PhD students
In progress
Aïssa Morin
Title of the thesis: “Responses of large mammal communities to anthropogenic activities: impacts of climage change, management practices and disturbance on interspecific interactions”
Supervisors: Marion Valeix, Andrew Loveridge / Thesis of the University of Lyon 1 / Funding: E2M2 Doctoral School (Lyon), CNRS
Lovelater Sebele
Title of the thesis: “Ecology of owls and their use in rodent control: A case study of Magoli and Jwapi in Hwange District”
Supervisor: Hervé Fritz / Thesis of the University of Zimbabwe / Funding: DREAM / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp
Romain Dejeante
Title of the thesis: “Role of sociality in the spatial ecology of large mammals”
Supervisor: Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Marion Valeix/ Thesis of the University of Montpellier / Funding: ENS
Elisa Sandoval-Seres
Title of the thesis: “Role of predator-predator interactions in the ecology and conservation of the African wild dog”
Supervisor: Andrew Loveridge, Esther van der Meer, Marion Valeix, Egil Dröge / Thesis of the University of Oxford / Funding: Government of Mexico
2021
Elise Say-Sallaz
Title of the thesis: “Ecology of predator-prey relationships and predator-predator interactions in a multi-predator systems”
Supervisors: Marion Valeix, Hervé Fritz / Thesis of the University of Lyon 1 / Funding: E2M2 Doctoral School (Lyon), CNRS
Zénaïde Dervieux
Title of the thesis: “Territorial restructurings in conservation context: local knowledge and participation in the CAMPFIRE management model in Zimbabwe“
Supervisors: Marianne Cohen, Christine Raimond / Thesis of the University of Paris-Sorbonne / Funding: University of Paris-Sorbonne, ANR PIAF / Thesis carried in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more…)
2020
Camille Vitet
Title of the thesis: “Influence of group size on the socio-demography of Plains zebras living under predation risk”
Supervisors: Simon Chamaillé-Jammes / Thesis of the University of Montpellier / Funding: SIBAGHE doctoral school (Montpellier)
Elodie Wielgus
Title of the thesis: “Social dynamics in the African buffalo and eco-epidemiological implications”
Supervisors: Bradley Cain, Daniel Cornélis, Alexandre Caron, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes / Thesis of the University of Manchester / Funding: Manchester University, CIRAD, IGF
2019
Tawanda Tarakini
Title of thesis: “Responses of water bird communities to changing wetland characteristics and management in Hwange National Park and its periphery”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Peter Mundy / Thesis of the University of Bulawayo / Funding: Rencare / Thesis carried in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
2018
Rémi Patin
Title of the thesis: “How do the daily variations in the risk of predation influence the spatial response of prey?”
Supervisors: Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Daniel Fortin / Thesis of the University of Montpellier / Funding: ENS Paris
Nicolas Ferry
Title of the thesis: “Processes involved in the functioning of large mammal communities: the role of elephants in the ecology of predator-prey relationships”
Supervisors: Marion Valeix, Hervé Fritz, Stéphane Dray / Thesis of the University of Lyon 1 / Funding: E2M2 Doctoral School (Lyon), CNRS
Moreangels Mbizah
Title of the thesis: “Role of the composition and spatial distribution of the prey community on the foraging and social ecology of the African lion”
Supervisors: David Macdonald, Andrew Loveridge, Marion Valeix / Oxford University DPhil / Funding: WildCRU
2015
Hugo Valls-Fox
Title of the thesis: “To drink or not to drink? The influence of resource availability on the supply and selection of elephant habitat in a semi-arid savanna”
Supervisors: Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Hervé Fritz and Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky / Thesis of the University of Montpellier / Funding: ENS Paris, ANR SAVARID / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
Arthur Perrotton
Title of the thesis: “Cattle herding and coexistence between protected areas and their peripheries: a participatory approach”
Supervisors: Doyle McKey, Hervé Fritz, Christophe Le Page, Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky / Thesis of the University of Montpellier and the University of Zimbabwe / Funding: ANR SAVARID, RP-PCP / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
2014
Stéphanie Périquet
Title of the thesis: “Sharing the top: how do spotted hyaenas cope with lions?”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Eloy Revilla, Marion Valeix / Thesis of the Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 / Funding: ENS, ANR FEAR / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
