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[hal-05546422] DATASAPROX: standardised dataset from protocolled sampling of saproxylic beetles in continental France and Corsica
As part of the DATASAPROX project, we created an occurrence dataset of the saproxylic beetles from continental France and Corsica focused on protocolled data from flight interception traps. For this, we solicited the main national data producers and collected their raw data as well as the associated trapping metadata (e.g. type of trap). Once retrieved, all data went through selection and reformatting steps, including the removal of duplicates between datasets and the standardisation of taxonomic information according to the TAXREF v.18 format. We considered data from specific aerial interception traps: crossed window (©Polytrap, ©Pimul, ©Crosstrap, ©Portrap), multi-funnel (Lindgren) and window (single glass) traps. We aggregated a dataset constituting 675,525 records from 21 data producers and providers, including 485 identified projects. This dataset includes a total of 71 families, 153 subfamilies, 738 genera and 2039 species of saproxylic beetles. Data points encompass all 96 counties from continental France and Corsica for a total of 8969 geographic points and 66,202 samples. This new standardised dataset on saproxylic beetles offers new opportunities for ecological studies and conservation applications.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Christopher Bosc) 10 Mar 2026
https://hal.science/hal-05546422v1
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[hal-05485107] From forest decline to salvage logging: cascading impacts on saproxylic beetle diversity
Understanding the cascading effects of forest decline on saproxylic communities is fundamental for optimizing the management of disturbed forests toward biodiversity conservation objectives. We postulated that the nature and intensity of cascading pathways would vary along decline gradients, encompassing stages from stand decline to mortality and subsequent salvage logging, as mediated by shifts in habitat conditions and resource availability. This study was conducted across three representative European forest contexts: fir forests in the French Pyrenees, spruce forests in the Bavarian Alps, and oak forests in the lowlands of the Loire Valley. Within these systems, we assessed how the taxonomic and functional α-diversity of saproxylic beetles responded to variations in both the diversity and density of deadwood and tree-related microhabitats (TreMs). Our analyses identified key cascading effects of stand decline and mortality that were shaped by the considered beetle guild and by the forest type, reflecting tree species–specific disturbance legacies. Stand decline and mortality produced distinct responses within saproxylic beetle assemblages, as different successional guilds preferentially utilized either dying or dead trees. The overall influence of decline processes was positive in conifer-dominated forests. TreMs played a central role in mediating cascading processes structuring saproxylic beetle communities throughout the forest decline continuum. The increase in TreM heterogeneity associated with stand decline or mortality enhanced saproxylic diversity, with exposed wood and trunk injuries identified as particularly influential microhabitats. Snags and large deadwood elements, especially in spruce forests, and deadwood diversity further contributed to sustaining high levels of beetle diversity. Conversely, salvage logging exerted detrimental effects on numerous guilds, primarily through reductions in TreM diversity, decreased TreM trait dispersion, and the depletion of saproxylic TreMs. Given the pronounced context dependency of the processes driving these cascading community dynamics, and considering the increasing frequency, severity, and spatial extent of forest disturbances and global forest decline, it is imperative to integrate this complexity into management and conservation frameworks. Addressing these mechanisms with greater precision will be critical for maintaining functional biodiversity within rapidly changing forest ecosystems.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérémy Cours) 30 Jan 2026
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05485107v1
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[anses-04616086] Avis de l'Anses relatif à « l’avenant à la saisine de catégorisation de 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques incluant Xylotrechus chinensis »
Xylotrechus chinensis (XYLOCH) est un insecte longicorne originaire de la région paléarctique orientale (Chine, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Japon et Taïwan) dont la présence a été signalée pour la première fois sur le territoire de l’Union européenne (UE) en Espagne (depuis 2013 en Catalogne, 2018 à Valence), en Grèce (depuis 2017 en Crète, 2019 à Athènes), en France (depuis 2017 en Occitanie, 2018 en Nouvelle-Aquitaine) et en Italie (depuis 2023 en Lombardie) où il cause des dégâts sur mûrier platane (Morus bombycis). Selon les données scientifiques fournies précédemment par l’Anses et dans un avis de l’EFSA publié en 2021 , cet organisme nuisible se développe préférentiellement dans les arbres de la famille des Moraceae (Morus alba, M. bombycis et M. australis). X. chinensis est inscrit depuis 2018 sur la liste d'alerte de l'OEPP . Dans son avis de 2021, l’EFSA indique que cet organisme remplit les critères pour être catégorisé comme organisme de quarantaine de l'Union européenne (UE) sans prendre en compte les éventuelles sous-espèces et en précisant comme autre source d'incertitude la réelle étendue de sa présence sur le territoire européen. Sur le territoire français X. chinensis a été classé temporairement comme organisme réglementé en 2022. Des actions de surveillance ont été conduites pour tenter de délimiter le périmètre des foyers observés et d’identifier les potentiels impacts. Des échanges ont eu lieu ultérieurement au niveau de l’UE concernant la possibilité de réglementer cet organisme sur le territoire de l’Union ; cette option n’a pas été retenue à ce stade compte tenu notamment des capacités de dispersion rapide de l’organisme nuisible et de son impact économique qui semble limité aux plantes du genre Morus. En France, la surveillance a mis en évidence des attaques sévères sur certains individus du genre Morus. Elle a également montré que les foyers concernent des surfaces importantes dans les régions de Sète et de Bordeaux; leur éradication ne semble pas réalisable d’autant qu’ils se situent dans des espaces urbanisés, ce qui complexifie la mise en œuvre de mesures de gestion. Pour autant, la mise en œuvre de mesures de lutte dans le but de maintenir un niveau de population le plus bas possible pour limiter les impacts et la propagation de l’organisme nuisible pourrait avoir du sens dans certains contextes compte tenu des éléments suivants : - les mûriers sont des arbres d’ornement dont la présence est relativement importante en particulier dans le sud de la France et certains de ces mûriers ont une valeur patrimoniale ; les foyers ont une surface encore limitée par rapport à l’aire de répartition des mûriers en France ; la gestion des arbres infestés peut représenter un enjeu de sécurité pour les municipalités ; même si jusqu’à présent, l’organisme n’a été identifié que sur mûrier dans l’UE, il n’est pas possible d’exclure à ce jour qu’il puisse s’attaquer à des espèces d’intérêt agronomique (des échanges sont en cours avec l’INRAE à ce sujet dans le but d’essayer de lever certaines incertitudes). (extrait)
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Claude Gregoire) 18 Jun 2024
https://anses.hal.science/anses-04616086v1
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[anses-04353534] Avis de l'Anses relatif à « la catégorisation de Xylotrechus chinensis »
Dans le cadre de la surveillance des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE), un dispositif de piégeage a été déployé par la DGAL en 2021 avec l’appui de l’INRAE et de l’ONF. L’objectif de ce dispositif est d’effectuer une surveillance passive dans les sites d’entrée potentiels (ports, aéroports, marchés d’intérêt national (MIN) des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE). Ce piégeage est qualifié de « large spectre » car il peut concerner plusieurs filières de production suivies dans le cadre de la SORE (forêts, jardins et espaces verts et infrastructures (JEVI), arboriculture fruitière) en ciblant cependant majoritairement les insectes coléoptères des ligneux. Les principes de la surveillance mise en œuvre s’appuient sur les résultats précédemment acquis dans le cadre du projet PORTRAP, utilisant des pièges génériques multi-composés pour la détection précoce d’insectes exotiques xylophages dans les sites potentiels d’entrée sur le territoire national. Les pièges ont été disposés sur 13 sites (7 ports maritimes, 1 port fluvial, 4 aéroports et 1 marché national) dispersés sur le territoire (France continentale). Au total 9279 individus appartenant à 110 espèces différentes ont été capturés. Aucune espèce d’insecte de quarantaine prioritaire n’a été piégée. En revanche, la présence d’individus appartenant à 8 espèces de coléoptères exotiques, a priori non répandues sur notre territoire, des familles Cerambycidae et Curculionidae (sous-familles des Scolytinae et Platypodinae) a été relevée. Les 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques sont les suivantes : Cerambycidae : Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775), Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), Xylotrechus chinensis (Chevrolat, 1852), Xylotrechus stebbingi (Gahan, 1906) ; Curculionidae : Amasa sp. near truncata, Euplatypus hintzii (Schaufuss, 1897), Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801), Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868. Ainsi, il est demandé la réalisation d’une catégorisation des 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques en utilisant les critères de risque listés ci-dessous, afin de déterminer leur nuisibilité et de prioriser sur cette base la réalisation d’analyses de risque portant sur ces insectes.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Claude Grégoire) 19 Dec 2023
