Mediterranean forests are subject to increasing human and climatic pressures, which are particularly marked in the most challenging areas of the Mediterranean basin, characterised by semi-arid to arid climates.
Take a look at images from the DéMETer project, funded by the Agence Nationale de la Recherche and involving IMBE, which aims to develop and evaluate innovative solutions for cleaning up
In Europe, where livestock farming has largely replaced wild ungulates over the centuries, dung beetle communities have become highly dependent on domestic herbivore farming practices. They could therefore
Infectious diseases are emerging more frequently these days, in connection with the loss of biodiversity and climate change. They represent a major threat to both wildlife and humans.
The island nature and volcanic origin of the Cape Verde archipelago favour the formation of underwater caves, the preferred habitats of sponges of the Homoscleromorpha class. Until recently, the biodiversity of
In the south of France, in the Parc national des Calanques, Teucrium polium subsp. purpurascens (Lamiaceae) is a rare and endangered plant, confined mainly to the Frioul archipelago, the habitat of the Calanques National Park.