Evolutionary Demography Group
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Stagiaire
UCBL
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Doctorant
UCBL
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Doctorante
VetAgro-Sup
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Doctorante
UCBL
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
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VetAgro-Sup
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autre
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Doctorante
UCBL
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Post-doc
CNRS
Stagiaire
UCBL
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Stagiaire
autre
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Stagiaire
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142
Stagiaire
UCBL
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Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 330472448111

Chargée de recherche
CNRS
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Professeure des universités
VetAgro-Sup
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Technicienne CDD
UCBL
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Stagiaire
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142
Stagiaire
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142

Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142

Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 330472448018
Post-doc
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 0472448111

Maîtresse de conférences
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 0472448142
Stagiaire
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142

Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 0472448142
Stagiaire
autre
Tel: 0472448142

Maîtresse de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 0472432785
Keywords: Aging - Behavioural Ecology - Climate Change - Conservation Biology - Comparative analyses - Demography - Eco-Evolutionary dynamics - Ecotoxicology - Ecophysiology - Epidemiology – Integrative Biology - Life History Traits - Movement Ecology - Parasitism - Population Dynamics - Wildlife Management
Overview: Our research aims to understand how ecology and evolution shape both the demography and the health of vertebrate populations in the wild, and in turn, how the demographic processes are determining the strength of trait selection. To reach these objectives, we are bridging conceptual and methodological advances from population ecology, evolution, demography, epidemiology and statistics. As our study models are vertebrate species with high societal value, our research projects are often led in collaboration with the Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB) and have an explicit applied component to improve the exploitation or the conservation of the targeted species.
Research axes:
- Quantifying the amount and the shape of individual heterogeneity in vertebrate populations in the wild, as well as its role in demographic and eco-evolutionary processes (with a special focus on mammals)
- Identifying and assessing the relative influence of the environmental (i.e. weather conditions, population density, habitat quality, predation, diseases, interspecific competition and anthropic pressure), evolutionary (e.g. phylogenetic inertia, lifestyle, size, and life history strategy), and individual (e.g. age, sex, or size) attributes that shape the diversity of individual trajectories, within and among populations of vertebrates
- Identifying population responses to global change, from phenotypic traits to demographic outputs such as population growth, age-structure and generation time
- Quantifying the magnitude of the sex-differences in trait-specific trajectories (with a special focus on the senescence process) and identifying the eco-evolutionary roots of these differences
- Identifying the genetic and physiological markers of aging for mammalian populations in the wild
- Exploring the evolutionary causes and consequences of actuarial and reproductive aging in the wild
- Assessing the health, demographic, and evolutionary implications of physiological stress at the individual level and quantifying their impact on population dynamics
- Determining the physiological and demographic implications of toxic pollutants for mammals in the wild
- Measuring health, behavioral, and demographic consequences of parasitism exposure
- Providing tools for the development of reliable predictions for population forecast of mammals with a high societal value
Biological models: Our research mostly relies on the long-term monitoring of mammalian populations in the wild. Thanks to a long-term collaboration with the OFB, we are collecting individual longitudinal data on a wide array of traits for more than 40 years for roe deer (Chizé and Trois-Fontaines study areas, France). Other ongoing long-term programs are focused on the Alpine marmot (Réserve de la Grande Sassière, France), Mouflon (Caroux-Espinouse massif, France), Wild boar (Châteauvillain, France), and Giraffe (Hwange, Zimbabwe).
Publications
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Cancer Susceptibility as a Cost of Reproduction and Contributor to Life History Evolution
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 10 : 861103
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see the publicationPopulation density and plant availability interplay to shape browsing intensity by roe deer in a deciduous forest
Forest Ecology and Management . 515 : 120153
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see the publicationSex‐related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 76 ( 2 ) : 346-356
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14410
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see the publicationSex chromosomes, sex ratios and sex gaps in longevity in plants
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 377 ( 1850 )
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see the publicationDNA methylation as a tool to explore ageing in wild roe deer populations
Molecular Ecology Resources . 22 ( 3 ) : 1002-1015
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see the publicationHow to describe and measure phenology? An investigation on the diversity of metrics using phenology of births in large herbivores
Oikos .
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08917
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see the publicationDetecting climate signals in populations across life histories
Global Change Biology .
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see the publicationHarvesting can stabilise population fluctuations and buffer the impacts of extreme climatic events
Ecology Letters .
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13963
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see the publicationQuantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 13 : 91-104
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see the publicationAvis et rapport relatif à « une demande d’évaluation du rôle épidémiologique du renard dans la transmission de la tuberculose bovine »
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see the publicationMetabarcoding in two isolated populations of wild roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) reveals variation in gastrointestinal nematode community composition between regions and among age classes
Parasites & Vectors . 14 ( 1 ) : 594
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see the publicationMany lifetime growth trajectories for a single mammal
Ecology and Evolution . 11 ( 21 ) : 14789-14804
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8164
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see the publicationQuantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables
Methods in Ecology and Evolution .
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see the publicationMaternal effects shape offspring physiological condition but do not senesce in a wild mammal
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 34 ( 4 ) : 661-670
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13768
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see the publicationHow much energetic trade‐offs limit selection? Insights from livestock and related laboratory model species
Evolutionary Applications . 14 ( 2 ) : 2726-2749
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13320
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see the publicationHow much energetic trade‐offs limit selection? Insights from livestock and related laboratory model species
Evolutionary Applications . 14 ( 12 ) : 2726-2749
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13320
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see the publicationEffects of population density on static allometry between horn length and body mass in mountain ungulates
Oikos . 130 ( 12 ) : 2161-2169
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08726
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see the publicationThermal conditions predict intraspecific variation in senescence rate in frogs and toads
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 118 ( 49 ) : e2112235118
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see the publicationApplying comparative methods to different databases: lessons from demographic analyses across mammal species
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
see the publicationEfficient use of demographic data: Integrated Population Models
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
see the publicationLongitudinal demographic data collection
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
see the publicationMany lifetime growth trajectories for a single mammal
Ecology and Evolution .
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8164
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see the publicationEfficient use of harvest data: a size‐class‐structured integrated population model for exploited populations
Ecography . 44 ( 9 ) : 1296-1310
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05738
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see the publicationEvolution of large males is associated with female‐skewed adult sex ratios in amniotes
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 75 ( 7 ) : 1636-1649
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14273
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see the publicationEffects of pulsed resources on the dynamics of seed consumer populations: a comparative demographic study in wild boar
Ecosphere . 12 ( 5 )
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3395
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see the publicationCatch-effort model used as a management tool in exploited populations: Wild boar as a case study
Ecological Indicators . 124 : 107442
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see the publicationPaternal age negatively affects sperm production of the progeny
Ecology Letters . 24 ( 4 ) : 719-727
DOI: 10.1111/ELE.13696
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