Estelle Forey

Maître de Conférences-HDR

Research Activities

My research is dedicated to understand the role and importance of biotic interactions on plant communities.

Since my recruitement in ECODIV lab, I focus my research on the role of interactions between plant and soil fauna in regulating the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and their response to global change. A particular goal of my research is to develop a mechanistic and conceptual understanding of how:

(1) plant species and their traits influence soil biodiversity and ecosystem processes, such as carbon and nutrient cycling;
(2) soil biodiversity directly and indirectly influences plant community dynamics;
(3) these interactions are affected by climate change (Temperature and UV) and biological invasions.
 
In order to reveal general patterns in above–belowground interactions I develop a functional trait-based approach both on plant and on soil fauna. Such research currently implies recent collaborations with soil ecologists (mainly in France), plant physiologists (Rouen) ecophysiologists (Finland), and  with Biogeography (Fiji).
 
 

5 more recent publications:

1- Milla, R., Bastida, JM, Turcotte, M. M., Jones, G., Violle, C., Osborne, CP, Chacón-Labella, J, Sosinski, Ê. E., Kattge, J., Laughlin, D. C., Forey, E., Minden, V., Cornelissen, J. H. C., Amiaud, B., Kramer, K., Boenisch, G, He, T., Pillar, V. D., Byun, C.  2019. Phylogenetic patterns and phenotypic profiles of the species of plants and mammals farmed for food. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2, 1808.
2- Bruelheide H., &  sPlot consortium (including Forey E.).  2019. sPlot – a new tool for global vegetation analyses, Journal of Vegetation Science, in press.
3- Abgrall C., Forey E., , Mignot M., Chauvat M., 2018.  Invasion by Fallopia japonica alters soil food webs through secondary metabolites. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 127, 100-109.
4- Forey E., Chauvat M., Coulibaly S.F.M., Langlois E., Barot S., Clause J., 2018. Inoculation of an ecosystem engineer (Earthworm: Lumbricus terrestris ) during experimental grassland restoration: Consequences for above and belowground soil compartments. Applied Soil Ecology 125, 148-155
5- Santonja M., Aupic-Samain A., Forey E.,  Chauvat M.,  2018. Increasing temperature and decreasing specific leaf area amplify centipede predation impact on Collembola. European Journal of Soil Biology,  89, pp.9-13

 

Research Keywords

  • Plant communities
  • Aboveground-belowground interactions
  • Functional traits
  • Invasive species

Teaching Fields Responsabilities

Licence 3 Ecologie (L3EBO)
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