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Formation
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1991 : Ingénieur Agronome
de l’ENSA de Montpellier (Zootechnie)
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1991 : Diplôme d’Etudes
Approfondies de l’Université de Rennes
1 (Biologie des
Populations et Eco-éthologie)
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1995 : Docteur de
l’Université de Rennes
1 (Sciences de la Vie et de
l’Environnement)
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2006 : Habilité à Diriger
des Recherches par l’Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Fd
(Sciences de la Vie et Modélisation)
Responsabilités actuelles
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Responsable de
l'équipe "Relations Animal-Plantes et Aliments" de l'URH
(Unité
de Recherches sur les Herbivores)
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Membre du Comité
Scientifique de l'ORE "Agro-écosystèmes Cycles
Biogéochimiques et Biodiversité"
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Animateur de la tâche
"Evaluation of a set of indicators and synthesis of the
interactions between grassland management, diversity and
environmental services at a local level" du programme
Européen MultiSward
Thématique de recherche / Research activity
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Mon thème de
recherche initial concernait le déterminisme spatial et social des choix
alimentaires au pâturage, avec une démarche à la
fois expérimentale et par modélisation. Il
a résulté d’une évolution de mes travaux de thèse sur
les préférences alimentaires des herbivores, que j’ai poursuivis
en privilégiant l’analyse des processus comportementaux
sous-jacents aux choix alimentaires et à l’occupation de l’espace
dans des couverts prairiaux hétérogènes. Ceci m'a conduit à
analyser les règles de déplacement des animaux,
leur mémorisation spatiale, et leur réponse aux variations de
l’environnement alimentaire, et certains processus sociaux (conflits de motivation,
leadership) afin d'expliquer l'effet de la distribution spatiale
des couverts sur les choix alimentaires au pâturage. Je me
suis plus récemment impliqué dans des dispositifs pluri-annuels
visant à apprécier les effets de différents modes de
conduite des troupeaux sur les dynamiques de végétation. Ces
travaux se sont d'abord intéressé aux effets d’un allégement du chargement et de l’utilisation d’une
race rustique plutôt qu’une race spécialisée sur les
performances du système et la
biodiversité prairiale. J'ai ensuite analysé les effets d'une
mise en défens temporaire d'une partie des parcelles durant le
pic de floraison. Le volet analytique de ce travail concerne
l'analyse de la stabilité des états de végétation dont on a
montré qu'elle pouvait engendrer une divergence fonctionnelle au
sein des couverts. Mes travaux les plus récents cherchent à
proposer des indicateurs environnementaux à l'échelle de la
parcelle et de l'exploitation, et à analyser les possibilités de
développer une approche agro-écologique dans différents systèmes
de production animale.
Our research activity is
concerned with diet selection by grazing herbivores and their impact on
sward structure and pasture biodiversity. As an ethologist, I
have focussed on some of the key topics and questions that arise in
attempt to understand spatial aspects of the interaction between
plant growth and animal behaviour. These include movement
rules based on expected rates of food encounter, learning and
memory of food distribution, and both the benefits and costs of
social interactions when foraging as a group. We have compared diet
selection by sheep, cattle and horses within a range of contrasting
environmental conditions, and we are developing programs
investigating the processes involved in diet selection (e.g.,
food categorization) and herd distribution (e.g.,
collective decisions and leadership) in complex environments. In
this way, we are combining knowledge from several disciplines (animal
behaviour, animal sciences and plant ecology) with the aim of developing simple, pragmatic methods for manipulating grassland
ecosystem, to balance diversity, heterogeneity
and agriculture performance. More recent research has
investigated the consequences for plant and pollinator diversity
of temporarily excluding sub-plots from grazing at flowering
peak. We are currently developing environmental indicators to synthesize
interactions between grassland management, diversity and
environmental services at both the plot and the farm levels,
and analyzing opportunities to develop an agroecological
approach in different types of livestock production systems. |
Liste de publications sélectionnées / PDF files of
articles (if you are
unable to open PDF files, just ask by e-mail)
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Blanc F., Dumont B.,
Brunschwig G., Bocquier F. et Agabriel J.,
2010. Robustesse, flexibilité, plasticité : Des processus
adaptatifs révélés dans les systèmes d'élevage extensifs de
ruminants. INRA Prod. Anim., 23: 65-80
Sélection alimentaire au
pâturage / Diet selection by grazing herbivores
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Ginane C. and
Dumont B., 2011. Do sheep (Ovis aries)
categorize plant species according to botanical family?
