Climate change:
impact and adaptation
Number 20
AGROPOLIS
INTERNATIONAL
agriculture food biodiversity environment
Agropolis International
brings together authorities of
research and higher education
in Montpellier and LanguedocRoussillon in partnership with
local communities, companies
and regional enterprises and
in close cooperation with
international institutions.
This scientific community
has one main objective
the economic and social
development of Mediterranean
and tropical regions
Agropolis International
is an international space open
to all interested socioeconomic
development stakeholders
in fields associated with
agriculture, food production,
biodiversity, environment and
rural societies.
Climate change:
impact and adaptation
Foreword
Topics covered
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Foreword
Topics covered
by the research teams
(January 2015)
1. Climate change
& resources, territories and
development
2. Climate change
& biodiversity and ecosystems
3. Climate change
& interactions between organisms
4. Climate change
& agricultural and livestock
production systems
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Bofedal: montain
ecosystem of high natural
value in the tropical Andes (Bolivia).
F. Anthelme IRD-UMR AMAP
Climate change
& resources, territories
and development
Climate change
& resources, territories
and development
Main teams
IM2E
Montpellier Institute
for Water and Environment
(BRGM/CIRAD/CNRS/INRA/IRD/IRSTEA/
AgroParisTech/CIHEAM-IAMM/ EMA/
ENSCM/Montpellier SupAgro/UAG/UM/
UPVM/UPVD/UR)
400 scientists
UMR ART-Dev
Actors, Resources
and Territories in Development
(CNRS/UPVM/CIRAD/UPVD/UM)
66 scientists
UMR EMMAH
Modelling Agricultural and
Hydrological Systems
in the Mediterranean Environment
(INRA/UAPV)
53 scientists
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UMR ESPACE-DEV
Lespace au service du dveloppement
(IRD/UM/UR/UAG)
35 scientists
UMR G-EAU
Water Resource Management,
Actors and Uses
(AgroParisTech/CIRAD/IRD/IRSTEA/
Montpellier SupAgro)
60 scientists
UMR GM
Geosciences Montpellier
(CNRS/UM)
90 scientists
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A federative structure
that positions LanguedocRoussillon as driving force
for national water research
ALMIRA:
adapting landscapes for sustainable management
of crop production, water and soil resources
The project Adapting landscape mosaics of Mediterranean rainfed
agrosystems for sustainable management of crop production, water
and soil resources (ALMIRA) aims to mitigate pressure caused by
climate and socioeconomic changes. It thus proposes to rationalize
the spatial organization regarding land use and cropping systems
in order to optimize the provision of several ecosystem services
(agricultural biomass production, surface water production in manmade reservoirs, curbing erosion, etc.).
structures that impact flows within the landscape, from the crop
plot to the catchment basin, with consequences on the landscape
functions and resulting services
levers for the management of cropping areas via trade-offs
between agricultural production and soil and water resource
conservation.
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HydroSciences Montpellier is
highly involved in researchoriented training and education.
The training courses provided by
the laboratory (Water Masters
degree, Health Engineering
Masters degree, Water Sciences and
Technologies engineering degree of
PolytechMontpellier) attract French
and foreign students alike (especially
from developing countries). The
UMR is also involved from the
Bachelors to the PhD levels.
The laboratory is a member of
the Observatoire de recherche
mditerranen de lenvironnement
(OREME), an Observatory for Science
of the Universe (OSU). Its research
is also supported by major technical
facilities such as the large regional
technical platform for the analysis of
trace elements in the environment
(GPTR AETE) and the collective
laboratory for the analysis of stable
isotopes in water (LAMA).
One of HydroSciences strengths is
its involvement in many national and
international projects, its extensive
network of collaboration with
research laboratories and institutions
Water management
and adaptation to climate
changemultidisciplinary
research
The joint research unit Water
Resource Management, Actors
and Uses (G-EAU AgroParisTech,
CIRAD, IRD, IRSTEA, Montpellier
SupAgro) conducts interdisciplinary
research on water management. It
brings together expertise in earth
sciences (hydrology, hydraulics)
engineering (automation, fluid
mechanics, structural mechanics),
life science (agronomy) and social
science (economy, sociology,
political science). It also includes
methodological expertise for
interdisciplinary research. Priority
is given to research in Europe and
Africa, with a special focus on the
Mediterranean Basin.
