Stéphane Caut obtained a Masters in the Biology of Populations and Ecosystems at the University of Paris XI in 2001. At the suggestion of Professor Marc Girondot he spent six months in French Guyana and carried out a DES on the subject of ‘The Conservation of French Guyana sea turtles: incubation and nesting beach success’. In 2003 he obtained a DEA in ecology at the ‘Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon on biological reactions and chain reactions concerning the impact of the black rat on New Caledonia. From 2003 to 2006 he undertook a doctorate under the supervision of Professor Franck Courchamp at the University of Paris XI, and worked in his thesis on the subject of biological invasions, chain reactions and trophic networks. He is now carrying out post-doctoral studies at the Oceanology Laboratory at the University of Liège.

Selection of recent publications

Caut S, Angulo E, Courchamp F. 2008. Avoiding surprise effects on Surprise Island: alien species control in a multi-trophic level perspective. Biological Invasions, In press.

Caut S, Angulo E, Courchamp F. 2008. Caution on isotopic model use for analyses of consumer diet. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86: 438-445.

Caut S, Guirlet E, Angulo E, Das K & Girondot M. Isotope analysis reveals two feeding areas for the Atlantic leatherbactk turtles. PLoS ONE 3(3):e1845. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001845.

Caut S, Angulo E, Courchamp F. 2008. Dietary shift of an invasive predator: rats, seabirds and sea turtles. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45: 428-437.

Caut S, Angulo E, Courchamp F. 2008. Discrimination factors (?N and ?C) in a omnivorous consumer: the effect of diet isotopic ratio. Functional Ecology, 22: 255-263

Caut S, Casanovas JG, Virgos E, Lozano J & Courchamp F. 2007. Rats dying for mice: modelling the competitor release effect. Austral Ecology, 32: 858-868.

Caut S, Roemer GW, Donlan JC & Courchamp F. 2006. Coupling Stable Isotopes with Bioenergetics to Estimate Interspecific Interactions. Ecological Applications, 16 (5): 1893-1900.