Email : thomas.boivin(at)inrae.fr
Phone : +33 (0)432722944 Fax : +33 (0)432722902
INRAE URFM - UR629 Site Agroparc Domaine St Paul F - 84914 AVIGNON Cedex 9
ResearchGate : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thomas_Boivin
Function
Scientist Research unit 'Ecology of Mediterranean Forests'
Research
As a population biologist, my research falls within the framework of the impact of global change on forest biocenoses, including biological invasions and climate change. Since 2008, I have been in charge of the EDYPOP activity (Ecology and DYnamics of Forest Insect Populations), one of the two scientific activities structuring the Populations Biology & Evolution team of my unit. My research activities mainly aim at understanding the role of insects in the dynamics and evolution of Mediterranean forest ecosystems. Integrating multidisciplinary approaches based on ecology, biology, genetics, population dynamics and modelling, I am interested in the processes of interactions between insects and their biotic (host plants and competitors) and abiotic (climate) environments. Ultimately, my aim is to integrate these processes into analytical and predictive models of the impact of these host-parasite interactions on the functioning and adaptation of Mediterranean forest ecosystems.
Key words : biological invasions, biotic interactions, ecological niche, phenology, resource use strategies, masting, reproduction strategies, climatic models, Approximate Bayesian Computation, modelling, epidemic, endemic, climate change, drought, forest decline, forest dieback, resilience, forest health, Mediterranean forests, Megastigmus, Cedrus, Abies, Juniperus, Cupressus, Wolbachia, bark beetles.
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Collaborations and partnerships
INRA URZF Orléans (A. Roques, M-A. Auger-Rozenberg, G. Roux) ; INRA BIOGECO Bordeaux (C. Burban) ; INRA CBGP Montpellier (C. Kerdelhué, J-P Rossi) ; INRA BioSP Avignon (L. Roques ; E. Klein ; J. Chadoeuf) ; INRA PHI (J-C Bouvier, C. Lavigne, M. Génard, F. Lescourret ; INRA URFM (S. Oddou-Muratorio, F. Lefèvre, B. Fady, H. Davi) ; UMR CNRS Lyon 1 (F. Vavre, H. Henri) ; Université Avignon (M. El-Maâtaoui) ; Université Victoria, Canada (P. von Aderkas, S. Perlman) ; Michigan State University (A. Cognato) ; National Resources Canada (J-N. Candau), Natural HIstory Museum London (TA. Lander) ; Département Forestier République de Chypre (A. Cristou) ; Conseil Régional PACA ; Ministère de l’Alimentation, Agriculture et Pêche (DRAAF PACA, DRAAF Languedoc-Roussillon, Département Santé des Forêts).
Students
PhD in progress
PhD past
- Violette DOUBLET, Université Montpellier II, soutenue le 5 juin 2020 : Interactions biotiques et dynamiques des populations : approches empiriques et théoriques de la prédation pré-dispersion des graines par les insectes.
- Malena MARTINEZ, Université Montpellier II, soutenue le 17 juillet 2019 : Diversité des Scolytes (Coléoptèra : Curculionidae : Scolytinae) et de leurs champignons associés dans l’écosystème forestier d’Equateur.
- Cindy GIDOIN, Université Montpellier II, soutenue le 5/05/2014 : Impacts écologiques d’une invasion d’insectes séminiphages en forêts méditerranéennes françaises.
- Marion DURAND-GILLMANN, Université Aix-Marseille, soutenue le 7/02/2014: Rôle des scolytes dans la dynamique de dépérissement du Sapin pectiné et du Pin d'Alep.
Master of Science
- Célia MARTINEZ, Université Aix-Marseille (2016) Analyse quantitative et qualitative de la production de graines chez le sapin pectiné en région méditerranéenne.
- Marie SUEZ, Université de Perpignan (2012) Prolonged diapause and temporal gene flow within invasive populations of Mediterranean forest insects.
