Modelling in agro-ecology 

I am an ecologist / agronomist who uses empirical and modelling methods to study questions at the interface of population, community, agro-ecosystem ecology and farms' performances. I primarily work in tropical cropping systems, but I also study interactions and processes that link natural and agricultural systems. I believe that integration is the strength of agronomy and ecology, because of that belief, much of my work has been and will continue to use models as collaborative tools. I try to draw from diverse disciplines to answer both applied and basic research questions. I developed the SIMBA model (see details). I actually focus on food web and spatial ecology with my colleagues: Dominique Carval, Mathieu Coulis, Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire.

I joined the CIRAD research GECO team related to banana, plantain and pineapple in 2005. I now have several ongoing projects in French West Indies, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. After working in Costa Rica in CATIE, in the Agroforestry Systems with Perennial Crops Team, I am currently in Laos working on agroecology projects funded by AFD and EU including ASSET, PRCC Coffee North, or STARFARM, with a focus on using biodiversity to make agrosystems more more sustainable and profitable for small farmers of the region. I also have the luck to be the scientific coordinator of the ASEA network that aims at strengthening research and education in agroecology in South East Asia.

 

HDR -  Modelling agroecosystems, from soil-plant to food webs simulation, 2011, University of Montpellier, Doctoral school GAIA

 

Research topics

• Modelling in agroecology
• Agroforestry / mixed system design
• Population dynamics of pests
• Food web ecology (isotopic & molecular ecology)
• Spatial ecology
• Relation between biodiversity and ecosystem funtions

Contact

Unité de recherche Fonctionnement écologique et gestion durable des agrosystèmes bananiers et ananas (GECO)

Email: tixier@cirad.fr

 

 

Student supervision

PhD Thesis of Johnny Louangphan: Effect of associated plant diversity on the provision of ecosystem services within agroforestry systems based on banana and coffee trees in Laos: modeling and optimization of trade-offs between services for the design of cropping systems (2024-2027) (co-directed with Clémentine Allinne Belloc)

PhD Thesis of Pinkham Vongphachanh (Plant Protection Center, Department of Agroculture, Ministry of Agriculture anf Forestry of Lao PDR): Susceptibility of banana cultivars in Laos to Panama disease caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Cubense Tropical Race 4 and interaction with agroecological practices for managing this disease  (2023-2026)

PhD Thesis of Marie Bourel (UPR GECO): Interaction fourmis-cochenilles dans les systèmes de culture d’ananas à la Réunion  (2022-2025) (directed by Dominique Carval)

 

Former Ph.D. students 

PhD Thesis of Alexis Delaplace (Presta'SCIC): Étude multi-échelle de la dynamique de population et du niveau d’infestation du charançon noir du bananier en fonction du contexte paysager en Martinique  (2021-2023) (co-supervized with Mathieu Coulis) 

PhD Thesis of Lucile Delatouche : Etude de la dynamique paysagère de Pseudocercospora fijiensis en Martinique : détermination des leviers territoriaux pour une gestion durable (2019-2022) (co-directed with Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire)

PhD Thesis of Paul Tresson: Quantification de la régulation des ravageurs par les prédateurs généralistes par l'utilisation d'analyse de séquences d'images pour déterminer et quantifier les réseaux d'interactions, cas du charançon du bananier Cosmopolites  sordidus (2018-2021) (co-directed with William Puech)

PhD Thesis of Cesar Guillen Sanchez (Corbana): The role of banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus in the epidemiology of the Panama disease Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 1 (2016-2020) (co-directed with Luc de Lapeyre de Bellaire)

PhD Thesis of Blanche Collard: Multiscale modelling of the effect of spatial organisation of plant diversity on pest regulation (2016-2018) (Co-directed with Claire Lavigne)

PhD Thesis of Ricardo Salazar: Modelling and design of multi-species cropping systems, case of agroforestry systems with banana (2015-2017)

PhD Thesis of Charlotte Poeydebat: Régulations écologiques d’un complexe de bio-agresseurs dans un gradient de complexité spatiale et de biodiversité, cas des systèmes de culture bananiers  (2014-2016)

PhD Thesis of Levi Keesecker: The Effects Forest Patch Size and Matrix Type on Bee Communities in a Neotropical Coffee Agroforestry System (2014-2016)  (Co-directed with Nilsa Bosque-Perez)

