Short Bio

I am Associate Professor at the University of Montpellier (France). My research focuses on both fundamental and applied topics : 

• exploring large-scale biodiversity patterns in marine and freshwater ecosystems with a special emphasis on the role of historical and evolutionary processes 
• describing the patterns and exploring the mechanisms associated with changes in biodiversity from local to global scales, as a consequence of anthropogenic activities (e.g. species invasion, climate change, habitat loss).

Associate Editor for Global Ecology and Biogeography.
Junior member of the ​Institut Universitaire de France.
                                                                                                                      
Key Words : Biogeography, Community Ecology, Coral reefs,  Fishes, Freshwater ecosystems, Macroecology, Macroevolution, Marine ecosystems, Paleoenvironment, Past Climate Change

Recent papers 
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- Sala, E., Mayorga, J., Bradley, D., Cabral, R., Atwood, T.B., Auber, A., Cheung, W., Costello, C., Ferretti, F.,  Friedlander, A.M., Gaines, S., Garilao, C., Goodell, W., Halpern, B.S., Kaschner, K.,Kesner-Reyes, K., Leprieur, F., McGowan, J., Morgan, L.E., Mouillot, D., Possingham, H.P., Rechberger, K.D., Worm, B., Lubchenco, J. (2021) Reconciling biodiversity protection, food production, and climate change mitigation in the global ocean. Nature (in press) 

see also : https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2021/03/17/study-in-nature-protecting-the-ocean-delivers-a-comprehensive-solution-for-climate-fishing-and-biodiversity/

-  McLean, M., Stuart-Smith, R.D.,  Villéger, C., Auber, A., Edgar, G.J, MacNeil, A., Loiseau, N., Leprieur, F., Mouillot, D. (2021) Trait similarity in reef fish faunas across the world’s oceans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118 (12) e2012318118

- Pimiento, C., Leprieur, F., Silvestro, D., Lefcheck, J., Albouy, C., Rasher, D.B., Davis, M., Svenning, J-C., Griffin, J.N. (2020) Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene. Science Advances, 6(16) : eaay7650.
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Contact

Fabien Leprieur                                                                                                                                       
UMR MARBEC "Biodiversité marine, Exploitation et Conservation" (CNRS-IFREMER-IRD-UM) 
Université de Montpellier, Place Eugène Bataillon, CC093
34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.

Email: fabien.leprieur@umontpellier.fr (or fableprieur@gmail.com)
Link : http://www.umr-marbec.fr/leprieur-fabien.html

Tel: 00 33+ 04 67 14 39 26
Fax: 00 33+ 04 67 14 37 19