
Jean-Philippe Lessard
Assistant Professor,Concordia University
Department of Biology
E-mail: jp.lessard@concordia.ca
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ResearchOur lab works toward elucidating the ecological and evolutionary drivers of biological diversity on planet Earth. We borrow concepts and tools from community ecology and biogeography to try and gain a a better understanding of the mechanisms governing the emergence, distribution and maintenance of diversity. To accomplish this, we conduct observational and experimental field studies, and compile comprehensive databases on the distributions, ecological traits and evolutionary history of species.QCBS studentsLilian Patricia SalesPostdoctoral fellow GABRIEL MUNOZPh.D. Érik PlanteM.Sc. Serena SinnoM.Sc. Previous students (since 2009)Shaun TurneyPostdoctoral fellow Javier Ibarra IsassiPh.D. Julie ArrowsmithM.Sc. François BrassardM.Sc. Alana Di VitoM.Sc. Isaac EckertM.Sc. Katherine HébertM.Sc. Frédérique La RichelièreM.Sc. Sarah OuimetteM.Sc. Victor RenaudM.Sc. Sergio VegaM.Sc. Daniella LoScerboB.Sc. Involvement within the QCBS
Relevant QCBS research themesExamples of species studiedMyiagra Monarchidae Hymenoptera Formicidae Publications42- Plasticity in the trophic niche of an invasive ant explains establishment success and long-term coexistence Balzani P , Vizzini S , Frizzi F , Masoni A , Lessard J , Bernasconi C , Francoeur A , Ibarra‐Isassi J , Brassard F , Cherix D , Santini G , 2021 Oikos (Date Added: 2021-03-30) 41- Shade-growing practices lessen the impact of coffee plantations on multiple dimensions of ant diversity Ibarra‐Isassi J , Handa I T , Arenas‐Clavijo A , Escobar‐Ramírez S , Armbrecht I , Lessard J , 2021 Journal of Applied Ecology (Date Added: 2021-02-23) 40- The coupled influence of thermal physiology and biotic interactions on the distribution and density of ant species along an elevational gradient Chick L D , Lessard J , Dunn R R , Sanders N J , 2020 Diversity (Date Added: 2020-12-17) 39- Do dominant ants affect secondary productivity, behavior and diversity in a guild of woodland ants? Lessard J , Stuble K L , Sanders N J , 2020 Diversity (Date Added: 2020-12-12) 38- Phylogenetically conserved host traits and local abiotic conditions jointly drive the geography of parasite intensity LoScerbo D , Farrell M J , Arrowsmith J , Mlynarek J , Lessard J , 2020 Functional Ecology (Date Added: 2020-11-02) 37- Evolutionary diversification in the marine realm: A global case study with marine mammals Holt B G , Marx F G , Fritz S A , Lessard J , Rahbek C , 2020 Frontiers of Biogeography (Date Added: 2020-10-22) 36- Temperature drives caste-specific morphological clines in ants Brassard F , Francoeur A , Lessard J , 2020 Journal of Animal Ecology (Date Added: 2020-10-05) 35- Shared mycorrhizae but distinct communities of other root-associated microbes on co-occurring native and invasive maples , 2019 PeerJ (Date Added: 2019-11-03) 34- Local temperature and ecological similarity drive distributional dynamics of tropical mammals worldwide Beaudrot L , Acevedo M A , Lessard J , Zvoleff A , Jansen P A , Sheil D , Rovero F , O’Brien T , Larney E , Fletcher C , Andelman S , Ahumada J , 2019 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2019-04-23) 33- Ant community response to disturbance: A global synthesis Lessard J , 2019 Journal of Animal Ecology (Date Added: 2019-03-21) 32- Environmental filtering along a broad-scale acidity gradient shapes the structure of odonate communities Arrowsmith J , Shivaprakash K N , Larrivée M , Turgeon J , Lessard