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Team - Coordinator regional Office Valais

Alain JacotDr.

Contact

+41 79 77 44 262
alain.jacot@vogelwarte.ch

Swiss Ornithological Institute
Seerose 1
6204 Sempach
Switzerland

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Coordinator regional Office Valais

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Conservation

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Species Recovery

newTree Project

Species Recovery

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Species Recovery

Support African Bird Atlas Project

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Habitat Restoration Africa

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Chocolate with wings: Supporting bird-friendly cocoa production

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Rest, Refuel, Restart: Stopover Ecology of Migrating Birds in Africa (R3-Migration)

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Pasture on the rocky steppe in the Pfyn-Finges nature park, VS

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Revitalisation of the chestnut grove in Saint-Gingolph, VS

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Forest fire in Leukerbad

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Conservation of the Eurasian Scops-owl

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Species promotion – European Nightjar

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Species promotion Whinchat

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PUBLICATIONS

Publications while working at the Swiss Ornithological Institute

Concept de priorisation de zones pour l’avifaune des communes valaisannes : Définition des zones prioritaires pour l’avifaune du Valais

Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas; Jacot, Alain (2023)

Skyglow relieves a crepuscular bird from visual constraints on being active

Evens, Ruben; Lathouwers, Michiel; Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas; Jechow, Andreas; Kyba, Christopher Conrad Maximillian; Shatwell, Tom; Jacot, Alain; Ulenaers, Eddy; Kempenaers, Bart; Eens, Marcel (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165760

Quelle place pour les abeilles sauvages et leurs services dans les cultures fruitières de la plaine du Rhône (VS)?

Cretton, Mathieu; Dervaux, Brieuc; Steffen, Franz; Jacot, Alain; Revaz, Emmanuel (2023)

Habitat area and local habitat conditions outweigh fragmentation effects on insect communities in vineyards

Bosco, Laura; Moser, Valentin; Jones, Mirkka M.; Opedal, Øystein; Ovaskainen, Otso; Sonja, Gerber; van Klink, Roel; Cushman, Samuel A.; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2023)
https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12193

A roadmap integrating research, policy, and actions to conserve Afro‐Palearctic migratory landbirds at a flyway scale

Marcacci, Gabriel; Briedis, Martins; Diop, Ngoné; Diallo, Aïssatou Yvette; Kebede, Fanuel; Jacot, Alain (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12933

Quantifying song behavior in a free-living, light-weight, mobile bird using accelerometers

Eisenring, Elena; Eens, Marcel; Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas; Jacot, Alain; Baert, Jan; Ulenaers, Eddy; Lathouwers, Michiel; Evens, Ruben (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8446

Varying Responses of Invertebrates to Biodynamic, Organic and Conventional Viticulture

Bosco, Laura; Siegenthaler, Damaris; Ruzzante, Livio; Jacot, Alain; Arlettaz, Raphaël (2022)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.837551

High semi‐natural vegetation cover and heterogeneity of field sizes promote bird beta‐diversity at larger scales in Ethiopian Highlands

Marcacci, Gabriel; Gremion, Jérémy; Mazenauer, Julien; Sori, Tolera; Kebede, Fanuel; Ewnetu, Mihret; Christe, Philippe; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14134

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Food and habitats requirements of the Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) in Switzerland revealed by very high‐resolution multi‐scale models

Theux, Coralie; Klein, Noëlle; Garibaldi, Elodie; Jacot, Alain; Eichhorn, Sylvain; Guisan, Antoine; Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13007

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Habitat preferences of the Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana) in its prime wintering grounds, the cereal‐dominated Ethiopian Highlands

Gremion, Jérémy; Marcacci, Gabriel; Mazenauer, Julien; Sori, Tolera; Kebede, Fanuel; Ewnetu, Mihret; Christe, Philippe; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2022)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12992

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Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz im Oberen Goms: Gemeinsamer Einsatz für das Braunkehlchen. Kurzbericht 2020.

Lischer, Claire; Jacot, Alain; Horch, Petra; Spaar, Reto (2021)

Landwirtschaft und Naturschutz im Oberen Goms: Gemeinsamer Einsatz für das Braunkehlchen - Jahresbericht 2020 und empfohlene Fördermassnahmen für die nächste Vernetzungsperiode ab 2022

Lischer, Claire; Jacot, Alain; Horch, Petra; Spaar, Reto (2021)

Improved ecological insights commission new conservation targets for a crepuscular bird species

Evens, Ruben; Jacot, Alain; Artois, T.; Ulenaers, E.; Neyens, T.; Rappaz, L.; Theux, C.; Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas; Jacot, A. (2021)
https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12650

