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Machine Learning Enables Viral Genome-Agnostic Classification of RNA Virus Infections from Host Transcriptomes
Kaza, B. , Seifert, S.N. , et al. (2025) bioRxiv
Genomics Infectious diseases
Site selection algorithms for optimal ecological monitoring design
Norman, K.E. & Poisot, T. (2025) Ecological Indicators
Biodiversity monitoring
NCBITaxonomy.jl: rapid biological names finding and reconciliation
Poisot, T. , Gibb, R. , et al. (2025) BMC Ecology and Evolution
Software
The LISTEN principles for genetic sequence data governance and database engineering
Carlson, C.J. , Granados, M. , et al. (2025) Nature Genetics
Access and Benefits Sharing Genomics Open science Pandemics
Moving functional network ecology forward (without traits)
Poisot, T. (2025) Peer Community in Ecology
Editorial
Overcoming the disconnect between species interaction networks and biodiversity conservation
Dansereau, G. , Braga, J. , et al. (2025) Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Conservation Ecological networks
Deciphering probabilistic species interaction networks
Banville, F. , Strydom, T. , et al. (2025) Ecology Letters
Biodiversity science and biosurveillance are fellow travelers
Poisot, T. , Becker, D.J. , et al. (2025) Bioscience
Biodiversity monitoring Infectious diseases One Health
A minimum data standard for wildlife disease research and surveillance
Schwantes, C.J. , Sánchez, C.A. , et al. (2025) Scientific Data
Data management Infectious diseases
The archaeology of climate change: a blueprint for integrating environmental and cultural systems
Burke, A. , Grove, M. , et al. (2025) Nature communications
Climate change Species distributions
Vaccination and immigration rates influence raccoon rabies elimination and recolonization in simulated urban-suburban landscapes
Beasley, E. & Poisot, T. (2025)
Infectious diseases Spatial ecology
Assessing the species habitats in Colombia’s tropical dry forest over a 20 years period
Arce Plata, M. , Norden, N. , et al. (2025) EcoEvoRxiv
Biodiversity monitoring Conservation Species distributions
Bridging one health and sustainability: The anatomy of a socioethical issue
Boudreau LeBlanc, A. , Pelletier, J. , et al. (2025) Bioscience
One Health
Deciphering the dynamics of Cyanobacteria-Phage in a natural lake: Insights from a decade-long investigation
Stern, K. , Vincent, J. , et al. (2025) bioRxiv
Spatial landscape structure influences cross-species transmission in a rabies-like virus model
Forero-Muñoz, N.R. , Dansereau, G. , et al. (2025) Microorganisms
Infectious diseases Spatial ecology
Ten quick tips to build a model life cycle
Poisot, T. , Becker, D.J. , et al. (2025) PLoS Computational Biology
Data management
Prioritizing prevention in the pandemic treaty
Carlson, C.J. , Becker, D.J. & Poisot, T. (2025) Think Global Health
Pandemics
Pathogens and planetary change
Carlson, C.J. , Brookson, C.B. , et al. (2025) Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Climate change Infectious diseases Review
A Julia toolkit for species distribution data
Poisot, T. , Bussières-Fournel, A. , et al. (2025) Peer Community Journal
Software Species distributions
Publication‐driven consistency in food web structures: Implications for comparative ecology
Brimacombe, C. , Bodner, K. , et al. (2024) Ecology
Ecological networks
Conformal prediction quantifies the uncertainty of species distribution models
Poisot, T. (2024) EcoEvoRxiv
Explainable ML Species distributions
BON in a Box: An open and collaborative platform for biodiversity monitoring, indicator calculation, and reporting
Griffith, J. , Lord, J. , et al. (2024) EcoEvoRxiv
Biodiversity monitoring Software
Best practices for ecological analysis are required to act on concrete challenges
Poisot, T. (2024) Peer Community in Ecology
Editorial
Spatially explicit predictions of food web structure from regional-level data
Dansereau, G. , Barros, C. & Poisot, T. (2024) Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences
Ecological networks Species distributions
Pooled samples hold information about the prevalence of wildlife pathogens
Poisot, T. (2024) Peer Community in Ecology
Editorial
Introduction to Environmental Data Science: Jerry D. Davis, Boca Raton, FL: Chapman & Hall/CRC Press, 2023