https://anses.hal.science/anses-04353534v1
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[anses-04718536] Avis de l'Anses relatif à « la catégorisation de Amasa parviseta »
Dans le cadre de la surveillance des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE), un dispositif de piégeage a été déployé par la DGAL en 2021 avec l’appui de l’INRAE et de l’ONF. L’objectif de ce dispositif est d’effectuer une surveillance passive dans les sites d’entrée potentiels (ports, aéroports, marché d’intérêt national (MIN)) des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE). Ce piégeage est qualifié de « large spectre » car il peut concerner plusieurs filières de production suivies dans le cadre de la SORE (forêts, jardins et espaces verts et infrastructures (JEVI), arboriculture fruitière) en ciblant cependant majoritairement les insectes coléoptères des ligneux. Les principes de la surveillance mise en œuvre s’appuient sur les résultats précédemment acquis dans le cadre du projet PORTRAP, utilisant des pièges génériques multi-composés pour la détection précoce d’insectes exotiques xylophages dans les sites potentiels d’entrée sur le territoire national. Les pièges ont été disposés sur 13 sites (7 ports maritimes, 1 port fluvial, 4 aéroports et 1 marché national) dispersés sur le territoire (France métropolitaine continentale). Au total 9279 individus appartenant à 110 espèces différentes ont été capturés. Aucune espèce d’insecte de quarantaine prioritaire n’a été piégée. En revanche, la présence d’individus appartenant à 8 espèces de coléoptères exotiques, a priori non présents sur notre territoire, des familles Cerambycidae et Curculionidae (sous-familles des Scolytinae et Platypodinae) a été relevée. Les 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques sont les suivantes : - Cerambycidae : Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775), Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), Xylotrechus chinensis (Chevrolat, 1852), Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 ; - Curculionidae : Amasa sp. near truncata, Euplatypus hintzii (Schaufuss, 1897), Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801), Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Claude Gregoire) 02 Oct 2024
https://anses.hal.science/anses-04718536v1
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[anses-04608634] Avis de l'Anses relatif à « la catégorisation de Euplatypus hintzi »
Dans le cadre de la surveillance des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE), un dispositif de piégeage a été déployé par la DGAL1 en 2021 avec l’appui de l’INRAE et de l’ONF2. L’objectif de ce dispositif est d’effectuer une surveillance passive dans les sites d’entrée potentiels (ports, aéroports, marché d’intérêt national (MIN)) des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE). Ce piégeage est qualifié de « large spectre » car il peut concerner plusieurs filières de production suivies dans le cadre de la SORE (forêts, jardins et espaces verts et infrastructures (JEVI), arboriculture fruitière) en ciblant cependant majoritairement les insectes coléoptères ravageurs des ligneux. Les principes de la surveillance mise en œuvre s’appuient sur les résultats précédemment acquis dans le cadre du projet PORTRAP, utilisant des pièges génériques multi-composés pour la détection précoce d’insectes exotiques xylophages dans les sites potentiels d’entrée sur le territoire national. Les pièges ont été disposés sur 13 sites (7 ports maritimes, 1 port fluvial, 4 aéroports et 1 marché national) dispersés sur le territoire (France métropolitaine continentale). Au total 9279 individus appartenant à 110 espèces différentes ont été capturés. Aucune espèce d’insecte de quarantaine prioritaire n’a été piégée. En revanche, la présence d’individus appartenant à 8 espèces de coléoptères exotiques, a priori non présents sur notre territoire, des familles Cerambycidae et Curculionidae (sous-familles des Scolytinae et Platypodinae) a été relevée. Les 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques sont les suivantes : - Cerambycidae : Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775), Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), Xylotrechus chinensis (Chevrolat, 1852), Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 ; - Curculionidae : Amasa sp. near truncata, Euplatypus hintzii (Schaufuss, 1897), Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801), Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Claude Gregoire) 11 Jun 2024
https://anses.hal.science/anses-04608634v1
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[anses-04855184] Avis de L'Anses relatif à « la catégorisation de Trichoferus campestris »
Dans le cadre de la surveillance des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE), un dispositif de piégeage a été déployé par la DGAL en 2021 avec l’appui de l’INRAE et de l’ONF. L’objectif de ce dispositif est d’effectuer une surveillance passive dans les sites d’entrée potentiels (ports, aéroports, marché d’intérêt national (MIN) des organismes réglementés ou émergents. Ce piégeage est qualifié de « large spectre » car il peut concerner plusieurs filières de production suivies dans le cadre de la SORE (forêts, jardins et espaces verts et infrastructures (JEVI), arboriculture fruitière) en ciblant cependant majoritairement les insectes coléoptères des ligneux. Les principes de la surveillance mise en œuvre s’appuient sur les résultats précédemment acquis dans le cadre du projet PORTRAP, utilisant des pièges génériques multi-composés pour la détection précoce d’insectes exotiques xylophages dans les sites potentiels d’entrée sur le territoire national. Les pièges ont été disposés sur 13 sites (7 ports maritimes, 1 port fluvial, 4 aéroports et 1 marché national) dispersés sur le territoire (France continentale). Au total 9279 individus appartenant à 110 espèces différentes ont été capturés. Aucune espèce d’insecte de quarantaine prioritaire n’a été piégée. En revanche, la présence d’individus appartenant à 8 espèces de coléoptères exotiques, a priori non répandues sur notre territoire, des familles Cerambycidae et Curculionidae (sous-familles des Scolytinae et Platypodinae) a été relevée. Les 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques sont les suivantes : Cerambycidae : Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775), Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), Xylotrechus chinensis (Chevrolat, 1852), Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 ; Curculionidae : Amasa sp. near truncata, Euplatypus hintzii (Schaufuss, 1897), Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801), Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868. Ainsi, il est demandé la réalisation d’une catégorisation des 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques en utilisant les critères de risque listés ci-dessous, afin de déterminer leur nuisibilité et de prioriser sur cette base la réalisation d’analyses de risque portant sur ces insectes. Critères de risque a. Caractéristiques des espèces - Cycle biologique, - Plantes hôtes, - Symptômes, - Aires de distribution, - Nuisibilité dans ces aires de distribution, - Probabilité d’entrée et de transfert vers les plantes hôtes. b. Probabilité d’établissement - Présence d’hôtes appropriés, conditions climatiques et autres facteurs abiotiques favorables à l’établissement des 8 espèces d’insecte dans la zone ARP, - Identification d’ennemis naturels potentiels dans la zone ARP, et d’autres facteurs biotiques ainsi que les pratiques culturales pouvant contribuer à empêcher leur établissement, - Définition des zones d’établissement potentielles dans la zone ARP. c. Probabilité de dissémination - Moyens de dissémination (naturelle et assistée) dans la zone ARP, - Magnitude de la dissémination des 8 espèces d’insecte. d. Conséquences potentielles - Évaluation de l’impact économique en terme de production, associé aux 8 espèces d’insectes pour l’agriculture, la sylviculture et l’horticulture dans leur zone de répartition géographique actuelle et dans la zone ARP, - Évaluation de l’impact en JEVI dans la zone ARP. e. Conclusions des catégorisations des organismes nuisibles Dans cet avis, la catégorisation de Trichoferus campestris est présentée.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Claude Gregoire) 24 Dec 2024
https://anses.hal.science/anses-04855184v1
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[anses-05175671] Avis de l'Anses relatif à « la catégorisation de Cordylomera spinicornis »
