Publications

2025

• Froidevaux J., Le Viol I., Barré K., Bas Y., Kerbiriou C. (2025) A modeling framework for biodiversity assessment in renewable energy development: A case study on European bats and wind turbines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 211: 115323.

2024

• Barré K., Baudouin A., Froidevaux J., Chartendrault V., Kerbiriou C. (2024) Insectivorous bats alter their flight and feeding behaviour at ground-mounted solar farms. Journal of Applied Ecology, 61: 328-339.
• Leroux C., Barré K., Valet N., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I. (2024) Distribution of common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) activity is altered by airflow disruption generated by wind turbines. PLOS ONE, 19: e0303368.
• Ravache A., Barré K., Normand B., Goislot C., Besnard A., Kerbiriou C. (2024) Monitoring carcass persistence in windfarms : Recommendations for estimating mortality. Biological Conservation, 292: 110509.
• Sotillo A., Le Viol I., Barré K., Bas Y., Kerbiriou C. (2024) Context-dependent effects of wind turbines on bats in rural landscapes. Biological Conservation, 295: 110647.

2023

• Leroux C., Le Viol I., Valet N., Kerbiriou C., Barré K. (2023) Disentangling mechanisms responsible for wind energy effects on European bats. Journal of Environmental Management, 346: 118987.
• Barré K., Thomas I., Le Viol I., Spoelstra K., Kerbiriou C. (2023) Manipulating spectra of artificial light affects movement patterns of bats along ecological corridors. Animal Conservation, 6: 865-875.
• Froidevaux J.S.P., Toshkova N., Barbaro L., Benítez-López A., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Pacifici M., Santini L., Stawski C., Russo D., Dekker J., Alberdi A., Amorim F., Ancillotto L., Barré K., Bas Y., Cantú-Salazar L., Devaux T., Eldegard K., Fereidouni S., Furmankiewicz J., Hamidovic D., Hill D.L., Ibáñez C., Julien JF., Juste J., Kaňuch P., Korine C., Laforge A., Legras G., Leroux C., Lesiński G., Mariton L., Marmet J., Mata V., Mifsud C.M., Nistreanu V., Novella-Fernandez R., Rebelo H., Roche N., Roemer C., Ruczyński I., Sørås R., Uhrin M., Vella A., Voigt CC., Razgour O. (2023) EuroBaTrait 1.0, a species-level trait database of bats in Europe and beyond. Scientific data, 10: 253.
• Behr O., Barré K., Bontadina F., Brinkmann R., Dietz M., Disca T., Froidevaux J., Ghanem S., Huemer S., Hurst J., Kaminisky S., Kelm V., Korner-Nievergelt F., Lauper M., Lintott P., Newman C., Peterson T., Proksch J., Roemer C., Schorcht W., Nagy M. (2023) Standardized and referenced acoustic monitoring reliably estimates bat fatality risk at wind turbines: comments on ‘Limitations of acoustic monitoring at wind turbines to evaluate fatality risk of bats’ . Mammal Review , 53: 65-71.
• Barré K., Froidevaux J., Sotillo A., Roemer C., Kerbiriou C. (2023) Drivers of bat activity at wind turbines advocate for mitigating bat exposure using multicriteria algorithm-based curtailment. Science of the Total Environment, 866: 161404.

2022

• Barré K., Froidevaux J., Leroux C., Mariton L., Fritze M., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Bas Y., Roemer C. (2022) Over a decade of failure to implement UNEP/EUROBATS guidelines in wind energy planning: A call for action. Conservation Science and Practice, e12805.
• Leroux C., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Valet N., Barré K. (2022) Distance to hedgerows drives local repulsion and attraction of wind turbines on bats: implications for spatial siting. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59: 2142-2153.
• Barré K., Vernet A., Azam C., Le Viol I., Dumont A., Deana T., Vincent S., Challéat S., Kerbiriou C. (2022) Landscape composition drives the impacts of artificial light at night on insectivorous bats. Environmental pollution, 292: 118394.
• Challéat S., Lapostolle D., Milian J., Barré K., Farrugia N., Renaud M., Maisonobe M., Morvan S., Ronzani C., Folgar H., Loose D. (2022) Construire et travailler un objet de recherche en interdisciplinarité : l'exemple de l'environnement nocturne à La Réunion. Tracés, 22: 23-45.

