
Postdoctoral position open for Invacost!
ByFranckCourchamp | 1 year, 4 months ago
A postdoctoral position is available immediately in the Biodiversity Dynamics research group, at the Lab of Ecology, Systematics & Evolution, at the University of Paris-XI, Orsay, France to work on the Invacost program. The postdoctoral researcher will lead a study on the economic cost of invasive species. Salary will be commensurate with the experience of […]
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The invasion of insects and climate change: an impact on the global economy
ByNicolas Plantey | 2 years, 4 months ago
$77 billion per year, that is the minimum annual cost of damage caused by around ten different species of invasive insects worldwide.
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Insignificant
ByNicolas Plantey | 2 years, 5 months ago
nsignificant. A slightly provocative title which proposes to put Man gently back in his place.
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Disease – West Nile Virus
ByIris Petitjean | 2 years, 6 months ago
West nile fever is due to the West Nile virus, transmitted by mosquitoes, mostly the Culex’s genus
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Insect invasion in a warmer World – Video
ByNicolas Plantey | 2 years, 6 months ago
Insects are one of the worst blights to humanity’s development
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Biology of an invasion
ByNicolas Plantey | 2 years, 9 months ago
Invasive species introduction is the third trigger of biodiversity decline in the world ( after habitat degradation and overexploitation), according to IUCN.
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Pollution : pigeon escape from harmfull smog
ByNicolas Plantey | 2 years, 9 months ago
Researchers found that pigeons increase their speed of 22.7% when flying in polluted air.
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Global change: threat synergy leads to extinctions
ByNicolas Plantey | 2 years, 9 months ago
Multiple threats, such as habitat destruction, overexploitation, climate change, and invasive species, lead to an increase in species extinction risks.
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