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Sirami Clélia

Research interests

 

I am a landscape ecologist investigating the role of land-use changes on landscapes, species distribution and ecosystem services. I am interested in the role of both agriculture intensification and land abandonment, opposite trajectories often occurring concomitantly. I am working on a range of fauna taxa, from the most studied birds to the most mysterious bats or the least studied saproxylic beetles. I am also interested in linking ecological, sociological and participative approaches to develop sustainable human activities.
I am currently coordinating the international project FarmLand involving teams from France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain and Canada. The objectives of FarmLand are to: (1) disentangle the relationships between crop heterogeneity and biodiversity in seven European agricultural regions (one in Germany, four in France, one in the United Kingdom and one in Spain) and one Canadian agricultural region; (2) assess the links between crop heterogeneity and ecosystem services such as pollination and/or biological control across these regions and (3) study the diversity of farming systems, the farmers’ mental models of the ecological functioning of their farms and the researchers' mental models of biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes. FarmLand will promote the collective buildup of acceptable recommendations for policy-makers that enhance biodiversity and ecosystem services in farmland.

For more information on the FarmLand project, please visit the FarmLand  website.

For a more detailed presentation of my CV and research activities, please visit my personal website .

For a complete list of publications, please visit Google Scholar  or Research Gate .

Publications :

40. Barbaro, L., Assandri, G., Brambilla, M., Castagneyrol, B., Froidevaux, J., Giffard, B., Pithon, J., Puig‐Montserrat, X., Torre, I., Calatayud, F. Gaüzère, P., Guenser, J., Macià‐Valverde, F.-X., Mary, S., Raison, R., Sirami, C., Rusch A. (in press) Organic management and landscape heterogeneity combine to sustain multifunctional bird communities in European vineyards. Journal of Applied Ecology

 

39. Bockstaller, C., Sirami, C., Sheeren, D., Keichinger, O., Arnaud, L., Favreau A., Angevin, F., Laurent, D., Marchand G., Delaroche, E. (2021) Contribution of remote sensing to the calculation of agri-environmental indicators for the CAP, farmers and stakeholders. Innovations Agronomiques, 83: 43-59.

 

38. Barnaud, C., Fischer, A., Staddon, S., Blackstock, K., Moreau, C., Corbera, E., Hester, A., Mathevet, R., McKee, A., Reyes, J., Sirami, C., Eastwood., A. (2021) Is forest regeneration good for biodiversity? Exploring the social dimensions of an apparently ecological debate. Environmental Science & Policy, 120: 63-72.

 

37. Challéat, S., Barré, K., Laforge, A., Lapostolle, D., Franchomme, M., Sirami, C., Le Viol, I., Milian, J., Kerbiriou, C. (2021) Grasping darkness: the dark ecological network as a social-ecological framework to limit the impacts of light pollution on biodiversity. Ecology and Society, 26: 1-15.

 

36. Gaget E, Sirami C, Parr CL (accepté) Long-term fire regime influences savanna butterfly diversity and composition in the Kruger National Park. Koodoe. En tant que co-encadrante de l’étudiant

 

35. Demay, J., Sirami, C., Lang, M., Rondeau, A., Bizet, D., Mollard, M., Ravayrol, A., Besnard, A. (2020) Recent evolution of bird communities of the Southern Causse iandscapes (Massif Central, France). Alauda, 88: 211-220.

 

34. Vuillot, C., Mathevet, R., & Sirami, C. (2020). Comparing social representations of the landscape: a methodology. Ecology and Society, 25(2), 36-p.

 

33. Alignier, A., Solé‐Senan, X. O., Robleño, I., Baraibar, B., Fahrig, L., Giralt, D., ... Sirami C., …, Batary P.  (2020). Configurational crop heterogeneity increases within‐field plant diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57(4), 654-663.

 

32. Gaüzère, P., Barbaro, L., Calatayud, F., Princé, K., Devictor, V., Raison, L., Sirami C., Balent, G. (2020). Long-term effects of combined land-use and climate changes on local bird communities in mosaic agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 289, 106722.

Blanco, J., Dendoncker, N., Barnaud, C., Sirami, C. (2019). Ecosystem disservices matter: Towards their systematic integration within ecosystem service research and policy. Ecosystem Services, 36, 4.

