Vodcast: Interactions between climate change and biological invasions - Franck Courchamp
The Environment Institute recently hosted听, who visited Adelaide from Paris to present a seminar entitled:听鈥淚nteractions between climate change and biological invasions鈥.
To quote Franck: "I have been working for years on biological invasions. You know, the species that are put into regions in which they don鈥檛 belong and that just expend madly and outcompete everything, unchecked. A bit like Mcdonald鈥檚 in France. Because I鈥檝e also started working on the impact of climate change on biodiversity, I鈥檝e naturally wondered (like many) whether climate change would affect biological invasions."
[caption id="attachment_7498" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Promo for the InvaCost project: From Biodiversity Dynamics."][/caption]
Humour aside, the topic of Franck's seminar is particularly emotive, especially when听we think about what might happen if invasive insects were to negatively impact populations of bees. As Franck points out on his ,听remember what Einstein said about pollinators:
If bees were to disappear, humans will disappear within a few years.
has worked closely with Franck in the past, and is now involved with a project Franck is spearheading called , which aims to assess the economic damage that invasive insects could produce as a result of climate change. Corey has blogged about the project in more detail at听.听
For more of Franck's humour, as well as information about and the current and potential cost of insect invasion worldwide check out the blog.
Franck's 听entitled "Interactions between climate change and biological invasions"听is available for viewing below.
You can also read of Franck's most recent publications entitled ""听check out his blog听听and follow him on twitter听.
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To quote Franck: "I have been working for years on biological invasions. You know, the species that are put into regions in which they don鈥檛 belong and that just expend madly and outcompete everything, unchecked. A bit like Mcdonald鈥檚 in France. Because I鈥檝e also started working on the impact of climate change on biodiversity, I鈥檝e naturally wondered (like many) whether climate change would affect biological invasions."
[caption id="attachment_7498" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Promo for the InvaCost project: From Biodiversity Dynamics."][/caption]
Humour aside, the topic of Franck's seminar is particularly emotive, especially when听we think about what might happen if invasive insects were to negatively impact populations of bees. As Franck points out on his ,听remember what Einstein said about pollinators:
If bees were to disappear, humans will disappear within a few years.
has worked closely with Franck in the past, and is now involved with a project Franck is spearheading called , which aims to assess the economic damage that invasive insects could produce as a result of climate change. Corey has blogged about the project in more detail at听.听
For more of Franck's humour, as well as information about and the current and potential cost of insect invasion worldwide check out the blog.
Franck's 听entitled "Interactions between climate change and biological invasions"听is available for viewing below.
You can also read of Franck's most recent publications entitled ""听check out his blog听听and follow him on twitter听.
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