et al.. (2023). Fagus diversification in China in relation to East Asian monsoon evolution. Quaternary Science Reviews. 320. 108350–108350. 8 indexed citations
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Ciadamidaro, Lisa, Shinji Ozaki, Aurélie Bonin, et al.. (2023). Differential effects of tree species identity on rhizospheric bacterial and fungal community richness and composition across multiple trace element-contaminated sites. The Science of The Total Environment. 912. 168600–168600. 3 indexed citations
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Schneider, Judith, et al.. (2023). Molecular assessment of dietary variation in neighbouring primate groups. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). 1925–1936. 5 indexed citations
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Guerrieri, Alessia, Alexis Carteron, Aurélie Bonin, et al.. (2022). Metabarcoding data reveal vertical multitaxa variation in topsoil communities during the colonization of deglaciated forelands. Molecular Ecology. 32(23). 6304–6319. 7 indexed citations
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Samaké, Abdoulaye, Aurélie Bonin, Jean‐Luc Jaffrezo, et al.. (2020). High levels of primary biogenic organic aerosols are driven by only a few plant-associated microbial taxa. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 20(9). 5609–5628. 22 indexed citations
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Martins, Filipa M. S., Miguel Porto, Maria João Feio, et al.. (2020). Modelling technical and biological biases in macroinvertebrate community assessment from bulk preservative using multiple metabarcoding markers. Molecular Ecology. 30(13). 3221–3238. 34 indexed citations
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Rieseberg, Loren H., et al.. (2020). Editorial 2021. Molecular Ecology. 30(1). 1–25. 1 indexed citations
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Zinger, Lucie, Pierre Taberlet, Heidy Schimann, et al.. (2018). Body size determines soil community assembly in a tropical forest. Molecular Ecology. 28(3). 528–543. 136 indexed citations
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Schoville, Sean D., Alicia Dalongeville, Gaëlle Viennois, et al.. (2017). Preserving genetic connectivity in the European Alps protected area network. Biological Conservation. 218. 99–109. 15 indexed citations
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Bajard, Manon, Jérôme Poulenard, Pierre Sabatier, et al.. (2017). Long-term changes in alpine pedogenetic processes: Effect of millennial agro-pastoralism activities (French-Italian Alps). Geoderma. 306. 217–236. 34 indexed citations
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Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Pierre Taberlet, & Éric Coissac. (2016). How to limit false positives in environmental DNA and metabarcoding?. Molecular Ecology Resources. 16(3). 604–607. 171 indexed citations
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Alsos, Inger Greve, Éric Coissac, Mary E. Edwards, et al.. (2015). Plant DNA in sediments: to which degree do they represent the flora?. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 4 indexed citations
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Ficetola, Gentile Francesco, Saeid Naderi, Hamid Reza Rezaei, et al.. (2009). Combining genetic and ecological data to assess the conservation status of the endangered Ethiopian walia ibex. Animal Conservation. 12(2). 89–100. 65 indexed citations
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Pornon, André, Nathalie Escaravage, Philip Thomas, & Pierre Taberlet. (2000). Dynamics of genotypic structure in clonal Rhododendron ferrugineum (Ericaceae) populations. Molecular Ecology. 9(8). 1099–1111. 57 indexed citations
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Goossens, Benoît, et al.. (1996). [Immigration of a pregnant female in an alpine marmot family group: behavioural and genetic data].. PubMed. 319(3). 241–6. 13 indexed citations
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Gielly, Ludovic & Pierre Taberlet. (1994). Chloroplast Dna Polymorphism At The Intrageneric Level And Plant Phylogenies. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 317(7). 685–692. 28 indexed citations
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Taberlet, Pierre & Jean Bouvet. (1992). Genetics Of The Pyrenean Brown Bear (Ursus-Arctos) - 1st Results. Comptes Rendus Biologies. 314(1). 15–21. 2 indexed citations

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