Amphithéâtre Maurice Halbwachs, Site Marcelin Berthelot
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Abstract

In this seminar, I will present how the study of plant-pollinator communities benefits from interaction network approaches. These approaches, which integrate both all the species making up the communities and the interactions that link these species together, make it possible to describe the organization of these communities and how it differs from other types of communities. Taking into account the interactions between species, and therefore the effects these species have on each other, also sheds light on how these communities function, and how various disturbances may, or may not, be propagated from species to species, via these interactions.

Colin Fontaine

Colin Fontaine

My research aims to understand how interdependent relationships between species structure biological communities and affect their functioning and response to disturbances. I first tackled these questions by studying plant-pollinator communities, and it was during several enriching collaborations that I extended my work to other types of communities, linked by other types of interactions. Since my arrival at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, my research has been fuelled by conservation science issues, with the aim of producing and sharing knowledge in line with society's ecological and environmental concerns.

Speaker(s)

Colin Fontaine

CNRS research fellow