PhD Thesis of Maxime Jacquot: Influence du paysage et des pratiques culturales sur la structure trophique des communautés et la régulation des nuisibles : cas des agroécosystèmes à base de manguiers à La Réunion  (2014-2016) (Co-directed with Jean-Philippe Deguine)

PhD Thesis of Elodie Dorey: Modelling yield and fruit quality of Pineapple in Réunion Island, application to cropping system design (2011-2014) 

PhD Thesis of Anicet Dassou: Effect of spatial organization of plant on the regulation of banana weevils in plantain based mixed systems  in Cameroon (2012-2014) 

PhD Thesis of Grégory Mollot: Control of Cosmopolites sordidus in food web of banana field, stable isotop and modelling approach (2009-2012) (Thesis director : Françoise Lescourret)

PhD Thesis of Fabrice Vinatier: Modelling the spatial epidemiology of banana weevil (2008-2010)  (Thesis director : Françoise Lescourret) 

 

 

 

Publications

2024

      99. Dassou, A., Gbemavo, C., Onzo, A., Kpoto, S., Anagonou, C., Dansi, A., Tixier, P., Carval, D. 2024. Conservation of ant communities in cashew tree-based agroforestry systems: key roles of tree density and diversity. Agroforestry Systems, 00, 00.

98.  Pugeaux, P., Dépigny, S., Carval, D., Fansi, G., Tixier, P. 2024. Effects of 12 crops associated with plantain on arthropods trophic groups and Cosmopolites sordidus abundance. Journal of Applied Entomology, 148, 793-803.

97.  Delatouche, L. Tixier, P., Sainte-Rose, J., Daribo, M.-O., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L. 2024. How do hedgerow characteristics alter the dispersal of Pseudocercospora fijiensis propagules? Pest Management Science, 80, 1454-1464.

96.  Delaplace, A., Coulis, M., Cottin, G., Tixier, P. 2024. Effect of climatic variables and pheromone trapping strategy on the capture of Cosmopolites sordidus in banana fallows. Crop Protection, 176, 106501.

95.  Delaplace, A., Coulis, M., Chapillon, L., Cottin, G., Tixier, P. 2024. Stop me if you can: quantification of the effect of interfaces between plots on the dispersal of Cosmopolites sordidus. Pest Management Science, 79, 5106-5115.

 

2023

94. El jaouhari, M., Damour, G., Tixier, P., Coulis, M. 2023. Glyphosate reduces the biodiversity of soil macrofauna and benefits exotic over native species in a tropical agroecosystem. Basic and Applied Ecology, 73, 18–26.

93.  Saj, S., Jagoret, P., Todem Ngnogue, H., Tixier, P. 2023. Effect of neighbouring perennials on cocoa tree pod production in complex agroforestry systems in Cameroon. European Journal of Agronomy, 146, 126810.

92.  Deguine, J.-P. Aubertot, J.-N., Bellon, S., Côte, F.-X., Lauri, E., Lescourret, F., Ratnadass, A., Scopel, E., Andrieu, N., Bàrberi, P., Becker, N., Bouyer, J., Brévault, T., Cerdan, C., Cortesero, A.-M., Dangles, O., Delatte, H., Thi Yen Dinh, P., Dreyer, H., Duru, M., Joy Flor, R., Gardarin, A., Husson, O., Jacquot, M., Javelle, A., Justes, E., Thi Xuan Lam, M., Launay, M., Van Le, V., Longis, S., Martin, J., Munier-Jolain, N., Thi Thu Nguyen, N., Thi Ngoc Nguyen, T., Penvern, S., Petit, S., Poisot, A.-S., Robin, M.-H., Rolland, B., Rusch, A., Sabourin, E., Sanguin, H., Sarthou; J.-P., Sester, M., Simon, S., Sourisseau, J.-M., Steinberg, C., Tchamitchian, M., Thoumazeau, A., Tibi, A., Tivet, F., Tixier, P., Thi Trinh, X., Vialatte, A., Wyckhuys, K., Lamichhane, J.R., 2023. Agroecological crop protection for sustainable agriculture. Advances in Agronomy, 178, 1-59.

91. Guillén Sánchez, C., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L., Sandoval Fernández, J.A., Tixier, P. 2022. Preference of Cosmopolites sordidus for fusarium wilt- diseased banana plants. Journal of Applied Entomology, 113, 31-43.