L’Anses a été saisie le 27 janvier 2023 par la direction générale de l’alimentation du ministère de l’agriculture et de la souveraineté alimentaire pour la réalisation de l’expertise suivante : Catégorisation de huit espèces d’insectes exotiques dont Cordylomera spinicornis. CONTEXTE ET OBJET DE LA SAISINE Dans le cadre de la surveillance des organismes réglementés ou émergents (SORE), un dispositif de piégeage a été déployé par la DGAL en 2021 avec l’appui de l’INRAE et de l’ONF. L’objectif de ce dispositif est d’effectuer une surveillance passive dans les sites d’entrée ,potentiels (ports, aéroports, marché d’intérêt national (MIN)) des organismes réglementés ou émergents. Ce piégeage est qualifié de « large spectre » car il peut concerner plusieurs filières, de production suivies dans le cadre de la SORE (forêts, jardins et espaces verts et ,infrastructures (JEVI), arboriculture fruitière) en ciblant cependant majoritairement les insectes coléoptères des ligneux. Les principes de la surveillance mise en œuvre s’appuient sur les résultats précédemment acquis dans le cadre du projet PORTRAP, utilisant des pièges génériques multi-composés pour la détection précoce d’insectes exotiques xylophages dans les sites potentiels d’entrée sur le territoire national. Les pièges ont été disposés sur 13 sites (7 ports maritimes, 1 port fluvial, 4 aéroports et 1 marché national) dispersés sur le territoire (France continentale). Au total 9279 individus appartenant à 110 espèces différentes ont été capturés. Aucune espèce d’insecte de quarantaine prioritaire n’a été piégée. En revanche, la présence d’individus appartenant à 8 espèces de coléoptères exotiques, à priori non répandues sur notre territoire, des familles Cerambycidae et Curculionidae (sous-familles des Scolytinae et Platypodinae) a été relevée. Les 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques sont les suivantes : Cerambycidae : Cordylomera spinicornis (Fabricius, 1775), Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), Xylotrechus chinensis (Chevrolat, 1852), Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 ; Curculionidae : Amasa sp. near truncata, Euplatypus hintzii (Schaufuss, 1897), Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius, 1801), Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff, 1868. Ainsi, il est demandé la réalisation d’une catégorisation des 8 espèces d’insectes exotiques en utilisant les critères de risque listés ci-dessous, afin de déterminer leur nuisibilité et de prioriser sur cette base la réalisation d’analyses de risque portant sur ces insectes. Critères de risque a. Caractéristiques des espèces • Cycle biologique, • Plantes hôtes, • Symptômes, • Aires de distribution, • Nuisibilité dans ces aires de distribution, • Probabilité d’entrée et de transfert vers les plantes hôtes. b. Probabilité d’établissement • Présence d’hôtes appropriés, conditions climatiques et autres facteurs abiotiques favorables à l’établissement des 8 espèces d’insecte dans la zone ARP, • Identification d’ennemis naturels potentiels dans la zone ARP, et d’autres facteurs biotiques ainsi que les pratiques culturales pouvant contribuer à empêcher leur établissement, • Définition des zones d’établissement potentielles dans la zone ARP. c. Probabilité de dissémination • Moyens de dissémination (naturelle et assistée) dans la zone ARP, • Magnitude de la dissémination des 8 espèces d’insecte. d. Conséquences potentielles • Évaluation de l’impact économique en terme de production, associé aux 8 espèces d’insectes pour l’agriculture, la sylviculture et l’horticulture dans leur zone de répartition géographique actuelle et dans la zone ARP, • Évaluation de l’impact en JEVI dans la zone ARP. e. Conclusions des catégorisations des organismes nuisibles Dans cet avis, la catégorisation de Cordylomera spinicornis sera présentée
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Claude Gregoire) 22 Jul 2025
https://anses.hal.science/anses-05175671v1
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[hal-02626202] Developing a framework of minimum standards for the risk assessment of alien species
1. Biological invasions are a threat to biodiversity, society and the economy. There is an urgent need to provide evidence- based assessments of the risks posed by invasive alien species (IAS) to prioritize action. Risk assessments underpin IAS policies in many ways: informing legislation; providing justification of restrictions in trade or consumer activities; prioritizing surveillance and rapid response. There are benefits to ensuring consistency in content of IAS risk assessments globally, and this can be achieved by providing a framework of minimum standards as a checklist for quality assurance. 2. From a review of existing risk assessment protocols, and with reference to the requirements of the EU Regulation on IAS (1143/2014) and international agreements including the World Trade Organisation, Convention on Biological Diversity and International Plant Protection Convention, coupled with consensus methods, we identified and agreed upon 14 minimum standards (attributes) a riskassessment scheme should include. 3. The agreed minimum standards were as follows: (1) basic species description; (2) likelihood of invasion; (3) distribution, spread and impacts; (4) assessment of introduction pathways; (5) assessment of impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems; (6) Assessment of impact on ecosystem services; (7) assessment of socio-economic impacts; (8) consideration of status (threatened or protected) of species or habitat under threat; (9) assessment of effects of future climate change; (10) completion possible even when there is a lack of information; (11) documents information sources; (12) provides a summary in a consistent and interpretable form; (13) -includes uncertainty; (14) includes quality assurance. In deriving these minimum standards, gaps in knowledge required for completing risk assessments and the scope of existing risk assessment protocols were revealed, most notably in relation to assessing benefits, socio-economic impacts and impacts on ecosystem services but also inclusion of consideration of climate change. 4. Policy implications. We provide a checklist of components that should be within invasive alien species risk assessments and recommendations to develop risk assessments to meet these proposed minimum standards. Although inspired by implementation of the European Union Regulation on invasive alien species, and as such developed specifically within a European context, the derived framework and minimum standards could be applied globally.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Helen E. Roy) 26 May 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02626202v1
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[hal-02650797] An extreme case of plant-insect codiversification: figs and fig-pollinating wasps
It is thought that speciation in phytophagous insects is often due to colonization of novel host plants, because radiations of plant and insect lineages are typically asynchronous. Recent phylogenetic comparisons have supported this model of diversification for both insect herbivores and specialized pollinators. An exceptional case where contemporaneous plant-insect diversification might be expected is the obligate mutualism between fig trees (Ficus species, Moraceae) and their pollinating wasps (Agaonidae, Hymenoptera). The ubiquity and ecological significance of this mutualism in tropical and subtropical ecosystems has long intrigued biologists, but the systematic challenge posed by >750 interacting species pairs has hindered progress toward understanding its evolutionary history. In particular, taxon sampling and analytical tools have been insufficient for large-scale cophylogenetic analyses. Here, we sampled nearly 200 interacting pairs of fig and wasp species from across the globe. Two supermatrices were assembled: on an average, wasps had sequences from 77% of 6 genes (5.6 kb), figs had sequences from 60% of 5 genes (5.5 kb), and overall 850 new DNA sequences were generated for this study. We also developed a new analytical tool, Jane 2, for event-based phylogenetic reconciliation analysis of very large data sets. Separate Bayesian phylogenetic analyses for figs and fig wasps under relaxed molecular clock assumptions indicate Cretaceous diversification of crown groups and contemporaneous divergence for nearly half of all fig and pollinator lineages. Event-based cophylogenetic analyses further support the codiversification hypothesis. Biogeographic analyses indicate that the present-day distribution of fig and pollinator lineages is consistent with a Eurasian origin and subsequent dispersal, rather than with Gondwanan vicariance. Overall, our findings indicate that the fig-pollinator mutualism represents an extreme case among plant-insect interactions of coordinated dispersal and long-term codiversification.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Astrid Cruaud) 29 May 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02650797v1
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[hal-05168055] Human contributions to global soundscapes are less predictable than the acoustic rhythms of wildlife
