The teacher-searchers

Biodiversity, Remote Sensing and Territories / Joint Research Unit UMR 1201 Dynafor (Dynamics and Ecology of Agriforestry Landscapes) INRA (National Agricultural Research Institute) / INPT (National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse)

• Saproxylic beetles, biological value of forest ecosystems
• Conservation biology
• Impact and incidence studies for land-use planning professionals: quarry extensions, wind turbine siting, rail or road routes, etc.
• Search for heritage species, search for and monitoring of protected species and conservation status diagnostics.
• Entomological inventories (qualitative and/or comparative) and diagnoses of biological value for various organizations managing natural areas, etc.
• Insect identification for professionals and private individuals, spatiotemporal surveys of xylophagous insect depredation and damage to stored goods

Practical work in agricultural zoology (entomology)

• Bouget, C., Brustel, H., Brin, A., Valladares L., 2009 – Evaluation of window flight traps for effectiveness at monitoring dead wood associated beetles: the effect of ethanol lure under contrasting environmental conditions. Agricultural and Forest Entomology, 11 (2): 143–152.
• Brin, A., Bouget, C., Valladares L., Brustel, H., 2012 – Are stumps important for the conservation of saproxylic beetles in managed forests? – Insights from a comparison of assemblages on logs and stumps in oak-dominated forests and pine plantations. Insect Conservation and Diversity (2012) (online, in press): 1–10.
• Cocquempot, C., Valladares L., 2009 – Datation des déprédations de termites et autres insectes xylophages de l’habitat et du bois d’œuvre. Le Cahier des Techniques de l’Inra,67: 31-42.
• Valladares L., Calmont B, Brustel H., Gouix, N. 2011 – Bilan des connaissances sur la répartition de Ceruchus chrysomelinus (Hochenwarth, 1785) en France (Coleoptera, Lucanidae). Rutilans XIV-2: 31-40.
• Valladares L., Brin, A., 2006 – Au pays des Insectes. Editions Milan: 128 p.

Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Universitaires (Postgraduate Diploma) (Paul Sabatier Toulouse III University)

Contract Senior Technician at the ONF (French Forestry Commission) from 2001 to 2003