This expertise is encompassed within
nine teams, that address issues
regarding adaptive water and aquatic
environment management, focused
on specific topics:
Hydraulic management,
optimization and supervision of
water transfers
Optimization of irrigation
management and technology
D. Dorchies
ClimAware:
reservoir management and adaptation to climate change
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The results showed that climate change could have a significant impact on low flows regardless of the selected management strategy for the four
reservoir lakes in the basin.
P. Renault
Main teams
UMR GRED
Governance, Risk,
Environment, Development
(IRD/UPVM)
53 scientists
UMR HSM
HydroSciences Montpellier
(IRD/UM/CNRS)
90 scientists
UMR LAMETA
Laboratoire Montpellirain
dconomie Thorique et Applique
(INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/UM/CNRS)
53 scientists
UMR TETIS
Spatial Information and Analysis
for Territories and Ecosystems
(CIRAD/AgroParisTech/IRSTEA)
42 scientists
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UR D3E/NRE
Nouvelles Ressources
en Eau et conomie
(BRGM)
16 scientists
UR Green
Management of Renewable
Resources and Environment
(CIRAD)
18 scientists
UR LGEI
Laboratoire de Gnie
de lEnvironnement Industriel
(EMA)
30 scientists
or semi-controlled conditions
(especially in laboratories), and
on methodological development
to gain insight into and model
the functioning of Mediterranean
ecosystems.
EMMAH brings together a range of
expertise that it makes effective use
of in studies on landscape changes
on a regional scale (especially land
use patterns) and on water transfers
in the aquifer, deep unsaturated
zone, soil, plant and atmosphere
continuum. It also studies the impact
of biogeochemical reactivity on
water quality, the environmental
fate of human pathogens, and crop
functioning according to climatic
conditions.
S. Pistre
Coastal monitoring.
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Mainstreaming
hydrogeological and
socioeconomic issues to
enhance management of
growing water needs
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J.-C. Marchal
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The performance of the karstic system was assessed for different extents of pumping with or without climate change. The findings
indicated that climate change would result in an average 30% decrease in the annual recharge. This reduction would mainly occur in
the autumn and spring periods and, to a lesser extent in winter. It would be observed through a decrease in the piezometry within the
aquifer and result in a slight increase in the duration of the dry period in the Lez spring (+30 days on average compared to the reference
period). The extraction scenarios showed a risk of greater water table depletion, but they also highlighted the possibilitywhile taking
the uncertainties inherent to this type of approach into considerationof increasing the current extraction volume, while maintaining a
monthly average piezometric level above pump elevation.
Contact: Jean-Christophe Marchal, jc.marechal@brgm.fr
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F. Baudron CIRAD
Understanding plant
responses to water stress
to enhance performance
in a climate change setting
Y. Boursiac B&PMP
Because of global change and the growing world demand for food,
it is crucial to clearly understand how plants take up and utilize soil
water and especially how cereal crops tolerate and react to water
stress. These issues are studied through two research projects
conducted by UMR B&PMP (see page 81).
C.E. Manchego
The experience of the EcoAdapt project in creating adaptation plans will be utilized to benefit other areas where water-related conflicts could
be worsened by the increasing impacts of climate change. To this end, EcoAdapt is using existing networks while strengthening and developing
them so that the results are disseminated and shared, with new ideas also being introduced into the project.
Contact : Grgoire Leclerc, gregoire.leclerc@cirad.fr
For further information: www.ecoadapt.eu
* Red Iberoamericana de Oficinas de Cambio Climtico.
Socioecosystem adaptation
and transformation
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Spatialization of
environmental knowledge
for monitoring tropical
areas vulnerable to global
change
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LIDAR signal
Amplitude
Pulse emitted
UMR TETIS
Backscattered
wave form
Time/Distance
LIDAR
technologyuseful,
usable and used
information.
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Changes in governance
and territorial and resource
management in response
to global change
The joint research unit Governance,
Risk, Environment, Development
(UMR GRED IRD, UPVM) focuses
on relationships that societies overall,
as well as individuals, have with the
environment. It strives to address
the following dual-sided question:
how do new constraints and
vulnerabilities modify the governance
and management of territories and
resources?