J , 2018 Ecosphere (Date Added: 2019-01-05) 31- Distributional shifts in a biodiversity hotspot Beaudrot L , Acevedo M , Lessard J , Sheil D , Larney E , Wright P , Ahumada J , 2018 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2018-11-28) 30- A global database of ant species abundances Gibb H , Dunn R R , Sanders N J , Grossman B F , Photakis M , Abril S , Agosti D , Andersen A N , Angulo E , Armbrecht I , Arnan X , Baccaro F B , Bishop T R , Boulay R , Brühl C , Castracani C , Cerda X , Del Toro I , Delsinne T , Diaz M , Donoso D A , Ellison A M , Enriquez M L , Fayle T M , Feener D H , Fisher B L , Fisher R N , Fitzpatrick M C , Gómez C , Gotelli N J , Gove A , Grasso D A , Groc S , Guenard B , Gunawardene N , Heterick B , Hoffmann B , Janda M , Jenkins C , Kaspari M , Klimes P , Lach L , Laeger T , Lattke J , Leponce M , Lessard J , Longino J , Lucky A , Luke S H , Majer J , McGlynn T P , Menke S , Mezger D , Mori A , Moses J , Munyai T C , Pacheco R , Paknia O , Pearce-Duvet J , Pfeiffer M , Philpott S M , Resasco J , Retana J , Silva R R , Sorger M D , Souza J , Suarez A , Tista M , Vasconcelos H L , Vonshak M , Weiser M D , Yates M , Parr C L , 2017 Ecology (Date Added: 2018-11-28) 29- Environmental variation is a major predictor of global trait turnover in mammals Holt B G , Costa G C , Penone C , Lessard J , Brooks T M , Davidson A D , Blair Hedges S , Radeloff V C , Rahbek C , Rondinini C , Graham C H , 2017 Journal of Biogeography (Date Added: 2017-12-10) 28- Global patterns of β-diversity along the phylogenetic time-scale: The role of climate and plate tectonics Mazel F , Wüest R O , Lessard J , Renaud J , Ficetola G F , Lavergne S , Thuiller W , 2017 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2017-12-10) 27- Phylogenetic regionalization of marine plants reveals close evolutionary affinities among disjunct temperate assemblages Daru, BH, Holt, BG, Lessard, J-P, Yessoufou, K, Davies, TJ 2017 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2017-08-15) 26- Process-Based Species Pools Reveal the Hidden Signature of Biotic Interactions Amid the Influence of Temperature Filtering Lessard, J-P, Weinstein, BG, Borregaard, MK, Marske, KA, Martin, DR, McGuire, JA, Parra, JL, Rahbek, C, Graham, CH 2015 The American Naturalist (Date Added: 2016-01-14) 25- Linking environmental filtering and disequilibrium to biogeography with a community climate framework Blonder, B, Nogués-Bravo, D, Borregaard, MK, Donoghue, JC, Jørgensen, PM, Kraft, NJB, Lessard, J-P, Morueta-Holme, N, Sandel, B, Svenning, J-C, Violle, C, Rahbek, C, Enquist, BJ 2015 Ecology (Date Added: 2015-07-24) 24- Climate mediates the effects of disturbance on ant assemblage structure Gibb, H, Sanders, NJ, Dunn, RR, Watson, S, Photakis, M, Abril, S, Andersen, AN, Angulo, E, Armbrecht, I, Arnan, X, Baccaro, FB, Bishop, TR, Boulay, R, Castracani, C, Del Toro, I, Delsinne, T, Diaz, M, Donoso, DA, Enriquez, ML, Fayle, TM, Feener, DHJ, Fitzpatrick, MC, Gomez, C, Grasso, DA, Groc, S, Heterick, B, Hoffmann, BD, Lach, L, Lattke, J, Leponce, M, Lessard, J-P, Longino, J, Lucky, A, Majer, J, Menke, SB, Mezger, D, Mori, A, Munyai, TC, Paknia, O, Pearce-Duvet, J, Pfeiffer, M, Philpott, SM, de Souza, JLP, Tista, M, Vasconcelos, HL, Vonshak, M, Parr, CL 2015 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2015-07-24) 23- The importance of natural habitats to Brazilian free-tailed bats in intensive agricultural landscapes in the Winter Garden region of Texas, United States Davidai, N, Westbrook, JK, Lessard, J-P, Hallam, TG, McCracken, GF 2015 Biological