Institutional affiliations
CNRS-MNHN-SU
Centre d'Écologie et des Sciences de la Conservation
UMR 7204

CESCO develops research dealing with biodiversity conservation, in making use of ecological and evolutionary approaches, as well as drawing from the social sciences (political science, management science and psychology).

Addresses
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
Defense and communication molecules in microbial ecosystems (MDCEM)
63 rue Buffon
75005 Paris
FRANCEAddress: 54 rue Cuvier, Case postale 52, 75005 Paris - FRANCE
CENTRE D'ÉCOLOGIE GÉNÉRALE DE BRUNOY
4 avenue du Petit-Château
91800 Brunoy
01 60 47 92 04 / 92 05Ce site de recherche, fermé au public, accueille des équipes spécialisées en écologie forestière et stratégie adaptative des organismes vivants. Les thèmes abordés : fonctionnement, évolution et mécanismes régulateurs des écosystèmes forestiers tropicaux et réseaux trophiques du sol.
Station de Biologie Marine
N° rue Place de la Croix BP 225
29182 Concarneau
The researchers
Projects
I'm working on data from Spipoll, Nature Watch's participatory science program, which consists of taking a 20-minute photo of all the insects that land on a flower. We thus have valuable information on the presence or absence of pollnisers throughout the year and over a large territory.
My job is to look specifically at whether global warming is changing insect behaviour. My problem is this: do bees, bumblebees, flies and other butterflies fly away earlier when the years are warmer? Several studies have already shown that global warming advances the triggering of certain biological functions of animals: birds lay their eggs a little earlier, caterpillars metamorphose prematurely, etc. But as far as the reaction of bees, bumblebees or flies is concerned, not much is known.
After analysis of 8 years of Spipoll data, our preliminary results show that, in general, insects fly earlier in "warm" years. The flight date is even advanced by one week (6 days) for each additional degree!
Research fields
France