Biodiversity conservation and rural
system dynamics is the first line
of research at GRED. Agricultural
societies are hampered by the
fragilization of ecosystems and
conservation injunctions associated
with the globalization of issues.
These policies are nevertheless
undergoing drastic changes. They are
no longer considered independently
of development and, moreover,
biodiversity and climate change
issues tend to overlap, which is a
T. Ruf
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F. Molle IRD
F. Affholder
Sustainable development
and management of
resources from an economics
standpoint
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M. Broin
Climate change
& biodiversity and ecosystems
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Biodiversity
and continental ecosystems
Main teams
European Ecotron of Montpellier
(CNRS)
7 scientists
LabEx CeMEB
Centre Mditerranen de
lEnvironnement et de la Biodiversit
(UM/UPVM/Montpellier SupAgro/CNRS/IRD/
INRA/CIRAD/EPHE/Inrap/UNmes)
630 scientists
OSU OREME
Observatoire de Recherche
Mditerranen de lEnvironnement
(UM/CNRS/IRD)
10 scientists
UMR AMAP
Botany and Computational
Plant Architecture
(CIRAD/CNRS/INRA/IRD/UM)
54 scientists
UMR CEFE
Centre for Functional
and Evolutionary Ecology
(CNRS/UM/UPVM/EPHE/
Montpellier SupAgro/IRD/INRA)
86 scientists
Climate change: impact and adaptation
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E. Gritti
Accredited as an Excellence
Laboratory (LabEx) by the ANR
Investissement dAvenir 20112019 programme, the Centre
Mditerranen de lEnvironnement
et de la Biodiversit (LabEx CeMEB;
headed by UM, UPVM, Montpellier
SupAgro, CNRS, IRD, INRA, CIRAD,
EPHE, INRAP, UNmes) is a federative
structure grouping eight research
units (AMAP, CBGP, CEFE, Eco&Sols,
Ecotron, ISEM, LAMETA, MIVEGEC).
CeMEB draws up common strategies
on its research areas in close
collaboration with local and regional
partners, including the Observatoire
des sciences de lunivers (OSU)
OREME, DiPEE de Montpellier, the
Comit technique dtablissement
(CTE) B3E of the Montpellier
University and other LabEx*. It
also undertakes research support
missions (PhD, postdoctoral),
scientific coordination (organization
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Comparing the current biodiversity distribution with that present 200 years ago is a
difficult task because of the scarcity of good quality old data. When such data exist, they are
usually from surveys carried out just a few decades ago at most. As the time period studied
lengthens, substantial changes occur in terms of the nomenclature of the studied species
and in the names of the study sites. Moreover, climate data collected during surveys carried
out long ago often concern the same stations.
Delile
All of these constraints highlight the tremendous value of data collected in the vicinity of
Montpellier between 1820 and 1850 by de Candolle and his successors at the Institute
of Botany of Montpellier and currently maintained at the Montpellier Herbarium. These
collections represent one of the oldest sets of precisely located mycological data. These data
are also accompanied by accurate climate information that was manually logged at the time
of sampling.
Major efforts were put into rectifying the nomenclature and analysing the meteorological
data and comparisons were made with records obtained in the same region over the 20002010 period. The teams involved (Socit dHorticulture et dHistoire Naturelle de lHrault,
CEFE, Biotope, Laboratoire de Botanique, Phytochimie et Mycologie, Herbier de lUniversit de
Montpellier, Laboratoire des Sciences Vgtales et Fongiques) were thus able to show that over
the past two centuries the fruiting of decomposer and mutualistic fungi has been delayed by
2-3 weeks, while at the same time marked changes in some climatic parameters occurred
(mean temperature, temporal rainfall distribution).
There were sometimes very substantial specific variations in these general trends,
modulated by the ecological traits of the species (associated tree species, type of substrate,
etc.), highlighting for instance that some mushrooms widely consumed in the past, and which
were sold in Montpellier markets, are now very scarce.
Contact: Franck Richard, franck.richard@cefe.cnrs.fr
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Main teams
UMR ISEM
Institute of Evolutionary
Sciences of Montpellier
(CNRS/UM/IRD/EPHE)
89 scientists
UR B&SEF
Tropical Forest Goods
and Ecosystem Services
(CIRAD)
45 scientists
UR URFM
cologie des Forts Mditerranennes
(INRA)
15 scientists
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A. Duputie
Sessile oak
(Quercus petraea)
Scots pine
(Pinus sylvestris)
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Effects of phenotypic plasticity on the persistence of three forest trees under a global warming
scenario (2081-2100 period).