90. Delatouche, L., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L., Tixier, P., 2023. Disentangling the factors affecting the dynamic of Pseudocercospora fijiensis: quantification of weather, fungicide and landscape effects. Phytopathology, 113, 31-43.

 

2022

89. Tresson, P., Tixier, P., Puech, W., Abufera, B., Wyvekens, A., Carval, D., 2022. Caught on camera: Field imagery reveals the unexpected importance of vertebrates for biological control of the banana weevil (Cosmopolites sordidus Col. Curculionidae). PLoS One, 0274223

88. Collard, B., Tixier, P. Carval, D., Lavigne, C., Delattre, T. 2022. Assessing the effect of complex ground types on ground-dwelling arthropod movements with video monitoring: dealing with concealed movements under a layer of plant residues. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e9072 

87. Cote, F.-X., Rapidel, B., Sourisseau, J.-M., Affholder, F., Andrieu, N., Bessou, C., Caron, P., Deguine, J.-P., Faure, G., Hainzelin, E., Malezieux, E., Poirier-Magona, E., Roudier, P., Scopel, E., Tixier, P., Toillier, A., Perret, S. 2022. Levers for the agroecological transition of tropical agriculture. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42:67, 1-22. 

86. Tixier, P. Loeillet, D., Coulis, M., Lescot, T., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L. 2022. Isotopes Don’t Lie, Differentiating Organic from Conventional Banana (Musa AAA, Cavendish subgroup) Fruits Using C and N Stable Isotopes. Food Chemistry, 394, 133491.

 85. Carval, D., Resmond, R., Dassou, A.G., Cotté, V., Achard, R., Tixier, P. 2022. Influence of a cover crop on ants and dermapterans in banana plantations: consequences for the regulation of the banana weevil. International Journal of Pest Management, in press.

 

2021

84. Sauvadet, M., Trap, J., Damour, G., Plassard, C., Van den Meersche, K., Achard, R., Allinne, C., Autfray, P., Bertrand, I., Blanchart, E., Deberdt, P., Enock k, S., Essobo, J.D., Freschet, G., Hedde, M., de Melo Virginio Filho, E., Rabary, B., Rakotoarivelo, M., Randriamanantsoa, R., Rhino, B., Ripoche, A., Rosalie, E., Saj, S., Becquer, T., Tixier, P., Harmand, J.-M., 2021. Agroecosystem diversification with legumes or non-legumes improves differently soil fertility according to soil type. Science of the Total Environment, 795, 15 November 2021, 48934.

83. Notaro, M., Collado, C., Depas, J.K., Dumovil, D., Denis, A.J., Deheuvels, O., Tixier, P., Gary, C. 2021. The spatial distribution and height of associated crops influence cocoa tree productivity in complex agroforestry systems. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 41, 41-60.

82. Kulagowski, R., Thoumazeau, A., Leopold, A., Lienhard, P., Boulakia, S., Metay, A., Sturm, T., Tixier, P., Brauman, A., Fogliani, B., Tivet, F. 2021. Effects of conservation agriculture maize-based cropping systems on soil health and crop performance in New Caledonia. Soil and Tillage Research, 212, 105079.

81. Tresson, P., Carval, D., Tixier, P., Puech, W. 2021. Hierarchical classification of very small objects: application to the detection of arthropod species, IEEE ACCESS, 4,2016.

80. Salazar-Diaz, R., Tixier, P. 2021. Individual-based analysis of interactions between plants: a statistical modelling approach applied to banana and cacao in heterogeneous multistrata agroecosystems in Talamanca, Costa Rica, European Journal of Agronomy, 127, 126295.

79. Guillén Sánchez, C. Tixier, P. Tapia Fernández, A., Conejo Barboza, A.M., Sandoval Fernández, J.A. de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L. 2021. Can the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus be a vector of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race 1? Unravelling the internal and external acquisition of effective inoculum. Pest Management Science, 77, 3002-3012.

78. Tresson, P., Tixier, P., Puech, W., Carval, D., 2021. The challenge of biological control of Cosmopolites sordidus Germar (Col. Curculionidae): A review. Journal of Applied Entomology, 145, 171-181. 

77. Kouadio, L. Tixier, P., Byrareddy, V., Marcussen, T., Mushtaq, S., Rapidel, B., Stone, R. 2021. Performance of a process-based model for predicting robusta coffee yield at the regional scale in Vietnam. Ecological Modelling, 443, 109469.

