Yann Hautier

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Interests Yann Hautier

As a plant community ecologist, my general aim is to gain a greater understanding of the causes and consequences of changes in plant diversity. I am investigating the causes of changes in biodiversity and their consequences on the functioning of ecosystems and the stable provision of ecological services. I also study how global changes such as nutrient enrichment, drought and herbivory affect ecosystem functioning both directly and indirectly through changes in biodiversity. My research encompasses key aspects of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning from different perspectives (structure and function of the plant community, plant resource-competition, feedback from natural enemies) and their response to major components of global environmental change (water availability, fire frequency, herbivory, carbon dioxide and nutrient enrichment). I am part of the Nutrient Network Global Research Cooperative (http://nutnet.umn.edu/), a global research network conducting standardized experiments at more than 70 grasslands around the world to understand the global effect of nutrient enrichment and consumers impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.

Contact details

yann.hautier@plants.ox.ac.uk

External link

Research gate (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yann_Hautier)

Google scholar (http://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=BageqAEAAAAJ&gmla=AJsN-F4_b89fHl91lEfJpTkkQ93Ft30JeE7jyv3BIrLpMhejPjsH-6rOFEkJzWLqvrYWm9NUp1xRv9z9IZdM0Edzr7P-E493mZ4Q01Ww4uc9Yd2GDjfzkytiia8XsM6XJCyEsvBdHWxy)

Education and professional positions

2014-June 2015 Marie Curie Fellow (IOF), Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
2012-2014 Marie Curie Fellow (IOF), Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota, USA.
2011-2012 Oberassistant, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2009-2011 Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2005-2009 PhD, Institute of Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
2000-2005 Master of biology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Teaching

  • Frameworks for statistical analysis in the Environmental Sciences

Publication List

Peer-reviewed, published or in press:

