The main objective of my research is to identify and quantify the factors, processes, and feedback mechanisms that influence coastal resilience in the face of global change and to understand how society perceives and responds to environmental changes.
My research combines various perspectives, from biogeochemistry to landscape ecology, community ecology, and social sciences. Focusing on such a complex and contested area as the coast, my approach has progressively evolved from an ecosystem-oriented approach to a more holistic, interdisciplinary perspective, emphasizing the human dimension and the dynamic nature of “marginal” or “borderline” ecosystems.
My findings help underscore the often-underestimated role of indirect effects in ecology and have highlighted ecological factors as an integral element in coastal resilience, in contrast to the dominant view that considers coastal ecosystems to be entirely governed by physical factors.
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