- Sandrine JACQUELIN, Université de Poitiers (2009) Approche génétique de la dynamique spatiale de deux Hyménoptères envahissants au sein d’un écosystème forestier méditerranéen.
Engineer
- Loïs CASTAGNE, Institut Agro Rennes-Angers (2022) Interactions arbres-insectes et vulnérabilité des peuplements forestiers aux changements climatiques.
- Manon CANDAS, École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse INP-ENSAT (2023) Interactions entre le stress hydrique et les défoliations d'insectes phytophages (Epinotia subsequana) chez le Sapin pectiné (Abies alba)
Publications
Veuillen et al. (2023) Pre- and post-drought conditions drive resilience of Pinus halepensis across its distribution range. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (In press).
Qiu T et al. (2023) Masting is uncommon in treesthat depend on mutualist dispersers in the context of global climate andfertility gradients. Nature Plants, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-023-01446-5.
Roques L, Boivin T, Papaïx J, Soubeyrand S, Bonnefon O (2023) Dynamics of Aedes albopictus invasion Insights from a spatio-temporal model. Biological Invasions, 1-17.
Bogdziewicz et al. (2023) Linking seed size and number to trait syndromes in trees. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32:683–694. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13652.
Daly et al. (2023) A synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction-naturalisation-invasion continuum. Oikos, https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.09645.
Bouvier J-C, Delattre T, Boivin T, Musseau R, Thomas C, Lavigne C (2022) Great tits nesting in apple orchards preferentially forage in hedgerows and in organic but not conventional orchards. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 337, 108074 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.108074
Qiu T et al. (2022) Limits to reproduction and seed size-number trade-offs that shape forest dominance and future recovery. Nature Communications, 13:2381. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30037-9
Journé V et al. (2022) Globally, tree fecundity exceeds productivity gradients. Ecology Letters, 25(6), 1471-1482. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.14012
Bouvier J-C, Boivin T, Lavigne C (2022) Single-row exclusion nets: an alternative pest control method with no detectable impact on breeding bird assemblages in orchards bordered by hedgerows. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 42, 23. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-021-00743-7
Qiu et al. (2021) Is there tree senescence? The fecundity evidence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106130118
Roques L, Boivin T, Papaïx J, Soubeyrand S, Bonnefon O (2021) Dynamics of Aedes albopictus invasion Insights from a spatio-temporal model. bioRxiv 2021.09.24.461645; https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.24.461645
Scotti-Saintagne C, Boivin T, Suez M, Musch B, Scotti I, Fady B (2021) Signature of mid-Pleistocene lineages in the European silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) at its geographic distribution margin. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 10984-10999. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7886
Bouvier J-C, Boivin T, Lavigne C (2020) Conservation value of pome fruit orchards for overwintering birds in southeastern France. Biodiversity and Conservation, 29:3169–3189, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02016-3
Davi H, Durand-Gillmann M, Damesin C, Delzon S, Petit C, Rozenberg P, Sabatier S-A, Chadoeuf J, Boutte B, Boivin T (2020) Distribution of endemic bark beetle attacks and their physiological consequences on Pinus halepensis. Forest Ecology and Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118187
Chabrerie O et al. (2019) Biological Invasion Theories: Merging Perspectives from Population, Community and Ecosystem Scales. Preprints 2019, 2019100327
Doublet V, Gidoin C, Lefèvre F, Boivin T (2019) Spatial and temporal patterns of a pulsed resource dynamically drive the distribution of specialist herbivores. Scientific Reports 9, 17787 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54297-6.
