LORVELEC Olivier
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Scientist Theme(s) : Ecosystems assessment and multiple anthrophic pressure
Stakeholders information support for sustainable management of ecosystems
Address: UMR DECOD, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, Bât. 19, CS 84215, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France Keywords: Invasion ecology, Population ecology, Community ecology, Ecophysiology, Conservation ecology, Environmental engineering  |
Expertise
Invasion ecology, Population ecology, Community ecology, Ecophysiology, Conservation ecology, Environmental engineering
Current Position
Research Engineer, Ecologist
Research
Current Research Topics
- Study of dispersal and colonisation mechanisms for species that carry out biological invasions
- Study of mechanisms that explain impacts of introduced species
- Participation in the development of management strategies for invasive populations
Projects
In addition to the RODENT and PIM projects described below, I participate in:
- Decrypting Relationships between Exotic species And Mass extinctionS (DREAMS program) of the French Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB)
- The study and management of introduced rodent populations on small islands in the French West Indies and identification of mechanisms that explain endemic reptile extinction
Collaborations
- Invasion ecology: Eric Vidal, French Institute of Research for Development (IRD), Center of New Caledonia; Franck Courchamp, Univ. de Paris-Sud lien; Jean-Louis Chapuis, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) & French National Museum of Natural History MNHN)
- Population genetics: Sarah Samadi, IRD - CNRS - MNHN
- Archaeozoology: Jean-Denis Vigne, CNRS - MNHN
- Parasitology & epidemiology: Benoît Pisanu, CNRS - MNHN; Jean-Claude Beaucournu, University of Rennes 1
Current projects
Consulting Experience
- French National Parks: Guadeloupe (Scientific Council); Port-Cros
- French Nature Reserves: Brittany; Corsica; French West Indies
- French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (MEDDE): National Forests Office (ONF); National Hunting and Wildlife Agency (ONCFS); National Agency for Water and Aquatic Environments (ONEMA : INRA’s expert); Coastal Protection Agency (CELRL); Directorates of Environment, Development and Housing of Martinique and Guadeloupe (DREALs)
- Conservation NGOs responsible for regional programs
- IUCN France: involvement in working groups
- Member of scientific committees: Mammal Atlas of Aquitaine; French National Action Plans for threatened species in the French West Indies
- French National Inventory of Natural Heritage, an agency of the MNHN
- Participation in the Raft of the Summits expedition for a herpetological inventory in Laos
Collective Service
Leader of the informatics policy of the Fish Physiology and Genomics research station that hosts our Ecology of Biological Invasions research team.
Teaching Experience
Lecturer for the "Evolution, Natural Heritage, and Societies" Master of the MNHN
M.Sc. and Ph.D. Supervision
M.Sc.
SCHEDWILL, P. (2013) .Etude de la population de Mabuya desiradae (Squamata : Mabuyidae) de Terre de Bas (iles de la Petite Terre, commune de la Desirade, Guadeloupe)
VALLON, T. (2013) .Etude des impacts des mammiferes introduits sur les especes emblematiques des ilets de la reserve naturelle nationale de Saint-Martin et propositions de gestion
LARGUIER, J. (2010) .Suivi des oiseaux marins nicheurs sur les ilets de la Reserve Naturelle Nationale de Saint-Martin et etude preliminaire a un controle des petits mammiferes introduits
Publications
Selection of Scientific Products
Lorvelec Olivier, Le Quilliec Patricia, Nevoux Marie, Pisanu Benoît (2026). Rapport de la mission d’inventaire quantitatif des micromammifères présents aux Sept Îles et à l’île Tomé (Réserve naturelle nationale des Sept-Îles), qui s’est déroulée du lundi 22 au vendredi 26 septembre 2025. INRAE DECOD. 2026
Lorvelec Olivier, Dutouquet Louis, Bernard Fabrice, Bioret Frédéric, Boucher Flavien, Bourles David, Bredin Denis, Bredin Maxime, Chapuis Jean-Louis, Delacourte Isabelle, Fourcy Damien, Halleux Dominique, Jacob Yann, Cras Arnaud, Quilliec Patricia, Riallin Stéphane, Siorat François, Yésou Pierre, Pisanu Benoît (2026). Opérations d’éradication de prédateurs mammaliens introduits sur des îles françaises de la façade atlantique européenne : une méthode, deux protocoles et trois décennies d’expérience. Naturae, 2026, 2026 (2), pp.20-72. ⟨10.5852/naturae2026a2⟩
Dutouquet Louis, Lorvelec Olivier, Maillard Jean-François, Pisanu Benoît (2025). Restauration des îles Gargalo et Garganellu par le contrôle du rat noir. Deuxième Rencontre des Islanders de Méditerranée, Nov 2025, île de Saint-Honorat, France
Pisanu Benoît, Lorvelec Olivier, Maillard Jean-François, Dutouquet Louis (2025). Eradication des rats sur des îles tempérées de la façade atlantique française. Deuxième Rencontre des Islanders de Méditerranée, Nov 2025, île de Saint-Honorat, France
Lorvelec Olivier, Barré Nicolas (2024). Antilles françaises. Atlas des Mammifères de France. Volume 3. Carnivores et Primates, pp.416-429, 2024
Maillard Jean-François, Lorvelec Olivier, Chalifour Julien, Coquelet Pierre (2024). Cercopithecidae, Primata. Chlorocebus sabaeus (Linnaeus, 1766). Vervet vert. Atlas des Mammifères de France. Volume 3. Carnivores et Primates, pp.374-378, 2024
Lorvelec Olivier, Riallin Stéphane, Boisson Pierre-Yves, Bredin Maxime, Deniau Armel, Dutouquet Louis, Guiguen Stéphane, Hervé Quentin, Le Quilliec Patricia, Primas Olivier, Provost Pascal, Petit Éric (2024). L’apport de la génétique pour comprendre la colonisation de l’île Tomé (Côtes-d’Armor, France) par le Vison d’Amérique, Mustela vison Schreber, 1777 : conséquences pour sa gestion. Naturae, 2024, 2024 (2), pp.13-30. ⟨10.5852/naturae2024a2⟩
Louppe Vivien, Fabre Anne‐claire, Lorvelec Olivier, Veron Géraldine (2023). Head morphology reflects the introduction history in a globally invasive carnivore—the small Indian mongoose. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2023, ⟨10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad097⟩