76. Poggi, P., Vinatier, F., Hannachi, M., Sanz Sanz, E., Rudi, G., Zamberletti, P., Tixier, P., Papaïx, J. 2021. How can models foster the transition towards future agricultural landscapes? Advances in Ecological Research, 64, 305-368.

 

2020

75. Cerda, R., Avelino, J., Harvey, C., Gary, C., Tixier, P., Allinne, C. 2020. Coffee agroforestry systems capable of reducing disease-induced yield and economic losses while providing multiple ecosystem services. Crop Protection, 134, 105149.

74. Durand-Bessart, C. Tixier, P., Quinteros, A., Andreotti, F., Rapidel, B., Tauvel, C., Allinne,C. 2020. Analysis of interactions amongst shade trees, coffee foliar diseases and coffee yield in multistrata agroforestry systems. Crop Protection. 133, 105137.

73. Sauvadet, M., Saj, S., Freschet, G., Essobo,J.-D., Enock, S., Becquer, T., Tixier, P., Harmand, J.-M. 2020. Cocoa agroforest multifunctionality and soil fertility explained by shade tree litter traits. Journal of Applied Ecology, 57: 476– 487.

72. Merle, I., Pico, J., Granados, E., Boudrot, A., Tixier, P., de Melo Virginio Filho, E., Cilas, C., Avelino, J. 2020. Unraveling the complexity of coffee leaf rust behavior and development in different Coffea arabica agro-ecosystems. Phytopathology, 110, 418-427.

 

2019

MMSP. Tresson, P., Tixier, P., Puech, W., Carval, D. 2019. Insect interaction analysis based on object detection and CNN, IEEE 21st International Workshop on Multimedia Signal Processing, MMSP 2019, art. no. 8901798. 

71. Merle I, Tixier P, De Melo Virginio Filho E, Cilas C, Avelino J, 2019. Forecast models of coffee leaf rust symptoms and signs based on identified microclimatic combinations in coffee-based agroforestry systems in Costa Rica. Crop Protection, 105046.  

70. Tresson, P., Tixier, P., Puech, W., Bagny-Beilhe, L., Roudine, S., Pagès, C., Carval, D. 2019. CORIGAN: Assessing multiple species and interactions within images. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 1888-1893.

69. Jacquot, M., Massol, F., Muru, D., Derepas, B., Tixier, P., Deguine, J.-P. 2019. Arthropod diversity is governed by bottom-up and top-down forces in a tropical agroecosystem. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 285, 106623.

68. Dassou, A. G., Ogouchoro, D., Vodouhe, F. G., Dassou, H. G., Dansi, A. Tixier, P., 2019. Ethnoapicultural investigation to improve conservation status of threatened melliferous agroforestry species with high medicinal and food values in Benin. Agroforestry Systems, 94, 539-553.

67. Dassou, A., Vodouhè, S., Bokonon-Ganta, A., Goergen, G., Chailleux, A., Dansi, A., Carval, D., Tixier, P. 2019. Associated cultivated plants in tomato cropping systems structure arthropod communities and increase the Helicoverpa armigera regulation. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 1-8.

66. Dépigny, S., Delrieu Wils, E., Tixier, P., NdoumbéKeng, M., Cilas, C., Lescot, T., Jagoret, P. 2019. Plantain productivity: Insights from Cameroonian cropping systems. Agricultural Systems, 168, 1-10. 

65. Sauvadet, M.,Van den Meersche, K., Allinne, C., Gay, F., de Melo Virginio Filho, E., Chauvat,M., Becquer, T., Tixier, P., Harmand, J.-M. 2019. Shade trees have higherimpact on soil nutrient availability and food web in organic than conventionalcoffee agroforestry. Science of the Total Environment, 649, 1065-1074.

 

2018

64. Collard, B., Tixier, P., Carval, D., Lavigne, C., Delattre, T. Spatial organisation of habitats in agricultural plots affects per-capita predator effect on conservation biological control: An individual based modelling study2018. Ecological Modelling, 388, 124-135.

63. Poeydebat, C., Carval, D., Tixier, P., Daribo, M.-O., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L., 2018. Ecological regulation of black leaf streak disease driven by plant richness in banana agroecosystems. Phytopathology, 108, 1184-1195.

