1. Some questions applied to the study of biodiversity

The needs for quantitative approaches in applied biodiversity studies are manifold, and without even mentioning the issues involved in basic research, it is impossible to be exhaustive.

One of the most common applications of mathematical and computational approaches concerns the analysis of environments and animal and plant species in an area subject to development , for example a linear infrastructure such as a TGV line: these analyses form part of impact studies made compulsory in France by the 1976 Nature Protection Act, and are commonly carried out by specialized consultancies. Requirements range from species...