Evolutionary Demography Group

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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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Robust abundance estimation of harvested populations from low quality time series data: A red deer case study

Stig W Omholt, Marlène Gamelon, Erling L Meisingset

Ecological Indicators . 173 ( 113398 )

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113398

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Causes of Death and Screening for Toxicants and Hemopathogens of European Hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) from a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Northern France

Julien Hirschinger, Sylvain Larrat, Guillaume Le Loc’h, Pascal Arné, Philippe Gourlay, Claire Le Moal...

Journal of wildlife diseases . 61 ( 1 ) : 3766-3774.e3

DOI: 10.7589/jwd-d-24-00092

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Special Feature: Intraspecific variation in ecology and evolution

Marlène Gamelon, Juliano Morimoto, Hannah J White

Journal of Animal Ecology . 94 ( 3 ) : 262–267

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14244

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Estimation des densités de deux populations de marmottes Alpines en Savoie

Marjorie Bison, Albane Chaleat, Christophe Bonenfant

Report

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Exploring the role of transposable elements to sex gap in longevity in Drosophila species

Miriam Merenciano, Sonia Janillon, Camille Mermet-Bouvier, Nelly Burlet, Valentina Rodriguez-Rada, Victor Ronget...

DOI: 10.1101/2025.01.22.634250

Preprint

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Antler size decreases with increasing age: evidence of reproductive senescence in male Fallow Deer (Dama dama )

Solène Cambreling, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Jean-François Lemaître, Adam Smith, Anna David, Simone Ciuti

Journal of Mammalogy .

DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyae154

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X*Y females exhibit steeper reproductive senescence in the African pygmy mouse

Jean-François Lemaître, Yann Voituron, Léa Herpe, Frédéric Veyrunes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 122 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2412609121

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Female Embryos Are More Likely to Die than Males in a Wild Mammal

Mathieu Douhard, Eric Baubet, Marlène Gamelon

The American Naturalist . 205 ( 2 ) : 000-000

DOI: 10.1086/733425

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Cross-transmission of resistant gastrointestinal nematodes between wildlife and transhumant sheep

Camille Beaumelle, Carole Toïgo, Rodolphe Papet, Slimania Benabed, Mathieu Beurier, Léa Bordes...

Peer Community Journal . 4 : e103

DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.477

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Impacts of Artificial Light At Night on immunity in the common toad.

Louise Cheynel, Adeline Dumet, Jean Secondi, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Benjamin Rey, Eve Ramery...

BES Annual Meeting 2024 . : https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/bes-annual-meeting-2024/

Poster

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Impacts of Artificial Light At Night on immunity in the common toad.

Louise Cheynel, Adeline Dumet, Jean Secondi, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Benjamin Rey, Eve Ramery...

Congrès International de la Société Française d’Écologie et Évolution 2024 . : https://sfe2-2024.fr/en

Poster

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Demande d’avis relatif à l’évaluation des risques pour la santé publique et la santé animale liés à la transmission inter-espèces (être humain-animal et animal-être humain) des virus influenza en élevage porcin et les mesures de surveillance

Catherine Belloc, Sibylle Bernard-Stoecklin, Nadia Haddad, Fanny Renois, Nicolas Rose, Claude Saegerman...

: 306 p.

Report

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Climate Change Impacts Pair‐Bond Dynamics in a Long‐Lived Monogamous Species

Ruijiao Sun, Rémi Fay, Francesco Ventura, Bilgecan Şen, Christophe Barbraud, Karine Delord...

Ecology Letters . 27 ( 12 ) : e14555

DOI: 10.1111/ele.14555

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Neonatal antipredator tactics shape female movement patterns in large herbivores

Kamal Atmeh, Christophe Bonenfant, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Mathieu Garel, A. Hewison, Pascal Marchand...

Nature Ecology & Evolution .

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02565-8

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The time of infection matters: seasonal interplay between host and pathogen drives epidemic dynamics

Rémi Fay, Marlène Gamelon, Eric Baubet, Thibaud Porphyre

Oikos .

DOI: 10.1111/oik.10750

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Lignes directrices pour l’établissement de référentiels d’étiquetage du bien-être des animaux

Catherine Belloc, Marie-Laure Begout, Alain Boissy, Alice de Boyer Des Roches, Marine Friant-Perrot, Lionel Grisot...

979-10-286-0496-7 : 253 p.

Report

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A Robust and Versatile Mating Function for Two‐Sex Population Projection Models Fitting all Types of Mating Systems

Jessica Cachelou, Christophe Coste, Jean‐michel Gaillard, Agathe Chassagneux, Emmanuelle Richard, Eric Baubet...

Ecology Letters . 27

DOI: 10.1111/ele.70013

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Sex Differences in Lifespan, Ageing and Health in the Living World

Jean-François Lemaître, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Dominique Pontier, Hugo Cayuela, Cristina Vieira, Gabriel Marais

The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 162-189

DOI: 10.1017/9781009007245.010

Book chapter

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Perspectives in Comparative Biology of Ageing

Jean-François Lemaître, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Samuel Pavard, François Criscuolo, Fabrice Bertile

The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 117-137

DOI: 10.1017/9781009007245.008

Book chapter

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Essential mineral elements in roe deer: Associations with parasites and immune phenotypes in two contrasting populations

Léa Bariod, Sonia Saïd, Clément Calenge, Renaud Scheifler, Clémentine Fritsch, Carole Peroz...

Ecology and Evolution . 14

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11613

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The concept of critical age group for density dependence: bridging the gap between demographers, evolutionary biologists and behavioral ecologists

Marlène Gamelon, Yimen G Araya-Ajoy, Bernt-Erik Sæther

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 379 ( 1916 ) : 20220457

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0457

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The impact of boldness on demographic rates and life‐history outcomes in the wandering albatross

Joanie van de Walle, Ruijiao Sun, Rémi Fay, Samantha C Patrick, Christophe Barbraud, Karine Delord...

Journal of Animal Ecology .

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.14077

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Traffic and weather influence on small wildlife carcass persistence time on roads

Annaëlle Bénard, Christophe Bonenfant, Thierry Lengagne

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment . 126 : 104012

DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2023.104012

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Avis de l’Anses relatif aux « modalités de surveillance et de lutte contre la brucellose des bouquetins dans les massifs du Bargy et des Aravis»

Barbara Dufour, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Elodie Petit, Claire Ponsart, Emeline Barrès, Florence Étoré

: 36 p.

Report

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Wildlife diseases: a framework to prioritise targeted surveillance

Nathan Thenon, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Julien Hirschinger, Thierry Durand, Florence Etoré, Céline Dupuy...

15th European Wildlife Disease Conference .

Conference paper

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Sons Shorten Mother’s Lifespan in Preindustrial Families with a High Level of Infant Mortality

Lucas Invernizzi, Patrick Bergeron, Fanie Pelletier, Jean-François Lemaître, Mathieu Douhard

The American Naturalist . 204 : 315 - 326

DOI: 10.1086/731792

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