TAD. Achard, R., Tixier, P., Dorel, M., Roger Estrade, J. 2018. Intercropping of Grass Cover Crops in Banana Plantations: Impacts on Banana Growth and Yield. Tropical Agriculture and Development, 62, 1-8.

62. Dassou,A., G., Tixier, P., Dépigny, S., Carval, D. 2018. Vegetation structure of plantain-based agrosystems determines numerical dominance in community of ground-dwelling ants. PeerJ, 5:e3917.

61. Salazar-Diaz, R., Tixier, P. 2018. Effect of plant diversity on income generated by agroforestry systems in Talamanca, Costa Rica. AgroforestrySystems, 93, 571–58.

60. Dorey, E., Cambournac, T., Michels, T., Rothe, M., Tixier, P. 2018. Designing new management sequences for pineapple production using the SIMPIÑA model. Agricultural Systems, 159, 50-56. 

   

2017

59. Leandro-Muñoz, M., E., Tixier, P., Germon, A., Rakotobe, V., Phillips-Mora, W., Maximova, S., Avelino, J. 2017. Effects of Microclimatic Variables on the Symptoms and Signs Onset of Moniliophthora roreri, Causal Agent of Moniliophthora Pod Rot in Cacao. PLoS One, 12, e0184638.

58b. Poeydebat, C., Tixier, P., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, Carval, D. 2017. Dataset on the regulation of banana weevil abundance and corm damage associated with plant richness and the ground-dwelling arthropods’ food web. Data in Brief, 15, 208-212.

58. Poeydebat, C., Tixier, P.,de Lapeyre de Bellaire, Carval, D. 2017. Plant richness enhances banana weevil regulation in a tropical agroecosystem by affecting a multitrophic food web. Biological Control, 114, 125-132.

57. Ngo Bieng, M.-A., Alem, L., Curtet, C., Tixier, P. 2017. Tree spacing impacts the individual incidence of Moniliophthora roreri disease in cacao agroforests. Pest Management Science, 73, 2386-2392.

56. Poeydebat, C., Tixier, P., Chabrier, C., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L., Vargas, R., Daribo, M.-O., Carval, D. 2017. Does plant richness alter multitrophic soil food web and promote plant-parasitic nematode regulation in banana agroecosystems? Applied Soil Ecology, 117–118, 137–146. 

55. Martin Godefroid, P. Tixier, C. Chabrier, D. Djigal, P. Quénéhervé. 2017. Associations of soil type and previous crop with plant-feeding nematode communities in plantain agrosystems. Applied Soil Ecology, 113, 63–70. 

54. Pantel, J.H., Bohan, D.A., Calcagno, V., David, P., Duyck, P.-F., Kamenova, S., Loeuille, N., Mollot, G., Romanuk, T.N., Thébault, E., Tixier, P., Massol, F. 2017. 14 Questions for Invasion in Ecological Networks. Advances in Ecological Research, 56, 293-340.

53. Dépigny, S., Lescot, T., Achard, R., Diouf, O., Cote, F.-X., Fonbah, C., Sadom, L., Tixier, P. 2017. Model-based benchmarking of the production potential of plantains (Musa spp., AAB): application to five real plantain and four plantain-like hybrid varieties in Cameroon. Journal of Agricultural Science, 155, 888-901. 

 

2016 

52. Cerda, R.,  Avelino, J.,  Gary, C.,  Tixier, P.,  Lechevallier, E.,  Allinne, C.  2016. Primary and secondary yield losses caused by pests and diseases: Assessment and modeling in coffee. PLoS One, 12, 1-17.

51. Cerda, R., Allinne, C., Gary, C., Tixier, P., Harvey, C., Krolczyk, L., Mathiot, C., Clément, E., Aubertot, J.-N., Avelino, J. 2016. Effects of  shade,  altitude  and  management  on  multiple  ecosystem services  in coffee  agroecosystems. European J of Agronomy, 82, 308-319.  

50. Jacquot, M., Tixier, P., Flores, O., Murua, D., Massol, F., Derepas, B., Chiroleu, F., Deguine, J.-P. 2016. Contrasting predation services of predator and omnivore diversity mediated by invasive ants in a tropical agroecosystem. Basic and Applied Ecology, 18, 31-39.  

