Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat

Abstract

The station is neither devoted to a particular group of animals nor to particular problems, but to the Camargue itself. What we would like to find out is the web of conditions bringing together this wonderful land, and what we wish is to keep it safe for future generations. In 1950 we began, M. Mller as assistant of the station, and I, with purely ornithological work. Soon we found out that we ought to know more about the ecology of the Camargue plants and invertebrates if we were to come to a deeper understanding of the ecology of the Camargue birds. So, in collaboration with the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifque, in 1953 and 1954 we began as a team on a basic quantitative ecological programme.