Francois Benjamin Vincent Florens

Associate Professor of Ecology and former Head of the Department of Biosciences at the University of Mauritius. My main research interest is in the conservation of biodiversity in tropical terrestrial systems with particular emphasis on the impact of invasive alien species on the biodiversity of tropical forests. I also have an interest in restoration ecology, taxonomy of Mascarene flowering plants and land molluscs, and I collaborate on palaeoecology and molecular ecology research projects.