UMR CNRS 5558 Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive

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Hellard E, Pontier D, Sauvage F, Poulet H, Fouchet D (2012)
True versus False Parasite Interactions: A Robust Method to Take Risk Factors into Account and Its Application to Feline Viruses, PLoS ONE, vol. 7(1): e29618 pp.1-10

Say L, Devillard S, Léger F, Pontier D, Ruette S (2012)
Distribution and spatial genetic structure of European wildcat in France, Animal Conservation, vol. 15 pp.18-27

Avril A, Léonard Y, Letty J, Péroux R, Guitton J-S, Pontier D (2011)
Natal dispersal of European hare in a high-density population, Mammalian biology, vol. 76(2011) pp.148-156

Devillard S, Santin-Janin H, Say L, Pontier D (2011)
Linking genetic diversity and temporal fluctuations in population abundance of the introduced feral cat (Felis silvestris catus) on the Kerguelen archipelago, Molecular Ecology, vol. 20 pp.5141-5153

Haned H, Pène L, Lobry JR, Dufour A-B, Pontier D (2011)
Estimating the Number of Contributors to Forensic DNA Mixtures: Does Maximum Likelihood Perform Better Than Maximum Allele Count?, Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 56(1) pp.23-28

Haned H, Pène L, Sauvage F, Pontier D (2011)
The predictive value of the maximum likelihood estimator of the number of contributors to a DNA mixture, Forensic Science International: Genetics, vol. 5 pp.281-284

Hellard E, Fouchet D, Santin-Janin H, Tarin B, Badol V, Coupier C, Leblanc G, Poulet H, Pontier D (2011)
When cats` ways of life interact with their viruses: A study in 15 natural populations of owned and unowned cats Felis silvestris catus, Preventive veterinary medicine, vol. 101 pp.250-264

Barbazan P, Guiserix M, Boonyuan W, Tuntaprasart W, Pontier D, Gonzalez J-P (2010)
Modelling the effect of temperature on transmission of dengue, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, vol. 24 pp.66-73

Gonzalez J-P, Guiserix M, Sauvage F, Guitton J-S, Vidal P, Bahi-Jaber N, Louzir H, Pontier D (2010)
Pathocenosis: A Holistic Approach to Disease Ecology, EcoHealth, vol. 7(2) pp.237-241

Jombart T, Pavoine S, Devillard S, Pontier D (2010)
Putting phylogeny into the analysis of biological traits:A methodological approach, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 264 pp.693-701

Marchandeau S, Bertagnoli S, Le Gall-Reculé G, Santin-Janin H, Pontier D (2010)
Serological evidence for the presence of non-pathogenic rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus-like strains in rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus of the Kerguelen archipelago, Polar Biology, vol. pp.1399-1406

Pontier D, Fouchet D, Bried J (2010)
Can cat predation help competitors coexist in seabird communities?, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 262(2010) pp.90-96

Devillard S, Jombart T, Pontier D (2009)
Revealing cryptic genetic structuring in an urban population of stray cats (textit Felis silvestris catus, Mammalian Biology, vol. 74 pp.59-71

Fouchet D, Le Pendu J, Guitton J-S, Guiserix M, Marchandeau S, Pontier D (2009)
Evolution of microparasites in spatially and genetically structured host populations: The example of RHDV infecting rabbits, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 257(2) pp.212-227

Fouchet D, Leblanc G, Sauvage F, Guiserix M, Poulet H, Pontier D (2009)
Using Dynamic Stochastic Modelling to Estimate Population Risk Factors in Infectious Disease: The Example of FIV in 15 Cat Populations, PLoS ONE, vol. 4(10) pp.1-13

Jombart T, Pontier D, Dufour A-B (2009)
Genetic markers in the playground of multivariate analysis, Heredity, vol. 102 pp.330-341

O’Brien J, Devillard S, Say L, Vanthomme H, Léger F, Ruette S, Pontier D (2009)
Preserving genetic integrity in a hybridising world: are European Wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) in eastern France distinct from sympatric feral domestic cats?, Biodiversity and Conservation, vol. 18 pp.2351-2360