Modeling the effects of grassland management intensity on biodiversity

Klein, Noëlle; Theux, Coralie; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain; Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6957

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Disentangling the spatial and temporal causes of decline in a bird population

Plard, Floriane; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain; Schaub, Michael (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6244

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Fragmentation effects on woodlark habitat selection depend on habitat amount and spatial scale

Bosco, Laura; Cushman, Samuel A.; Wan, Ho Yi; Zeller, K. A.; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2020)

Habitat amount mediates the effect of fragmentation on a pollinator's reproductive performance, but not on its foraging behaviour

Maurer, Corina; Bosco, Laura; Klaus, Elisabeth; Cushman, Samuel A.; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-020-04658-0

Landscape heterogeneity and management practices drive habitat preferences of wintering and breeding birds in intensively-managed fruit-tree plantations

Rime, Yann; Luisier, Célestin; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.106890

Large-scale versus small-scale agriculture : Disentangling the relative effects of the farming system and semi-natural habitats on birds’ habitat preferences in the Ethiopian highlands

Marcacci, Gabriel; Gremion, Jérémy; Mazenauer, Julien; Sori, Tolera; Kebede, Fanuel; Ewnetu, Mihret; Christe, Philippe; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2020)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106737

Oiseaux et biodiversité du Valais : Comment les préserver

Arlettaz, Raphaël; Imstepf, Ralph; Jacot, Alain; Oggier, Pierre-Alain; Posse, Bertrand; Praderwand, Jean-Nicolas; Revaz, Emmanuel; Salzgeber, Peter; Sierro, Antoine; Wolf, Brigitte; Zimmermann, Urs... (2019)

Installation de pierriers en tant qu’îlots de biodiversité dans les cultures fruitières intensives de la région de Martigny VS - Projet pilote 2019

Kolly, Thomas; Jacot, Alain; Revaz, Emmanuel (2019)

Ground greening in vineyards promotes the Woodlark Lullula arborea and their invertebrate prey

Bosco, Laura; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-019-01666-7

Separating the effects of habitat amount and fragmentation on invertebrate abundance using a multi-scale framework

Bosco, Laura; Wan, Ho Yi; Cushman, Samuel A.; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2019)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-018-0748-3

Le Tétras lyre et son habitat : Fiche info - des habitats favorables pour le Tétras lyre

Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas; Jacot, Alain; Spaar, Reto (2018)

Das Habitat des Birkhuhns : Faktenblatt - Geeignete Lebensräume für das Birkhuhn

Pradervand, Jean-Nicolas; Jacot, Alain; Spaar, Reto (2018)

Die Entwicklung der Brutvögel in der Waldbrandfläche bei Leuk

Rey, Livio; Jacot, Alain (2018)
https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2018.0299

Vegetation structure and decreased moth abundance limit the recolonisation of restored habitat by the European Nightjar

Winiger, Nathalie; Korner, Pius; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2018)
https://doi.org/10.3897/rethinkingecology.3.29338

Temporal and Spatial Scales Matter: Circannual Habitat Selection by Bird Communities in Vineyards

Guyot, Claire; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Korner, Pius; Jacot, Alain (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0170176

Nest site preferences of the Woodlark (Lullula arborea) and its association with artificial nest predation

Buehler, Roman; Bosco, Laura; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2017)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2016.12.004

Sex-specific food provisioning patterns by parents in the asynchronously hatching European hoopoe

Ryser, Sophie; Guillod, Nicolas; Bottini, Claire; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.04.015

Impact of spatial variation of a crucial prey, the molecricket, on hoopoe territory occupancy and reproduction

Guillod, Nicolas; Arlettaz, Raphaël; Jacot, Alain (2016)
https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00990

Les effets de l'entretien des digues du Rhône sur une espèce prioritaire, le rossignol: synthèse 2009-2014

Revaz, Emmanuel; Posse, Bertrand; Jacot, Alain; Arlettaz, Raphaël (2015)

Effects of grassland intensification on Whinchats Saxicola rubetra and implications for conservation in upland habitats

Strebel, Gavino; Jacot, Alain; Horch, Petra; Spaar, Reto (2015)

Quantification of the ground vegetation cover in Valais vineyards based on satellite imageries – status 2013 : Project VitiSol 2013–2018

Bosco, Laura; Jacot, Alain (2015)

Carte des falaises sensibles du point de vue de l'avifaune en Valais : Rapport explicatif

Revaz, Emmanuel; Jacot, Alain; Arlettaz, Raphaël (2013)

Massnahmen zur Rettung des Ortolans in der Leuker Felsensteppe - Zwischenbericht 2010

Revaz, Emmanuel; Jacot, Alain (2011)

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