Evolutionary Ecology

Les équipes

Predictive Modelling and Ecotoxicology Group

Evolution, Behaviour, Adaptation Group

Evolutionary Demography Group

Evolutionary Epidemiology Group

Ecology and Evolution of Populations Group

Quantitative and Evolutionary Ecology of Communities Group

Veterinary Public Health Group

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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Differences in phenotypic variance between old and young congeneric species on a small island

Guillaume Péron, Benjamin Vollot

Journal of Biogeography .

DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14767

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Reproductive skews of territorial species in heterogeneous landscapes

Guillaume Péron

Oikos . 2023 ( 2 ) : e09627

DOI: 10.1111/oik.09627

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Using pedigree relations to inform capture‐recapture data for the estimation of census population size

Jeremy Larroque, Elizabeth Kennedy-Overton, Jean‐michel Vandel, Sandrine Ruette, Sébastien Devillard

Journal of Wildlife Management . 87 ( 8 )

DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22481

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Population density and genetic diversity are positively correlated in wild felids globally

Amira Azizan, Stefano Anile, Clayton K Nielsen, Emmanuel Paradis, Sébastien Devillard

Global Ecology and Biogeography .

DOI: 10.1111/geb.13727

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OneWater FAIR Data Platform : setting up a national FAIR water data platform and community

Sylvain Grellet, Isabelle Braud, Fanny Arnaud, Kenneth Maussang, Anne Laurent, Frédéric Huynh...

TERENO OZCAR 2023 - 2ème conférence internationale TERENO OZCAR . : 1-23

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Population transcriptogenomics highlights impaired metabolism and small population sizes in tree frogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Clément Car, André Gilles, Elen Goujon, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Luc Camoin, Sandrine Frelon...

BMC Biology . 21 ( 1 ) : 164

DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01659-2

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Evolution of the proportion of colistin-resistant isolates in animal clinical Escherichia coli over time - A hierarchical mixture model approach

Elsa Coz, Eric Jouy, Géraldine Cazeau, Nathalie Jarrige, Claire Chauvin, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 213 : 105881

DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105881

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Instability of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites at 4°C: Time to freeze matters

Jeffrey Carbillet, Rupert Palme, Marie‐line Maublanc, Nicolas Cebe, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Hélène Verheyden...

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology .

DOI: 10.1002/jez.2704

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Beyond accuracy : score calibration in deep learning models for camera trap image sequences

Gaspard Dussert, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Stéphane Dray, Vincent Miele

DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566512

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Microsatellites and mitochondrial evidence of multiple introductions of the invasive raccoon Procyon lotor in France

Jérémy Larroque, Pascale Chevret, Juliette Berger, Sandrine Ruette, Tim Adriaens, Koen van den Berge...

Biological Invasions . 25 : 1955–1972

DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03018-2

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Editorial trend: adverse outcome pathway (AOP) and computational strategy — towards new perspectives in ecotoxicology

Damien Baudiffier, Karine Audouze, Olivier Armant, Sandrine Frelon, Sandrine Charles, Rémy Beaudouin...

Environmental Science and Pollution Research .

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-30647-w

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Brucellosis in Alpine ibex: 10 years of research and expert assessments

Sébastien Lambert, Anne Thébault, Stéphane Anselme-Martin, Clément Calenge, Charlotte Dunoyer, Luca Freddi...

Médecine/Sciences . 39 ( 10 ) : 722-731

DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2023132

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Staphylococcus aureus Host Spectrum Correlates with Methicillin Resistance in a Multi-Species Ecosystem

Barthelémy Ngoubangoye, David Fouchet, Larson Amédée Boundenga, Cécile Cassan, Céline Arnathau, Helene Meugnier...

Microorganisms . 11

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11020393

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3D models related to the publication: Molar wear in house mice: insight into diet preferences at an ecological time scale?

Sabrina Renaud, Ronan Ledevin, Caroline Romestaing, Emilie A Hardouin

MorphoMuseum . 9 : e200

DOI: 10.18563/journal.m3.200

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Too hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois

Lucie Thel, Mathieu Garel, Pascal Marchand, G. Bourgoin, Anne Loison

DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.03.527075

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Oak masting drivers vary between populations depending on their climatic environments

Emilie Fleurot, Jean R Lobry, Vincent Boulanger, François Débias, Camille Mermet-Bouvier, Thomas Caignard...

Current Biology - CB . 33 ( 6 ) : 1117-1124.e4

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.034

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The CV is dead, long live the CV !

Jean R Lobry, Marie‐claude Bel‐venner, Michał Bogdziewicz, Andrew Hacket‐pain, Samuel Venner

Methods in Ecology and Evolution .

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14197

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The frequency and position of stable associations offset their transitivity in a diversity of vertebrate social networks

Guillaume Péron

Ethology . 129 ( 1 ) : 1-11

DOI: 10.1111/eth.13335

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Meeting the challenges of wild boar hunting in a modern society: The case of France

Pablo Vajas, Erica von Essen, Lara Tickle, Marlène Gamelon

AMBIO: A Journal of Environment and Society . 52 ( 8 ) : 1359-1372

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01852-1

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DRomics, a workflow to exploit dose-response omics data in ecotoxicology

Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Aurélie Siberchicot, Floriane Larras, Elise Billoir

Peer Community Journal . 3 : e90

DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.325

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Influence of the exposure concentration of dissolved cadmium on its organotropism, toxicokinetic and fate in Gammarus fossarum

Ophélia Gestin, Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe, Nicolas Delorme, Laura Garnero, Olivier Geffard, Christelle Lopes

Environment International . 171 : 107673

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107673

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Cancer hygiene hypothesis: A test from wild captive mammals

Antoine M Dujon, Jérémy Jeanjean, Orsolya Vincze, Mathieu Giraudeau, Jean‐françois Lemaître, Pascal Pujol...

Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 9 ) : e10547

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10547

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Microbiota-mediated competition between Drosophila species

Antoine Rombaut, Romain Gallet, Kenza Qitout, Mukherjy Samy, Robin Guilhot, Pauline Ghirardini...

Microbiome . 11 : 201

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01617-8

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Larval density in the invasive Drosophila suzukii : Immediate and delayed effects on life‐history traits

Alicia Reyes‐ramírez, Zaïnab Belgaidi, Patricia Gibert, Thomas Pommier, Aurélie Siberchicot, Laurence Mouton...

Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 )

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10433

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Temporal dynamics of antibody level against Lyme disease bacteria in roe deer: Tale of a sentinel?

Valentin Ollivier, Rémi Choquet, Amandine Gamble, Matthieu Bastien, Benoit Combes, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : e10414

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10414

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DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits

Amin Haghani, Caesar Li, Todd Robeck, Joshua Zhang, Ake Lu, Julia Ablaeva...

Science . 381 ( 6658 )

DOI: 10.1126/science.abq5693

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Detecting climate signals cascading through levels of biological organization

Marlène Gamelon, Stéphanie Jenouvrier, Melanie Lindner, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Marcel E Visser

Nature Climate Change .

DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01760-y

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