This lecture will be a continuation of the previous one on the current biodiversity crisis, focusing in particular on the impacts of emerging diseases, in the context of the more general evolution of pathogens, but also reflections on possible solutions to the decline in biodiversity and on the notion of scientific progress.

Threats to biodiversity : emergence of new diseases and evolution of pathogens

Documents and media

Speaker(s)

Tatiana Giraud

Events

The synthetic theory of evolution : history, principles and evidence

Can evolution prevent extinction ?…

The evolution of behavior : why are we capable of altruism ?

Social evolution and ecological success

Why so many sexual species, and why with males and females ?…

Evolution of plant reproductive systems

Domestication as a model for studying biodiversity and evolution, and current threats

History and evolution of cultivated corn

Generating biodiversity : what do we know about the nature and origin of life …

Why do some species groups diversify more or less rapidly than others ?

Why is biodiversity not evenly distributed across the planet ?

Species inequality : dispersal, migration, coexistence

Threats to biodiversity and consequences for human beings

The role of globalization in the spread of invasive species

Threats to biodiversity : emergence of new diseases and evolution of pathogens

Biodiversity and agriculture

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