Across the world, human (anthropophonic) sounds add to sounds of biological (biophonic) and geophysical (geophonic) origin, with human contributions including both speech and technophony (sounds of technological devices). To characterize society’s contribution to the global soundscapes, we used passive acoustic recorders at 139 sites across 6 continents, sampling both urban green spaces and nearby pristine sites continuously for 3 years in a paired design. Recordings were characterized by bird species richness and by 14 complementary acoustic indices. By relating each index to seasonal, diurnal, climatic and anthropogenic factors, we show here that latitude, time of day and day of year each predict a substantial proportion of variation in key metrics of biophony—whereas anthropophony (speech and traffic) show less predictable patterns. Compared to pristine sites, the soundscape of urban green spaces is more dominated by technophony and less diverse in terms of acoustic energy across frequencies and time steps, with less instances of quiet. We conclude that the global soundscape is formed from a highly predictable rhythm in biophony, with added noise from geophony and anthropophony. At urban sites, animals experience an increasingly noisy background of sound, which poses challenges to efficient communication.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Panu Somervuo) 09 Oct 2025
https://univ-rennes.hal.science/hal-05168055v1
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[hal-05057758] Exploring the taxonomic status of the Palearctic cone weevil, Pissodes validirostris, inferred from morphometric and molecular data
The Scots pine cone weevil, Pissodes validirostris Gyll. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) widely distributed from Europe, across to North-Eastern China, consumes the cones of Mediterranean pines, as well those of the sylvestris section. The use of multiple host pine species with limited and patchy distributions, combined with low dispersal rates, likely contributed to significant genetic and morphological variation among P. validirostris populations in its native range. P. validirostris is being considered as a biological control agent for wilding pines in the southern hemisphere and for this programme to proceed, elucidating its intraspecific variability is necessary. This study aimed to explore the phylogeography of P. validirostris in its native range in Europe using mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers as well as morphological characters. The integrative taxonomic analysis revealed high genetic structuring in P. validirostris populations, identifying three main phylogeographic clades: Clade A (Iberian Peninsula, associated with Pinus pinaster and Pinus halepensis ), Clade B (Central Europe), and Clade C (Northern and Eastern Europe), both associated with Pinus species of the sylvestris section. The morphometric data showed that adults of the Iberic Peninsula clade were significantly larger than those of the two others. When compared to other Nearctic and Palearctic congeneric species, P. validirostris formed a monophyletic group, likely consisting of different evolutionary lineages within the sampled distribution. The findings highlight the necessity of genetic confirmation for insect taxonomy across wide distributions or multiple host trees. Clarifying whether host specificity or geography drives P. validirostris population structuring will facilitate the selection of a specific clade for wilding pine biological control.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Coralie Bertheau) 15 Jul 2025
https://hal.science/hal-05057758v1
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[hal-02634224] The invasive Leptoglossus seed bug, a threat for commercial seed crops, but for conifer diversity?
Among the recent introductions of alien insects in Europe, the polyphagous western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera; Coreidae) can seriously be regarded as a major threat for all the European conifer forests. In the current study combining laboratory and field experimentations, we characterized first bug damage by developing specific damage categories on seeds of different conifer species by the use of X-ray. Secondly, we investigated the impact of the invasive bug on key conifer species used for afforestation in Western and Central Europe. For this purpose, we performed germination tests on predated seeds which revealed that even light damage (consumption of <1/3 of the whole seed content) strongly reduced the germination capability of the seed. We also compared the impact of feeding on the proportion of filled seeds. Second year cones of Pinus sylvestris and Pinus nigra have been enclosed and offered to different life stages (nymphs and adults) and the results showed a significant reduction of filled seeds whatever the life stage. In field, we annually surveyed the bug seed damage for six different conifer species planted in southwestern French seed orchards. Taking into account the economic value of improved seeds in seed orchards, economic impact of bug damage was important although never exceeded 25 %. Two natural or semi-natural alpine pine stands were also surveyed and appeared to be highly affected by the bug (up to 70 % of damaged seeds). Therefore, bug damage could also be considered as a serious threat for seed production in natural stands.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 27 May 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02634224v1
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[tel-02800461] Invasion de la punaise américaine Leptoglossus occidentalis en Europe: Une contribution à la compréhension des invasions fulgurantes
Les dernières décennies représentent un tournant majeur concernant les invasions biologiques avec une augmentation sans précédent de leur rythme et de leur ampleur, en lien direct avec les activités humaines, en particulier la mondialisation. Certains invasifs se propagent à une vitesse très rapide dans leur nouveau milieu. L’invasion européenne de la punaise Leptoglossus occidentalis, illustre parfaitement ce phénomène et offre un modèle d’étude particulièrement intéressant. Cette thèse a pour but de tester des hypothèses permettant d’expliquer la rapidité de cette invasion. Pour répondre à cet objectif, nous avons choisi d’utiliser une approche pluridisciplinaire combinant des études de génétique des populations (natives et introduites) à des études de biologie et d’écologie des populations invasives. Grâce à l’utilisation de marqueurs moléculaires et de méthodes Bayésiennes (ABC), nous démontrons que l’invasion en Europe suit un scénario " tête de pont ", au sens où la population invasive de l’Est de l’Amérique du Nord a servi de source pour l’invasion européenne. Nos résultats confirment les soupçons d’introductions multiples dans des zones géographiquement déconnectées. En outre, l’étude de génétique des populations, associée aux mesures expérimentales des capacités de vol, indique que les capacités intrinsèques de dispersion de cette espèce sont particulièrement élevées. Les conditions rencontrées en Europe par les populations introduites ne sont pas un frein à l’invasion. L’espèce s’accommode parfaitement des nouvelles essences de conifères rencontrées sur le continent. La polyphagie observée dans la zone native est confirmée dans la zone d’introduction européenne, constituant un atout pour l’établissement des populations. De plus, cette étude révèle les risques écologiques que cette espèce représente pour la flore native européenne. Les dégâts occasionnés semblent s’additionner à ceux des ravageurs natifs, diminuant ainsi le potentiel de régénération naturelle. L’ensemble de ces résultats constitue une contribution à la connaissance des mécanismes sous-tendant les invasions biologiques, notamment sur la rapidité de propagation de certains invasifs, et met l’accent sur des phénomènes sous-estimés il y a encore peu de temps comme le scénario d’invasion " tête de pont ".
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 05 Jun 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/tel-02800461v1
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[hal-02809303] Impact of the Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis on major European conifers: Example of Pinus nigra
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 06 Jun 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02809303v1
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[hal-02739664] European invasion of the Western conifer seed bug: so what happened?
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 03 Jun 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02739664v1
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[hal-02740802] Tracing a Fast European Invasion: The Case of the Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis)
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 03 Jun 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02740802v1
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[hal-02640785] Isolation and characterization of 11 polymorphic microsatellite markers in the highly invasive Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera, Coreidae)
Eleven polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed from enriched DNA libraries for the invasive Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis. The number of alleles ranged from 2 to 11 and observed heterozygosities from 0.038 to 0.933. Additional results of cross-species amplifications are reported for two congeneric species. This set of microsatellite markers, the first one available for L. occidentalis, enables further investigations of population structure of this species which represents a serious threat for European conifer regeneration.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 28 May 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02640785v1
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[hal-02745159] A bridgehead effect in the invasion of the Western conifer seed bug in Europe?
