CBC research team
Conservation biological control aims to enhance pest regulation by the community of natural enemies naturally present in agroecosystems, in combination with other biological control practices. The CBC research team conducts its work in orchards within the broader framework of conservation biological control, in a context of pesticide reduction, land-use change and climate change. Our research focuses on the dynamics of pest populations, as well as beneficial insect and vertebrate communities, throughout their life cycles, including periods when they rely on resources outside orchards. Understanding these processes often requires considering spatial scales larger than that of the orchard.
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Claire LAVIGNE
Research Director
Bertrand GAUFFRE
Research Fellow, CBC coordinator
Thomas DELATTRE
Research Fellow
Pierre FRANCK
Research Fellow
Jean-Charles BOUVIER
Research Engineer
Juliette BOURREL
Design Engineer
Jérôme OLIVARES
Design Engineer
Alexis CAVAZZINI
Assistant Engineer
Filipa KNAPEN
Technician
PhD students
Montaine Delmotte
2024 – 2027
Promoting sustainable biological control by bats in apple orchards – from the plot to the landscape
Tom Souhil
2024 – 2027
Determinants of taxonomic and functional diversity in arthropod communities in perennial crop landscapes
Raphaël Minguet
2023 – 2026
Study of the effect of agricultural practices in apple orchards on different components of bird ecology using acoustic tools
Mael Le Page
2026 – 2029
The Influence of Floristic Diversity on Ecological Networks Linking Pest Insects, Their Natural Enemies, and Ants in Apple Orchards
Manon Lefebre
2012 – 2015
Régulation des ravageurs par les araignées en verger V
S. Da Silva
2010 – 2013
Fouille de données spatiales et modélisation de paysages – Mise en œuvre sur des scénarios paysagers pour la protection intégrée des cultures
M. Maalouly
2010 – 2013
Régulation naturelle des bio-agresseurs dans des paysages hétérogènes
C. Boreau
2009 – 2012
Biodiversité et aménagements fonctionnels en arboriculture
Benoit Ricci
2006-2009
Dynamique spatiale et dégâts de carpocapse dans la basse vallée de la Durance
Les post-doctorants
Isis Poinas
2026
A. Veres
2013