 

31. Pe'er, G., Zinngrebe, Y., Moreira, F., Sirami, C., Schindler, S., Mueller, R., Bontzorlos, V., Clough , D., Bezak , P., Bonn , A., Hansjuergens , B., Lomba, A., Moeckel , S., Passoni , G., Schleyer, C., Schmidt, J., Lakner, S. (2019). A greener path for the EU common agricultural policy. Science, 365 (6452), 449-451.

 

30. Sirami, C., Gross, N., Baillod, A. B., Bertrand, C., Carrié, R., Hass, A. L., Henckel, L., Miguet, P., Vuillot, C., Alignier, A., Girard , J., Batáry, P., Clough, Y., Violle, C., Giralt, D., Bota , G., Badenhausser, I., Lefebvre, G., Gauffre, B., Vialatte, A., Calatayud, F., Gil-Tena, A., Tischendorf , L., Mitchell, Lindsay, Georges, R., Hilaire , S., Recasens, J., Solé Senan , X. O., Robleño, Bosch, J., Barrientos , J. A., Ricarte, A., Marcos-Garcia, M. A., Miñano, J., Mathevet, R., Gibon, A., Baudry, J., Balent, G., Poulin, B., Burel, F., Tscharntke, T., Bretagnolle, V., M. Siriwardena, G., Ouin, A., Brotons, L., Martin , J.-L., Fahrig, L. (2019). Increasing crop heterogeneity enhances multitrophic diversity across agricultural regions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (33), 16442-16447.

 

29. Theau, J. P., Prud'homme, F., San Cristobal, M., Sirami, C. (2019). Complémentarités entre approches écologique et agronomique pour une gestion agroécologique des prairies permanentes de Midi Pyrénées. Fourrages (237), 5-14.

 

28. Vialatte, A., Barnaud, C., Blanco, J., Ouin, A., Choisis, J. P., Andrieu, E., Sheeren, D., Ladet, S., Deconchat, M., Clément , F., Esquerre, D., Sirami, C. (2019). A conceptual framework for the governance of multiple ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes. Landscape Ecology.

 

27. Mills, A. J., Sirami, C. (2018). Nutrient enrichment of ecosystems by fungus-growing versus non-fungus-growing termites. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 34, 385-389.

 

26. Hass AL, Kormann UG, Tscharntke T, Clough Y, Baillod AB, Sirami C, Fahrig L, Martin JL, Baudry J, Bertrand C, Bosch J et al. (2018). Landscape configurational heterogeneity by small-scale agriculture, not crop diversity, maintains pollinators and plant reproduction in Western Europe. Proc. R. Soc. B, 285(1872).

 

25. Barnaud C, Corbera E, Muradian R, Salliou N, Sirami C, Vialatte A, Choisis JP, Dendoncker N, Mathevet R, Moreau C, Reyes-García V. (2018) Ecosystem services, social interdependencies, and collective action: a conceptual framework. Ecology and Society, 23(1).

24. Sirami C, Caplat P, Popy S, Clamens A, Arlettaz R, Jiguet F, Brotons L, Martin J-L (2017) Impacts of global change on species distributions: obstacles and solutions to integrate climate and land use. Global Ecology and Biogeography.


23. Pe'er G, Zinngrebe Y, Hauck J, Schindler S, Dittrich A, Zingg S, Tscharntke T, Oppermann R, Sutcliffe L, Sirami C, Schmidt J, Hoyer C, Schleyer C, Lakner S (2017) Adding Some Green to the Greening: Improving the EU's Ecological Focus Areas for Biodiversity and Farmers. Conservation Letters.
 

22. Mills A J, Milewski A V, Sirami C (2016) A preliminary test of catabolic nutrients in explanation of the puzzling treelessness of grassland in mesic Australia. Austral Ecology, 41: 927-937.

21. Vuillot C, Coron N, Calatayud F, Sirami C, Mathevet R, Gibon A (2016) Ways of farming and ways of thinking: do farmers' mental models of the landscape relate to their land management practices? Ecology and Society, 21: 1-23.

20. Andrieu E. Vialatte A., Sirami C. (2015) Misconceptions of Fragmentation's Effects on Ecosystem Services: A Response to Mitchell et al. Trends in ecology & evolution, 30: 633-634.