Martínez M, Cognato AI, Guachambala M, Urdànigo JP, Boivin T (2019) Effects of Climate and Host Age on Flight Activity, Infestation Percentage, and Intensity by Coptoborus ochromactonus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Commercial Balsa Plantations of Ecuador. Journal of Economic Entomology, 113, 824-831. DOI: 10.1093/jee/toz303
Martínez M, Cognato AI, Guachambala M, Boivin T (2019). Bark and Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) Diversity in Natural and Plantation Forests in Ecuador. Environmental entomology 48, 603-613. DOI : doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvz037
Boivin T, Doublet V, Candau J-N (2019) The ecology of predispersal insect herbivory on tree reproductive structures in natural forest ecosystems. [REVIEW] Insect Science 26, 182–198, DOI 10.1111/1744-7917.12549
Dehnen-Schmutz K, Boivin T, Essl F, Groom QJ, Harrison L, Touza JM, Bayliss H (2018) Alien Futures: What is on the horizon for biological invasions? Diversity and Distributions 24, 1149-1157. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12755
Génard M, Bouvier JC, Delattre T, Lavigne C, Lescourret F, Toubon JF & Boivin T (2017) How many insects can a great tit population prey on in apple organic orchards? A modelling bioenergetics study. Acta Horticultura 1160. ISHS 2017. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2017.1160.43
Génard M, Lescourret F, Bevacqua D, Boivin T (2017) Genotype-by-Environment Interactions emerge from simple assemblages of mathematical functions in ecological models. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 5: 13. DOI=10.3389/fevo.2017.00013
Bouvier J-C, Boivin T, Charmantier A, Lambrechts MM & Lavigne C (2016) More daughters in a less favourable world: Breeding in intensively-managed orchards affects tertiary sex-ratio in the great tit. Basic and Applied Ecology 17: 638-647. DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2016.07.003
Boivin T & Auger-Rozenberg M-A (2016) Native fruit, cone and seed insects in the Mediterranean Basin. In T.D. Paine, & F. Lieutier (Eds.), Insects and diseases in Mediterranean Forest Systems (pp. 47-88), Springer, The Netherlands.
Auger-Rozenberg M-A & Boivin T (2016) Invasive fruit, cone and seed insects in the Mediterranean Basin. In T.D. Paine, & F. Lieutier (Eds.), Insects and diseases in Mediterranean Forest Systems (pp. 239-259), Springer, The Netherlands.
Boivin T, Gidoin C, von Aderkas P, Safrana J, Candau J-N, Chalon A, Sondo M, El-Maâtaoui M (2015) Host-Parasite Interactions from the Inside: Plant Reproductive Ontogeny Drives Specialization in Parasitic Insects. PlosONE. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139634
Gidoin C, Roques L, Boivin T (2015) Linking niche theory to ecological impacts of successful invaders: insights from resource fluctuation-specialist herbivore interactions. Journal of Animal Ecology 84: 396-406. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12303
Roques L, Hosono Y, Bonnefon O, Boivin T (2015) The effect of competition on the neutral intraspecific diversity of invasive species. Journal of Mathematical Biology71(2), 465-489. DOI: 10.1007/s00285-014-0825-4
Lander TA, Klein EK, Oddou-Muratorio S, Candau J-N, Gidoin C, Chalon A, Roig A, Fallour D, Auger-Rozenberg M-A, Boivin T (2014) Reconstruction of a windborne insect invasion using a particle dispersal model, historical wind data, and Bayesian analysis of genetic data. Ecology and Evolution 4: 4609–4625. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1206
Kerdelhué C, Boivin T, Burban C (2014) Contrasted invasion processes imprint the genetic structure of an invasive scale insect across southern Europe. Heredity 113: 390-400. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2014.39
Boivin T, Henri H, Vavre F, Gidoin C, Veber P, Candau J-N, Magnoux E, Roques A, Auger-Rozenberg M-A (2014) Epidemiology of asexuality induced by the endosymbiotic Wolbachia across phytophagous wasp species: host plant specialization matters. Molecular Ecology 23: 2362-75. DOI : 10.1111/mec.12737
Durand-Gillmann M, Cailleret M, Boivin T, Nageleisen LM, Davi H (2014) Individual vulnerability factors of Silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) to parasitism by two contrasting biotic agents: mistletoe (Viscum album L. ssp. abietis) and bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) during a decline process. Annals of forest science: 71(6), 659-673.