  1. Yang Z*, Hautier Y*, Borer E.T, Zhang C, Du G Abundance- and functional-based mechanisms of plant diversity loss with fertilization in the presence and absence of herbivores. Oecologia (in Press)
  2. Hautier Y, Tilman D, Isbell F, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Reich PB (2015) Anthopogenic environmental changes impact ecosystem stability via biodiversity. Science 348: 336-340 [doi: 10.1126/science.aaa1788]
  3. Stevens CJ, Lind EM, Hautier Y, Harpole WS, Borer ET, Hobbie S, Seabloom EW, Ladwig L, Bakker JD, Chu C, Collins S, Davis KF, Firn J, Hillebrand H, La Pierre KJ, MacDougall A, Melbourne B, McCulley RL, Morgan J, Orrock JL, Prober SM, Risch AC, Schuetz M, Wragg PD (2015) Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition predicts local grassland primary production worldwide. Ecology (in Press)
  4. Hautier Y, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Adler PB, Harpole WS, Hillebrand H, Lind EM, MacDougall AS, Stevens CJ, Bakker JD, Buckley YM, Chu C, Collins SL, Daleo P, Damschen EI, Davies KF, Fay PA, Firn J, Gruner DS, Jin VL, Klein JA, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Li W, McCulley RL, Melbourne BA, Moore JL, O’Halloran LR, Prober SM, Risch AC, Sankaran M, Schuetz M, Hector A (2014) Eutrophication weakens stabilizing effects of diversity in natural grasslands. Nature 508: 521-525 [doi:10.1038/Nature13014].
  5. Borer ET, Seabloom EW, Gruner DS, Harpole WS, Hillebrand H, Lind EM, Adler PB, Alberti J, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Biederman L, Blumenthal D, Brown CS, Brudvig LA, Buckley YM, Cadotte M, Chu C, Cleland EE, Crawley MJ, Daleo P, Damschen EI, Davies KF, DeCrappeo NM, Du G, Firn J, Hautier Y, Heckman RW, Hector A, HilleRisLambers J, Iribarne O, Klein JA, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Leakey ADB, Li W, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Melbourne BA, Mitchell CE, Moore JL, Mortensen B, O’Halloran LR, Orrock JL, Pascual J, Prober SM, Pyke DA, Risch AC, Schuetz M, Smith MD, Stevens CJ, Sullivan LL, Williams RJ, Wragg PD, Wright JP, Yang LH (2014) Herbivores and nutrients control grassland plant diversity via light limitation. Nature 508: 517-520 [doi:10.1038/Nature13144].
  6. Prober SM, Leff JW , Bates ST, Borer ET, Firn J, Harpole WS, Lind EM, Seabloom EW, Adler PB, Bakker JD, Cleland EE, DeCrappeo NM, DeLorenze E, Hagenah N, Hautier Y, Hofmockel KS, Kirkman KP, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Mitchell CE, Risch AC, Stevens CJ, Williams RJ, Fierer N (in Press). Plant diversity predicts beta but not alpha diversity of soil microbes across grasslands worldwide. Ecology Letters.
  7. MacDougall AS, Bennett JR, Firn J, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Lind EM, Orrock JL, Harpole WS, Hautier Y, Adler PB, Cleland E, Davies K, Melbourne B, Prober SM, Bakker JD, Fay PA, Jin VL, Kendig A, La Pierre KJ, Moore J, Morgan J, Stevens CJ (2014) Anthropogenic-based regional-scale factors most consistently explain plot-level exotic diversity in grasslands. Global Ecology and Biogeography 23: 802-810 [doi:10.1111/geb.12157].
  8. Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Buckley Y, Cleland EE, Davies K, Firn J, Harpole WS, Hautier Y, Lind E, Macdougall A, Orrock JL, Prober SM, Adler P, Alberti J, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Biederman LA, Blumenthal D, Brown CS, Brudvig LA, Caldeira M, Chu C, Crawley MJ, Daleo P, Damschen EI, D’Antonio CM, Decrappeo NM, Dickman CR, Du G, Fay PA, Frater P, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Hector A, Helm A, Hillebrand H, Hofmockel KS, Humphries HC, Iribarne O, Jin VL, Kay A, Kirkman KP, Klein JA, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Ladwig LM, Lambrinos JG, Leakey ADB, Li Q, Li W, McCulley R, Melbourne B, Mitchell CE, Moore JL, Morgan J, Mortensen B, O’Halloran LR, Paertel M, Pascual J, Pyke DA, Risch AC, Salguero-Gomez R, Sankaran M, Schuetz M, Simonsen A, Smith M, Stevens C, Sullivan L, Wardle GM, Wolkovich EM, Wragg PD, Wright J, Yang L (2013) Predicting invasion in grassland ecosystems: is exotic dominance the real embarrassment of richness? Global Change Biology 19: 3677-3687 [doi:10.1111/gcb.12370].
  9. Lind EM, Borer E, Seabloom E, Adler P, Bakker JD, Blumenthal DM, Crawley M, Davies K, Firn J, Gruner DS, Harpole WS, Hautier Y, Hillebrand H, Knops J, Melbourne B, Mortensen B, Risch AC, Schuetz M, Stevens C, Wragg PD (2013) Life-history constraints in grassland plant species: a growth-defence trade-off is the norm. Ecology Letters 16: 513-521 [doi:10.1111/ele.12078].
  10. Albrecht M, Schmid B, Hautier Y, Mueller CB (2012) Diverse pollinator communities enhance plant reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 279: 4845-4852 [doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.1621].
