RESEARCH INTERESTS
I am an evolutionary ecologist interested in understanding the mechanisms behind the spatial distribution of biological diversity. After completing my PhD studying the relations between intraspecific and interspecific diversity, I am now interested in linking ecosystem functioning to diversity across scales of biological organization.
SUMMARY C.V.
Affiliations
2025–pres.: Post-doctoral researcher - Station d’Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale (SETE, Moulis)
2024–2025: ATER - Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE, Montpellier)
2021–2024: PhD Student - Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE, Montpellier)
Education
2024: PhD in evolutionary ecology - University of Montpellier (France)
Title: Diversity across scales of biological organization: a study in tropical marine fishes
2020: Master degree in Biosciences - École Normale Supérieure of Lyon (France)
PUBLICATIONS
Faure N., Vilcot M., Pichot F., Riutort J.-J., Barroil A., Holon F., Tomasi N., Mouillot D., Deter J., Manel S.
(2025) - A Fragile Stronghold: Genomics Reveal Angelshark Population Vulnerability in Corsica, a Key Mediterranean Refuge - Ecology and EvolutionChase M. A., Vilcot M., Mugal C. F.
(2025) - Evidence that genetic drift not adaptation drives fast-Z and large-Z effects in Ficedula flycatchers - Molecular EcologyVilcot M., Faure N., Andrews K. R., Bowen B. W., Leprieur F., Manel S.
(2024) - Neutral processes and taxonomic scale drive beta species-genetic diversity correlations in a submesophotic tropical reef fish - Molecular EcologyChase M. A., Vilcot M., Mugal C. F.
(2024) - The role of recombination dynamics in shaping signatures of direct and indirect selection across the Ficedula flycatcher genome - Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesAndrello M., Manel S., Vilcot M., Xuereb A., D’Aloia C. C.
(2023) - Benefits of genetic data for spatial conservation planning in coastal habitats - Cambridge Prisms: Coastal FuturesVilcot M., Albouy C., Donati G. F. A., Claverie T., Julius P., Manel S., Pellissier L., Leprieur F
(2023) - Spatial genetic differentiation correlates with species assemblage turnover across tropical reef fish lineages - Global Ecology and BiogeographyMorgan-Richards M., Vilcot M., Trewick S. A.
(2021) - Lack of assortative mating might explain reduced phenotypic differentiation where two grasshopper species meet - Journal of Evolutionary BiologyHayden L., Lochovska K., Sémon M., Renaud S., Delignette-Muller M.-L., Vilcot M., Peterkova R., Hovorakova M., Pantalacci S.
(2020) - Developmental variability channels mouse molar evolution - eLife