Anim. Cogn.,
14: 369-376
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Edouard N.,
Duncan P., Dumont B., Baumont R. and Fleurance G.,
2010. Foraging in a heterogeneous environment - An
experimental study of the trade-off between intake rate and
diet quality. Appl. Anim. Behav.
Sci., 126: 27-36
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Favreau A.,
Baumont R., Ferreira G., Dumont B. and Ginane C.,
2010. Do sheep use umami and bitter tastes as cues of post-ingestive
consequences when selecting their diet? Appl. Anim. Behav.
Sci., 125: 115-123
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Edouard N., Fleurance G., Dumont B., Baumont R. and Duncan P.,
2009. Does sward height affect feeding patch choice and
voluntary intake in horses? Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.,
119: 219-228
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Farruggia A., Dumont B., D’hour
P. and Egal D., 2008. How does
protein supplementation affect the selectivity and
performance of Charolais cows on extensively grazed pastures
in late autumn? Grass For. Sci., 63: 314-323
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Verheyden-Tixier H., Renaud P.-C.,
Morellet N., Jamot J., Besle J.-M. and Dumont B.,
2008. Selection for nutrients by red deer hinds feeding on a
mixed forest edge. Oecologia, 156: 715-726
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Dumont B., Rook A.J., Coran
Ch. and Röver K.-U., 2007. Effects of livestock breed and
grazing intensity on biodiversity and production in
grazing systems. 2. Diet selection. Grass
For. Sci., 62: 159-171
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Farruggia A., Dumont B., D’hour P., Egal D. and Petit
M., 2006. Diet selection of dry and lactating suckler cows
grazing extensive pastures in late autumn. Grass
For. Sci., 61: 347-353
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Ginane C. and
Dumont B., 2006. Generalization of
conditioned aversions in grazing sheep and its implications
for food categorization. Behav. Proc., 73: 178-186
( Associated
short report
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Behav. Proc.,
84: 622-624
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Dumont B., Renaud P.-C.,
Morellet N., Mallet C., Anglard F. and Verheyden-Tixier H.,
2005. Seasonal variations of Red Deer selectivity on a
mixed-forest edge. Anim. Res., 54: 369-381
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Dumont B.,
D'hour P. and Petit M., 1995.
The usefulness of grazing tests for studying
the ability of sheep and cattle to exploit reproductive
patches of pastures. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.,
45: 79-88
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Dumont B.,
Petit M. and D'hour P., 1995. Choice of sheep and cattle
between vegetative and reproductive cocksfoot patches.
Appl. Anim. Behav.
Sci., 43: 1-15
Processus spatiaux
et sociaux /
Spatial and social processes
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Ramseyer A.,
Thierry B., Boissy A. and Dumont B., 2009.
Decision-making processes in group departures of cattle.
Ethology, 115: 948-957
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Ramseyer A.,
Boissy A., Thierry B. and Dumont B., 2009. Individual
and social determinants of spontaneous group movements in
cattle and sheep. Animal, 3: 1319-1326
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Ramseyer A.,
Boissy A., Dumont B. and Thierry B., 2009. Decision
making in group departures of sheep in a continuous process.
Anim. Behav., 78: 71-78
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Hewitson L., Gordon I.J. and Dumont B., 2007. Social
context affects patch-leaving decisions of sheep in a
variable environment. Anim. Behav.,
74: 239-246
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Dumont B.,
Boissy A., Achard C., Sibbald A.M. and Erhard H.W., 2005.
Consistency of animal order in spontaneous group movements
allows the measurement of leadership in a group of grazing
heifers. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 95: 55-66
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Hewitson L.,
Dumont B.
and Gordon I.J., 2005. Response of foraging sheep to
unpredictability in the spatial distribution of resources.
Anim. Behav., 69: 1069-1076
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Parsons A.J. and
Dumont B. 2003. Spatial
heterogeneity and grazing processes.