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Vincent Lesieur) 03 Jun 2020
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-02745159v1
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[hal-02136833] Subterranean termites in the Centre-Val de Loire region: distribution patterns and invasion risks
This study presents research concerning subterranean termites found in the Centre-Val de Loire region. More specifically, we examined the geographical distribution of Reticulitermes flavipes, a globally invasive species. This work was conducted in collaboration with both social and life science specialists in order to better understand the factors mediating its spatial distribution. Using geomatics and the spatial analysis of R. flavipes' distribution, we were able to define geographical areas favorable to the termite. This geographical study and the diversity of players involved in this research underscore a growing awareness of termite invasion risks in society at large.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Dominique Andrieu) 26 May 2020
https://hal.science/hal-02136833v1
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[hal-03464437] A comparative genomic approach using mouse and fruit fly data to discover genes involved in testis function in hymenopterans with a focus on Nasonia vitripennis
Abstract Background Spermatogenesis appears to be a relatively well-conserved process even among distantly related animal taxa such as invertebrates and vertebrates. Although Hymenopterans share many characteristics with other organisms, their complex haplodiploid reproduction system is still relatively unknown. However, they serve as a complementary insect model to Drosophila for studying functional male fertility. In this study, we used a comparative method combining taxonomic, phenotypic data and gene expression to identify candidate genes that could play a significant role in spermatogenesis in hymenopterans. Results Of the 546 mouse genes predominantly or exclusively expressed in the mouse testes, 36% had at least one ortholog in the fruit fly. Of these genes, 68% had at least one ortholog in one of the six hymenopteran species we examined. Based on their gene expression profiles in fruit fly testes, 71 of these genes were hypothesized to play a marked role in testis function. Forty-three of these 71 genes had an ortholog in at least one of the six hymenopteran species examined, and their enriched GO terms were related to the G2/M transition or to cilium organization, assembly, or movement. Second, of the 379 genes putatively involved in male fertility in Drosophila, 224 had at least one ortholog in each of the six Hymenoptera species. Finally, we showed that 199 of these genes were expressed in early pupal testis in Nasonia vitripennis ; 86 exhibited a high level of expression, and 54 displayed modulated expression during meiosis. Conclusions In this study combining phylogenetic and experimental approaches, we highlighted genes that may have a major role in gametogenesis in hymenopterans; an essential prerequisite for further research on functional importance of these genes.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Charlotte Lécureuil) 06 Sep 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03464437v1
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[hal-05499984] Guix-HPC Activity Report 2025
<div><p>Guix-HPC is a collaborative effort to bring reproducible software deployment to scientific workflows and high-performance computing (HPC). Guix-HPC builds upon the GNU Guix software deployment tools and aims to make them useful for HPC practitioners and scientists concerned with dependency graph control and customization and, uniquely, reproducible research.</p> <p>Guix-HPC started as a joint software development project involving three research institutes: Inria , the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) and the Utrecht Bioinformatics Center (UBC). Guix for HPC and reproducible research has since received contributions from many individuals and organizations, including CNRS , Université Paris Cité , the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), Cornell University, and AMD. HPC remains a conservative domain but over the years, we have reached out to many organizations and people who share our goal of improving upon the status quo when it comes to software deployment.</p> <p>This report—our eighth report!—highlights key achievements of Guix-HPC between our previous report a year ago and today, February 2026. This year was marked by exciting developments for HPC and reproducible workflows. Significant advances were made in integrating Guix into the complex software landscape of HPC, taking the roles of software manager, workflow execution engine, backend for generating container images, or provider for the complete operating system layer. </p> <p>This year was also marked by the migration to Codeberg, a non-profit and community-led European platform whose main objective is to facilitate the expansion of the contributor community. Finally, support for reproducing computations from the past was also much improved. And, as usual, we have been using Guix for research, and teaching other researchers how to get started. </p></div>
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Céline Acary-Robert) 09 Feb 2026
https://hal.science/hal-05499984v1
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[hal-05521279] Multi-colored traps can enhance monitoring programs for native and non-native longhorn beetles in forest ecosystems
<div><p>Longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) are one of the most diverse families of beetles worldwide and they play critical roles in forest environments. Monitoring longhorn beetles is essential for both conservation and pest management, and baited traps are widely used for this purpose. Longhorn beetle species vary in their visual ecology and are attracted to different trap colors. A way to optimize trapping efficiency could be to combine multiple colors on a single trap, so to create a trap that captures multiple species at once. To test this approach, we carried out seven trapping experiments in Europe and North America, comparing the effectiveness of a multicolored trap against single-colored black, red, white, and yellow traps at whole family, subfamily, and species level. At most sites, multi-colored traps captured significantly more species and individuals than black, red, and/ or yellow traps. At the subfamily level, at most sites, multi-colored traps were equally or more effective than single-colored traps for Cerambycinae and Lamiinae. For Lepturinae, multi-colored traps were generally significantly more effective than black or red traps, but significantly less effective than white traps. Responses varied among species. Overall, our study suggests that the use of multi-colored traps can improve monitoring programs for longhorn beetles, supporting both faunistic surveys and early detection efforts targeting non-native species.</p></div>
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Laura Besana) 20 Feb 2026
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05521279v1
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[hal-03626702] Automatisation du suivi de la phénologie de la processionnaire du pin
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Louis Gross) 31 Mar 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03626702v1
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[hal-03626740] Forest pest dispersal outside forests in the context of global changes
Trees outside forests constitute a prominent feature of either agricultural lands or built-up areas that was overlooked for a long time. Their benefits and services are numerous and now increasingly acknowledged, but they can also provide disservices, especially in the context of global changes. While the number of paddock trees tended to decrease in long-standing industrialized countries because of mechanisation of agriculture and urban growth, the number of ornamental trees has strongly increased. For instance, French households buy and plant 50 millions of trees and shrubs every year (roughly as many as foresters plant trees). It is well documented that intensification of ornamental plant trade has promoted biological invasions through inter- and intra-continental accidental transport of exotic species. Moreover, cities with their street, park and garden trees constitute a common entry point where urban heat islands can facilitate the establishment. In Europe, in addition to the increase in the number of alien species, there is an increase in spread rates over time, especially for species arrived after 1990. The box tree moth is a good example of the role of intra-continental trade in rapid expansion. Lastly, structural changes in horticultural industry and changes in household demand have also affected landscape connectivity for both alien and native forest pest species, but quantification remains a difficult task. We addressed this issue using the pine processionary moth as a model species. Its larval colonies are readily detectable in the field and it is expanding northward across both forest and non forest lands because of climate warming. We set up a multidisciplinary approach including spatial modelling, flight mill experiments and landscape genetics in order to assess the role of trees outside forests in its range expansion.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérôme Rousselet) 31 Mar 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03626740v1
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[hal-03626645] Environnement et être humain : ce que la chenille processionnaire nous dit de nos sociétés
Les processionnaires sont des insectes urticants et défoliateurs posant de plus en plus de problèmes en santé humaine, animale et végétale. Cette augmentation de leurs impacts est liée au fait que leurs populations deviennent localement plus abondantes ou colonisent des territoires où elles étaient précédemment absentes. Notre environnement nous apparait alors altéré et hostile. En fait, changement climatique, intensification des échanges commerciaux, urbanisation sont des phénomènes planétaires qui modifient l’équilibre des écosystèmes. Le simple achat d’une plante d’ornement peut être à la base d’un changement imperceptible mais durable de l’environnement. C’est ce que nous disent ces chenilles.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérôme Rousselet) 31 Mar 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03626645v1
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[hal-03302392] Are Invasive Patterns of Non-native Insects Related to Woody Plants Differing Between Europe and China?