The leafing date varies depending on the temperature. These maps show areas in Europe where these variations have a positive impact
(in red) or negative impact (in blue) on the persistence of trees. Dotted areas are where each species could persist under this climate
change scenario. PHENOFIT model simulations.
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Assessment of above-ground
biomass in tropical forests.
Example of an approach combining
accurate assessment of the biomass of
individual trees at reference sites (photos
a and b), until production, using remote
sensing images (photo c) and biomass
maps (photo d).
For this project, UMR AMAP has developed reliable methods to temporally monitor variations
in sequestered carbon quantities. Carbon is mainly sequestered in above ground parts of trees. It
should be estimated in a consistent way, despite constraints associated with often huge and hard
to access forest areas. On-site forest inventories mainly involve simple measurements, such as the
trunk diameter, and sometimes more detailed measurements and weights to be used to calibrate
allometric equations to predict the total biomass of individual trees.
These inventories, which are necessarily spatially limited, enable sampling of different types of
forests in an area, and to calibrate predictions of tree biomass via remote sensing (laser altimetry,
canopy grain analysis on optical images, radar images, etc.). Remote sensing is required to generate
maps displaying the field information.
The approach used by UMR AMAP is at the interface between the processing of spatial
information and field observations, especially through the tree architecture. This combination of
expertise in two areas that are generally separate opens new avenues for closer and more direct
collaborations combining remote sensing and 3D modelling of plant structures. Moreover, the
research unit conducts research in different tropical regions to ensure robust and generic results:
Central Africa, French Guiana, India, New Caledonia, and periodically Brazil and Indonesia.
Contact: Pierre Couteron, pierre.couteron@ird.fr
a.
In order to meet international objectives for controlling emitted greenhouse gas quantities and
the challenges of the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+)
programme, it is essential to survey carbon stocks stored in these forests, especially as REDD
plans to offer financial incentives to tropical counties to preserve these stocks.
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INRA/URFM
Mediterranean forests:
functioning and dynamics
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INRA/URFM
Altitudinal zonation
of forest tree vegetation.
Fostering adaptations to
climate change in tropical
forest ecosystems
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R. Joffre
An observatory to assess
the impact of climate and
anthropogenic changes on
Mediterranean environments
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Measurement
of 13C/12C
fractionation
by the roots of
microcosmgrown bean
plants.
multiplexer
C. Piel Ecotron
J. Roy Ecotron
Ecotron of Montpellier,
with the macrocosms domes in the background.
Ecotron of Montpellieran
experimental platform open
to the international scientific
community
The European Ecotron of Montpellier
(CNRS) is an experimental research
infrastructure devoted to studies
on the impact of climate change
on ecosystem functioning and
biodiversity. Intact or reconstituted
ecosystem blocks are set up in the
Ecotron facilities. This enables
control of their environment
under a broad range of climatic
and chemical atmospheric
conditions, and continuous
measurement of variations in the
main biogeochemical cycles when
different forcing factors are applied.
The Ecotron thus provides direct
access to parameters of ecological or
agricultural interest under future or
past climate scenarios.
The environmental parameters
controlled include: temperature
(-10 to +50C), relative humidity
(20-80%), precipitation (sprinkler or
drip), atmospheric CO2 (200-1000
ppm), light (intensity and spectral
composition) and the 13C/12C isotope
ratio of the air CO2.
microcosms (micro-lysimeters
with photosynthetic plants,
micro-containers with soils, etc.)
can be installed.
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Biodiversity
and marine ecosystems
Main teams
EMBRC-France
European Marine Biological
Resource Centre
(UPMC/CNRS)
90 scientists
OOB
Oceanic Observatory
of Banyuls-sur-Mer
(UPMC/CNRS)
80 scientists
UMR BIOM
Integrative Biology
of Marine Organisms
(UPMC/CNRS)
15 scientists
UMR CEFREM
Centre de Formation et de Recherche
sur les Environnements Mditerranens
(UPVD/CNRS)
30 scientists
UMR LECOB
Benthic Ecogeochemistry Laboratory
(UPMC/CNRS)
12 scientists
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in oceanography associated
with climate change issues.
