COINTE , Mélina

Dispersal is of paramount importance in ecology, determining not only the fitness of individuals, but also the genetics and dynamics of populations, and the distribution of species. It is also recognized as a key factor in the quality of biocontrol agents. However, it remains difficult to measure, particularly when the insects used are very...

Bridging behaviour and spatial propagation in minute insects: the double-spiralmethod and image analysis pipelineMélina Cointe, Vincent Calcagno, Ludovic Mailleret, Mathias Launay, Victor Burte, Guy PerezStudying what is difficult to observe, has always aroused the curiosity of human beings and fosteredmethodological innovations. Minute insects...

Animal movement and behavior are critical to understanding ecological and evolutionary processes. Recent yearshave witnessed an increase in methodological and technological innovations in video-tracking solutions forphenotyping animal behavior. Although these advances enable the collection of high-resolution data describingthe movement of...