Vodcast: Interactions between climate change and biological invasions - Franck Courchamp

The Environment Institute recently hosted, who visited Adelaide from Paris to present a seminar entitled:“Interactions between climate change and biological invasions”.

To quote Franck: "I have been working for years on biological invasions. You know, the species that are put into regions in which they don’t belong and that just expend madly and outcompete everything, unchecked. A bit like Mcdonald’s in France. Because I’ve also started working on the impact of climate change on biodiversity, I’ve naturally wondered (like many) whether climate change would affect biological invasions."

[caption id="attachment_7498" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Promo for the InvaCost project: From Biodiversity Dynamics."][/caption]

Humour aside, the topic of Franck's seminar is particularly emotive, especially whenwe think about what might happen if invasive insects were to negatively impact populations of bees. As Franck points out on his ,remember what Einstein said about pollinators:

If bees were to disappear, humans will disappear within a few years.

has worked closely with Franck in the past, and is now involved with a project Franck is spearheading called , which aims to assess the economic damage that invasive insects could produce as a result of climate change. Corey has blogged about the project in more detail at.

For more of Franck's humour, as well as information about and the current and potential cost of insect invasion worldwide check out the blog.

Franck's entitled "Interactions between climate change and biological invasions"is available for viewing below.



You can also read of Franck's most recent publications entitled ""check out his blogand follow him on twitter.

Tagged in GEL, podcast, seminars
Facebook and twitter

Newsletter & social media

Join us for a sensational mix of news, events and research at the Environment Institute. Find out aboutnew initiatives andshare with your friends what's happening.