49. Poeydebat, C., Carval, D., de Lapeyre de Bellaire, L., Tixier, P. 2016. Balancing competition for resources with multiple pest regulation in diversified agroecosystems: a process-based approach to reconcile diversification and productivity. Ecology and Evolution, 6, 8607–8616.

48. Carval, D., Cotte, V., Resmond, R., Perrin, B., Tixier, P. 2016. Dominance in a ground-dwelling ant community of banana agroecosystem. Ecology and Evolution, 6, 8617-8631.

47. Dorey, E., Fournier, P., Léchaudel, M., Tixier, P. 2016. A statistical model to predict titrable acidity of pineapple during fruit developing period responding to climatic variables. Scientia Horticulturae, 210, 19–24.

46b. Carval, D., Resmond, R., Achard, R., Tixier, P. 2016. Data on the abundance of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus and of the earwig Euborellia caraibea in bare soil and cover crop plots. Data in Brief, 7, 1565–1569.

46. Carval, D., Resmond, R., Achard, R., Tixier, P. 2016. Cover cropping reduces the abundance of the banana weevil Cosmopolites sordidus but does not reduce its damage to the banana plants. Biological Control, 99, 14-18.

45. Liégeois, M., Tixier, P., Beaudoin-Ollivier, L. 2016. Use of radio telemetry for studying flight movements of Paysandisia archon (Lepidoptera: Castniidae), Journal of Insect Behavior, 29, 199-213. 

44. Boudrot, A., Pico, J., Merle, I., Granados, E., Vílchez, S., Tixier, P., de Melo Virginio Filho, E., Casanoves, F., Tapia, A., Allinne, C., Rice, R.A., Avelino, J. 2016. Shade Effects on the Dispersal of Airborne Hemileia vastatrix Uredospores. Phytopathology, 106, 572-580.

43. Dorey, E., Fournier, P., Léchaudel, M., Tixier, P. 2016. Modeling sugar content of pineapple under agro-climatic conditions on Reunion Island. European Journal of Agronomy, 73, 64-72.

42. Dassou, A.,G., Tixier, P. 2016. Response of pest control by generalist predators to local-scale plant diversity: a meta-analysis, Ecology and Evolution, 6, 1143–1153.

41. Dassou, A. G., Depigny, S., Canard, E., Vinatier, F., Carval, D., Tixier, P. 2016. Contrasting effects of plant diversity across arthropods trophic groups in plantain-based agroecosystems, Basic and Applied Ecology, 17, 11-20.  

40. Bugaud, C., Joannès-Dumec, C., Louisor, J., Tixier, P., Salmon, F.  2016.  Preharvest temperature affects chilling injury in dessert bananas during storage. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 96, 2384-2390 .

39b. Dassou, A. G., Carval, D., Depigny, S., Fansi, G., Tixier, P. 2016. Dataset on the abundance of ants and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields with intercropped plants. Data in Brief, 9, 17–23.

 

2015

39. Dassou, A.G., Carval, D., Dépigny, S., Fansi, G. & Tixier, P. 2015. Ant abundance and Cosmopolites sordidus damage in plantain fields as affected by intercropping. Biological Control, 81, 51-57. 

A3. Bugaud, C., Belleil, T. Tixier, P. 2015. Modelling the effect of source/sink modifications on pulp dry weight of banana 'Cavendish'. Acta Horticulturae, pp. 261-266.

38. Carval, D., Perrin, B., Duyck, P.-F., Tixier, P. 2015. Local and neighboring patch conditions alter sex-specific movement in banana weevils, Ecology and Evolution, 5, 5735-574.

37. Carval, D., Cotté, V., Notaro, M., Ryckewaert, P. & Tixier, P. 2014. Spatiotemporal population dynamics of the banana rind thrips, Elixothrips brevisetis (Bagnall) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of Applied Entomology, 139, 510-518.

36. Dorey, E., Fournier, P., Lechaudel, M. & Tixier, P. 2015. Validity of the pineapple crop model SIMPIÑA across the climatic gradient in Réunion Island. European Journal of Agronomy, 62, 1-12.

 

2014

35. Mollot, G., Duyck, P.-F., Lefeuvre, P., Lescourret; F., Martin, J.-F., Piry, S., Canard, E., Tixier, P. 2014. Cover cropping alters the diet of arthropods in a banana plantation: a metabarcoding approach. PLoS One, 9, e93740.

