Evolutionary Ecology
The department of Evolutionary Ecology gathers complementary skills in behavioural ecology, population dynamics, population biology, community ecology, and methodology (statistics and modelling). The research done in the department aims at studying how animal species evolve in a changing world by understanding the causes of the evolution of traits, adaptations and interactions. For that, we consider different levels of organization from individuals to populations and communities. Because organisms cannot be considered isolated from other biotic factors, we consider pathogens but also competing species within communities.
We study how individuals adapt to their environments that are largely impacted by anthropic pressures, and how life history traits and behaviour evolve in response to these pressures. Although we mainly focus on phenotype, we more and more consider the mechanistic link between the genotype and the phenotype. We develop the theoretical framework of our discipline through a conceptual and modeling approach. In parallel, we test hypotheses that arise from theoretical predictions through experimental, comparative and observational approaches on different biological models (insects, birds, mammals). Experimental approaches are developed in the laboratory (insect model) and in natura (bird, insect and mammal models). Observational and comparative research is mainly concerned with vertebrates. Our approaches are also, and increasingly, interested in the mechanisms of adaptive responses. In addition to the classical approaches of demographic analysis and trait change, methods of ecophysiology, chemical ecology and molecular biology are used.
Our department hosts several long-term studies of wild populations of different species. These long-term studies offer a valuable way to understand how biotic and abiotic factors affect individuals’ life history traits, and the functioning of populations in natura. Five populations of mammalian species are thus monitored for several years (more than 40 years on roe deer, 30 on Alpine marmots, 25 years on cats, 16 years on zebras, and 20 years on impala). Two of our study sites (La Sassière in Vanoise National Park (Alpine marmots) and Hwange National Park) have been certified as “Site d’Etude en Ecologie Globale” (SEEG), and two (ZA “Hwange” and ZA “Antarctic and sub-Antarctic”) were certified as “Zone Atelier” by the CNRS.
The department of Evolutionary ecology is also largely involved in training activities. Lastly, we also have strong socio-economic relationships. Indeed, because we address questions of major societal interest (global warming, public health) we tightly collaborate with socio-economic partners (Office Français de la Biodiversité, Vanoise National Park, Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, Office National des Forêts, etc.) and participate to general public and media events.
Publications
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A unified framework for evolutionary genetic and physiological theories of aging
PLoS Biology . 22 ( 2 ) : e3002513
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see the publicationForaging at night under artificial light: impacts on senescence and lifetime reproductive success for a diurnal insect
Animal Behaviour . 210 : 85 - 98
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see the publicationMinor and trace element concentrations in roe deer hair: A non-invasive method to define reference values in wildlife
Ecological Indicators . 159 : 111720
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see the publicationMechanistic Analysis of the Sub Chronic Toxicity of La and Gd in Daphnia Magna Based on TKTD Modelling and Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4570452
Preprint
see the publicationMolar wear in house mice: insight into diet preferences at an ecological timescale?
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 141 ( 2 ) : 289-305
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see the publicationUsing the multivariate Hawkes process to study interactions between multiple species from camera trap data
Ecology .
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4237
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see the publicationImpacts of neonicotinoids on biodiversity: a critical review
Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 31 ( 1 ) : 90-108
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see the publicationRésistance à la colistine chez le porc - des mesures de maîtrise efficaces
56. Journées de la Recherche Porcine . 56 : 81-82
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see the publicationReduce, Replace, Refine: Determining A Posteriori Reference Intervals for Biochemistry in Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Journal of wildlife diseases .
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see the publicationUsing a dynamical model to study the impact of a toxoid vaccine on the evolution of a bacterium: The example of diphtheria
Ecological Modelling . 487 : 110569
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see the publicationDifferences in phenotypic variance between old and young congeneric species on a small island
Journal of Biogeography .
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14767
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see the publicationEditorial trend: adverse outcome pathway (AOP) and computational strategy — towards new perspectives in ecotoxicology
Environmental Science and Pollution Research .
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see the publicationMovement-based coexistence does not always require a functional trade-off
Ecological Modelling . 487 : 110549
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see the publicationStaphylococcus aureus Host Spectrum Correlates with Methicillin Resistance in a Multi-Species Ecosystem
Microorganisms . 11 ( 2 ) : 393
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see the publicationHow can epidemiological monitoring and modelling contribute to management decisions? Lessons learned from ten years of brucellosis in French wildlife
2023 SVEPM Conference .
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see the publicationCross-transmission of resistant gastrointestinal nematodes between wildlife and transhumant sheep
Preprint
see the publicationAmphibians under scrutiny - When human-dominated landscape mosaics are not in full compliance with their ecological requirements
Peer Community In Ecology .
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see the publicationTowards model-guided organic farming expansion for crop pest management
Peer Community In Ecology .
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see the publicationThe use of new approach methodologies for the environmental risk assessment of food and feed chemicals
Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health . 31 : 100416
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see the publicationUptake, distribution, and elimination of selenite in earthworm Eisenia fetida at sublethal concentrations based on toxicokinetic model
Science of the Total Environment . 858 : 159632
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see the publicationThe ATTAC guiding principles to openly and collaboratively share wildlife ecotoxicology data
MethodsX . 10 ( 1 ) : 101987
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see the publicationhb or not hb - When and why accounting for background mortality in toxicological survival models matters?
MethodsX . 10 : 102114
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see the publicationDe la résistance ? Pas chez moi ! Détecter les résistances avant qu’il ne soit trop tard. Outils diagnostiques validés et prospective en clientèle vétérinaire rurale et en recherche
Journées Nationales des Groupements Techniques Vétérinaires (JNGTV) . : 567-572
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see the publicationTesting tools in experimental areas to improve the management of red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations
International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB) .
Poster
see the publicationReproductive tactics, birth timing and the risk-resource trade-off in an income breeder
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 290 ( 2009 ) : 20230948
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see the publicationEditorial: The evolutionary roots of reproductive ageing and reproductive health across the tree of life
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 11 : 1349845
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see the publicationReproductive skews of territorial species in heterogeneous landscapes
Oikos . 2023 ( 2 ) : e09627
DOI: 10.1111/oik.09627
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see the publicationUsing pedigree relations to inform capture‐recapture data for the estimation of census population size
Journal of Wildlife Management . 87 ( 8 )
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22481
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see the publicationPopulation density and genetic diversity are positively correlated in wild felids globally
Global Ecology and Biogeography .
DOI: 10.1111/geb.13727
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