Evolutionary Demography Group
Members
Technicien CDD
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 11
Maître de conférences
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 78 87 27 63
Doctorante
autre
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Post-doc
CNRS
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 11
Chargée de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 85 44
Professeure des universités
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 72 44 80 18
Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 80 18
Post-doc
UCBL
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 11
Maîtresse de conférences
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Technicien CDD
CNRS
Technicienne CDD
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Maîtresse de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 27 85
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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Co-variation between glucocorticoids, behaviour and immunity supports the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis: an experimental approach
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 289 ( 1975 ) : 20220464
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see the publicationVariations in immune parameters with age in a wild rodent population and links with survival
Ecology and Evolution . 12 ( 7 ) : e9094
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9094
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see the publicationDoes mast seeding shape mating time in wild boar? A comparative study
Biology Letters . 18 ( 7 )
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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 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 publicationCancer 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 publicationTemporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species
Ecology Letters . ( 7 ) : 1640-1654
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14026
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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 publicationDetecting climate signals in populations across life histories
Global Change Biology . 28 ( 7 ) : 2236-2258
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16041
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see the publicationTargeted strategies for the management of wildlife diseases: the case of brucellosis in Alpine ibex
Veterinary Research . 52
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see the publicationNew insights into the past and recent evolutionary history of the Corsican mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon) to inform its conservation
Conservation Genetics . 23 ( 1 ) : 91 - 107
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see the publicationEnforced monoandry over generations induces a reduction of female investment into reproduction in a promiscuous bird
Evolutionary Applications .
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13311
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see the publicationReappraisal of the latest Albian (Mortoniceras fallax Zone) cephalopod fauna from the classical Salazac locality (Gard, southeastern France).
Geobios . 64 : 1-46
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see the publicationMobilisation de la FRB par les pouvoirs publics français sur les liens entre Covid-19 et biodiversité
: 63 pages
Report
see the publicationThe Link Between Covid-19 and Biodiversity: A Report Commissioned by the French Public Authorities
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see the publicationReproductive females and young mouflon ( Ovis gmelini musimon × Ovis sp.) in poor body condition are the main spreaders of gastrointestinal parasites
Parasitology . 148 ( 7 ) : 809-818
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see the publicationFemale Seals that Breed Young Also Enjoy a Slower Rate of Aging
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America . 102
DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1863
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see the publicationParasitized, non-parasitized, why? A study of factors influencing tick burden in roe deer neonates
EvoLyon .
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see the publicationAvis de l'Anses relatif à l’évaluation de l’efficacité de différents scénarios de lutte contre la brucellose dans les populations des bouquetins dans le massif du Bargy
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see the publicationCo-variation between glucocorticoids, behaviour and immunity supports the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis: an experimental approach
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see the publicationEfficient use of demographic data: Integrated Population Models
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life . 9780198838609
Book chapter
see the publicationLongitudinal demographic data collection
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
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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 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 publicationIs degree of sociality associated with reproductive senescence? A comparative analysis across birds and mammals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 376 ( 1823 ) : 20190744
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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 publicationApplying comparative methods to different databases: lessons from demographic analyses across mammal species
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life . 9780198838609
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see the publicationDoes timing of birth affect juvenile and mare survival in wild plains zebra?
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