 

2013

34. Tixier, P., Peyrard, N., Aubertot, J.-N., Gaba, S., Radoszycki, J., Caron-Lormier, G., Vinatier, F., Mollot, G., Sabbadin, R. 2013. Chapter Seven - Modelling Interaction Networks for Enhanced Ecosystem Services in Agroecosystems. Advances in Ecological Research 49, 437–480.

33. Tixier, P., Dagneaux, S., Mollot, G., Vinatier, F., Duyck, P.-F. 2013.Weeds mediate the level of intraguild predation in arthropod food webs. Journal of Applied Entomology 137, 702-710. 

32. Tixier, P.,Duyck, P.-F., Côte, F.-X., Caron-Lormier, G., Malézieux, E. 2013. Food web-based simulation for agroecology. Agronomy for Sustainable Development 33, 663-670.

 

2012

31. Ripoche, A., Achard, R., Laurens,  A., Tixier, P. 2012. Modeling  spatial  partitioning  of  light  and  nitrogen  resources  in  banana cover-cropping  systems. European Jounal of Agronomy, 41, 81-91.

29. Duyck, P.-F., Dortel, E., Vinatier, F., Gaujoux, E., Carval, D., Tixier, P. 2012. Effect of environment and fallow period on Cosmopolites sordidus population dynamics at the landscape scale. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 44, 49-55.

28. Mollot, G., Tixier, P., Lescourret, F., Quilici, S., Duyck, P.-F. 2012. New basal resource increases predation on a pest in a banana agroecosystem. Agricultural and forest entomology. 14, 317-323.

27. Djigal, D., Chabrier, C., Duyck, P.-F., Achard, R., Quénéhervé, P., Tixier, P. 2012. Cover crops alter the soil nematode food web in banana agroecosystems. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 48, 142–150.

26. Vinatier, F., Lescourret, F., Duyck, P._F., , Tixier, P. 2012. From IBM to IPM: Using individual-based models to design the spatial arrangement of traps and crops in integrated pest management strategies. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 146, 52-59.

25. Duyck, P.-F., Dortel, E., Tixier, P., Vinatier, F., Loubana, P.-M., Chabrier, C., Quénéhervé, P. 2012. Niche partitioning based on soil type and climate at the landscape scale in a community of plant-feeding nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 44, 49-55. 

A2. Lavigne, C., Achard, R., Tixier, P., Lesueur Jannoyer, M. 2012. How to integrate cover crops to enhance sustainability in banana and citrus cropping systems? Acta Horticulturae, 928, 351-358. 

 

2011 

24. Quénéhervé, P., Barrière, V., Salmon, F., Houdin, F., Achard, R., Gertrude, J.-C., Marie-Luce, S., Chabrier, C., Duyck, P.-F., Tixier, P. 2011. Effect of banana crop mixtures on the plant-feeding nematode community. Applied Soil Ecology, 49, 40-45. 

23. Vinatier, F., Lescourret, F., Duyck, P.-F., Martin, O., Senoussi, R., Tixier, P. 2011 Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Habitat-Dependent Dispersal Kernel Improves Prediction of Movement. PLoS ONE 6(7): e21115.

21. Tixier, P., Lavigne, C., Alvarez, S., Gauquiet, A., Blanchard, M., Ripoche, A., Achard, R. 2011. Model evaluation of cover crops, application to eleven species for banana cropping systems. European Journal of Agronomy, 34, 53-61.

20. Vinatier, F., Tixier, P., Duyck, P.-F., Lescourret, F. 2011. Factors and mechanisms explaining spatial heterogeneity: A review of methods for insect populations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2, 11-22.

 

2010 

19. Vinatier, F., Chailleux, A., Duyck, P.-F., Salmon, F., Lescourret, F., Tixier, P. 2010. Radio telemetry unravels movements of a walking insect species in heterogeneous environments. Animal Behaviour, 80, 221-229.

18. Tixier, P., Bugaud, C., Duguet, R., Salmon, S. 2010. Effect of preharvest and postharvest application of calcium on banana green-life. Fruits, 65, 1-9. 

17. Tixier, P., Salmon, S., Bugaud, C. 2010. Green Life of Pink Banana (Musa cv. Mossi):Determination of the Optimal Harvesting Date. Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 85, 167-170.

 

16. Chabrier, C., Tixier, P., Duyck, P.F., Cabidoche, Y.M., Quénéhervé, P. 2010. Survival of the burrowing nematode Radopholus similis (Cobb) Thorne without food: Why do males survive so long? Applied Soil Ecology, 45, 85-91. 