  11. Hector A, von Felten S, Hautier Y, Weilenmann M, Bruelheide H (2012) Effects of Dominance and Diversity on Productivity along Ellenberg’s Experimental Water Table Gradients. Plos One 7 [e43358. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0043358].
  12. Grace JB, Adler PB, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Hillebrand H, Hautier Y, Hector A, Harpole WS, O’Halloran LR, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Brown CS, Buckley YM, Collins SL, Cottingham KL, Crawley MJ, Damschen EI, Davies KF, DeCrappeo NM, Fay PA, Firn J, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Jin VL, Kirkman KP, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Lambrinos JG, Melbourne BA, Mitchell CE, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Orrock JL, Prober SM, Stevens CJ, Wragg PD, Yang LH (2012) Response to Comments on “Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness”. Science 335 [doi:10.1126/science.1214939]
  13. Turnbull LA, Philipson CD, Purves DW, Atkinson RL, Cunniff J, Goodenough A, Hautier Y, Houghton J, Marthews TR, Osborne CP, Paul-Victor C, Rose KE, Saner P, Taylor SH, Woodward FI, Hector A, Rees M (2012) Plant growth rates and seed size: a re-evaluation. Ecology 93: 1283-1289 [http://dx.doi.org/10.1890/11-0261.1]
  14. Adler PB, Seabloom EW, Borer ET, Hillebrand H, Hautier Y, Hector A, Harpole WS, O’Halloran LR, Grace JB, Anderson TM, Bakker JD, Biederman LA, Brown CS, Buckley YM, Calabrese LB, Chu C-J, Cleland EE, Collins SL, Cottingham KL, Crawley MJ, Damschen EI, Davies KF, DeCrappeo NM, Fay PA, Firn J, Frater P, Gasarch EI, Gruner DS, Hagenah N, Lambers JHR, Humphries H, Jin VL, Kay AD, Kirkman KP, Klein JA, Knops JMH, La Pierre KJ, Lambrinos JG, Li W, MacDougall AS, McCulley RL, Melbourne BA, Mitchell CE, Moore JL, Morgan JW, Mortensen B, Orrock JL, Prober SM, Pyke DA, Risch AC, Schuetz M, Smith MD, Stevens CJ, Sullivan LL, Wang G, Wragg PD, Wright JP, Yang LH (2011) Productivity Is a Poor Predictor of Plant Species Richness. Science 333: 1750-1753 [doi:1126/science.1204498]
  15. Hector A, Bell T, Hautier Y, Isbell F, Kery M, Reich PB, van Ruijven J, Schmid B (2011) BUGS in the Analysis of Biodiversity Experiments: Species Richness and Composition Are of Similar Importance for Grassland Productivity. Plos One 6 [e17434. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017434].
  16. Connolly J, Hautier Y, Bell T, Isbell F, Hector A (2011) Comment on original PLoS ONE article: BUGS in the Analysis of Biodiversity Experiments: Species Richness and Composition Are of Similar Importance for Grassland Productivity. PLoS ONE 6 [e17434. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017434].
  17. Steudel B, Hautier Y, Hector A, Kessler M (2011) Diverse marsh plant communities are more consistently productive across a range of different environmental conditions through functional complementarity. Journal of Applied Ecology 48: 1117-1124 [doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01986.x].
  18. Firn J, Moore JL, MacDougall AS, Borer ET, Seabloom EW, HilleRisLambers J, Harpole WS, Cleland EE, Brown CS, Knops JMH, Prober SM, Pyke DA, Farrell KA, Bakker JD, O’Halloran LR, Adler PB, Collins SL, D’Antonio CM, Crawley MJ, Wolkovich EM, La Pierre KJ, Melbourne BA, Hautier Y, Morgan JW, Leakey ADB, Kay A, McCulley R, Davies KF, Stevens CJ, Chu C-J, Holl KD, Klein JA, Fay PA, Hagenah N, Kirkman KP, Buckley YM (2011) Abundance of introduced species at home predicts abundance away in herbaceous communities. Ecology Letters 14: 274-281 [doi:10.1111/j.1461-0248.2010.01584.x]
  19. Hautier Y, Hector A, Vojtech E, Purves D, Turnbull LA (2010) Modelling the growth of parasitic plants. Editor’s choice and Harper Award winner, Journal of Ecology, 98, 857-866 [doi:1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01657.x]
  20. Hautier Y, Saner P, Philipson C, Bagchi R, Ong RC, Hector A (2010) Effects of Seed Predators of Different Body Size on Seed Mortality in Bornean Logged Forest. Plos One 5 [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011651]
  21. Hector A, Hautier Y, Saner P, Wacker L, Bagchi R, Joshi J, Scherer-Lorenzen M, Spehn EM, Bazeley-White E, Weilenmann M, Caldeira MC, Dimitrakopoulos PG, Finn JA, Huss-Danell K, Jumpponen A, Mulder CPH, Palmborg C, Pereira JS, Siamantziouras ASD, Terry AC, Troumbis AY, Schmid B, Loreau M (2010) General stabilizing effects of plant diversity on grassland productivity through population asynchrony and overyielding. Ecology 91: 2213-2220 [doi:10.1890/09-1162.1]
  22. Hautier Y, Niklaus PA, Hector A (2009) Competition for Light Causes Plant Biodiversity Loss After Eutrophication. Science 324: 636-638 [doi:10.1126/science.1169640]
  23. Hautier Y, Randin CF, Stoecklin J, Guisan A (2009) Changes in reproductive investment with altitude in an alpine plant. Journal of Plant Ecology 2: 125-134 [doi:10.1093/jpe/rtp011]