Vincent Tolon

Professor and Researcher in Biostatistics

Expertise

Data science applied to agroecology and biodiversity analysis.

Unité de recherche

Agroecology and the environment

Keywords

Data, biodiversity, R software, ADE4, ARCGIS, QGIS, ecology, geographic information system, agroecology, behavior.

Ongoing or recently completed projects

INNOVAB : Design and optimization of innovative farming systems for organic field crops
PERMEAGRI:
Permeability of agricultural areas and the Rhône-Alpes Regional Ecological Coherence Plan
ECOSTACK Plant production strategies based on biodiversity providing ecosystem services and bio-inspired tools for crop protection, in order to enhance the sustainability of food production systems in Europe

Teaching activities

Inferential statistics: probability laws, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, linear models in the first and second years (head of the Fundamental Science and Tools Teaching Unit).
Multifactorial analyses on quantitative variables (ACP), cumulative variables (AFC), and qualitative variables (ACM), ascending hierarchical classification (CAH) in the third year (initial training and apprenticeship).
Geographic information system in the 3rd, 4th (DA SITER, Strategies, Innovation, and Governance of Sectors and Territories) and 5th years (MSc Agroecology).
Statistical Process Control (SPC) in the 4th year (DA IPAD, Innovation in Sustainable Food Products).

Professional experience and education

Depuis 2017 : enseignant-chercheur à l’Isara.
2014-2017 : consultant indépendant, R&D en sciences de l’environnement.
2011-2014 : post-doctorat (Centre d’Etude Biologique de Chizé UMR CNRS/Université de La Rochelle ; ONCFS) en écologie spatiale et comportement animal.
2010-2011 : attaché temporaire d’enseignement et de recherche (Université Lyon 1 et Lyon 2).
2004: Habilitation, University of Greifswald, Germany, thesis: Land use and resource conservation in rural areas of different developing countries.
1998: Ph.D., University of Hohenheim, Germany, thesis: Fallow cultivation system and management possibilities in semi-arid Niger, West Africa,
1993: Diploma (MSc) Geoecology, University of Karlsruhe, Germany,
2006-2010 : Thèse de doctorat en Ecologie à l’Université de Savoie (UMR CNRS 5553 Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpine) et l’Université Lyon 1 (UMR CNRS 5558 Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive).
2005 : Diplôme Universitaire – Université Lyon 1.
2004 : Diplôme d’Etude Supérieure Spécialisé – Ethologie Appliqué.

Latest publications

Article in a journal

2025

Vincent Ducasse, Vincent Tolon, Apolline Auclerc, Line Capowiez, Joséphine Peigné, et al.. The use of vermicompost from urban organic waste leads to a sustainable increase of earthworm abundance: a three-year study in a crop field converting to organic farming. European Journal of Soil Biology, 2025, 127, pp.103789.

2024

Léo Girard, Thomas A Davidson, Vincent Tolon, Tuba Bucak, Soraya Rouifed, et al.. The balance of carbon emissions versus burial in fish ponds: The role of primary producers and management practices. Aquaculture Reports, 2024, 39, pp.102456.

2023

Coralie Triquet, Anthony Roume, Alexander Wezel, Vincent Tolon, Aurélie Ferrer. In‐field cover crop strips support carabid communities and shape the ecological trait repartition in maize fields. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 2023, 25 (1), pp.152-163.

Coralie Triquet, Alexander Wezel, Vincent Tolon, Aurélie Ferrer. Undestroyed winter cover crop strips support wild bee abundance and diversity in intensive cropping systems. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2023, 33 (1), pp.179-204.

2022

Sarah Grauby, Aurélie Ferrer, Vincent Tolon, Anthony Roume, Alexander Wezel, et al.. Can Mixed Intercropping Protect Cereals from Aphid-Borne Viruses? An Experimental Approach. Insects, 2022, 13 (6), pp.521.

Coralie Triquet, Anthony Roume, Vincent Tolon, Alexander Wezel, Aurélie Ferrer. Undestroyed winter cover crop strip in maize fields supports ground-dwelling arthropods and predation. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2022, 326, pp.107783.

2021

Mélanie Surchat, Alexander Wezel, Vincent Tolon, Tor Arvid Breland, Philippe Couraud, et al.. Soil and Pest Management in French Polynesian Farming Systems and Drivers and Barriers for Implementation of Practices Based on Agroecological Principles. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021, 5, pp.708647.

2020

Damien Massaloux, Benoit Sarrazin, Anthony Roume, Vincent Tolon, Alexander Wezel. Complementarity of grasslands and cereal fields ensures carabid regional diversity in French farmlands. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020, Online, 22 p.

Damien Massaloux, Benoit Sarrazin, Anthony Roume, Vincent Tolon, Alexander Wezel. Landscape diversity and field border density enhance carabid diversity in adjacent grasslands and cereal fields. Landscape Ecology, 2020,

2024

Léo Girard, Alexander Wezel, Soraya Rouifed, Vincent Tolon, Mathieu Guérin, et al.. Drying-out as a key management practice for fish ponds, to promote primary producers and macrophytes species richness?. International Pond Conference, EPCN and PONDERFUL, Nov 2024, Online, United Kingdom.

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Communication at a conference

Léo Girard, Alexander Wezel, Soraya Rouifed, Vincent Tolon, Mathieu Guérin, et al.. Drying-out fish ponds as a key agroecological practice to promote ecosystem services?. AQUA 2024, World Aquaculture Society and European Aquaculture Society, Aug 2024, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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