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Alain Roques) 27 Jul 2021
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03302392v1
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[hal-03592803] Le changement climatique, d’ores et déjà une réalité
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Alain Roques) 01 Mar 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03592803v1
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[hal-03750402] DNA metabarcoding of passive trap collection media for forest insect biomonitoring
Insect decline has been increasingly reported in the past years due to global change. Large-scale biomonitoring has thus become necessary to better understand the dynamics of insect communities and to preserve their essential role in ecosystem functioning. In that sense, coupling high-throughput sequencing and DNA metabarcoding has exponentially increased our potentiality to monitor insect communities over wider geographic regions and time scales. However, biomonitoring of entomofauna using molecular tools often results in destructive DNA extraction through voucher grinding, impeding primordial morphological backup. Here, we filter unprocessed collection medium to assess insect communities through environmental DNA metabarcoding. We demonstrate that recovered communities are different yet complementary and that insect response to environmental changes remains similar to homogenate bulk metabarcoding. We also show that insect orders-by their contrasting sclerotization ratio-, and collection medium type, are unequal in yielding metabarcoding results. Overall, we believe it as an efficient alternative for biomonitoring insect response to ecological changes while preserving insect vouchers for identification and description, especially in tropical regions were singletons or undescribed species can be very common in trap samples.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Lucas Sire) 12 Aug 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03750402v1
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[hal-04226078] Yoctoget, a fzf wrapper to get data from Yoctopuce VirtualHub for Web. https://forgemia.inra.fr/mathieu.laparie/yoctoget
yoctoget is a simple fzf wrapper written in Bash for the YSensor binary from Yoctopuce's command line API (and only that binary, for now) to ease retrieving in batch the data from remote VirtualHub for Web instances. It allows storing URLs to VirtualHub for Web instances already used in the past to quickly select from them upon the next execution. Although not recommended, the user can store their favourite VirtualHub for Web instance password in secret.conf. yoctoget is an unofficial script, unaffiliated to Yoctopuce SARL, and comes with no warranty on your sensors data.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Mathieu Laparie) 03 Oct 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04226078v1
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[hal-03700534] Drought-induced forest dieback increases taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetles at both local and landscape scales
Context: Many forest ecosystems around the world are facing increasing drought-induced dieback, causing mortality patches across the landscape at multiple scales. This increases the supply of biological legacies and differentially affects forest insect communities. Objectives; We analysed the relative effects of local-and landscape-level dieback on local saproxylic beetle assemblages. We assessed how classical concepts in spatial ecology (e.g., habitat-amount and habitat-patch hypotheses) are involved in relationships between multi-scale spatial patterns of available resources and local communities. Methods: We sampled saproxylic beetle assemblages in commercial fir forests in the French highlands. Through automatic aerial mapping, we used percentage of dead tree crown pixels to assess dieback levels at several nested spatial scales. We analysed beetle taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity related to differing levels of multi-scale dieback. Results: We found that taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetle assemblages significantly benefitted from forest dieback, at both local and landscape scales. We detected significant effects in the multiplicative models combining local and landscape variables only for phylogenetic diversity. Increased landscape-scale dieback also caused a functional specialisation of beetle assemblages, favouring those related to large and welldecayed deadwood. Conclusions: Increasing tree mortality under benign neglect provides conservation benefits by heterogenising the forest landscape and enhancing deadwood habitats. Legacy retention practices could take advantage of unharvested, declining forest stands to promote species richness and functional diversity within conventionally managed forest landscapes.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérémy Cours) 07 Jun 2024
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03700534v1
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[hal-04169150] Non-destructive DNA metabarcoding of arthropods using collection medium from passive traps
Broad-scale monitoring of arthropods is often carried out with passive traps ( e.g . Malaise traps) that can collect thousands of specimens per sample. The identification of individual specimens requires time and taxonomic expertise, limiting the geographical and temporal scale of research and monitoring studies. DNA metabarcoding of bulk-sample homogenates is faster and has been found to be efficient and reliable, but is destructive and prevents a posteriori validation of species occurrences and/or relative abundances. Non-destructive DNA metabarcoding from the collection medium has been applied in a limited number of studies, but further tests of efficiency are required in a broader range of circumstances to assess the consistency of the method. Methods We quantified the detection rate of arthropod species when applying non-destructive DNA metabarcoding with a short (127-bp) fragment of mitochondrial COI on two types of passive traps and collection media: 1) water with monopropylene glycol (H 2 O–MPG) used in window-flight traps (WFT, 53 in total); 2) ethanol with monopropylene glycol (EtOH–MPG) used in Malaise traps (MT, 27 in total). We then compared our results with those obtained for the same samples using morphological identification (for WFTs) or destructive metabarcoding of bulk homogenate (for MTs). This comparison was applied as part of a larger study of arthropod species richness in silver fir ( Abies alba ) stands across a range of climate-induced tree dieback levels and forest management strategies. Results Of the 53 H 2 O-MPG samples from WFTs, 16 produced no metabarcoding results, while the remaining 37 samples yielded 77 arthropod MOTUs in total. None of those MOTUs were shared species with the 389 morphological taxa (343 of which were Coleoptera) obtained from the same traps. Metabarcoding of 26 EtOH–MPG samples from MTs detected more arthropod MOTUs (233) and insect orders (11) than destructive metabarcoding of homogenate (146 MOTUs, 8 orders). Arachnida and Collembola were more diverse in EtOH-MPG samples, but Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Lepidoptera were less represented than in homogenate. Overall, MOTU richness per trap similar for EtOH–MPG (21.81 MOTUs) than for homogenate (32.4 MOTUs). Arthropod communities from EtOH–MPG and homogenate metabarcoding were relatively distinct, with 162 MOTUs (53%) unique to the collection medium and only 71 MOTUs (23%) present in both treatments. Finally, collection medium did not reveal any significant changes in arthropod richness along a disturbance gradient in silver fir forests. We conclude that DNA metabarcoding of collection medium can be used to complement homogenate metabarcoding in inventories to favour the detection of soft-bodied arthropods like spiders.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Lucas Sire) 24 Jul 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04169150v1
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[hal-04171607] Les invasions biologiques dans le contexte du changement climatique
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg) 26 Jul 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04171607v1
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[hal-04236326] Recent and potentially ongoing invasion of lepidopteran genomes by a helitron
A large part of eukaryotic genomes is composed of inactivated mobile elements (TEs for Transposable Elements), corresponding to remnants of ancient waves of TE invasions. TEs also play a very important role in adaptation to new ecological conditions. The most famous example is the industrial melanism of the peppered moth: the black color has been shown to result from the insertion of a transposon within a gene. Considerable progress in sequencing approaches now makes it possible to assemble TE-rich regions within genomes. We found that a TE of the helitron type secreted in the genital fluid of a parasitoid wasp is present as identical copies in the genome of 5 Lepidopteran species sequenced by the Darwinian tree of life project from specimens collected in UK, suggesting a recent wave of introduction of this TE in Lepidoptera. We hypothesize that increase of parasitoid introductions worldwide could, as for viral infections, increase the rate of TE invasions, and play a role in populations decline. We recently amplified the helitron from specimens collected in France indicating that the spread of this TE is not limited to UK. We will map the extent of the invasion in the geographical range of the species Pararge aegeria and Polyommatus icarus, in particular in areas where these species have been recently introduced such as Madeira island (P. aegeria) and Québec (P. icarus) since founders of the current populations could have been introduced before helitron spread, thus allowing an approximate dating of the epidemic.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jean-Michel Drezen) 10 Oct 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04236326v1
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[hal-04236377] Detection of invasive xylophagous beetles using metabacoding technologies
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Lois Veillat) 10 Oct 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04236377v1
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[hal-03607682] R script to simulate the phenology of the pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, from the egg to the last larval instar (L5). https://zenodo.org/record/5549323
https://zenodo.org/record/5549323 - R script to simulate the phenology of the pine processionary moth, - the flight curve of the pine processionary moth in Orleans (France) in 2019 - temperature dataset from June 2019 to December 2020. These meteorological data were recorded by the agroclimatic station at Orleans (number 45234, north latitude 47.827 °, east longitude 1.909 °), part of the INRAE national agroclimatic network managed by the service unit AgroClim (Avignon, France).
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Laura Poitou) 14 Mar 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03607682v1
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[hal-03475845] Drought-induced forest dieback increases taxonomic and functional diversity but not phylogenetic diversity of saproxylic beetles at both local and landscape scales
Context: Forest ecosystems worldwide are facing increasing drought-induced dieback, causing mortality patches across the landscape at multiple scales. This increases the supply of biological legacies and differentially affects forest insect communities. Objectives: We analysed the relative effects of local- and landscape-level dieback on local saproxylic beetle assemblages. We assessed how classic concepts in spatial ecology (e.g. habitat-amount and habitat-patch hypotheses) are involved in relationships between multi-scale spatial patterns of available resources and local communities. Methods: We sampled saproxylic beetle assemblages in commercial fir forests in the French highlands. Through automatic aerial mapping, we used dead tree crowns to assess dieback levels at several nested spatial scales. We analysed beetle taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity related to differing levels of multi-scale dieback. Results: In line with the habitat-amount hypothesis, taxonomic and functional diversity, but not phylogenetic diversity, of beetle assemblages significantly benefitted from forest dieback, at both local and landscape scales. Very few single or interaction effects were detected in the multiplicative models combining local and landscape variables, though a significant positive effect of landscape-scale dieback on the abundance of cavity- and fungus-dwelling species was consistent with a spill-over effect. Increased landscape-scale dieback also caused a functional specialisation of beetle assemblages, favouring those related to large-diameter, well-decayed deadwood. Conclusions: Increasing tree mortality under benign neglect provides conservation benefits by heterogenising the forest landscape and enhancing deadwood habitats. Legacy retention practices could take advantage of unharvested, declining forest stands to promote species richness and functional diversity within conventionally managed forest landscapes.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérémy Cours) 11 Dec 2021
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03475845v1
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[hal-03196306] Has North Africa turned too warm for a Mediterranean forest pest because of climate change?