The observatory also set up the
Biodiversariuma scientific
mediation centre that includes
a public aquarium that is under
renovation and extension, and a
Mediterranean garden. Both of
these host public visitors ranging
from school students to the general
public with the aim of boosting their
awareness on terrestrial and marine
biodiversity and on the effects of
global change (especially climatic) on
biodiversity.
* Service dObservation en Milieu Littoral.
http://somlit.epoc.u-bordeaux1.fr
** Mediterranean Ocean Observing System on
Environment, www.moose-network.fr
*** The MOLA station (Microbial Observatory
Laboratoire Arago) is located on the northern side of
Lacaze-Duthiers canyon, http://sooob.obs-banyuls.fr/
fr/les_sites_d_observation.html
Climate change: impact and adaptation
A Mediterranean observatory
for studying and teaching
marine biology and
oceanography
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Temporal monitoring
of Mediterranean coastal
ecosystem dynamics
The Service dObservation du Laboratoire Arago at Banyulssur-Mer (SOLA, OOB) focuses on overall issues directly
concerning the impact of global change on coastal areas
and its relative importance regarding local human activities
(global vs local).
CNRS
Multidisciplinary scientific
research on the coastal
environment
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M. Andrello
Main teams
UMR LOMIC
Microbial Oceanography Laboratory
(UPMC/CNRS)
12 scientists
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UMR MARBEC
Marine Biodiversity, Exploitation
and Conservation
(IRD/IFREMER/UM/CNRS)
121 scientists
UMS MEDIMEER
Centre dcologie marine exprimentale
of OSU OREME
(UM/CNRS/IRD)
2 scientists
USR LBBM
Laboratory of Microbial
Biodiversity and Biotechnology
(UPMC/CNRS)
20 scientists
The Mediterranean Sea has over 100 marine protected areas (MPAs) that
serve to maintain sufficient supplies of fished species on the continental
shelf. The connectivity between fish populations, especially through the
dispersal of larval fish via ocean currents, is a key factor regarding the
efficacy of the MPA network to ensure the supply of larval fish to fishing
areas.
In a study published in the Diversity and Distributions journal and
funded by the Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversit and Total
Foundation, UMR MARBEC researchers associated with other partners
(IRD, Aix-Marseille Universit, UM, CNRS, Mto-France) demonstrated that
climate change (+2.8C at the end of the 21st century) could affect the
connectivity of fish populations in the Mediterranean Sea. In particular, the
larval fish dispersal distance could decrease by 10% (9 km on average),
causing a 3% reduction (around 27 000 ha) in the overall fishing area
seeded by the MPA network. An increase in temperature decreases the
larval lifespanthus the distances hatchlings are carried in the ocean
currentswhile changes in currents expected in the Mediterranean Sea
will affect the trajectories of these fish larvae. This study highlighted the
combined physical and biological impacts associated with climate change
on the efficacy of MPA networks.
Contact: David Mouillot, mouillot@univ-montp2.fr
Reconciling fisheries
activities and marine
ecosystem conservation
Vulnerability and
preservation of
Mediterranean marine,
coastal and deep-sea
ecosystems
Research carried out by the Benthic
Ecogeochemistry Laboratory (UMR
LECOB UPMC, CNRS) is focused
on the functions and vulnerability
of benthic ecosystems and their
interfaces.
From the Mediterranean coast
to the deep-sea, the ecological
models currently studied by the
laboratory locate in highly dynamic
environments subjected to a range
of anthropogenic pressures: rocky
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Comparative study
of conventional and
unconventional marine
organism models
The joint research unit Integrative
Biology of Marine Organisms (UMR
BIOM UPMC, CNRS) carries out
academic research mainly. Its project
focusses on studies on development
and adaptation mechanisms of
organisms through evolution,
and using unconventional marine
models. The comparative studies
extend and complement those
conducted on conventional models.
They enable relevant comparisons
between phylogenetically distant
organisms.
SalTemp project:
global warming and migration in Atlantic salmon
of the Loire-Allier river axis
Temperature impacts metabolism, physiology and behaviour of fish.
Each fish has its specific window of tolerance. Temperatures beyond
this window put the fish survival at risk.