Conservation (Date Added: 2015-07-20) 22- The evolution of morphological diversity in continental assemblages of passerine birds: EVOLUTION OF MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY IN BIRDS Jønsson, KA, Lessard, J-P, Ricklefs, RE 2015 Evolution (Date Added: 2015-05-04) 21- The importance of parasite geography and spillover effects for global patterns of host-parasite associations in two invasive species Wells, K, O'Hara, RB, Morand, S, Lessard, J-P, Ribas, A 2015 Diversity and Distributions (Date Added: 2015-04-07) 20- Predicting future coexistence in a North American ant community Bewick, S, Stuble, KL, Lessard, J-P, Dunn, RR, Adler, FR, Sanders, NJ 2014 Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2015-07-24) 19- Niche filtering rather than partitioning shapes the structure of temperate forest ant communities Fowler, D, Lessard, J-P, Sanders, NJ 2014 Journal of Animal Ecology (Date Added: 2014-07-08) 18- Multiple waves of colonization by monarch flycatchers (Myiagra, Monarchidae) across the Indo-Pacific and their implications for coexistence and speciation Fabre, P-H, Moltensen, M, Fjeldså, J, Irestedt, M, Lessard, J-P, Jønsson, KA 2014 Journal of Biogeography (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 17- Response to comment on "An update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world" Holt, BG, Lessard, J-P, Borregaard, MK, Fritz, SA, Araújo, MB, Dimitrov, D, Fabre, P-H, Graham, CH, Graves, GR, Jønsson, KA, Nogués-Bravo, D, Wang, Z, Whittaker, RJ, Fjeldså, J, Rahbek, C 2013 Science (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 16- Introducing the biogeographic species pool Carstensen, DW, Lessard, J-P, Holt, BG, Krabbe Borregaard, M, Rahbek, C 2013 Ecography (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 15- An update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world Holt, BG, Lessard, J-P, Borregaard, MK, Fritz, SA, Araújo, MB, Dimitrov, D, Fabre, P-H, Graham, CH, Graves, GR, Jønsson, KA, Nogués-Bravo, D, Wang, Z, Whittaker, RJ, Fjeldså, J, Rahbek, C 2013 Science (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 14- Fire ants are drivers of biodiversity loss: A reply to King and Tschinkel (2013) Stuble, KL, Chick, LD, Rodriguez-Cabal, MA, Lessard, J-P, Sanders, NJ 2013 Ecological Entomology (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 13- Evolutionary history influences the effects of water-energy dynamics on oak diversity in asia Xu, X, Wang, Z, Rahbek, C, Lessard, J-P, Fang, J 2013 Journal of Biogeography (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 12- Strong influence of regional species pools on continent-wide structuring of local communities Lessard, J-P, Borregaard, MK, Fordyce, JA, Rahbek, C, Weiser, MD, Dunn, RR, Sanders, NJ 2012 Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 11- Inferring local ecological processes amid species pool influences Lessard, J-P, Belmaker, J, Myers, JA, Chase, JM, Rahbek, C 2012 Trends in Ecology and Evolution (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 10- Equivalence in the strength of deer herbivory on above and below ground communities Lessard, J-P, Reynolds, WN, Bunn, WA, Genung, MA, Cregger, MA, Felker-Quinn, E, Barrios-Garcia, MN, Stevenson, ML, Lawton, RM, Brown, CB, Patrick, M, Rock, JH, Jenkins, MA, Bailey, JK, Schweitzer, JA 2012 Basic and Applied Ecology (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 9- Global diversity in light of climate change: The case of ants