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Name: Thierry DUTOIT

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Title : Doctor

Grade: Senior Lecturer in Plant Ecology

Entitled to conduct researches: Yes


Affectation: University of Provence, Institute of Mediterranean Ecology and Paleoecology

Expertise : Plant Ecology, Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology 		Adress :
IMEP - Facultés des Sciences St-Jérôme
Boite 461
13397 Marseille cedex 20

Email: thierry.dutoit@univ.u-3mrs.fr

 Phone: 33 (0)4 91 28 87 32
Fax : 33 (0)4 91 28 80 51

Research panel:
- Plant Ecology
- Conservation and Restoration Ecology
- Landscape Ecology
- Historical Ecology
Teachering employment:
- Environmental Sciences (13 hours)
- Plant Ecology (60 hours)
- Landscape Ecology (8 hours)
- Conservation Ecology (52 hours)
- Pastoralism and biodiversity (10 hours)
- Field trips (50 hours)
Administrativ jobs:
- Member of the commission for the recruitment of lecturers in biology and ecology
Recent activity:
Our researches focus on understanding the impacts of human disturbances on the biodiversity of dry grassland ecosystems, which are recognized as hot-spots of biodiversity in European landscapes. The results of our studies are applied to the ecological restoration of these endangered ecosystems. Our past researches have concerned the chalk grasslands of north western France (Upper-Normandy), where we studied the impacts of former human land uses (sheep grazing, cultivation) on the present day vegetation and soil macrofaunal communities. To complete, our current research focuses on the roles of the surrounding landscape on the colonization by plants and animals (insects) of fallow lands and cereal fields, which are in contact with patches of old natural grasslands in the steppic area of La Crau and the Luberon mountains (south eastern France).

Most recent papers:
DUTOIT T. & ALARD D., 1995a. Permanent seed banks in chalk grassland under various management regimes: their role in the restoration of species-rich plant communities. Biodiversity and Conservation, 4: 939-950.

DUTOIT T. & ALARD D., 1995b. Mechanism of a secondary plant succession in chalk grassland: an historical approach. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, série III, Life Sciences, 318: 897-907. (In French)

DUTOIT T. & ALARD D., 1996. Present and potential biodiversity in chalk grassland ecosystems: impact of management on phytocenosis and seed banks. Acta Botanica Gallica, 143: 431-440. (In French)

DUTOIT T. & ALARD D., 1997. Mineral contents of chalk grasslands in relation with sheep grazing involved in conservation management systems. Revue d'Ecologie (Terre et Vie), 52: 9-20.

DUTOIT T., DECAENS T. & ALARD D., 1997. Successional changes and diversity of soil macrofaunal communities of chalk grasslands in Upper-Normandy (France). Acta Oecologica, 18: 135-149.

DUTOIT T., ROCHE PH. & ALARD D. 1999a. Impacts of human disturbances on the botanical composition of chalk grasslands in the Seine valley (Upper-Normandy, France). Canadian Journal of Botany, 77: 377-388. (In French)

DUTOIT T., GERBAUD E., OURCIVAL J.M., 1999b. Field boundary effects on soil seed banks and weed vegetation distribution in an arable field without weed control (Vaucluse, France). Agronomie: Agriculture & Environnement, 19: 579-590.

DUTOIT T., GERBAUD E., OURCIVAL J.M., ROUX M. & ALARD D., 2001. A prospective research on the duality between morphological traits and plant competitive abilities: the case of weed species and wheat. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, série III, Life Sciences, 324: 261-272. (In French)

BARBARO L., DUTOIT T., COZIC P. 2001. A six-year experimental restoration of biodiversity by shrub clearing and grazing in calcareous grasslands of the French Prealps. Biodiversity and Conservation, 10: 119-135

DECAENS T., DUTOIT T. & ALARD D., 1997. Earthworm community characteristics during afforestation of abandoned chalk grasslands (Upper Normandy, France). European Journal of Soil Biology, 33: 1-11.

DECAENS T., DUTOIT T., ALARD D. & LAVELLE P., 1998. Factors influencing soil macrofaunal communities in post-pastoral successions of western France. Applied Soil Ecology, 9: 361-368.

MULLER S., DUTOIT T., ALARD D. & GREVILLIOT F., 1998. Restoration and Rehabilitation of species-rich grassland ecosystems in France: a review. restoration Ecology, 6: 94-101.

TATIN L., DUTOIT T. & FEH C., 2000. Impacts of Przewalski horse grazing on the orthopteranean fauna of the Causse Mejean (Lozere, France). Revue dicologie (Terre et Vie), 55: 241-261. (In French)

ALARD D., POUDEVIGNE I., DUTOIT T. & DECAKNS T., 1998. Dynamics of biodiversity in a changing landscape: the case of chalk grasslands in the lower Seine valley. Acta Oecologica, 19: 275-284. (In French)

BARBARO L. CORCKET E., DUTOIT T. & PELTIER J.P. 2000. Functional responses of chalk grasslands plant communities to agro-ecological factors in the French Prealps. Canadian Journal of Botany, 78: 1010-1020. (In French)

GERBAUD E., DUTOIT T., BARROIT A., TOUSSAINT B., 2001. Mineral contents of cereal stubble :the case of an agricultural exploitation in south-eastern France (Vaucluse). Animal Research., 50: 495-505. (In French)