15. Blazy, J.-M., Tixier, P., Ozier-Lafontaine, H., Salmon, F., Thomas, A., Wery, J. 2010. BANAD: a dynamic bio-economic farm model for ex ante assessment of innovation adoption impacts. Application to banana’s systems in Guadeloupe. Agricultural Systems, 103, 221-232. 

14. Rhino,B., Dorel, M., Tixier, P., Risède, J.-M. 2010. Effect of fallows on population dynamics of Cosmopolites sordidus: toward integrated management of banana fields with pheromone mass trapping. Agricultural and forest entomology, 2, 195-202.

13. Chabrier, C., Tixier, P., Duyck, P.-F., Carles, C., Quénéhervé, P. 2010. Factors influencing the survivorship of the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis (Cobb.) Thorne in two types of soil from banana plantations in Martinique. Applied Soil Ecology, 44, 116-123.

 

2009 

12. Vinatier, F.,Tixier, P., Le Page, C., Duyck, P.-F., Lescourret, F. 2009. COSMOS, a spatiallyexplicit model to simulate the epidemiology of Cosmopolites sordidus in bananafields. Ecological Modelling, 220, 2244-2254.

11. Duyck, P.-F., Pavoine, S., Tixier, P., Chabrier, C., Quénéhervé,P. 2009. Host-range asan axis of niche partitioning in plant-feeding nematode community of bananaagroecosystems. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 41, 1139-1145.

10. Blazy, J.-M.,Dorel, M., Salmon, F., Ozier-Lafontaine, H., Wery, J., Tixier, P. 2009. Model-basedassessment of technological innovation in banana cropping systemscontextualized by farm types in Guadeloupe. European Journal of Agronomy, 31, 10-19.

A1. Côte, F.X., Abadie, C., Achard, R., Cattan, P.,Chabrier, C., Dorel, M., De Bellaire, L.D.L., Risède, J.M., Salmon, F.,  Tixier, P. 2009. Integrated Pest Management Approaches Developed in the FrenchWest Indies to Reduce Pesticide Use in Banana Production Systems. Acta Horticulturae, 828, 375-382.

 

   

2008 

9. Houdart, M., Tixier, P., Lassoudière, A., Saudubray, F. 2008. Assess potential risk of pesticide pollution: fromfield to watershed. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 29, 321-327.

8. Tixier, P., Salmon, S., Chabrier, C., Quénéhervé, P. 2008. Modelling pest dynamics of new crop cultivars: TheFB920 banana with the Helicotylenchus multicinctus-Radopholus similis nematodecomplex in Martinique. Crop Protection, 27, 1427-1431.

7. Dorel, M., Achard, R., Tixier, P. 2008. SIMBA-N: modeling nitrogen dynamics in bananapopulations in wet tropical climate. Application to fertilization management inthe Caribbean. European Journal of Agronomy, 29, 38-45.

6. Tixier, P., Malézieux, E., Dorel, M., Wery, J. 2008. SIMBA: a comprehensive model for evaluation and prototyping of banana-based cropping systems. Agricultural Systems, 97, 139-150.

 

2007 & before 

5. Tixier, P., Chabrier, C., Malézieux, E. 2007. Pesticides residues in heterogeneous plantpopulations. A model based approach applied to nematicides in banana. Journalof Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 55, 2504-2508.

4. Tixier, P., Malézieux, E., Dorel, M. 2007. A Model-Based Approach to maximise Gross Income bySelection of Banana Planting Date. Biosystems Engineering, 6, 471-476.

3. Tixier, P., Malézieux, E., Dorel, M., Bockstaller, C., Girardin, P. 2007. Rpest a dynamicindicator to assess pesticide water pollution risk. Application to banana-basedcropping systems in FWI. European Journal of Agronomy, 26, 71-81.

2. Tixier, P., Malézieux, E., Risède, J.-M., Dorel, M. 2006. Modelling populations of banana phytoparasiticnematodes: a contribution to the design of sustainable cropping systems. Ecological Modelling, 198, 321-331.

1. Tixier, P.,Malézieux, E., Dorel, M. 2004. SIMBA-POP: a cohort population model for long-term simulation of banana crop harvest. Ecological Modelling, 180, 407-417.

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