DIAGNE C - cbgp

christophe.diagne@ird.fr

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Christophe Amidi DIAGNE

Research manager, IRD

Area(s)

3 - Health ecology and small mammals

Collective responsibility(ies)

Elected member of the Unit Council
IRN Co-coordinatorr of « West African Network on Biological Invasions (WAN@BI) »

I am developing an integrative approach in health ecology and invasion biology to study the relationships between biodiversity and global change, particularly in the Global South (West Africa). More specifically, my research focuses on (i) the contemporary evolutionary ecology of rodent-parasite interactions within small mammal communities in changing socio-ecosystems and (ii) the health and socio-economic implications of biological invasions at various scales. I integrate multidisciplinary collaborations (ecotoxicology, socio-anthropology, computational modelling) into my approaches to community ecology, parasitology and biostatistics. My work involves data collection (fieldwork, knowledge synthesis), laboratory analyses (molecular biology, eco-immunology, parasitology), data analysis and knowledge sharing at the science-society interface.

Keywords: Community ecology; rodent-parasite interactions; biological invasions; urbanisation; zoonoses

Ndiaye P.I., Duboz P., Diagne C., Granjon L., Licata F., Diallo A., Medina-Serrano N., Sagna M.B., Hossaert-McKey M., Guisse A., Boëtsch G. & McKey D. 2026. Ten years of research on the biodiversity of the Great Green Wall by the International Human-Environment observatory Téssékéré in Senegal. Comptes Rendus Géoscience 356 : 1-16. (https://dx.doi.org/10.5802/crgeos.321)

El Jamaai J., Taheri A., Ballesteros-Mejia L., Ahmed D.A., Bang A., Diagne C., Courchamp F. & Angulo E. 2026. Biological invasions and their potential economic costs in Morocco. Scientific Reports 16 : 2011. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-31767-8)

Atteynine S.A., Bertrand M., Dembélé A., Coulibaly F., Diagne C. & Granjon L. 2026. Tempo and mode in biological invasions: exotic rodents in the small mammal community of Bamako (Mali). Mammalian Biology 106 : 129-146. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s42991-025-00542-7)

Robuchon M., Bernery C., Cardoso A.C., Dia C.A.K.M., Courchamp F., Diagne C., Gervasini E., Heringer G., Pavoine S., Renault D., Rezende V., Vaissière A.-C. & Bellard C. 2025. Conservation paradoxes and challenges in invasive alien species with economic costs. Biological Conservation 305 : 111041. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111041)

Jarić I., Diagne C. & Chowdhury S. 2025. Moving beyond continents for global and inclusive science. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 23 : e2851. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.2851)

Garona J., Berard* A., Tatard C., Kwasiborski A., Gauthier P., Ag Atteynine S., Hourdel V., Eusebe A., Diagne C., Caro V., Brouat C., Charbonnel N., Sauvage V., Granjon L. & Castel G. 2025. Detection of two zoonotic pathogens, Seoul orthohantavirus and pathogenic Leptospira, in rats of Bamako, Mali (2021−2023). One Health 20 : 101085. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.onehlt.2025.101085)

Bodey T.W., Cuthbert R.N., Diagne C., Marino C., Turbelin A., Angulo E., Fantle-Lepczyk J., Pincheira-Donoso D., Courchamp F. & Hudgins E.J. 2025. Predicting the global economic costs of biological invasions by tetrapods. Science of the Total Environment 967 : 178425. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178425)

Turbelin A.J., Hudgins E.J., Catford J.A., Cuthbert R.N., Diagne C., Kourantidou M., Roiz D. & Courchamp F. 2024. Biological invasions as burdens to primary economic sectors. Global Environmental Change 87 : 102858. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102858)

Roiz D., Pontifes P.A., Jourdain F., Diagne C., Leroy B., Vaissiere A.C., Tolsa-Garcia M.J., Salles J.M., Simard F. & Courchamp F. 2024. The rising global economic costs of invasive Aedes mosquitoes and Aedes-borne diseases. Science of the Total Environment 933 : 173054. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173054)

Kincaid-Smith J., Savassi B., Senghor B., Diagne C., Niang Y., Kane M., Tatard C., Brouat C. & Granjon L. 2024. African schistosomes in small mammal communities: Perspectives from a spatio-temporal survey in the vicinity of Lake Guiers, Senegal. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18 : e0012721. (https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012721)