2021

• Laforge A., Archaux F., Coulon A., Sirami C., Froidevaux J., Gouix N., Ladet S., Martin H., Barré K., Roemer C., Claireau F., Kerbiriou C., Barbaro L. (2021) Landscape composition and life-history traits influence bat movement and space use: Analysis of 30 years of published telemetry data. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30: 2442-2454.
• Blary C., Kerbiriou C., Le Viol I., Barré K.. (2021) Assessing the importance of field margins for bat species and communities in intensive agricultural landscapes. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 319: 107494.
• Barré K., Kerbiriou C., Ing R.K., Bas Y., Azam C., Le Viol I., Spoelstra K. (2021) Bats seek refuge in cluttered environment when exposed to white and red lights at night. Movement Ecology, 9.
• Millon L.*, Barré K.*, Julliard R., Compere P. & Kerbiriou C. (2021) Calculation of biodiversity level between different land-uses to improve conservation outcomes of biodiversity offsetting. Land Use Policy, 101: 105161. * Equal contribution
• Challéat S.*, Barré K.*, Laforge A., Lapostolle D., Franchomme M., Sirami C., Le Viol I., Milian J., Kerbiriou C. (2021) Grasping darkness: the dark ecological network as a social-ecological framework to limit the impacts of light pollution on biodiversity. Ecology and Society, 26: 1. * Equal contribution
• Dubos N., Kerbiriou C., Julien J-F., Barbaro L., Barré K., Claireau F., Froidevaux J., Le Viol I., Lorillère R., Roemer C., Verfaillie F. & Bas Y. (2021) Going beyond species richness and abundance: robustness of community specialisation measures in short acoustic surveys. Biodiversity and Conservation, 30: 343-363.

2020

• Barré K., Spoelstra K., Bas Y., Challéat S., Kiri Ing R., Azam C., Zissis G., Lapostolle D., Kerbiriou K. & Le Viol I. (2020) Artificial light may change flight patterns of bats near bridges along urban waterways. Animal Conservation, 26: 259-267.
• Kerbiriou C., Barré K., Mariton L., Pauwels J., Zissis G., Robert A., Le Viol I. (2020) Switching LPS to LED Streetlight May Dramatically Reduce Activity and Foraging of Bats. Diversity, 12.

2019

• Barré K., Le Viol I., Julliard R., Pauwels J., Newson S., Julien J-F., Claireau F., Kerbiriou C. & Bas Y. (2019) Accounting for automated identification errors in acoustic surveys. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 1171-1188.
• Barré K., Le Viol I., Bas Y., Julliard R. & Kerbiriou C. (2019) Addendum to “Estimating habitat loss due to wind turbine avoidance by bats: Implications for European siting guidance” [Biol. Conserv.] 226, 205–214: Wind turbine impact on bat activity is not driven by siting altitude. Biological Conservation, 235: 77-78.
• Claireau F., Bas Y., Pauwels J., Barré K., Machon N., Allegrini B., Puechmaille S., and Kerbiriou C. (2019) Major roads have important effects on insectivorous bats activity. Biological Conservation, 235: 53-62.
• Omar M., Schneider-Maunoury L.,Barré K., Al Sayed N., Halwani J. & Machon N. (2019) Dynamics of colonization and extinction of plant species in alignment tree bases of Paris (France). Ecology and Evolution, 00: 1-15.

2018

• Omar M., Al Sayed N., Barré K., Halwani J. & Machon N. (2018) Drivers of distribution of spontaneous plant communities and species at urban tree bases. Urban forestry & urban greening, 35: 174-191.
• Barré K., Le Viol I., Bas Y., Julliard R. & Kerbiriou C. (2018) Estimating habitat loss due to wind turbine avoidance by bats: Implications for European siting guidance. Biological Conservation, 226: 205-214.
• Barré K., Le Viol I., Julliard R. & Kerbiriou C. (2018) Weed control method drives conservation tillage efficiency on farmland breeding birds. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 256: 71-84.

2017

• Barré K., Le Viol I., Julliard R., Chiron F & Kerbiriou C. (2017) Tillage and herbicide reduction mitigate the gap between conventional and organic farming effects on insectivorous bats. Ecology and Evolution, 8: 1496-1506.