Pontier D, Fouchet D, Bahi-Jaber N, Poulet H, Guiserix M, Natoli E, Sauvage F (2009)
When domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) population structures interact with their viruses, Comptes rendus biologies, vol. 332(2-3) pp.321-328

Pontier D, Guiserix M, Fouchet D, Sauvage F (2009)
Emergence of infectious diseases: when hidden pathogens break out, Comptes rendus biologies, vol. 332(6) pp.539-547

Santin-Janin H, Garel M, Chapuis J-L, Pontier D (2009)
Assessing the performance of NDVI as a proxy for plant biomass using non-linear models: a case study on the Kerguelen archipelago, Polar Biology, vol. 32 pp.861-871

Augot D, Sauvage F, Boue F, Bouloy M, Artois M, Demerson J-M, Combes B, Coudrier D, Zeller H, Cliquet F, Pontier D (2008)
Spatial and temporal patterning of bank vole demography and the epidemiology of the Puumala hantavirus in northeastern France, Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 136(12) pp.1638-1643

Bahi-Jaber N, Fouchet D, Pontier D (2008)
Stochastic extinction and the selection of the transmission mode in microparasites, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 5 pp.1031-1039

Fouchet D, Guitton J-S, Marchandeau S, Pontier D (2008)
Impact of myxomatosis in relation to local persistence in wild rabbit populations: the role of waning immunity and the reproductive period, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 250(4) pp.593-605

Fouchet D, O’Brien J, Pontier D (2008)
Visiting Sick People: Is It Really Detrimental to Our Health?, PLoS One, vol. 3 pp.81-89

Guitton J-S, Devillard S, Guénézan M, Fouchet D, Pontier D, Marchandeau S (2008)
Vaccination of free-living juvenile wild rabbits textit(Oryctolagus cuniculus) against myxomatosis improved their survival, Preventive veterinary medicine, vol. 84 pp.1-10

Jombart T, Devillard S, Dufour A-B, Pontier D (2008)
Revealing cryptic spatial patterns in genetic variability by a new multivariate method, Heredity, vol. 101 pp.92-103

Kaeuffer R, Réale D, Pontier D, Chapuis J-L, Coltman D-W (2008)
Local effects of inbreeding on embryo number and consequences for genetic diversity in Kerguelen mouflon, Biology letters, vol. pp.374-380

Pavoine S, Ollier S, Pontier D, Chessel D (2008)
Testing for phylogenetic signal in phenotypic traits : a new matrix of phylogenetic proximities, Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 73 pp.79-91

Pontier D , Fouchet D, Bried J, Bahi-Jaber N (2008)
Limited nest site availability helps seabirds to survive cat predation on islands, Ecological Modelling, vol. 214 pp.316-324

Afonso E, Thulliez P, Pontier D, Gilot-Fromont E (2007)
Toxoplasmosis in prey species and consequences for prevalence in feral cats: not all prey are equal, Parasitology, vol. 134 pp.1963-1971

Bonanni R, Cafazzo S , Fantini C, Pontier D, Natoli E (2007)
Feeding-order in an urban feral domestic cat colony: relationship to dominance rank sex and age, Animal Behaviour, vol. 74 pp.1369-1379

Driscoll CA, Menotti-Raymond M, Roca AL, Hupe K, Johnson WE, Geffen E, Harley E H, Delibes M, Pontier D, Kitchener AC, Yamaguchi N, O`Brien SJ, Macdonald DW (2007)
The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication, Science, vol. 317 pp.519-523

Fouchet D, Marchandeau S , Bahi-Jaber N, Pontier D (2007)
The role of maternal antibodies in the emergence of severe disease as a result of fragmentation, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 4 pp.479-489

Guiserix M, Bahi-Jaber N, Fouchet D, Sauvage F, Pontier D (2007)
The canine distemper epidemic in Serengeti: are lions victims of a new highly virulent canine distemper virus strain or is pathogen circulation stochasticity to blame?, Journal of the Royal Society Interface, vol. 4 pp.1127-1134