Poisot, T. (2024) Journal of the American Statistical Association
Book review
Multilayer biological networks to upscale marine research to global change-smart management and sustainable resource use
Madeira, D. , Madeira, C. , et al. (2024) The Science of the total environment
Conservation
Save lives in the next pandemic: ensure vaccine equity now
Carlson, C. , Becker, D. , et al. (2024) Nature
Access and Benefits Sharing Pandemics
The coevolutionary mosaic of bat betacoronavirus emergence risk
Forero-Muñoz, N.R. , Muylaert, R.L. , et al. (2024) Virus Evolution
Infectious diseases Spatial ecology
Disease ecology and pathogeography: Changing the focus to better interpret and anticipate complex environment–host–pathogen interactions
Guégan, J. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2024) Ecography
Infectious diseases One Health
Gradient Boosted Trees can deliver more than accurate ecological predictions
Poisot, T. (2023) Peer Community in Ecology
Editorial
Postdoctoral scientists are mentors, and it is time to recognize their work
Higino, G. , Barros, C. , et al. (2023) PLoS Biology
Equity
What constrains food webs? A maximum entropy framework for predicting their structure with minimal biases
Banville, F. , Gravel, D. & Poisot, T. (Sep.) PLOS Computational Biology
The future of ecological research will not be (fully) automated
Poisot, T. , Riva, G.D. , et al. (2023) Authorea
Editorial Generative AI
A global biodiversity observing system to unite monitoring and guide action
Gonzalez, A. , Vihervaara, P. , et al. (2023) Nature Ecology & Evolution
Biodiversity monitoring
Network embedding unveils the hidden interactions in the mammalian virome
Poisot, T. , Ouellet, M. , et al. (2023) Patterns
Infectious diseases Interaction prediction
Plant resistance to pathogens: just you wait?
Poisot, T. (2023) Peer Community in Evolutionary Biology
Editorial
SpatialBoundaries.jl: edge detection using spatial wombling
Strydom, T. & Poisot, T. (2023) Ecography
Software Spatial ecology
Species Distribution Models: the delicate balance between signal and noise
Poisot, T. (2023) Peer Community in Ecology
Editorial
Shortcomings of reusing species interaction networks created by different sets of researchers
Brimacombe, C. , Bodner, K. , et al. (Apr ) PLOS Biology
Mismatch between IUCN range maps and species interactions data illustrated using the Serengeti food web
Higino, G.T. , Banville, F. , et al. (2023) PeerJ
Species distributions
The missing link: discerning true from false negatives when sampling species interaction networks
Catchen, M. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2023) EcoEvoRxiv
A social–ecological geography of southern Canadian lakes
Dupont, A. , Botrel, M. , et al. (2023) Facets (Ottawa)
Guidelines for the prediction of species interactions through binary classification
Poisot, T. (05/2) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Interaction prediction
Graph embedding and transfer learning can help predict potential species interaction networks despite data limitations
Strydom, T. , Bouskila, S. , et al. (2023) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Ecological networks Interaction prediction
Optimising predictive models to prioritise viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs
Becker, D.J. , Albery, G.F. , et al. (2022) The Lancet Microbe
Food web reconstruction through phylogenetic transfer of low‐rank network representation
Strydom, T. , Bouskila, S. , et al. (2022) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
The Global Virome in One Network (VIRION): an Atlas of Vertebrate-Virus Associations
Carlson, C.J. , Gibb, R.J. , et al. (2022) mBio
Evaluating ecological uniqueness over broad spatial extents using species distribution modelling
Dansereau, G. , Legendre, P. & Poisot, T. (05/2) Oikos
Dissimilarity of species interaction networks: quantifying the effect of turnover and rewiring
Poisot, T. (2022) Peer Community Journal
The science of the host–virus network
Albery, G.F. , Becker, D.J. , et al. (2021) Nature Microbiology
[Re] The Evolution of Virulence in Pathogens with Vertical and Horizontal Transmission
Dhane, F. , Soeharjono, S. , et al. (2021) [Re]Science
A roadmap towards predicting species interaction networks (across space and time)
