Research interests
My research tackles fundamental questions in biodiversity conservation to improve our understanding on the distribution and sensitivity of species to environmental changes. The objective is to make conservation more effective by improving evaluations of conservation policy and practice. My work mostly involves statistical and GIS analyses of large biodiversity databases, and occasional field surveys. This research is within the disciplines of conservation sciences, global change ecology and biogeography.
Temporal changes in biodiversity facing global change
- Mouton T. L., F. Leprieur, M. Floury, F. Stephenson, P. Verburg and J. D. Tonkin (2022). "Climate and land‐use driven reorganisation of structure and function in river macroinvertebrate communities." Ecography 2022(3): e06148.
- Mouton T.L., J.D. Tonkin, F. Stephenson, P. Verburg, M. Floury (2020). “Increasing climate-driven taxonomic homogenization but functional differentiation among river macroinvertebrate assemblages.” Global Change Biology. 00:1–12.
Example publications
Biogeography and protection of marine fauna
- Pimiento C., C. Albouy, D. Silvestro, T. L. Mouton, L. Velez, D. Mouillot, A. B. Judah, J. N. Griffin and F. Leprieur (2023). "Functional diversity of sharks and rays is highly vulnerable and supported by unique species and locations worldwide." Nature Communications 14(1): 7691.
- Mouton T. L., F. Stephenson, L. G. Torres, W. Rayment, T. Brough, M. McLean, J. D. Tonkin, C. Albouy and F. Leprieur (2022). "Spatial mismatch in diversity facets reveals contrasting protection for New Zealand's cetacean biodiversity." Biological Conservation 267: 109484.
Example publications
Conservation planning at national scales
- Stephenson F., A. A. Rowden, T. Brough, G. Petersen, R. H. Bulmer, J. R. Leathwick, A. M. Lohrer, J. I. Ellis, D. A. Bowden, S. W. Geange, G. A. Funnell, […] T. L. Mouton, et al. (2022). "Development of a Seafloor Community Classification for the New Zealand Region Using a Gradient Forest Approach." Frontiers in Marine Science 8(792712).
- Stephenson F., J.E. Hewitt, L.G. Torres, T.L. Mouton, T. Brough, K.T. Goetz, C.J. Lundquist, A. B. MacDiarmid, J. Ellis, and R. Constantine (2021). “Cetacean conservation planning in a global diversity hotspot: dealing with uncertainty and data deficiencies”. Ecosphere 12(7).
- Stephenson F., K. Goetz, B.R. Sharp, T.L. Mouton, F.L. Beets, J. Roberts, A.B. MacDiarmid, R. Constantine and C.J. Lundquist (2020). "Modelling the spatial distribution of cetaceans in New Zealand waters." Diversity and Distributions 26(4): 495-516.