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Promoting a new species of Cotesia as first biological control agent against the Mediterranean corn borer, an increasing pest. – CoteBio
We have planned five work packages (WP) to achieve the goal of CoteBio. WP1 will evaluate risks and benefits of introducing C. typhae in France, in the frame of a regulatory process relative to the introduction of exotic macro-organisms for plant protection. Based on the biology and ecology of C. t
Achieving agroecological transition through ecological compensation – CompAg
The CompAg project aims at defining possible means to combine the ecological compensation obligation and the related environmental added-value with the agroecological transition. The originality of the project lies in the fact that it meets two current objectives of environmental and agricultural pu
OrcaDepred - Assessment of the ecological and socio- economic consequences of killer whales and sperm whales depredation on the French toothfish fishery: Implementing a techno-economic approach for its supression – OrcaDepred
Depredation by toothed whales of Patagonian toothfish on demersal longline and tuna and swordfish on pelagic longlines is a growing problem internationally and the main problem exposed the French longline fisheries operated from Reunion Island. Pelagic and demersal longline fishery operated from Réu
Within- and Between-Species Adaptation of Rust Fungi – WABSARF
The study of host-pathogen interactions is an active and diversified field of biology with many connections in functional and evolutionary biology and in ecology. In particular, genome evolution is an essential topic in the study of pathological systems due to the fast pace of their evolution. Direc
Climate change Impacts on Global Oceanic Ecosystems & Fisheries. – CIGOEF
Oceanic ecosystems cover more than 70% of the Earth surface and provide major ecosystem services. They are responsible for most of the carbon transfer to the deep ocean, thus having a major influence on atmospheric CO2 and climate. They host a rich biodiversity with emblematic large predatory fishes
Potential and durability of carbon storage in agricultural soils – StoreSoilC
The 4 per mil initiative promotes soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration to improve soil fertility, adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It targets agricultural soils in priority. Rendering soils « climate smart » requires however an understanding and assessment of the SOC s
Strategic preemptive pathogen surveillance of air and water to anticipate plant disease emergence in scenarios of changing land use – SPREE
Anticipating emerging infectious diseases and mitigating their impacts are the major challenges of Human, Veterinary and Plant Pathology. Surveillance for the detection of plant diseases and the subsequent response to limit their effects mobilize significant human and economic resources in Europe an
Exotic herbivorous fish in Mediterranean ecosystems: biological causes and ecological consequences of an ongoing invasion – EXOFISHMED
Mediterranean coastal ecosystems are facing unprecedented anthropogenic disturbances that synergistically threaten their unique biodiversity and the ecosystem services they provide to human populations. The ongoing expansion of herbivorous fishes from the genus Siganus, which entered the Mediterrane
New insights on the links between global changes, community structure and ecosystem stability – ECOSTAB
Ecosystems are constantly facing numerous natural and human induced perturbations, occurring both over short time scales (e.g. extreme climate events) and long time scales (e.g. change in land use). Such perturbations often alter the dynamics of ecological communities and worsen the provision of eco
Tropical BIOdiversity monitoring with COPernicus Sentinel-2 satellites – BioCop
Monitoring status and changes in function and composition of ecosystems is an important challenge: operational applications are urgently awaited by ecologists and deciders in order to identify solutions against the accelerating erosion of biodiversity. Megadiverse tropical forests are the focus of p
Next Generation Biomonitoring of change in ecosystem structure and function – NGB
In a just published Opinion paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, we advocate that a next-generation, global-scale, ecological approach to biomonitoring will emerge in the coming decade, which can detect ecosystem change accurately, cheaply and generically. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) of DNA
Evolutionary and functional impact of epigenetic variations in forest trees. – EPITREE
Forest trees are sessile, long-lived organisms with a major role in the ecology of the Earth. They have developed sensitivity to environmental variation and the potential to adapt, through their high level of standing genetic variations and remarkable phenotypic plasticity. However, forest die-off h
Regime shifts in freshwater ecosystems exposed to multiple stressors by increasing temperature, fertilizers and pesticides – CLIMSHIFT
Shallow freshwater habitats provide vital ecosystem functions but are threatened by multiple stressors acting at different spatial and temporal scales. While a response to global climate change might be gradual, abrupt changes are possible when critical thresholds by additional effects of local stre
Trajectories of Social-Ecological Systems in Latin American Watersheds: Facing Complexity and Vulnerability in the context of Climate Change – TRASSE
The project Trajectories of Social-Ecological Systems in Latin American Watersheds: Facing Complexity and Vulnerability in the context of Climate Change (TRASSE) will aim at operationalising the framework of Social-Ecological Systems in rural-urban watersheds of Mexico, Colombia and France. Beyond p
Energy fluxes on coral reefs: A vertebrate perspective – REEFLUX
REEFLUX builds upon recent and independent research by the team members on the evolution of coral reef structure and functioning. Despite using different approaches, our research consistently suggests a potentially key role of crypto-benthic fish assemblages in supporting the productivity of coral r