In salmon from the Loire-Allier Basin (France), we will study:
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Adaptation of marine
microorganisms to
global change
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Understanding factors
that govern the activity
and diversity of
microorganisms in
aquatic environments
Heterotrophic and
photoheterotrophic
lifecycles.
Left: organic carbon is
transformed into cell biomass
or used to produce cellular
energy via respiration.
A. Courties
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A mesocosm is an experimental
enclosure in which a volume of
water of over 1 m3 is isolated in
conditions resembling those of the
natural environment and in which
environmental factors (temperature,
light, CO2, nutrients, etc.) can be
adjusted in a realistic manner.
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UPMC - OOB
EMBRCone of Europes
largest research platforms
on biodiversity
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P. Lebaron
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Climate change
& interactions between organisms
* www.imh.univ-montp2.fr
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Climate change
& interactions between organisms
Main teams
CSIRO European Laboratory
(CSIRO)
4 scientists
EBCL European Biological Control
Laboratory of USDA/ARS
(USDA/ARS)
5 scientists
UMR BGPI
Biology and Genetics
of Plant-Parasite Interactions
(INRA/CIRAD/Montpellier SupAgro)
39 scientists
UMR CBGP
Center for Biology
and Management of Populations
(INRA/CIRAD/IRD/Montpellier SupAgro)
52 scientists
UMR CMAEE
Emerging and Exotic
Animal Disease Control
(INRA/CIRAD)
35 scientists
UMR DGIMI
Diversity, Genomes
and Microorganism-Insect Interactions
(INRA/UM)
19 scientists
UMR IHPE
Host-Pathogen-Environment Interactions
(UM/UPVD/IFREMER/CNRS)
24 scientists
UMR InterTryp
Host-Vector-Parasite Interactions
in Infections by Trypanosomatidae
(CIRAD/IRD)
30 scientists
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UMR IPME
Interactions Plantes-MicroorganismesEnvironnement
(IRD/CIRAD/UM)
49 scientists
UMR LSTM
Laboratory of Tropical
and Mediterranean Symbioses
(IRD/CIRAD/INRA/UM/Montpellier SupAgro)
45 scientists
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Plant symbioseshost
diversity, interaction and
adaptation to environmental
constraints
H. Santos
Warmer winters
benefit the pine processionary
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Plant-microorganism
interactions under different
environmental stress
conditions
The joint research unit Interactions
Plantes-MicroorganismesEnvironnement (UMR IPME IRD,
CIRAD, UM) focuses research on
interactions between plants and
microorganisms while taking
environmental factors into account.
Main teams
UMR MIVEGEC
Genetics and Evolution
of Infectious Diseases
(IRD/CNRS/UM)
66 scientists
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UR AGIRs
Animal and Integrated
Risk Management
(CIRAD)
26 scientists
UR B-AMR
Pests and Diseases:
Risk Analysis and Control
(CIRAD)
14 scientists
UR Plant Pathology
(INRA)
13 scientists
J. -L. Notteghem
Entomopathogenic nematodes
to the rescue of Lebanon cedars.
D.R
Entomopathogenic nematodes
to save Lebanon cedars threatened by climate change
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Impacts of climate
change on pest distributions
and outbreaks
The research unit Pests and
Diseases: Risk Analysis and Control
(UR B-AMR CIRAD) seeks to
gain insight into disease and
pest outbreak and development
mechanisms. Pests reduce the
productivity of crops, undermine
their sustainability and affect the
production quality.
These threats are especially
prevalent in tropical agrosystems.
B-AMR is working towards
improving pest control, risk
management and the prediction of
associated damage. The proposed
control strategies account for
the socioeconomic, ethical and/
or policy situations, along with
the interests and priorities of the
different stakeholders. Moreover,
the environmental impact should
be minimised in order to respect
human and animal health and
enable beneficial fauna to fulfil
their regulatory role. The unit has
sufficient expertise to deal with all
scientific issues associated with the
emergence and development of
perennial crop pests in the tropics.
CIRAD
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Towards sustainable
protection of vegetable
crops in a global change
setting
The aim of research conducted
by the Plant Pathology research
unit (INRA) is to develop efficient
rational control methods to protect
plant health when high quality
sustainable crop production
is sought. They are focused on
bacterial, fungal and viral diseases
of fruits and vegetables grown in
the Mediterranean Basin.
