Description
Alpine marmots were introduced between 1980 and 1991 in the outskirts of Mont Mézenc, from the Gandoulet site. In 2011, more than 125 family groups were identified around this massif.
These animals have acclimatized well and number 125 family groups, now spread over 23 municipalities.
Since 1988, more than 200 km2 have been observed each year, from April to September. Monitoring includes five counts per year for each family group and the census of new marmot settlements. A network of residents also contributes to the search for new facilities.
The analysis of the results of this monitoring will make it possible to specify whether this installation is moving towards a decline or towards an invasive process. In the long term, it will provide data for the study of possible allopatric speciation in the sense of Zecchini (2002).
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The town was detached from Borée and set up as an independent town in 1856. The village, at the foot of the Mézenc, is to be discovered for its architecture and especially its slate roofs, including that of the Church.
A magical place: a house built more than 350 years ago in the heart of a mountain cirque. Surrounded by forests of beech and fir trees, the farm of Médille is a large stone building, with a slate roof, nestled against Mont Mézenc.
A magical place: a house built more than 350 years ago in the heart of a mountain cirque. Surrounded by forests of beech and fir trees, the farm of Médille is a large stone building, with a slate roof, nestled against Mont Mézenc.
XNUMXth century church, remodeled, rebuilt in the XNUMXth century. Architecture to discover: checkerboard in volcanic rocks and polychrome facade: yellow tuff, granite, trachyte and red scoria. Statue of the Black Virgin of Genestoux, placed above the central altar.
The oldest mountain beech in France in all its splendour, more than 400 years old...
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