Sylvain Piry

Unraveling Environmental Drivers of Insect Pest Dynamics Across Multiple Landscapes

This study identifies environmental drivers of Bactrocera dorsalis population dynamics in two Senegalese mango regions, showing distinct ecological processes shape off-season persistence and outbreak timing.

Broadleaved hedgerows as complementary habitats for small mammals in pine plantation landscapes

The paper assesses small mammal communities in pine plantations and hedgerows, finding hedgerows benefit some species but not restore forest specialists.

Ecological ubiquity and phylogeny drive nestedness in phages-bacteria networks and shape the bacterial defensome

The paper investigates phage-bacterial interactions in plant agroecosystems, finding nested network structures and phylogeny-driven defense systems.

In silico and empirical evaluation of twelve COI & 16S metabarcoding primer sets for insectivorous diet analyses

This study evaluates twelve COI and 16S metabarcoding primer sets for insectivorous diet analysis using in silico and empirical methods, finding primer degeneracy and amplicon length are key factors affecting detection and reliability.

Evaluating metabarcoding to analyse diet composition of species foraging in anthropogenic landscapes using Ion Torrent and Illumina sequencing

The paper evaluates DNA metabarcoding using Ion Torrent and Illumina sequencing to identify diet composition in domestic cats, finding MiSeq more sensitive and reproducible for detecting food items.

High throughput amplicon sequencing to assess within- and between-host genetic diversity in plant viruses

The paper develops an HTAS approach to assess genetic diversity of plant viruses within and between hosts, demonstrating methods to estimate bias and implement automated variant calling.

Parasites and invasions: changes in gastrointestinal helminth assemblages in invasive and native rodents in Senegal.

The paper investigates changes in gastrointestinal helminth assemblages in invasive and native rodents in Senegal, finding support for the enemy release hypothesis but no strong evidence of parasite spillover or spillback.