Jenkins, CN, Sanders, NJ, Andersen, AN, Arnan, X, Brühl, CA, Cerda, X, Ellison, AM, Fisher, BL, Fitzpatrick, MC, Gotelli, NJ, Gove, AD, Guénard, B, Lattke, JE, Lessard, J-P, Mcglynn, TP, Menke, SB, Parr, CL, Philpott, SM, Vasconcelos, HL, Weiser, MD, Dunn, RR 2011 Diversity and Distributions (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 8- Determinants of the detrital arthropod community structure: The effects of temperature and resources along an environmental gradient Lessard, J-P, Sackett, TE, Reynolds, WN, Fowler, DA, Sanders, NJ 2011 Oikos (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 7- Non-additive effects of genotypic diversity increase floral abundance and abundance of floral visitors Genung, MA, Lessard, J-P, Brown, CB, Bunn, WA, Cregger, MA, Reynolds, WN, Felker-Quinn, E, Stevenson, ML, Hartley, AS, Crutsinger, GM, Schweitzer, JA, Bailey, JK 2010 PLoS ONE (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 6- Invasive ants alter the phylogenetic structure of ant communities Lessard, J-P, Fordyce, JA, Gotelli, NJ, Sanders, NJ 2009 Ecology (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 5- Temperature-mediated coexistence in temperate forest ant communities Lessard, J-P, Dunn, RR, Sanders, NJ 2009 Insectes Sociaux (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 4- Climatic drivers of hemispheric asymmetry in global patterns of ant species richness Dunn, RR, Agosti, D, Andersen, AN, Arnan, X, Bruhl, CA, Cerdá, X, Ellison, AM, Fisher, BL, Fitzpatrick, MC, Gibb, H, Gotelli, NJ, Gove, AD, Guenard, B, Janda, M, Kaspari, M, Laurent, EJ, Lessard, J-P, Longino, JT, Majer, JD, Menke, SB, McGlynn, TP, Parr, CL, Philpott, SM, Pfeiffer, M, Retana, J, Suarez, AV, Vasconcelos, HL, Weiser, MD, Sanders, NJ 2009 Ecology Letters (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 3- Rarity and diversity in forest ant assemblages of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Lessard, J-P, Dunn, RR, Parker, CR, Sanders, NJ 2007 Southeastern Naturalist (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 2- Temperature, but not productivity or geometry, predicts elevational diversity gradients in ants across spatial grains Sanders, NJ, Lessard, J-P, Fitzpatrick, MC, Dunn, RR 2007 Global Ecology and Biogeography (Date Added: 2014-04-25) 1- The effects of urbanization on ant assemblages (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) associated with the Molson Nature Reserve, Quebec Lessard, J-P, Buddle, CM 2005 Canadian Entomologist (Date Added: 2014-04-25) In the mediaHow Will Tropical Mammals React to Rising Temperatures? 2019-04-11 How will tropical mammals react to rising temperatures? (Jade Boyd) 2019-04-11 Receding floodwaters create wonderful habitat for mosquitoes 2017-05-18 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn GooglePlus 9 outstanding researchers who place Concordia 'among the international vanguard' (Latimer, J. ) 2016-08-02 The Zika virus: ‘We’re engaged in an arms race’ (Lessard, Jean-Philippe) 2016-01-27 Can habitat protection save our disappearing bats? (Eurekalert) 2015-08-04 Can habitat protection save our disappearing bats? (Concordia News) 2015-08-04 Sur les traces de Wallace : une mise à jour des grandes régions zoogéographiques mondiales - NiCHE NICHE (Maude Flamand-Hubert) 2014-01-17 Wallace : père de la biogéographie Le Monde (Brasier, Laurent) 2013-11-05 Wallace's century-old global map of animals updated (mcgilluniversity) 2012-12-20 Victorian zoological map redrawn. W.A.S World Archives of Sciences (Susan Milius) 2012-12-20 An update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world Science (Holt, Ben G.) 2012-12-20 |