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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The for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp
Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834
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see the publication« Un lavage, c’est un lavage » : des chauffeurs bovins face aux consignes sanitaires
Les Mondes du travail . 2023 ( 29 ) : 147-163
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see the publicationDeleterious effects of thermal and water stresses on life history and physiology: a case study on woodlouse
Peer Community Journal . 3 : e7
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see the publicationSex differences in adult lifespan and aging rate across mammals: A test of the ‘Mother Curse hypothesis’
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . 212 : 111799
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see the publicationIn Vivo Mercury (De)Methylation Metabolism in Cephalopods under Different p CO 2 Scenarios
Environmental Science and Technology . 57 ( 14 ) : 5761-5770
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see the publicationArtifical light at night triggers slight transcriptomic effects on melatonin signaling but not synthesis in tadpoles of two anuran species
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 280 : 111386
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see the publicationWeevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden
mBio .
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see the publicationMeeting the challenges of wild boar hunting in a modern society: The case of France
AMBIO: A Journal of the Human Environment .
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see the publicationFirst expert elicitation of knowledge on possible drivers of observed increasing human cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe
Viruses . 15 ( 3 ) : 791
DOI: 10.3390/v15030791
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see the publicationRisk assessment of BTV incursion in Europe from Sardinia by Culicoides spp. wind dispersal
2023 SVEPM conference .
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see the publicationPopulation genomics of Corsican wildcats: Paving the way toward a new subspecies within the Felis silvestris spp. complex?
Molecular Ecology .
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16856
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see the publicationWeighting the transitivity of undirected weighted social networks with triadic edge dissimilarity scores
Social Networks . 73 : 1-6
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see the publicationVariable rate of ageing within species: insights from Darwin’s frogs
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 138 ( 1 ) : 68-74
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see the publicationTemperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines
Ecology .
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3908
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see the publicationAge and spatio-temporal variations in food resources modulate stress-immunity relationships in three populations of wild roe deer
General and Comparative Endocrinology . 330 : 114141
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see the publicationAmplified cyclicality in mast seeding dynamics positively influences the dynamics of a seed consumer species
The American Naturalist . 201 ( 38-51 )
DOI: 10.1086/721905
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see the publicationQuantifying the overall effect of biotic interactions on species distributions along environmental gradients
Preprint
see the publicationAssessment of the French colistin action plan
Third International Conference AACTING: Quantification, Benchmarking and Stewardship of Veterinary Antimicrobial Usage .
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see the publicationMeta-transcriptomics reveals stress adaptation processes in microbial communities differing in exposure history
"Ecology and Evolution: New perspectives and societal challenges" SFE2-GfÖ-EEF joint meeting, International conference on ecological sciences .
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see the publicationImplementation of Model-Based Dose Adjustment of Tobramycin in Adult Patients with Cystic Fibrosis
Pharmaceutics . 14 ( 8 ) : 1750
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see the publicationDiverse aging rates in ectothermic tetrapods provide insights for the evolution of aging and longevity
Science . 376 ( 6600 ) : 1459-1466
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see the publicationThe global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset
Scientific Data . 9 ( 1 ) : 1-18
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see the publicationInfluence of bacterial symbionts on host niche and ecological diversification: an integrative approach in a whitefly model
26.International Congress of Entomology .
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see the publicationOrgan-specific accumulation of cadmium and zinc in Gammarus fossarum exposed to environmentally relevant metal concentrations
Environmental Pollution . 308 : 119625
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see the publicationDecline in telomere length with increasing age across nonhuman vertebrates: A meta‐analysis
Molecular Ecology . 31 ( 23 ) : 5917-5932
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16145
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see the publicationParasitized or non-parasitized, why? A study of factors influencing tick burden in roe deer neonates
PLoS ONE . 17 ( 7 ) : e0262973
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see the publicationTelomeres, the loop tying cancer to organismal life‐histories
Molecular Ecology . 31 ( 23 ) : 6273-6285
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16488
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see the publicationMaternally transferred thyroid hormones and life‐history variation in birds
Journal of Animal Ecology . 91 ( 7 ) : 1489-1506
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see the publicationTelomeres, the loop tying cancer to organismal life‐histories
Molecular Ecology .
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16488
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