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.

M2 internship opportunity on “The effects of earthworm translocation and the addition of organic matter on the functions of an artificialised Mediterranean steppe soil” for the first semester of 2027. https://www.imbe.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/stage2027_IMBE_INRAE.pdf