The theories of biodiversity lie at the interface between ecology and evolution.
The processes that occur in the genesis and the maintenance of biodiversity are presented. These processes are genetic (natural selection, mutation, genetic drift, systems of reproduction), macro-evolutionary (speciation, extinction), and ecological (maintenance of polymorphism, biogeography, ecological niches).
These concepts are approached in the form of models using game theory, spatially structured models, population genetics and population dynamics, but also with the study of particular cases.
This course also treats the application of these theories to the management of biodiversity, at the population level (reduction in genetic variability, response to selection and adaptive potentialities) and ecological communities (response of communities to climate changes or other, biodiversity assurance role)
Course Language: French
- Teaching coordinator: Courtier-Orgogozo Virginie
- Teaching coordinator: Mouchet Maud
- Teaching coordinator: Tenaillon Olivier