Lefèvre F, Boivin T, Bontemps A, Courbet F, Davi H, Durand-Gillmann M, Fady B, Gaüzère J, Gidoin C, Karam M-J, Lalagüe H, Oddou-Muratorio S, Pichot C (2013) Considering evolutionary processes in adaptive forestry. Annals of Forest Science 71: 723-739. DOI : 10.1007/s13595-013-0272-1
Suez M, Gidoin C, Lefèvre F, Candau J-N, Chalon A, Boivin T (2013). Temporal population genetics of time travelling insects: a long term study in a seed-specialized wasp. PLoS ONE, 8 (8). DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0070818
Auger-Rozenberg M-A, Boivin T, Magnoux E, Courtin C, Roques A, Kerdelhué C (2012) Inferences on population history of a seed chalcid wasp: invasion success despite a severe founder effect from an unexpected source population. Molecular Ecology, 21 (24), 6086-6103. DOI : 10.1111/mec.12077.
Boivin T, Rouault G, Chalon A and Candau JN (2008) Differences in life history strategies between an invasive and a competing resident seed predator. Biological Invasions 10: 1013-1025.
Boivin T and Candau JN. 2007. Flow cytometric analysis of ploidy levels in two seed-infesting Megastigmus species: applications to sex ratio and species determination at the larval stage. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 124: 125-131.
Sauphanor B, Franck P, Lasnier T, Toubon JF, Beslay D, Boivin T, Bouvier JC and Renou M. 2007. Insecticide resistance may enhance the response to host-plant volatile in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L.). Naturwissenschatfen 94: 449-458.
Bouvier JC, Toubon JF, Boivin T, Sauphanor B. 2005. Effects of apple orchards management strategies on the Great Tit (Parus major) in southeastern France. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 24: 2846-2852.
Boivin T, Chadœuf J, Bouvier JC, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2005. Modelling interactions between phenology and insecticide resistance genes in the codling moth Cydia pomonella (L.). Pest Management Science 61: 53-67.
Reyes M, Bouvier JC, Boivin T, Fuentes-Contreras E, Sauphanor B. 2004. Susceptibilidad a insecticidas y actividad enzimática en poblaciones de Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae) provenientes de tres huertos de manzano de la Región del Maule. Revista Agricultura Técnica 64: 229-237.
Boivin T, Bouvier JC, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2004. Variability in diapause propensity within populations of a temperate insect species: interactions between insecticide resistance genes and photoperiodism. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 341-351.
Boivin T, Bouvier JC, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2003. Phenological segregation of insecticide resistance alleles in codling moth (Lepidoptera : Tortricidae) : a case study of ecological divergences associated with adaptive changes in populations. Genetics Research 81:169-177.
Boivin T, Bouvier JC, Chadœuf J, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2003. Constraints on adaptive mutations in the codling moth : measuring fitness trade-offs and natural selection. Heredity 90: 107-113.
Bouvier JC, Boivin T, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2002. Age-dependent response to insecticides and enzyme variation in susceptible and resistant codling moth larvae. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 51: 55-66.
Boivin T, Chabert d’Hières C, Bouvier JC, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2001. Pleiotropy of insecticide resistance in the codling moth, Cydia pomonella (L). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 99 : 381-386.
Bouvier JC, Buès R, Boivin T, Boudinhon L, Beslay D, Sauphanor B. 2001. Deltamethrin resistance in the codling moth: inheritance and number of genes involved. Heredity 87: 456-462.
Publications for research users
Boutte B, Boivin T, Fernandez-Conradi P, Fabre J-P, Chalon A, Parizat M (2021) Le cèdre face aux aléas : aspects sanitaires, p. 251. Forêt méditerranéenne t. XLII, n° 3, septembre.