Climate warming is inducing dramatic changes in species distribution. While many studies report the poleward range expansion of some species, some others report the range retraction and extinction risk of other species. Here we explore how climate warming affects the southern edge in North Africa of the pine processionary moth, Thaumetopoea pityocampa, which is a model insect currently expanding northwards and toward higher elevation in Europe. This Mediterranean forest insect was found in southern Tunisia until 2003. Field surveys were conducted to map the current southern edge of the species in Tunisia. Pheromone traps were installed on a north-south gradient, a translocation experiment of egg-masses was conducted on this gradient and local temperature change was analysed. We thus proved that the pine processionary moth has disappeared from southern Tunisia, and that no more adult males were actually flying there. We also found a decrease of egg-hatching and of the proportion of individuals able to reach larval stages along this gradient, while daily minimal and maximal temperatures globally increased. Furthermore, we showed that daily maximal and minimal temperatures as well as indices of extremely high temperatures have substantially increased during the study period (1980-2019). This study reveals the retraction of the pine processionary moth from southern Tunisia due to higher mortality rates that could be attributed to a significant local warming. The role of other factors (mainly the response of host trees and natural enemies to climate change) may amplify this direct effect and should be further explored.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Asma Bourougaaoui) 12 Apr 2021
https://hal.science/hal-03196306v1
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[hal-03656069] Phylogenetic, functional and taxonomic responses of wild bee communities along urbanisation gradients
Increasing urbanisation is one of the primary drivers of land-use change that threaten biodiversity. Wild bee communities have been reported with contrasting responses to urbanisation, with varying effects on abundance and taxonomical diversity. The suite of functional traits exhibited by wild bee species might determine their persistence in urban areas. Urbanisation thus can impose an environmental filter with potential consequences on the functional and phylogenetical diversity of wild bee communities.Here, we sampled 2944 wild bee specimens from 156 species in 29 sites located along an urbanisation gradient using a replicated design in three mid-sized cities in the Loire valley (France). We show that urban landscape cover has a negative effect on overall species richness and taxonomical diversity indices, while total abundance remains constant. Species loss was taxon dependent, mainly driven by Andrenidae and Halictidae. Only a few species, especially of the genus Lasioglossum, were positively affected by the urban landscape cover.Urban and peri-urban areas differed in their composition of bee assemblages. Species turnover was the main component of beta diversity, driving community dissimilarities through the urban gradient. Urbanisation favours bees with small body sizes, social structure and extended flight periods but did not affect the phylogenetic or the functional diversity of communities.Our findings have implications for understanding the factors involved in the environmental filter exerted through the urban gradient on bee communities helping to implement conservation measures and managing urban spaces for bees.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Irene Villalta) 22 Jul 2024
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03656069v1
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[hal-05130990] Incorporating Neglected Insect Larvae in Species Inventories: DNA Barcoding as an Effective Tool for All‐Stage Invertebrate Identification in Tree Holes
Invertebrates, especially insects, are an integral part of biodiversity. Many species live in forest ecosystems where they play a key role in decomposing wood and maintaining ecosystem functions. Nevertheless, global changes, like fires, storms, and pest outbreaks, are impacting insect diversity, reinforcing the need for long-term biomonitoring to understand and tackle these issues. Forests are heterogeneous ecosystems with tree-related microhabitats (TReMs) such as tree holes, which are important for ecosystem diversity. Conventional identification approaches for species inventories are frequently hampered by the extensive and hidden diversity of insect larval stages. Thus, there is a crucial need to develop tools that facilitate inventories of these ecological niches and allow the incorporation of such hidden diversity into long-term monitoring studies. To that end, we explored the biodiversity found in tree holes within French state forests using DNA barcoding and addressed challenges associated with traditional morphological identification methods. Results demonstrate the successful application of DNA barcoding in identifying nearly 62% of all invertebrates sampled from tree holes to the species level. Sampled invertebrates comprised 44% of larvae (566 individuals), of which nearly 50% could be assigned a species name. In total, 108 species and 173 barcode index numbers (BINs, used as species proxy) were molecularly inventoried, and 39% of these identified species were solely represented by larvae in our sampling. Our study highlights the usefulness of DNA-based identification methods and the significance of including larvae in biodiversity assessments to gain insights into species abundance and functional diversity. It also underscores the necessity of ongoing and parallel developments of DNA reference libraries to improve species molecular identification rates and accuracy, and the need to investigate potential non-destructive alternatives for biomonitoring. These efforts aim to ensure thorough and precise monitoring of invertebrate communities in tree holes and similar microhabitats.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Lucas Sire) 26 Jun 2025
https://hal.science/hal-05130990v1
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[hal-05525169] Benchmarking three DNA metabarcoding technologies for efficient detection of non-native cerambycid beetles in trapping collections
Individual sorting and identification of thousands of insects collected in mass trapping biosurveillance programmes is a labour-intensive and time-consuming process. Metabarcoding allows the simultaneous identification of multiple individuals in a single mixed sample and has the potential to expedite this process. However, detecting all the species present in a bulk sample can be challenging, especially when under-represented non-native specimens are intercepted. In this study, we quantified the effectiveness of DNA metabarcoding at detecting exotic species within six different mock communities of native and non-native species of European xylophagous cerambycid beetles. The main objective is to compare three different sequencing technologies (MinION, Illumina and IonTorrent) to evaluate which one is the most suitable in this context. Additionally, dry and wet (monopropylene glycol and water) collection methods were compared. Although not observing significant differences in the total number of species detected amongst the three sequencing technologies, the MinION detected a greater number of species in field-like samples. All three sequencing technologies achieved success in detecting and identifying closely-related species and species in low abundance. The capture method of insects in the field greatly influenced sample preservation and detection. Individuals captured in traps containing monopropylene and water had lower DNA concentration, leading to lower species detection rates compared to individuals killed using just an insecticide without any collection medium.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Loïs Veillat) 24 Feb 2026
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05525169v1
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[hal-04175438] Another Chapter in the History of the European Invasion by the Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis: The Iberian Peninsula
The Western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis, is native to North America and has already been considered a significant pest in several European countries since its first observation in Italy in 1999. In Spain and Portugal, it was recorded for the first time in 2003 and 2010, respectively, and its impact on Stone Pine (Pinus pinea) is of major concern. Before developing control measures for this insect pest, it is paramount to clarify its spatiotemporal dynamics of invasion. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to (a) characterise the genetic structure and diversity and (b) invasion pathways of L. occidentalis populations in the Iberian Peninsula. To do so, specimens of L. occidentalis were collected at fourteen sites widely distributed within the Iberian Peninsula. We used mtDNA sequences of Cytochrome b and eleven microsatellite markers to characterise the genetic diversity and the population structure in the Iberian Peninsula. Our genetic results combined with the observational dates strongly support a stratified expansion of L. occidentalis invasion in the Iberian Peninsula proceeding from multiple introductions, including at least one in Barcelona, one in Valencia, and one in the west coast or in the Southeastern region.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Ana Oliveira Farinha) 02 Aug 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04175438v1
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[hal-04421763] Description de cinq nouvelles espèces de Lycoderides Sakakibara (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Membracidae) de Guyane française.