Kaeuffer R, Coltman DW, Chapuis J-L, Reale D, Pontier D (2007)
The effects of cyclic dynamics and mating system on the effective size of an island mouflon population, Molecular Ecology, vol. 16 pp.4482-4492

Kaeuffer R, Reale D, Coltman DW, Pontier D (2007)
Detecting population structure using STRUCTURE software: effect of background linkage disequilibrium, Heredity, vol. 99 pp.374-380

Natoli E, Schmid M, Say L, Pontier D (2007)
Male Reproductive Success in a Social Group of Urban Feral Cats (Felis catus L.), Ethology, vol. 113 pp.283-289

Sauvage F, Langlais M, Pontier D (2007)
Predicting the emergence of human hantavirus disease using a combination of viral dynamics and rodent demographic patterns, Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 135 pp.46-56

Fouchet D, Marchandeau S, Langlais M, Pontier D (2006)
Waning of maternal immunity and the impact of diseases: The example of myxomatosis in natural rabbit populations, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 242 pp.81-89

Kaeuffer R, Coltman DW, Chapuis J-L, Pontier D, Réale D (2006)
Unexpected heterozygosity in an island mouflon population founded by a single pair of individuals, Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 274 pp.527-533

Say L, Pontier D (2006)
What determines testis size in the domestic cat (Felis catus L.)?, Biological Letters, vol. 43 pp.41-49

Wolf C, Langlais M, Sauvage F, Pontier D (2006)
A Multi-Patch Epidemic Model with Periodic Demography Direct and Indirect Transmission and Variable Maturation Rate, Mathematical Population Studies, vol. 13 pp.153-177

Gaillard J-M, Yoccoz NG, Lebreton J-D, Bonenfant C, Devillard S, Loison A, Pontier D, Allainé D (2005)
Generation time: a reliable metric to measure life-history variation among mammalian populations, The American Naturalist, vol. 166 pp.119-123

Gaucel S, Langlais M, Pontier D (2005)
Invading introduced species in insular heterogeneous environments, Ecological Modelling, vol. 188 pp.62-75

Gaucel S, Pontier D (2005)
How predator food preference can change the destinity of native prey in predator-prey systems, Biological Invasions, vol. 7 pp.795-806

Natoli E, Say L, Cafazzo S, Bonanni R, Schmid M, Pontier D (2005)
Bold attitude makes male urban feral domestic cats more vulnerable to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus, Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, vol. 29 pp.151-157

Pavoine S, Ollier S, Pontier D (2005)
Measuring diversity from dissimilarities with Rao`s quadratic entropy: are any dissimilarity indices suitable?, Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 67 pp.231-239

Pontier D, Say L, Devillard S, Bonhomme F (2005)
Genetic structure of the feral cat (Felis catus L.) introduced 50 years ago to a sub-Antarctic island, Polar Biology, vol. 28 pp.268-275

Rossi S, Artois M, Pontier D, Crucière C, Hars J, Barrat J, Pacholek X, Fromont E (2005)
Long-term monitoring of classical swine fever in wild boar (Sus scrofa sp.) using serological data., Veterinary Research, vol. pp.27-42

Rossi S, Fromont E, Pontier D, Crucière C, Hars J, Barrat J, Pacholek X, Artois M (2005)
Incidence and persistence of classical swine fever in free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa), Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 133 pp.559-568

Sauvage F, Pontier D (2005)
Interêts des modéles detérministes et stochastiques en épidémiologie des maladies infectieuses : exemple du Hantavirus Puumala, Epidémiologie et Santé Animale, vol. 47 pp.63-82

Devillard S, Allainé D, Gaillard J-M, Pontier D (2004)
Does social complexity lead to sex-biased dispersal in polygynous mammals ? A test on ground-dwelling sciurids., Behavioral Ecology, vol. 15 pp.83-87

Devillard S, Say L, Pontier D (2004)
Molecular and behavioural analyses reveal male-biased dispersal between social groups of domestic cats, Ecoscience, vol. 11 pp.175-180