19. Mathevet R, Vuillot C and Sirami C (2014) Effective nature conservation on farmland: can we change our own models, not just the farmers’? Conservation Letters, 7: 575-576.

18. Sirami C, Jacobs DS, Cumming GS (2013) Artificial wetlands and surrounding habitats provide important foraging habitat for bats in agricultural landscapes in the Western Cape, South Africa. Biological Conservation, 164: 30-38.

17. Chalmandrier L, Midgley GF, Barnard P, Sirami C (2013) Effects of time since fire on birds in a plant biodiversity hotspot. Acta Oecologica, 49: 99-106.

16. Mills AJ, Birch SC, Stanway R, Huyser O, Chisholm RA, S
irami C, Spear D (2013) Sequestering carbon and restoring renosterveld through fallowing: a practical conservation approach for the Overberg, Cape Floristic Region, South Africa. Conservation Letters.


15. Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Fey MV, Gröngröft A, Petersen A, Sirami C (2013) Constraint on woody cover in relation to nutrient content of soils in western southern Africa. Oikos, 122: 136-148.


14. Mills AJ, Milewski AV, Sirami C, Rogers KH, Witkowski ETF, Stalmans M, Fey MV (2012) Aerosol capture by indigenous trees adjacent to grasslands in interior South Africa. Geoderma, 189-190: 124-132.


13. Sirami C, Monadjem, A (2012) Long-term changes in vegetation and bird communities in southern African savannas. Diversity and Distributions, 18: 390-400.


12. Hockey PAR, Sirami C, Ridley AR, Salata HAB, Midgley GF (2011) Do short-term range changes of South African birds conform to medium-term predictions based on Bioclimatic Envelope Models? Diversity and Distributions, 17: 254-261.


11. Sirami C, Brotons L, Martin J-L (2011) Woodlark’s (Lullula arborea) response to landscape heterogeneity created by land abandonment. Bird Study, 58: 99-106.


10. Fahrig L, Baudry J, Brotons L, Burel FG, Crist TO, Fuller RJ, Sirami C, Siriwardena G, Martin J-L (2011) Functional landscape heterogeneity and animal biodiversity in agricultural landscapes. Ecology Letters 14: 100–111.


9. Sirami C, Nespoulous A, Cheylan J-P, Marty P, Hyenegaard GT, Geniez P, Schatz B, Martin J-L (2010) Long-term social and ecological dynamics of a Mediterranean landscape: impacts on biodiversity. Landscape and Urban Planning, 96: 214-223.


8. Amparo Caula S, Sirami C, Marty P, Martin JL (2010) Value of a Mediterranean urban habitat for the native avifauna. Urban Ecosystems, 13: 73-89.


7. Sirami C, Seymour C, Midgley G, Barnard P (2009) The impact of shrub encroachment on savanna bird diversity from local to regional scale. Diversity and Distributions, 15: 948-957.


6. Sirami C, Brotons L, Martin J-L (2009) Do bird spatial distribution patterns reflect population trends in changing landscapes? Landscape Ecology, 24:893-906.


5. Sirami C, Brotons L, Martin J-L (2008) Spatial extent of bird species response to landscape changes: colonisation/extinction dynamics at the community-level in two contrasting habitats. Ecography 31: 509-518.


4. Sirami C, Brotons L, Burfield I, Fonderflick J, Martin J-L (2008) Is land abandonment having an impact on biodiversity? A meta-analytical approach to bird distribution changes in the north-western Mediterranean. Biological Conservation, 141: 450-459.


3. Sirami C, Jay-Robert P, Brustel H, Valladares L, Le Guilloux S, Martin J-L (2008) Saproxylic beetle assemblages of old Holm-oak trees in the Mediterranean region: role of a keystone structure in a changing heterogeneous landscape. Revue d’Ecologie, suppl. 10: 101-114.


2. Gonzalo-Turpin H, Sirami C, Brotons L, Gonzalo L, Martin J-L (2008) Teasing out biological effects and sampling artefacts when using occupancy rate in monitoring programs. Journal of Field Ornithology 79: 159-169.


1. Sirami C, Brotons L, Martin J-L (2007) Vegetation and songbird response to land abandonment: from landscape to census-plot. Diversity and Distributions 13:42-52.

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