Boivin T (2021) The Interplay Between Climate Change and Insect Threats in Narrow Mediterranean Forest Habitats. Handbook for the sustainable management and long-term conservation of a narrow endemic habitat type in a limited area of occupancy-The case of the habitat type 9590* Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae). LIFE-KEDROS, 9590, 667.
Boivin T, Nikolaou K, Menelaou, Christodoulou M (2021) Concrete Conservation Techniques and their Effectiveness Based on the Results Acquired-Monitoring and Management of Phytophagous Insects in the Paphos Forest. Handbook for the sustainable management and long-term conservation of a narrow endemic habitat type in a limited area of occupancy-The case of the habitat type 9590* Cedrus brevifolia forests (Cedrosetum brevifoliae). LIFE-KEDROS, 9590, 1011125.
Lefevre F, Boivin, T, Bontemps A, Courbet F, et al 2020. Valoriser et renforcer les mécanismes d’évolution génétique par la sylviculture, pour l’adaptation au changement climatique. Revue forestière française, 72(5), 383-410.
Boivin T, Chalon A, Doublet V, Parizat M 2020. Histoire et conséquences d’une invasion d’insectes spécialistes des graines de cèdre de l’atlas au Mont Ventoux. Rendez-vous techniques de l’O.N.F., n° 63-64.
Boivin T, Davi H 2016. Mission d'expertise sur la raréfaction des fructifications du pin maritime dans les Landes de Gascogne. Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Agroalimentaire et de la Forêt. ⟨hal-01604210⟩
Bouvier J-C, Lavigne C, Boivin T (2016) Les vergers comme habitat pour les oiseaux en hiver. Phytoma 693: 51-55.
Dupuy J-L, Boivin T, Duché Y, Martin-StPaul N, Pimont F, Rigolot E (2015) Impact du changement climatique sur les risques en forêt : le cas de l'incendie et de ses interactions avec la sécheresse et les pullulations d'insectes. Innovations Agronomiques 47: 29-50.
Germain J-F, Boutte B, Boivin T, Chalon A (2014) Un nouveau parasite dans les forêts de cèdre de l'Atlas. La cochenille des aiguilles Dynaspidiotus regnieri. Forêt Méditerranéenne XXXV(1): 53-58.
Boutte B, Durand-Gillmann M, Boivin T (2013) Surveillance phytosanitaire : dix problèmes à connaître. In: Prévosto Bernard, dir., Le pin d'Alep en France. 17 fiches pour connaître et gérer (p. 28-41). Guide Pratique. Versailles, FRA : Editions Quae.
Boivin T (2012) « Les insectes des graines de conifères en Région Provence-Alpes Côte d’Azur : impacts d’une invasion ». Marseille, Conseil Régional Provence Alpes-Côte d’Azur et Direction régionale de l’alimentation, de l’agriculture et de la forêt Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Aur.
Rigolot E, Boivin T, Dreyfus P, Fernandez C, Huc R, Lefèvre F, Pichot C, Valette J-C (2012) Les Pins méditerranéens : Conservation, écologie, restauration et gestion : défis dans un contexte de changements globaux. Forêt Méditerranéenne XXXIII (1): 3-18.
Boivin T (2011) Estimation des risques Megastigmus et Leptoglossus occidentalis sur le Pin de Salzmann Pinus nigra salzmanni en Languedoc-Roussillon. Montpellier, Direction régionale de l’alimentation, de l’agriculture et de la forêt de Languedoc-Roussillon.
Boivin T, Chalon A (2011) Estimation of infestation rates of Cedrus brevifolia seeds by the seed chalcid wasp Megastigmus schimitscheki in Cyprus. Rapport d’expertise pour le Département des Forêts de la République de Chypre.
Boivin T, Courbet F et al. (2010) Qualité des boisements en Languedoc-Roussillon - Rapport du programme 2008-2009. Montpellier, Direction régionale de l’alimentation, de l’agriculture et de la forêt de Languedoc-Roussillon.
