Dutoit Thierry

Since 1990, my research has focused on gaining a better understanding of how recent and/or past human activities have modified our environment, and more specifically plant communities. I have been interested in the influence of anthropogenic impacts, particularly over the very long term, by studying their resistance, persistence, resilience and regeneration after the cessation of various disturbances and/or the implementation of various conservation or ecological restoration techniques. I have focused in particular on the soil seed bank, which is considered to be a veritable seminal memory of plant communities due to the time lag that exists between the viability of seeds in the soil and their expression in above-ground vegetation. The majority of my work is experimental and based on practical conservation, restoration or ecological engineering operations.

In the news. Upcoming conference: Bad military memories in natural spaces. How to clean up and renaturalise? Conference and Webconference live on Youtube or Facebook on Wednesday 24 September at 7pm, Station Marine d'Endoume in Marseille.

Endoume Wednesdays