Anim. Res.,
52: 161-179
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Dumont B.,
Carrère P. and D'hour P., 2002. Foraging in patchy
grasslands: diet selection by sheep and cattle is affected
by the abundance and spatial distribution of preferred
species. Anim. Res., 51:
367-381
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Boissy A. and
Dumont B.,
2002. Interactions between social and feeding motivations on
the grazing behaviour of herbivores: sheep more easily split
into subgroups with familiar peers. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 79: 233-245
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Dumont B.
and Hill D.R.C., 2001. Multi-agent simulation of
group foraging in sheep: effects of spatial memory,
conspecific attraction and plot size. Ecol.
Model., 141: 201-215
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Dumont B.,
Maillard J.-F. and Petit M., 2000. The effect of the spatial
distribution of plant species within the sward on the
searching success of sheep when grazing. Grass For.
Sci., 55: 138-145
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Dumont B.
and Boissy A., 2000. Grazing behaviour of sheep in a
situation of conflict between feeding and social
motivations. Behav. Proc., 49: 131-138
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Dumont B.
and Petit M., 1998. Spatial memory of sheep at
pasture. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci., 60: 43-53
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Dumont B.,
Dutronc A. and Petit M., 1998.
How readily will sheep walk for a prefered
forage? J. Anim. Sci., 76: 965-971
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Dumont B.
and Petit M., 1995. An indoor method for studying the
preferences of sheep and cattle at pasture.
Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci.,
46: 67-80
Impact des modes de
pâturage sur les dynamiques
de végétation / Impact on sward structure and biodiversity
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Scohier A. and
Dumont B., 2012. How do sheep affect plant
communities and arthropod populations in temperate
grasslands? Animal doi:10.1017/S1751731111002618
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Dumont B.,
Rossignol N., Loucougaray G., Carrère P.,
Chadœuf J., Fleurance G., Bonis
A., Farruggia A., Gaucherand S., Ginane C., Louault F.,
Marion B., Mesléard F. and Yavercovski N., 2012. When does
grazing generate stable vegetation patterns in temperate
pastures? Agric. Ecosyst. & Environ., 153: 50-56
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Farruggia A.,
Dumont B., Scohier A., Leroy T.,
Pradel P. and Garel J.P., 2012.
An alternative rotational stocking management designed to
favour butterflies in permanent grasslands. Grass For.
Sci.,
67: 136-149
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Fleurance G., Duncan P., Farruggia
A., Dumont B. et Lecomte T., 2011. Impact du pâturage équin
sur la diversité floristique et faunistique des prairies.
Fourrages, 207: 189-199
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Dumont B., Carrère P.,
Ginane C., Farruggia A., Lanore L., Tardif A., Decuq F.,
Darsonville O. and Louault F., 2011. Plant-herbivore
interactions affect the initial direction of community
changes in an ecosystem manipulation experiment. Basic
Appl. Ecol., 12: 187-194
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Rossignol N., Chadœuf J., Carrère
P. and Dumont B.,
2011. A hierarchical model for analysing the stability of
vegetation patterns created by grazing in temperate pastures.
Appl. Veg. Sci., 14:
189-199
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Dumont B., Farruggia A.,
Garel J.P., Bachelard P., Boitier E. and Frain M., 2009. How
does grazing intensity influence the diversity of plants and
insects in a species-rich upland grassland on basalt soils?
Grass For. Sci., 64: 92-105
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Dumont B., Garel J.P.,
Ginane C., Decuq F., Farruggia A., Pradel P., Rigolot C. and
Petit M., 2007. Effect of cattle grazing a species-rich
mountain pasture under different stocking rates on the
dynamics of diet selection and sward structure. Animal,
1: 1042-1052
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Farruggia A., Dumont
B., Jouven M., Baumont R. et Loiseau P., 2006. La diversité végétale à l’échelle
de l’exploitation en fonction du chargement dans un système bovin allaitant du Massif
Central. Fourrages, 188: 477-493
( English version
: Grassland Science in Europe,
13: 96-98
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Rook A.J., Dumont B., Isselstein J., Osoro K., Wallis
De Vries M.F.,
Parente G. and Mills J., 2004.
Matching choice of grazing animals to desired
biodiversity outcomes – a review. Biol. Conserv.,
119: 137-150
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Bailey D.W.,
Dumont B. and Wallis De Vries M.F.,
1998. Utilization of heterogeneous grasslands by domestic
herbivores: Theory to management.
Ann. Zootech.,
47: 321-333
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