Research

Theme of research

Impacts of anthropization on landscapes and biodiversity: (i) at local spatial scale (landscape ecology); (ii) at large spatial scale (macroecology).

 

Keywords

Biogeography; Conservation; Landscapes; Littoral; Birds; Benthic fauna

 

Main applications

Conservation biology

Sustainable development of coastal areas

 

Biological models

Bird communities: passerines and waders

Benthic marine invertebrates: especially reef-building polychaetes

 

Spatial models

Coastal wetlands

Saltmarshes

Coastal salinas

Intertidal ecosystems

 

Main study sites

Normand-Breton Gulf, France (especially: Bay of the Mont Saint-Michel, Chausey archipelago)

Marais Poitevin, France (the 2^nd largest wetland of France)

Brière

Salinas of Western Europe (especially the Guérande-Mès salinas)