Faurie C, Pontier D, Raymond M (2004)
Student athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students, Evolution, vol. 25 pp.1-8

Fitzgibbon WE, Langlais M, Morgan JJ, Pontier D, Wolf C (2004)
An age-dependent model describing the spread of panleucopenia virus within feline populations., Banach Center Publications Polish Academy of Science, vol. 63 pp.197-207

Fournier-Chambrillon C, Bent A, Pérrot A, Pontier D, Sauvage F, Artois M, Cassiede J-M, Chauby X, Dal Molin A, Simon C, Fournier P (2004)
Antibodies to Aleutian Mink Disease Parvovirus in free-ranging small carnivores from south-western France : implication for the conservation of the European mink (Mustela lutreola), Journal of Wildlife Diseases, vol. 40 pp.394-402

Kaeuffer R, Pontier D, Devillard S, Perrin N (2004)
Effective size of two feral domestic cat populations (Felis catus L.): effect of the mating system, Molecular Ecology, vol. 13 pp.483-490

Raymond M, Pontier D (2004)
Is there geographical variation in human handedness?, Laterality, vol. 9 pp.35-52

Say L, Pontier D (2004)
Spacing pattern in a social group of stray cats: effects on male reproductive success, Animal Behaviour, vol. 68 pp.175-180

Bahi-Jaber N, Langlais M, Pontier D (2003)
Behavioral plasticity and virus propagation: the FIV-cat population example, Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 64 pp.11-24

Bahi-Jaber N, Pontier D (2003)
Modeling transmission of directly transmitted infectious diseases using colored stochastic Petri nets, Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 185 pp.1-13

Bried J, Pontier D, Jouventin P (2003)
Mate fidelity in monogamous birds: a re-examination of the Procellariiformes, Animal Behaviour, vol. 65 pp.235-246

Devillard S, Say L, Pontier D (2003)
Dispersal pattern of domestic cats (Felis catus) in a promiscuous urban population: do females disperse or die?, Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 72 pp.203-211

Fromont E, Pontier D, Langlais M (2003)
Disease propagation in connected host populations with density-dependent dynamics: the case of the Feline Leukemia Virus, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 223 pp.465-475

Sauvage F, Langlais M, Yoccoz NG, Pontier D (2003)
Modelling hantavirus in fluctuating populations of bank voles: the role of indirect transmission on virus persistence, Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 72 pp.1-13

Say L, Bonhomme F, Desmarais E, Pontier D (2003)
Microspatial genetic heterogeneity and gene flow in stray cats (Felis catus L.): a comparison of coat colour and microsatellite loci, Molecular Ecology, vol. 12 pp.1669-1674

Pontier D, Say L, Débias F, Bried J, Thioulouse J, Micol T, Natoli E (2002)
The diet of feral cats (Felis catus L.) at five sites on the Grande Terre Kerguelen archipelago., Polar Biology, vol. 25 pp.833-837

Sauvage F, Penalba C, Boué F, Coudrier D, Pontier D, Artois M (2002)
Puumala hantavirus infection in humans and in the reservoir host Ardennes region France, Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 8 pp.1509-1511

Say L, Devillard S, Natoli E, Pontier D (2002)
The mating system of feral cats (Felis catus L.) in a sub-Antarctic environment, Polar Biology, vol. 25 pp.838-842

Say L, Gaillard J-M, Pontier D (2002)
Spatio-temporal variation in cat population density in a sub-Antarctic environment, Polar Biology, vol. 25 pp.90-95

Valière N, Berthier P, Mouchiroud D, Pontier D (2002)
Geminy: software for testing the effects of genotyping errors and multitubes approach for the individual identification, Molecular Ecology Notes, vol. 2 pp.83-86

Fromont E, Morvilliers L, Artois M, Pontier D (2001)
Parasite richness and abundance in insular and mainland feral cats: insularity or density?, Parasitology, vol. 123 pp.143-151

Natoli E, Baggio A, Pontier D (2001)
Male and female agonistic and affiliative relationships in a social group of farm cats (Felis catus L.), Behavioural Processes, vol. 53 pp.137-143