François-René Favreau
Title of the thesis: “How do mammlian herbivores adjust their trade-off between food and safety?”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Anne Goldizen, Olivier Pays / Thesis of the Université Claude Bernard-Lyon 1 and the University of Queensland (Australia)
Henri de Parseval
Title of the thesis: “Strategies for root exploration and nutrient cycles: study of the functional role of horizontal soil exploration by plants”
Supervisors : Jacques Gignoux, Sébastien Barot, Xavier Raynaud, Jean-Christophe Lata / Thesis of the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) / Funding: ENS, ANR BIOFUN, ANR SAVARID, ANR (07-CIS) 3 Worlds
2013
Benjamin Wigley
Thesis title: “Savanna woody plant community and trait responses to bottom-up and top-down controls, with a specific focus on the role of mammalian herbivory”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, William Bond / Thesis of the University Claude Bernard-Lyon 1
Elodie Buard
Title of the thesis: “Dynamics of species-space interactions: linking animal movements and land-use change in Hwange national park (Zimbabwe)”
Supervisors: Lena Sanders, Anne Ruas / Thesis of the University of Paris 1 / Funding: IGN
2012
Eve Miguel
Title of the thesis: “Contacts in the wild and pathogens spillover”
Supervisors: Thierry Boulinier, Michel De Garine-Wichatitsky, Hervé Fritz / Thesis of the University of Montpellier / Funding: CIRAD, ANR FEAR / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
Florian Barnier
Title of thesis: “Impacts of predation on a large herbivore at the individual and population levels”
Supervisors: Patrick Duncan, Hervé Fritz / Thesis of the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) / Funding: ANR FEAR
Chloé Guerbois
Title of thesis: “Integrated and sustainable management of African wildlife through protected areas. Developing modelling tools for exploring scenarii and decision making.“
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Luc Doyen / Thesis of the National Museum of Natural History / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more…)
William Crosmary
Title of the thesis: “Trophy hunting: behavioral, demographic and evolutionary consequences in ungulate populations: the example of ungulates in African savannas”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Steeve Côté / Thesis of the University Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) and the University of Laval (Québec, Canada) / Funding: ANR, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery grant of the University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
2011
Esther van der Meer
Title of thesis: “Is the grass greener on the other side? Testing the ecological trap hypothesis for African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in and around Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe”
Supervisor: Hervé Fritz / Thesis of the University Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) / Funding: self-funded / Thesis carried out in the framework of the rp-pcp (read more …)
2007
Nolwenn Drouet-Hoguet
Title of thesis: “Influence of human activities on the diet and the numerical response of the spotted hyaena in a dystrophic savanna dominated by elephants”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Dominique Pontier / Thesis of the University Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) / Funding: CIRAD, IGF
2006
Sophie Grange
Title of thesis: “The great dilemma of wild equids: living with grazing bovids and avoiding large predators?”
Supervisor: Patrick Duncan / Thesis of the University of Poitiers / Finance: CNRS
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes
Title: “Under the African sky: from climatic fluctuations to population regulation, the role of surface water in the spatio-temporal dynamics of an elephant population”
Supervisors: Hervé Fritz, Jean Clobert / Thesis of the University Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) / Funding: Doctoral School Diversité du Vivant (Paris 6)
Marion Valeix
Title of the thesis: “Insights into processes structuring large herbivore communities: the role of elephants in the functioning of an African savanna”
Supervisor: Hervé Fritz / Thesis of the University Pierre and Marie Curie (Paris 6) / Funding: Doctoral School Diversité du Vivant (Paris 6), CIRAD
2004
Mathieu Bourgarel
Title of the thesis: “Aspects of population dynamics of impala in a protected area in Zimbabwe”
Supervisors: Jean-Michel Gaillard, Hervé Fritz, Philippe Chardonnet / Thesis of the University Claude Bernard (Lyon 1) / Funding: CIRAD