The preventive methods developed
are prophylactic and based on:
UR PV-INRA
HortSys
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Management of crop
pathogens in global change
conditions and reduction
in pesticide treatments
Research carried out by the joint
research unit Biology and Genetics
of Plant-Parasite Interactions (UMR
BGPI INRA, CIRAD, Montpellier
SupAgro) is focused on agriculturally
important pathosystems, with
the aim of controlling diseases of
crops grown mainly in tropical and
Mediterranean areas.
These agroecosystems are subject to
pathogen infestations (established
or introduced) that could have
major economic impacts on crops.
Such infestations could further
increase with trade globalization,
climate change and the reduction
in pesticide use. UMR BGPI is also
striving to gain insight into biotic
interactions by combining studies
on different scales ranging from
the gene to the landscape in order
to contribute to the development
of innovative sustainable farming
systems.
The unit conducts research
that combines mechanistic and
population approaches with the aim
of describing and understanding
the emergence and development of
fungal, bacterial and viral diseases.
Spatial distribution of black Sigatoka, a banana leaf disease
caused by the ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella fijiensis, in
Martinique.
Summary of positive spots detected between 20/09/2010 and 16/09/2011.
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D.R.
Biological control
for American agriculture
and the environment
D.R.
Influence of environmental
change on host/pathogen
interactions responsible
for epidemics/epizooties
The joint research unit HostPathogen-Environment Interactions
(UMR IHPE UM, UPVD, IFREMER,
CNRS) conducts studies on different
interacting biological systems
involving invertebrate species of
concern in the following fields:
medical and veterinary (molluscschistosome interactions)
aquaculture (oyster-pathogenenvironment interactions)
ecology (coral-pathogenenvironment interactions).
The IHPE research unit develops
integrative approaches that take
environmental parameters affecting
these interactions into account
at different scales, ranging from
molecular mechanisms to population
and evolutionary integration. Its
research is thus at the crossroads
of functional biology, population
biology, ecology and evolution.
Over the last decade, IHPE has
acquired substantial expertise,
ranging from environmental
genomics (omic approaches)
(Re)emergence of schistosomiasis
in a global change setting
A. Thron
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Environmental change
and infectious diseases
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H. Guis
H. Guis
Each spatial map shows variations in the disease transmission risk over given
periods between 1961 and 2008. Reference period: August to October.
Map (a): Mean R0 for the 1961-1999 period.
Maps (b) to (f): Variations (in % and per decade) relative to the reference value for
the 1961-1999 period.
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Agricultural landscape
in the Western High Atlas region of Morocco.
V. Simonneaux IRD
Climate change
& agricultural and livestock
production systems
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Climate change
& agricultural and livestock
production systems
Developing research on plants
of agricultural interest, from
genes to production systems,
processing systems, and
issues that link society and
agriculture
Main teams
LabEx Agro
Agronomy and Sustainable Development
(CIHEAM-IAMM/CIRAD/CNRS/INRA/IRD/
IRSTEA/Montpellier SupAgro/UAPV/
UM/UPVD/UR)
1500 scientists
UMR AGAP
Genetic Improvement and Adaptation
of Mediterranean and Tropical Plants
(CIRAD/INRA/Montpellier SupAgro)
176 scientists
UMR DIADE
Crop Diversity,Adaptation
and Development
(IRD/UM)
75 scientists
UMR Eco&Sols
Functional Ecology & Bio-geochemistry
of Soils & Agro-ecosystems
(INRA/CIRAD/IRD/Montpellier SupAgro)
60 scientists
UMR Innovation
Innovation and Development
in Agriculture and the Agrifoods Sector
(INRA/CIRAD/Montpellier SupAgro)
58 scientists
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UMR LEPSE
Laboratoire dcophysiologie des Plantes
sous Stress Environnementaux
(INRA/Montpellier SupAgro)
15 scientists
UMR LISAH
Laboratoire dtude des Interactions entre
Sol Agrosystme Hydrosystme
(INRA/IRD/Montpellier SupAgro)
27 scientists
UMR B&PMP
Biochemistry
and Plant Molecular Physiology
(INRA/CNRS/Montpellier SupAgro/UM)
47 scientists
continued on page 71
Main teams
UMR SELMET
Mediterranean
and Tropical Livestock Systems
(CIRAD/INRA/Montpellier SupAgro)
42 scientists
UMR SYSTEM
Tropical and Mediterranean Cropping
System Functioning and Management
(CIRAD/INRA/Montpellier SupAgro/
CIHEAM-IAMM)
22 scientists
UR AIDA
Agro-ecology and Sustainable
Intensification of Annual Crops
(CIRAD)
60 scientists
UR HortSys
Agro-ecological Functioning
and Performances of Horticultural
Cropping Systems
(CIRAD)
26 scientists
Cultivated landscape
engineering for sustainable
water and soil resource
management
J.B. Charlier
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C. Dupraz
For multifunctional
and ecologically intensive
cropping systems
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UR HortSys
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C. Baron
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Ecological intensification
of livestock systems
The joint research unit
Mediterranean and Tropical
Livestock Systems (UMR SELMET
CIRAD, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro)
develops alternative management
strategies that meet the challenges
of ecological intensification of
agroecosystems while maintaining,
or even improving, their capacities
to provide the ecosystem services
that societies expect from livestock
systems.
