Team 05: Functional, evolutionary and applied ecology
Team Leader: Dr. BAALOUDJ Affef (Specialty: Ecology, University 8 Mai 1945 Guelma).
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Affef_Baaloudj
Description of the thematic team's research:
Functional ecology is concerned with ecological and biophysical processes (cycles of chemical elements and energy flows, carbon and nitrogen storage) and the functioning and dynamics of populations and ecosystems. It seeks to understand how physico-chemical constraints influence the functioning and dynamics of ecosystems and landscapes and how, in turn, organisms influence these cycles.
Evolutionary ecology is concerned with understanding particular traits of behavior, life history and demography, by considering the mechanisms of evolution and adaptation due to natural selection, on a fine scale. Our "Functional, Evolutionary and Applied Ecology (EFEA)" research team is interested in different aspects of functional ecology, among others, in the study and management of living organisms in an environmental context. that explain its origin, its functioning and its dynamics.
We combine additional approaches such as the exploration of environmental diversity by representing the mechanisms, spatial and temporal dynamics ranging from living beings to ecosystems through theoretical and experimental approaches.
We are also interested in the study of these mechanisms from the most recent research in ecology and evolution and thus makes it possible to approach new concepts, to better understand the functioning of ecosystems by the development of occupancy maps "indicators monitoring” and spatio-temporal distributions of the main biological taxa that are indicators of these wetlands (phenology, specific richness, biomass, abundance or other biological characteristics).
This issue will allow us to better understand the fundamental principles relating to the assessment of the ecological status of wetlands.
Keywords: Functional ecology; Evolutionary ecology; Ecological strategy; Spatial and temporal dynamics; Biological organisms: Birds, Arthropods.