Strydom, T. , Catchen, M.D. , et al. (Nove) Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Refocusing multiple stressor research around the targets and scales of ecological impacts
Simmons, B.I. , Blyth, P.S.A. , et al. (2021) Nature ecology & evolution
Data Proliferation, Reconciliation, and Synthesis in Viral Ecology
Gibb, R. , Albery, G.F. , et al. (Augu) BioScience
Computers Can Help us Find Raccoons and Other Living Creatures
Higino, G.T. , Forero-Muñoz, N.R. , et al. (2021) Frontiers for Young Minds
Beta and phylogenetic diversities tell complementary stories about ecological networks biogeography
Higino, G.T. & Poisot, T. (2021) Parasitology
Mangal.jl and EcologicalNetworks.jl: Two complementary packages for analyzing ecological networks in Julia
Banville, F. , Vissault, S. & Poisot, T. (2021) Journal of Open Source Software
Environment-host-microbial interactions shape the Sarracenia purpurea microbiome at the continental scale
Freedman, Z.B. , McGrew, A. , et al. (2021) Ecology
Optimal transportation theory for species interaction networks
Stock, M. , Poisot, T. & De Baets, B. (2021) Ecology and Evolution
Global knowledge gaps in species interaction networks data
Poisot, T. , Bergeron, G. , et al. (2021) Journal of Biogeography
SimpleSDMLayers.jl and GBIF.jl: A Framework for Species Distribution Modeling in Julia
Dansereau, G. & Poisot, T. (2021) Journal of Open Source Software
SVD Entropy Reveals the High Complexity of Ecological Networks
Strydom, T. , Dalla Riva, G.V. & Poisot, T. (2021) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Sampling and asymptotic network properties of spatial multi-trophic networks
McLeod, A. , Leroux, S.J. , et al. (2021) Oikos
Revisiting the links-species scaling relationship in food webs
MacDonald, A.A.M. , Banville, F. & Poisot, T. (2020) Patterns
Food web structure alters ecological communities top-heaviness with little effect on the biodiversity-functioning relationship.
Delmas, E. , Stouffer, D.B. & Poisot, T. (2020) bioRxiv
COVID-19 models demand an abundance of caution
Poisot, T. (2020) American Scientist
The theory of ecological specialization
Poisot, T. (2020) The theory of evolution, University of Chicago Press
Omnidirectional and omnifunctional connectivity analyses with a diverse species pool
Lecours-Tessier, D. , Maranger, R. & Poisot, T. (2020) bioRxiv
Novel application of Convolutional Neural Networks for the meta-modeling of large-scale spatial data
Stern, K. & Poisot, T. (2020) AI for Earth Sciences Workshop at Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS)
[Re] Chaos in a three-species food chain
Dansereau, G. , Banville, F. , et al. (2020) [Re]Science
Testing predictability of disease outbreaks with a simple model of pathogen biogeography
Dallas, T.A. , Carlson, C.J. & Poisot, T. (2020) Royal Society Open Science
EcologicalNetworks.jl: analysing ecological networks of species interactions
Poisot, T. , Bélisle, Z. , et al. (2019) Ecography
Artificial intelligence for ecological and evolutionary synthesis
Desjardins-Proulx, P. , Poisot, T. & Gravel, D. (2019) Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Functional diversity: An epistemic roadmap
Malaterre, C. , Dussault, A.C. , et al. (2019) Bioscience
Revealing biases in the sampling of ecological interaction networks
de Aguiar, M.A.M. , Newman, E.A. , et al. (2019) PeerJ
Ecogeographical rules and the macroecology of food webs
Baiser, B. , Gravel, D. , et al. (2019) Global Ecology and Biogeography
The marine fish food web is globally connected
Albouy, C. , Archambault, P. , et al. (Augu) Nature Ecology & Evolution
Data-based, synthesis-driven: Setting the agenda for computational ecology
Poisot, T. , LaBrie, R. , et al. (2019) Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
Ecological data should not be so hard to find and reuse
Poisot, T. , Bruneau, A. , et al. (2019) Trends in Ecology & Evolution
[Re] Insect natural enemies as regulating factors
Caron, D. , Lessard, V. , et al. (Marc) [Re]Science
Bringing Elton and Grinnell together: a quantitative framework to represent the biogeography of ecological interaction networks
Gravel, D. , Baiser, B. , et al. (2019) Ecography
Inferring predator–prey interactions in food webs
Pomeranz, J.P.F. , Thompson, R.M. , et al. (2019) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Analysing ecological networks of species interactions