The unit has set three objectives to
fulfil this mission:
To analyse and understand changes
in livestock agroecosystems and
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LACCAVE project
Adaptation to climate change in viticulture and oenology
The LACCAVE project aims to study the impacts of climate change on vines
and wine and potential adaptation strategies for French wine regions. It is
based on a systemic representation for the analysis of the wine sector in
order to analyse both the impacts of climate change (advanced harvest dates,
exacerbated water stress, wines with more alcohol and less acidity, etc.) and
the diversity of levers for potential adaptation. This analysis is performed
at several levels (plant, plot, farm, regional and wine sector) while focusing
specifically on regional levels where climate impacts differ and adaptation
strategies may be coordinated.
E. Delay
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B. Rapidel CIRAD
Many published articles have dealt with the impacts of climate change
on agriculture, but there has been little coverage of other agricultural
economics issues. This is the case regarding an assessment of the
adaptation capacity of an agricultural system to climate change.
Economists are involved in a project of UMR LAMETA (see page 25)
and MOISA (Markets, Organisations, Institutions and Stakeholders
Strategies CIRAD, INRA, CIHEAM-IAMM, Montpellier SupAgro) in
which these issues are studied using recent experimental economics
and microeconometric advances. The evaluation of adaptation
strategy sustainability should take interactions and feedbacks between
crop growth, resource availability and economic factors on the farm
scale into account. Models that simulate farmers decision rules
are thus required to explore potential strategies for adaptation to
environmental change.
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Genetic improvement
of Mediterranean and
tropical plants
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Projet ARCAD
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Physiological responses of
plants to drought and high
temperaturesidentifying
varieties adapted to climate
change
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C. Maurel B&PMP
Adaptation of plants to
environmental constraints
from perception to molecular
and physiological responses
Genetic screening
of plants with
nutrient perception
and assimilation
defects.
C. Morris
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soil-climate data
information obtained through several surveys and questionnaires
on breeding systems and on breeders views regarding climate
adaptation in livestock.
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International partners
based in Montpellier
CGIAR Consortium
EMBRAPA LABEX Europe
External Laboratory Without Walls
of the Empresa Brasileira
de Pesquisa Agropecuria (Brazil)
(EMBRAPA)
LABINTEX
External Laboratory Without Walls of
the Instituto Nacional de Tecnologa
Agropecuaria (Argentina)
(INTA)
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Dr. Jos Madeira joined the Laboratoire dtude des Interactions Sol,
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Remote sensing and image analysis methods are now essential tools
for agricultural and land-use monitoring. Dr. Margareth Simes
integrated the joint research unit Spatial Information and Analysis
for Territories and Ecosystems (UMR TETIS) to study land use and
land cover dynamics assessment for a sustainable agriculture. The
results will generate reliable tools to support public policymaking
during the crucial transition from extensive agriculture to an
ecologically intensive model.
Contact: Claudio Carvalho, claudio.carvalho@embrapa.br
INTA develops
backpacks for cows, which
capture methane to be
transformed into green
energy.
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List of acronyms
and abbreviations
ANR French National Research Agency / Agence Nationale de la Recherche
BRGM French Geological Survey / Bureau de Recherches Gologiques et Minires
CEA
CNES National Centre for Space Studies / Centre National d'tudes Spatiales (France)
CNRS
INSU
INTA
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