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📄 Preprints
📑 Scientific publications
2026
📌Garrett N.R, Tournayre O, Littlefair J.E., Ivanova N.V., Mei G., Jedrecka T., Briscoe A., Naaum A., Simmons N.B., Clare E.L. Sampling intensity and temporal persistence of airborne eDNA in partially enclosed spaces. Environmental DNA, 8(3), e70318.
📌Tournayre O, Pepinelli M, MacLeod‐Bigley M, Biganzoli‐Rangel A. J, Zayed J. A, Zayed A, & Clare E. L. Fine‐Scale Temporal Dynamics of the Honey Bee Hive Microbiome and Foraging Revealed by Airborne eDNA. Environmental DNA, 8(3), e70297.
2025
📌Tournayre O, Littlefair J.E, Garrett N.R, Brown A.S, Allerton J.J, Cristescu M.E, Clare E.L. Contrasted effects of human pressure on biodiversity in the UK: a multi-taxonomic assessment using airborne environmental DNA. Ecography, e08196
📌Morgado-Gamero W.B, Tournayre O, Cristescu M.E. Comparative decay dynamics and detectability of eDNA and eRNA in connected and isolated freshwater mesocosms using digital PCR. Molecular Ecology Resources, e70028
📌Tournayre O, Littlefair J.E, Garrett N.R, Allerton J.J, Brown A.S, Cristescu M.E, Clare E.L. First national survey of terrestrial biodiversity using airborne eDNA. Scientific Reports, 15, 19247
📌Loria A, Tournayre O, Hébert M-P, Barbosa da Costa N, Fugère V, Barrett R.D.H, Beisner B.E, Gonzalez A, Cristescu M.E. Estimating rapid diversity changes during acute herbicide contamination using environmental DNA. Environmental DNA, 7, e70029
2024
📌Tournayre O, Tian H, Lougheed D.R, Windle M.J.S, Lambert S, Carter J, Sun Z, Ridal J, Wang Y, Cumming B.F, Arnott S,E, Lougheed S.C. Enhancing metabarcoding of freshwater biotic communities: a new online tool for primer selection and exploring data from 14 primer pairs. Environmental DNA, 6, e590
📌Maracle S.R, Tournayre O, Windle M.J.S, Cornier E, Schwartz K, Wylie-Arbic M, Rundle E, Perron M.A, Francis A, Lougheed S.C. Nearshore fish diversity changes with sampling method and human disturbance: comparing eDNA metabarcoding and seine netting along the Upper St. Lawrence River. Journal of Great Lakes Research, 50(3), 102317
2023
📌Tournayre O, Wolfe R, McCurdy-Adams H, Chabot A.A, Lougheed S.C. A species-specific digital PCR assay for the endangered blue racer (Coluber constrictor foxii) in Canada. Genome, 66(9): 251-260. *Editor's Choice September 2023*
📌Chen Y *, Tournayre O *, Tian H, Lougheed S.C. Assessing the breeding phenology of a threatened frog species using eDNA and automatic acoustic monitoring. PeerJ 11:e14679 (*: joint first author)
2021
📌Tournayre O, Leuchtmann M, Galan M, Trillat M, Piry S, Filippi-Codaccionni O, Pontier D, Charbonnel N. eDNA metabarcoding reveals a core and secondary diets of the greater horseshoe bat with strong spatio-temporal plasticity. Environmental DNA, 3(1), 277-296.
2020
📌2020 - Tournayre O, Leuchtmann M, Trillat M, Piry S, Filippi-Codaccionni O, Pontier D, Charbonnel N, Galan M. In silico and empirical evaluation of twelve metabarcoding primer sets for the insectivorous diet analysis. Ecology and Evolution, 10(13), 6310-6332.
2019
📌Tournayre O, Pons J-B, Leuchtmann M, Leblois R, Piry S, Loiseau A, Filippi-Codaccioni O, Duhayer J, Garin I, Mathews F, Puechmaille S, Charbonnel N, Pontier D. (2019) Integrating population genetics to define conservation units from the core to the edge of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum western range. Ecology and Evolution, 9(21), 12272-12290.
2018
📌Galan M, Pons J-B, Tournayre O, Pierre E, Leuchtmann M, Pontier D, Charbonnel N. Metabarcoding for the parallel identification of several hundred predators and their prey: Application to bat species diet analysis. Molecular Ecology Resources,18(3), 474-489.
📖 Book chapters and manuals
📌Tournayre O. Chapitre sur le régime alimentaire et adaptations. Atlas des mammifères de France (volume 4: Chiroptères), SFEPM et PatriNat (année de publication prévue: 2028).
📌Tournayre O., Tian, H., Maracle, S., R., & Lougheed, S. C. (2024). An overview and guide to environmental DNA protocols and workflows. Version 2.2.2. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13421371. Originally prepared for the 2022 Queen’s University Biological Station environmental DNA workshop - this has been a ‘living document’ that we have continued to edit & update each year and will continue to do so.
📋 Technical reports
📌 2023 - Lougheed S.C, Tournayre O., Chen Y., Li P., Clemente-Carvalho R., Pearson D., Navarrete Bedolla de Salgado M., Chabot A., Gabriel L., Swanson B.J., Wolfe R., and Sun Z. Conservation Genomics of Ontario Blue Racers. Final report. 38p.
📌 2022 - Lougheed S.C, Tournayre O., Chen Y., Li P., Clemente-Carvalho R., Pearson D., Navarrete Bedolla de Salgado M., Chabot A., Gabriel L., Swanson B.J., Wolfe R., and Sun Z. Update on Conservation Genomics of Ontario Blue Racers. Interim report. 36p.
📌 2019 - Leuchtmann M., Filippi-Codaccioni O., Tournayre O., Pinaud D., Jacquet S. Grand rhinolophe et trame verte bocagère : Etude des facteurs environnementaux influant sur la dynamique de la population – Rapport d’activités, phase 3/3. Poitou Charentes Nature, 162p.
📰 Other publications
📌 2025 - Morgado-Gamero W.B & Tournayre O. How environmental RNA can give us a real-time picture of freshwater biodiversity. The Conversation.
📌 2023b - Tournayre O. What’s the scoop on turkey poop? On the Edge Fall 2023 : 12-13.
📌 2023a - Tournayre O. L’ADN environnemental peut-il remplacer les suivis acoustiques pour étudier la phénologie de reproduction des amphibiens ? Le cas de la Rainette faux-grillon dans l’Est du Canada. Plume de Naturalistes 7 : 131-142.
📌 2021 - Tournayre O. et al. Au menu du Grand Rhinolophe dans l'Ouest de la France: un plat principal et ses accompagnements au gré des paysages, de ses besoins énergétiques et de la phénologie des proies. Plume de Naturalistes 5 : 39-60.
📌 2019 - Tournayre O. Génétique des populations et biologie de la conservation du Grand Rhinolophe. Plumes de Naturalistes 3: 249-258.
📌 2018 - Tournayre O. Qui mange quoi ? Zoom sur l’ADN des chauves-souris et de leurs proies contenues dans le guano. Plume de Naturalistes 2 : 61-76.
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