Peer-reviewed publications

Mael Le Corre, Felipe Dargent, Vaughan Grimes, Joshua Wright, Steeve D cote, Megan S. Reich, Jean-Noël Candau, Marrissa Miller, Brent Holmes, Clement Bataille, Kate Britton (2025). An ensemble machine learning bioavailable strontium isoscape for Eastern Canada. FACETS.

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Megan S. Reich, Daria Shipilina, Venkat Talla, Farid Bahleman, Khadim Kébé, Johanna L Berger, Niclas Backström, Gerard Talavera, Clement Bataille (2025). Isotope geolocation and population genomics in Vanessa cardui: Short- and long-distance migrants are genetically undifferentiated. PNAS Nexus.

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Megan S. Reich, Sana Ghouri, Samantha Zabudsky, Lihai Hu, Mael Le Corre, Ivy Ng'iru, Dubi Benyamini, Daria Shipilina, Steve C Collins, Dino J Martins, Roger Vila, Gerard Talavera, Clement Bataille (2024). Trans-Saharan migratory patterns in Vanessa cardui and evidence for a southward leapfrog migration.. iScience.

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Johanna L. Gorki, Roger Lopez-Mañas, Llorenç Sáez, Mattia Menchetti, Nazar Shapoval, Anne Andersen, Dubi Benyamini, Steve Daniels, Aurora García-Berro, Megan S. Reich, Stefano Scalercio, Eric Toro-Delgado, Clement P. Bataille, Christina Domingo-Marimon, Roger Vila, Tomasz Suchan, Gerard Talavera (2024). Pollen metabarcoding reveals the origin and multigenerational migratory pathway of an intercontinental-scale butterfly outbreak.. Current Biology.

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Tomasz Suchan, Clement P. Bataille, Megan S. Reich, Eric Toro-Delgado, Roger Vila, Naomi E. Pierce, Gerard Talavera (2024). A trans-oceanic flight of over 4,200 km by painted lady butterflies. Nature Communications.

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Sana Ghouri, Megan S. Reich, Roger Lopez-Mañas, Gerard Talavera, Gabriel Bowen, Roger Vila, Valery N. K. Talla, Steve C. Collins, Dino J. Martins, Clement Bataille (2024). A hydrogen isoscape for tracing the migration of herbivorous lepidopterans across the Afro‐Palearctic range. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry.

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Gerard Talavera, Aurora García-Berro, Valery N. K. Talla, Ivy Ng'iru, Farid Bahleman, Khadim Kébé, Kelvin M. Nzala, Dulce Plasencia, Mohammad A. J. Marafi, Abeje Kassie, Eude O. A. Goudégnon, Martial Kiki, Dubi Benyamini, Megan S. Reich, Roger Lopez-Mañas, Fulvia Benetello, Steve C. Collins, Clement P. Bataille, Naomi E. Pierce, Dino J. Martins, Tomasz Suchan, Mattia Menchetti, Roger Vila (2023). The Afrotropical breeding grounds of the Palearctic-African migratory painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui). PNAS.

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Felipe Dargent, Jean-Noël Candau, Kala Studens, Kerry H. Perrault, Megan S. Reich, Clement Pierre Bataille (2023). Characterizing eastern spruce budworm’s large-scale dispersal events through flight behavior and stable isotope analyses. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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Eve E. Lindroos, Clement P. Bataille, Peter W. Holder, Gerard Talavera, Megan S. Reich (2023). Temporal stability of δ2H in insect tissues: Implications for isotope-based geographic assignments. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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Megan S Reich, Mira Kindra, Felipe Dargent, Lihai Hu, D T Tyler Flockhart, D Ryan Norris, Heather Kharouba, Gerard Talavera, Clément P Bataille (2023). Metals and metal isotopes incorporation in insect wings: Implications for geolocation and pollution exposure. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

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Roger Lopez-Mañas, Joan Pere Pascual-Díaz, Aurora García-Berro, Farid Bahleman, Megan S. Reich, Lisa Pokorny, Clement P. Bataille, Roger Vila, Cristina Domingo-Marimon, Gerard Talavera (2022). Erratic spatiotemporal vegetation growth anomalies drive population outbreaks in a trans-Saharan insect migrant. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Megan S. Reich, D. T. Tyler Flockhart, D. Ryan Norris, Lihai Hu, Clement P. Bataille (2021). Continuous‐surface geographic assignment of migratory animals using strontium isotopes: A case study with monarch butterflies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

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Sarah L Amundrud, Sarina A Clay-Smith, Bret L Flynn, Kathleen E Higgins, Megan S Reich, Derek R H Wiens, Diane S Srivastava (2019). Drought alters the trophic role of an opportunistic generalist in an aquatic ecosystem. Oecologia.

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