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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Diverse 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 publicationHarvesting can stabilise population fluctuations and buffer the impacts of extreme climatic events
Ecology Letters .
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13963
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see the publicationInterest of a multispecies approach in active biomonitoring: Application in the Meuse watershed
Science of the Total Environment . 808 : 152148
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see the publicationNew perspectives on the calculation of bioaccumulation metrics for active substances in living organisms
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management . 18 ( 1 ) : 10-18
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.4439
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see the publicationInterbacterial Transfer of Carbapenem Resistance and Large Antibiotic Resistance Islands by Natural Transformation in Pathogenic Acinetobacter
mBio .
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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 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 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 publicationRecent advances in the development of the comet assay on the hemocytes of zebra mussels and its application in field studies for evaluating environmental genotoxicity
International Comet Assay Workshop - 14th annual meeting .
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see the publicationTemporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species
Ecology Letters .
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 publicationDNA methylation as a tool to explore ageing in wild roe deer populations
Molecular Ecology Resources . 22 ( 3 ) : 1002-1015
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see the publicationPredicting characterization factors of chemical substances from a set of molecular descriptors based on machine learning algorithms
Peer Community in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry . : 100001
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see the publicationDetecting climate signals in populations across life histories
Global Change Biology .
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see the publicationTaking full advantage of modelling to better assess environmental risk due to xenobiotics
Environmental Science and Pollution Research .
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see the publicationQuantifying fixed individual heterogeneity in demographic parameters: Performance of correlated random effects for Bernoulli variables
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 13 : 91-104
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see the publicationAvis relatif à « une demande d’évaluation du rôle épidémiologique du renard dans la transmission de la tuberculose bovine »
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see the publicationLongitudinal demographic data collection
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
see the publicationEfficient use of demographic data: Integrated Population Models
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
see the publicationOne and multi-compartments toxico-kinetic modeling to understand metals’ organotropism and fate in Gammarus fossarum
Environment International . 156 : 106625
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see the publicationTaking full advantage of modelling to better assess environmental risk due to xenobiotics—the all-in-one facility MOSAIC
Environmental Science and Pollution Research .
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see the publicationKeeping modelling notebooks with TRACE: Good for you and good for environmental research and management support
Environmental Modelling & Software . 136 : 104932
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see the publicationCounter‐gradient variation of reproductive effort in a widely distributed temperate oak
Functional Ecology . 35 ( 8 ) : 1745-1755
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see the publicationHow does interspecific competition modify the response of grass plants against herbicide treatment? A hierarchical concentration-response approach
Science of the Total Environment . 778 : 146108
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see the publicationEvaluation using latent class models of the diagnostic performances of three ELISA tests commercialized for the serological diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infection in domestic ruminants
Gemeinsamen Arbeitstagung der Nationalen Referenzlabore Chlamydiose, Q-Fieber, Paratuberkulose und Tuberkulose der Rinder - Online-Tagung veranstaltet . : 17 slides
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