Delmas, E. , Besson, M. , et al. (2019) Biological Reviews
Ecological networks Review
Open Science Isn't Always Open to All Scientists
, . , , . , et al. (2019) American Scientist
Open science
Open science isn't always open to all scientists
Bahlai, C. , Bartlett, L.J. , et al. (2019) American Scientist
Key questions for next-generation biomonitoring
Makiola, A. , Compson, Z.G. , et al. (2019) Frontiers in Environmental Science
Compositional turnover in host and parasite communities does not change network structure
Dallas, T. & Poisot, T. (2018) Ecography
[Re] On The Coexistence Of Specialists And Generalists
Poisot, T. (Augu) [Re]Science
Identifying a common backbone of interactions underlying food webs from different ecosystems
Mora, B.B. , Gravel, D. , et al. (2018) Nature Communications
Management, archiving, and sharing for biologists and the role of research institutions in the technology-oriented age
Renaut, S. , Budden, A.E. , et al. (2018) Bioscience
Interactions retain the co-phylogenetic matching that communities lost
Poisot, T. & Stouffer, D.B. (2018) Oikos
Complex Ecological Networks
Besson, M. , Delmas, E. , et al. (Janu) Encyclopedia of ecology, Elsevier
Homogenization of species composition and species association networks are decoupled
Li, D. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2018) Global Ecology and Biogeography
Sustainable computational science: the ReScience initiative
Rougier, N.P. , Hinsen, K. , et al. (2017) PeerJ Computer Science
Using Peer Review to Support Development of Community Resources for Research Data Management
Soyka, H. , Budden, A. , et al. (2017) Journal of eScience Librarianship
Ecological interactions and the Netflix problem
Desjardins-Proulx, P. , Laigle, I. , et al. (2017) PeerJ
paco: implementing Procrustean Approach to Cophylogeny in R
Hutchinson, M.C. , Cagua, E.F. , et al. (Augu) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Simulations of biomass dynamics in community food webs
Delmas, E. , Brose, U. , et al. (2017) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Linear filtering reveals false negatives in species interaction data
Stock, M. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2017) Scientific reports
Network structure and local adaptation in co-evolving bacteria-phage interactions
Gurney, J. , Aldakak, L. , et al. (2017) Molecular Ecology
Hosts, parasites and their interactions respond to different climatic variables
Poisot, T. , Guéveneux-Julien, C. , et al. (08/2) Global Ecology and Biogeography
Making scientific content more accessible
Goring, S. , Whitney, K.S. , et al. (2017) Authorea
Wind drives microbial eukaryote communities in a temperate closed lagoon
Péquin, B. , Mohit, V. , et al. (2017) Aquatic Microbial Ecology
Describe, understand and predict: why do we need networks in ecology?
Poisot, T. , Stouffer, D.B. & Kéfi, S. (Dece) Functional Ecology
Ten simple rules for digital data storage
Hart, E.M. , Barmby, P. , et al. (2016) PLoS Computational Biology
Temperature and trophic structure are driving microbial productivity along a biogeographical gradient
Gray, S.M. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2016) Ecography
Synthetic datasets and community tools for the rapid testing of ecological hypotheses
Poisot, T. , Gravel, D. , et al. (Apri) Ecography
Mangal – making ecological network analysis simple
Poisot, T. , Baiser, B. , et al. (2016) Ecography
The structure of probabilistic networks
Poisot, T. , Cirtwill, A.R. , et al. (2016) Methods in ecology and evolution
Evolutionary ecology of specialisation
Vamosi, J.C. & Poisot, T. (2016)
BiMat: a MATLAB package to facilitate the analysis of bipartite networks
Flores, C.O. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2016) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Ecological networks Software
How ecological networks evolve
Poisot, T. & Stouffer, D. (2016) bioRxiv
Best publishing practices to improve user confidence in scientific software
Poisot, T. (2015) Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
Connecting people and ideas from around the world: global innovation platforms for next‐generation ecology and beyond
Jørgensen, P.S. , Barraquand, F. , et al. (2015) Ecosphere
When is co-phylogeny evidence of coevolution?