Say L, Pontier D, Natoli E (2001)
Influence of oestrus synchronization on male reproductive success in the domestic cat (Felix catus L.), Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 268 pp.1049-1053

Berthier K, Langlais M, Auger P, Pontier D (2000)
Effects of the feline panleukemia virus on feral cat populations on islands, Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 267 pp.2049-2056

Chautan M, Pontier D, Artois M (2000)
Role of rabies in recent demographic changes in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations in Europe, Mammalia, vol. 64 pp.391-410

Cohen CH, Artois M, Pontier D (2000)
A discrete events computer model of the Feline Herpes Virus within domestic cat populations, Preventive veterinary medicine, vol. 45 pp.163-181

Cornillon P-A, Pontier D, Rochet MJ (2000)
Autoregressive models for estimating phylogenetic and environmental effects: accounting for within-species variations, Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 202 pp.247-256

Courchamp F, Say L, Pontier D (2000)
Detection identification and correction of a bias in an epidemiological study, Journal of Wildlife Diseases, vol. 36 pp.71-78

Courchamp F, Say L, Pontier D (2000)
Transmission of feline immunodeficiency virus in a population of domestic cats (Felis catus)., Wildlife Research, vol. 27 pp.603-611

Fromont E, Sager A, Léger F, Bourguemestre F, Jouquelet E , Stahl P , Pontier D, Artois M (2000)
Prevalence and pathogenicity of retroviruses in wilcats in France, Veterinary Records, vol. 146 pp.317-319

Natoli E, De Vito E, Pontier D (2000)
Mate choice in domestic cat Felis catus, Aggressive Behavior, vol. 26 pp.455-465

Pontier D, Auger P, Bravo de la Parra R, Sanchez E (2000)
The impact of behavioural plasticity at individual level on domestic cat population dynamics, Ecological Modelling, vol. 133 pp.117-124

Rochet MJ, Cornillon P-A, Sabatier R, Pontier D (2000)
Comparative analysis of phylogenic and fishing effects in life history patterns of teleos fishes, Oikos, vol. 91 pp.255-270

Say L, Pontier D , Natoli E (1999)
High variation in multiple paternity of domestic cats (Felis catus L.) in relation to environmental conditions, Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 266 pp.2071-2074

Courchamp F, Yoccoz NG, Artois M, Pontier D (1998)
At-risk individuals in Feline Immunodeficiency Virus epidemiology: Evidence from a multivariate approach in a natural population of domestic cats (Felis catus), Epidemiology and Infection, vol. 121 pp.227-236

Fromont E, Artois M, Pontier D (1998)
Epidemiology of feline leukemia virus (FeLV) and structure of domestic cat populations, Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 62 pp.978-988

Fromont E, Pontier D, Langlais M (1998)
Dynamics of a feline retrovirus (FeLV) in host populations with variable spatial structure, Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 265 pp.1097-1104

Pontier D, Fromont E , Courchamp F, Artois M, Yoccoz NG (1998)
Retroviruses and sexual size dimorphism in domestic cats (Felis catus L.), Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 265 pp.167-173

Fromont E, Artois M, Langlais M, Courchamp F, Pontier D (1997)
Modelling the feline leukemia virus (FeLV) in natural populations of cats (Felis catus), Theoretical Population Biology, vol. 52 pp.60-70

Fromont E, Courchamp F, Artois M, Pontier D (1997)
Infection strategies of retroviruses and social grouping of domestic cats, Canadian Journal of Zoologie, vol. 75 pp.1994-2002

Raymond M, Pontier D, Dufour A-B, Moller AP (1996)
Frequency-dependent maintenance of left handedness in humans, Proceedings of The Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, vol. 263 pp.1627-1633

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Des souris et des hommes l’étude des systèmes à hantavirus, , vol. pp.413-456

Liberg O, Sandell M, Pontier D, Natoli E (2000)
Density spatial organisation and reproductive tactics in the domestic cat and other felids, , vol. pp.119-148