Laurent Bergès

Laurent Bergès is a research engineer at Ecosystems and Societies in Mountains Laboratory (LESSEM research unit) at INRAE's Grenoble Centre. His scientific and technical activities focus on the relationships between land-use patterns, environmental management practices (mainly forestry) and biodiversity (mainly vascular flora) at different spatial and temporal scales: from the micro-habitat, to the landscape and the region, and from the short, medium and long term (1-200 years). The aim of its research is to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which species and biological communities respond to anthropogenic pressures and to provide answers as to how ecosystems and landscapes can be better managed to conserve their biodiversity.