Poisot, T. (2015) Parasite diversity and diversification, Cambridge University Press
The spread of a novel behavior in wild chimpanzees: New insights into the ape cultural mind
Gruber, T. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2015) Communicative & integrative biology
The next generation of action ecology: novel approaches towards global ecological research
White, R.L. , Sutton, A.E. , et al. (2015) Ecosphere
Beyond species: why ecological interaction networks vary through space and time
Poisot, T. , Stouffer, D.B. & Gravel, D. (2015) Oikos
Bacteriophage richness reduces bacterial niche overlap in experimental microcosms
Matias, M.G. , Gravel, D. , et al. (2015) PeerJ PrePrints
A continuum of specialists and generalists in empirical communities
Poisot, T. , Kéfi, S. , et al. (2015) PloS One
Dispersal and spatial heterogeneity allow coexistence between enemies and protective mutualists
Poisot, T. , Bever, J.D. , et al. (Oct ) Ecology and Evolution
Social network analysis shows direct evidence for social transmission of tool use in wild chimpanzees
Hobaiter, C. , Poisot, T. , et al. (Sep ) PLoS biology
Using neutral theory to reveal the contribution of meta-community processes to assembly in complex landscapes
Gravel, D. , Poisot, T. & Desjardins-Proulx, P. (2014) Journal of Limnology
When is an ecological network complex? Connectance drives degree distribution and emerging network properties
Poisot, T. & Gravel, D. (Febr) PeerJ
Lack of quantitative training among early-career ecologists: a survey of the problem and potential solutions
Barraquand, F. , Ezard, T.H.G. , et al. (2014) PeerJ
Ongoing worldwide homogenization of human pathogens
Poisot, T. , Nunn, C. & Morand, S. (2014) bioRxiv
Inferring food web structure from predator–prey body size relationships
Gravel, D. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2013) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Facultative and obligate parasite communities exhibit different network properties
Poisot, T. , Stanko, M. , et al. (2013) Parasitology
An a posteriori measure of network modularity
Poisot, T. (2013) F1000Research
Ecological networks
Terminal investment induced by a bacteriophage in a rhizosphere bacterium
Poisot, T. , Bell, T. , et al. (2013) F1000Research
High-throughput sequencing: a roadmap toward community ecology
Poisot, T. , Péquin, B. & Gravel, D. (2013) Ecology and Evolution
The case for open preprints in biology
Desjardins-Proulx, P. , White, E.P. , et al. (2013) PLoS Biology
The structure of natural microbial enemy-victim networks
Poisot, T. , Lounnas, M. & Hochberg, M.E. (2013) Ecological Processes
Moving toward a sustainable ecological science: don't let data go to waste!
Poisot, T. , Mounce, R. & Gravel, D. (2013) Ideas in Ecology and Evolution
Phage–bacteria infection networks
Weitz, J.S. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2013) Trends in Microbiology
Trophic complementarity drives the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning relationship in food webs
Poisot, T. , Mouquet, N. & Gravel, D. (2013) Ecology Letters
A simple model to study phylogeographies and speciation patterns in space
Desjardins-Proulx, P. , Rosindell, J.L. , et al. (2012) arXiv [q-bio.PE]
The dissimilarity of species interaction networks
Poisot, T. , Canard, E. , et al. (2012) Ecology Letters
A comparative study of ecological specialization estimators
Poisot, T. , Canard, E. , et al. (2012) Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Morphological and molecular evolution are not linked in Lamellodiscus (Plathyhelminthes, Monogenea)
Poisot, T. , Verneau, O. & Desdevises, Y. (2011) PloS one
Resource availability affects the structure of a natural bacteria-bacteriophage community
Poisot, T. , Lepennetier, G. , et al. (2011) Biology Letters
The digitize package: Extracting numerical data from scatterplots
Poisot, T. (2011) The R journal
Trophic network structure emerges through antagonistic coevolution in temporally varying environments
Poisot, T. , Thrall, P.H. & Hochberg, M.E. (2011) Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences
A global network of next generation ecologists
Jorgensen, P.S. , Bonhomme, V. , et al. (2011) INTECOL e-Bulletin
A conceptual framework for the evolution of ecological specialisation
Poisot, T. , Bever, J.D. , et al. (2011) Ecology Letters
Effects of recreational fishing of Paracentrotus lividus on populations of sea urchins in Mediterranean
Tessier, A. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2010) Vie et Milieu
Putative effects of recreational fishing of Paracentrotus lividus on populations of sea urchins in Mediterranean shallow water
Tessier, A. , Poisot, T. , et al. (2010) Vie et milieu
Putative speciation events in Lamellodiscus (Monogenea: Diplectanidae) assessed by a morphometric approach
Poisot, T. & Desdevises, Y. (2010) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Interactions between immunocompetence, somatic condition and parasitism in the chub Leuciscus cephalus in early spring
Poisot, T. , Simková, A. , et al. (2009) Journal of Fish Biology