Research laboratories

The EcoFoG unit is interested in tropical ecology in the broad sense of the term. The unit combines different ecological and materials sciences approaches:
• To understand the relationships between biodiversity and the functioning of tropical forest ecosystems, whether or not commercially exploited, under climatic and anthropic pressures;
• To stimulate innovation in the valorization of forest resources in the context of this strong biodiversity, taking into account the constraints of use linked to humid tropical environments.
The research work of this UMR mostly involves the following disciplines: community ecology, ecological genetics, functional ecology, the chemistry of natural substances, microbiology, wood sciences and botany.

The unit focuses on six research axes:

• Community patterns & assemblies
• Adaptation, diversification, specialization
• Plant development & function
• Materials and valorization of biodiversity
• Functional chemodiversity & applications
• Ecosystem processes & services