Research programmes in ecology Jacques Baudry 1, Françoise Burel 2, Nicky Allsop, Marc Kirsch and Agnès Ricroch 3.

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Research programmes in ecology Jacques Baudry 1, Françoise Burel 2, Nicky Allsop, Marc Kirsch and Agnès Ricroch 3

The concept of paradigm (Kuhn) is more often used in ecology tthan research programme We will first discuss the differences between the two concepts, and their usefulness to assess the plurality of science

Two main research programmes 1- autonomy Studied ecological systems are autonomous, closed; all theories and results can be drawn from them. Biodiversity experiment, a greater number of plant species leads to greater community productivity. In the experiment shown, 245 plots, each 9 m x 9 m, were assigned randomly to have from 1 to 16 prairie plant species, with the species composition of each plot being separately chosen at random. Species composition and plant diversity were both strong determinants of ecosystem functioning.

2- dependance Studied ecological systems are embedded within a context that influences processes, systems are connected and depend on external parameters Phradis interstitialis Tersilochus heterocerus Meligethes aeneaus Impacts of pests in oilseed rape fields depend on the presence on non crop areas in the surrounding landscape Oilseed rape

Ecological studied systems autonomy dependance Biological organisms: plants, animals, microorganisms Individuals, populations, communities Prairie aubrac Ecological interactions Prey/predator; parasitism; … Ecological services/processes Productivity Pollination Decomposition …. Ecological systems have an explicit spatial dimension There is an infinity of systems as studied scale varies km 2 1 km 2 10 km 2

dependance These systems are organised within an ecological hierarchy Theory predicts that levels of hierarchy form discontinuities in space and time At each level, processes are studied at different scales to identify ecological response scales Activity, movement population dynamics Biogeographical extent time space

Main concepts related to these programmes (core) autonomy dependance stability, determinism, equilibrium with an « optimal value » dynamic, trade-off, non linearity, thresholds; discontinuities permit to identify hierarchical levels; no « optimal value », importance of the context. Climax a biological community of plants and animals which has reached a steady state. This equilibrium occurs because the climax community is composed of species best adapted to average conditions in that area. The idea of a single climatic climax, which is defined in relation to regional climate. Primitive, climax forest in Slovenia In Yellowstone National Park USA, spatial and temporal discontinutities depend on different disturbances operating at their own scales

Main concepts related to these programmes (core) autonomy dependance homogeneityheterogeneity, complexity plots or fields landscape 4 m²

Spatial and temporal scales autonomydependance Small spatio-temporal scales plots, fields days, season Chaetocarabus intricatuss Trechus quadristriatus 500 M 150 m Forest species Cropland species A large range of scales, from severals fields to a region in space, includes long term monitoring (decades) in time and long term processes (regional or landscape dispersion) ad hoc hypothesis: this system is not-scale dependant ad hoc hypothesis: this system does not consider density of organisms ad hoc hypotheses

Kareiva et Anderson, 1988 methods autonomy dependance experiments replicates statistical analyses observation experiments for lower hierarchical levels models scenarios to test hypotheses and predict behaviour ad hoc hypothesis: the experiment does not take in account initial conditions ad hoc hypothesis: the model and scenarios do not take in account the dynamics of environmental conditions ad hoc hypotheses

Human activities autonomy dependance External parameters Part of the studied system; Pluri- and inter-disciplinary approaches; Role of human activites on complex systems ad hoc hypothesis: the experiment excludes the disturbance of human activies ad hoc hypothesis: the system considers and rankes a limited number of parameters and interactions ad hoc hypotheses