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Research topics

• Biogeography
• Evolution and ecology of host-parasite interactions
• Phylogenetics
• Community ecology
• Niche modelling

Present research 

My research aims at understanding diversity patterns of avian hemosporidian parasites in relation to biogeographical processes. In particular I seek to bring insights as to which processes have entailed current parasite assemblages in island systems and most of my work was conducted in the South-Western Indian Ocean, with a focus on the Mascarene archipelago. I seek to determine what were the relative contribution of immigration and in-situ diversification in parasite community assembly. I’m also interested in reconstructing historical associations of hosts and parasites and see how they can explain current parasite distributions. I also study ecological factors potentially impacting parasite distribution at finer scales, such as climate or vector distribution and preference.

Other projects :

• understanding the role of ecology in speciation in snapdragons (with Aurélie Khimoun)
• determining the role of climate in invasion dynamics in the olive tree (with Guillaume Besnard)

Publications

Khimoun A, Cornuault J, Burrus M, Pujol B, Thébaud C, Andalo C (2012) Ecology predicts parapatry distribution in two closely related Anthirrhinum majus subspecies. Evolutionary Ecology, in revision.

Cornuault J, Bataillard A, Warren BH, Lootvoet A, Mirleau P, Duval T, Milá B, Thébaud C, Heeb P (2012) The role of immigration and in-situ radiation in explaining blood parasite assemblages in an island bird clade. Molecular Ecology, DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05483.x. PDF

Talks
Cornuault J (2011) Parasites sanguins des Zosterops des Mascareignes. Diversité, Biogéographie & Co-radiation. Petit Pois Déridé 2011. 

Posters
Cornuault J, Bataillard A, Warren BH, Lootvoet A, Mirleau P, Duval T, Milá B, Thébaud C, Heeb P (2011) The role of immigration and in-situ radiation in explaining blood parasite assemblages in an island bird clade. International Meeting on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife 2011.