Cinq nouvelles espèces de membracides du genre Lycoderides Sakakibara, 1972 sont décrites de Guyane française : Lycoderides flucticulus Lapèze n. sp., Lycoderides labyrinthicus Lapèze n. sp., Lycoderides malicornus Lapèze n. sp., Lycoderides minutifloraphiles Lapèze n. sp. et Lycoderides phi Lapèze n. sp. Seulement les trois premières présentent un dimorphisme sexuel prononcé. Les holotypes et plusieurs paratypes sont déposés au Muséum nationale d’Histoire naturelle, Paris. Des notes concernant les plantes-hôtes, l'écologie et la répartition sont présentées. Le barcoding ADN a permis de confirmer les couples mâle/femelle de chaque nouvelle espèce, avec pour chacune un barcode index number (BIN) unique. Quatre espèces proches de celles décrites sont également présentées et illustrées : Lycoderides gradatus (Sakakibara, 1972), L. luteus (Funkhouser, 1940), L. hippocampus (Fabricius, 1803) et L. obtusus (Sakakibara, 1991). Les mâles de Lycoderides sonzognii Lapèze, 2022 et de L. gradatus (Sakakibara, 1972) sont décrits et illustrés pour la première fois. Les complexes d’espèces sont discutés.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérémie Lapèze) 28 Jan 2024
https://hal.science/hal-04421763v1
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[hal-05086945] Retour d'expérience du Douglas
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (François-Xavier Saintonge) 27 May 2025
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05086945v1
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[hal-05117222] Surveillance des espèces exotiques envahissantes et contrôle aux frontières
Le transport de végétaux ou de produits végétaux dans le monde représente d’énormes quantités de marchandises capables de traverser de grandes distances en des temps record. Mais ce commerce international offre aussi de nombreuses possi-bilités aux « plus petits » pour voyager et s’introduire incognito sur de nouveaux territoires. Insectes, champignons, phytophthoras, etc., transitent sur les végétaux, le bois, les écorces ou même dans le sol. Si la zone d’accueil leur convient, ils peuvent engendrer de gros dommages sur les végétaux qui n’ont jamais eu la possibilité de mettre en place des systèmes de défense adaptés. Il est donc important de protéger les végétaux, les arbres, les forêts, face au risque d’introductions de bioagresseurs exotiques, et de minimiser au mieux cette menace.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Morgane Goudet) 17 Jun 2025
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-05117222v1
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[hal-03533022] Plasticity of feeding behaviour traits in response to production environment (temperate vs. tropical) in group-housed growing pigs
Heat stress affects pig metabolism, health and welfare, resulting in reduced growth and important economic losses. The present experiment aimed to evaluate the effects of two climatic environments [temperate (TEMP) vs. tropical humid (TROP)] on feeding behaviour in growing pigs. The feeding behaviour traits were measured with automated feeders and included: daily feed intake, daily eating time, feeding rate, daily number of meals, feed intake per meal, and feeding time per meal. Pigs came from a backcross population between Large White (LW, heat sensitive) and Creole (CR, heat tolerant) pigs. The same 10 F1 LW × CR boars (sire families [SF]) were mated with related LW sows in each environment. Feeding behaviour was recorded for a total of 1,296 pigs (n = 634 pigs for TEMP and n = 662 pigs for TROP) between 11 and 23 weeks of age. Growth performance and thermoregulatory responses (rectal and skin temperatures) were also measured. Results show that TROP conditions affect feeding behaviour traits: animals had more meals per day but these meals were smaller both in duration and in size, resulting in lower daily feed intake and less time eating per day. Significant SF by environment (GxE) interactions were found for all feeding behaviour traits. When SF were distributed into robust and sensitive groups (previously defined according to performance and thermoregulatory traits), results showed group by environment interactions for all feeding traits, except meal frequency. Moreover, a significant difference in feeding rate between robust and sensitive group was detected in TEMP, suggesting that feeding rate may be a good candidate to evaluate heat tolerance.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Nausicaa Poullet) 25 Jul 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03533022v1
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[hal-05302513] An ambrosia beetle recently introduced in Europe shows specific association with a yeast fungus
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Cecile Robin) 07 Oct 2025
https://hal.science/hal-05302513v1
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[hal-03293130] Diapause Regulation in Newly Invaded Environments: Termination Timing Allows Matching Novel Climatic Constraints in the Box Tree Moth, Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Simple Summary The box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, is an Asian pest whose rapid invasion in Europe causes considerable economic and ecological impacts. Larvae enter a winter diapause induced by photoperiod in both native and invaded ranges, but factors that trigger the return to an active phase are still unknown. Yet, identifying them is crucial to understanding how diapause end synchronizes with the end of the winter stress encountered in Europe. We tested whether activity resumption is regulated by thermal and/or photoperiodic thresholds, two factors often involved in diapause termination, by exposing diapausing caterpillars from an invaded area to crossed treatments at the laboratory. The evolution of diapause rate was monitored over time and compared to that of nearby field sites invaded. A strong positive effect of increasing temperature was found on the rate and dynamics of diapause termination, whereas no compelling effect of photoperiod appeared. Resuming development directly when main stressors fade, not in response to indirect photoperiodic cues that could be mismatched outside native areas, likely contributes to the good match observed between diapause and the new climates encountered in the invaded range. This finding can improve phenological modelling of the overwintering generation and help better mitigate its damage. Abstract The association between indirect environmental cues that modulate insect diapause and the actual stressors is by no means granted when a species encounters new environments. The box tree moth, Cydalima perspectalis, is an Asian pest whose rapid invasion in Europe causes considerable economic and ecological impacts. Larvae enter a winter diapause induced by the photoperiod in both native and invaded ranges, but factors that trigger the return to an active phase are still unknown. Yet, identifying them is crucial to understand how diapause end synchronizes with the end of the winter stress encountered in Europe. To test whether activity resumption is regulated by thermal and/or photoperiodic thresholds, or additive effects between these factors often involved in diapause termination, diapausing caterpillars from an invaded area were exposed to crossed treatments at the laboratory. The evolution of diapause rate was monitored over time and compared to that of nearby field sites invaded. A strong positive effect of increasing temperature was found on the rate and dynamics of diapause termination, whereas no compelling effect of photoperiod appeared. Resuming development directly when main stressors fade, not in response to indirect photoperiodic cues that could be mismatched outside native areas, likely contributes to the good match observed between diapause and the new climates that this pest encountered in the invaded range.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Laura Poitou) 20 Jul 2021
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03293130v1
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[hal-03626770] Les stratégies de gestion de la pyrale du buis
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ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jérôme Rousselet) 31 Mar 2022
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03626770v1
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[hal-04236268] Measuring the impact of forest management on the structure and composition of moth communities using automatic and manual light traps
Human-induced environmental impacts threaten global biodiversity, including temperate forests which have been highly altered and reduced. Despite these disturbances, temperate forests serve as biodiversity hotspots and play an important role in the conservation of declining species. Insect decline, often overlooked, is of significant concern due to its consequences on ecosystems and human health. To reverse insect decline, we first need to understand the influence our activities have on their populations. In this regard, our study focused on the impact of the French «futaie régulière» forest management method on moth communities. First, we chose to evaluate the effect of forest management on species richness and diversity. Sampling took place using two types of automatic light traps (T-traps LepiLED and Skinner Actinic) in the forest of Tours-Larçay-les Hâtes, focusing on two contrasting plots : a naturally evolving plot and a managed plot. Contrary to our hypothesis, we found that forest management does not appear to have a significant impact on the moth communities we studied. However, to confirm our results, we first had to improve upon our current biomonitoring protocol, focusing on increasing the sampling effort of micro moths which was initially insufficient. This was our second step. To do so we chose to use Bioform towers along with our automatic traps. By doing so, we concluded that the “futaie régulière” forest management method has no effect on the richness and diversity of both the macro moth and the micro moth communities located in the forest of Tours-Larçay-les Hâtes.
ano.nymous@ccsd.cnrs.fr.invalid (Jules Dessart-Pardon) 10 Oct 2023
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04236268v1
