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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Female Embryos Are More Likely to Die than Males in a Wild Mammal
The American Naturalist . 205 ( 2 ) : 000-000
DOI: 10.1086/733425
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see the publication19. Colistin resistance in pigs – assessing the effectiveness of mitigation measures
Animal. Science proceedings . 15 ( 4 ) : 268-269
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see the publicationThe time of infection matters: seasonal interplay between host and pathogen drives epidemic dynamics
Oikos .
DOI: 10.1111/oik.10750
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see the publicationLignes directrices pour l’établissement de référentiels d’étiquetage du bien-être des animaux
979-10-286-0496-7 : 253 p.
Report
see the publicationReconciling Pollen Limitation Theories: Insights From Temperate Oak Masting
Ecology Letters . 27 ( 11 ) : e70009
DOI: 10.1111/ele.70009
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see the publicationMORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY WITHIN THE MITRATE MITROCYSTELLA INCIPIENS (ECHINODERMATA, STYLOPHORA) FROM HIGH-LATITUDE PERI-GONDWANAN REGIONS
3rd virtual meeting of IGCP 735 Rocks and the Rise of Ordovician Life, Prague .
Conference paper
see the publicationChlordecone pollution and its effects on biodiversity: Knowledge gaps despite 15 years of public policy in the French West Indies
Preprint
see the publicationGenomics unveils country-to-country transmission between animal hospitals of a multidrug-resistant and sequence type 2 Acinetobacter baumannii clone
Microbial Genomics . 10 ( 10 )
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see the publicationA Robust and Versatile Mating Function for Two‐Sex Population Projection Models Fitting all Types of Mating Systems
Ecology Letters . 27
DOI: 10.1111/ele.70013
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see the publicationSex Differences in Lifespan, Ageing and Health in the Living World
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 162-189
Book chapter
see the publicationPerspectives in Comparative Biology of Ageing
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 117-137
Book chapter
see the publicationThe Eternal Youth of Ageing Research
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 1-11
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see the publicationContribution of variable TE content on phenotype and plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster.
Annual meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) .
Conference paper
see the publicationContribution of variable TE content on phenotype and plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster.
Conférence Jacques Monod Life is plastic .
Conference paper
see the publication3D models related to the publication: 'Trophic differentiation between the endemic Cypriot mouse and the house mouse: a study coupling stable isotopes and morphometrics
MorphoMuseum . 10 ( 4 ) : e247
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see the publicationInsular evolution from an archaeological perspective: a case study of Orkney house mouse
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society .
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see the publicationAssessment of the Risks of Zoonotic Infection at the Primatology Centre of the Interdisciplinary Medical Research Centre of Franceville in Gabon
Journal of Medical Primatology . 53 ( 5 )
DOI: 10.1111/jmp.12741
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see the publicationAdvancing Maternal Transfer of Organic Pollutants across Reptiles for Conservation and Risk Assessment Purposes
Environmental Science and Technology . 58 ( 40 ) : 17567-17579
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see the publicationEssential mineral elements in roe deer: Associations with parasites and immune phenotypes in two contrasting populations
Ecology and Evolution . 14
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11613
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see the publicationContribution of variable TE content on phenotype and plasticity in Drosophila melanogaster
International congress of transposable elements .
Poster
see the publicationTrait matching without traits: using correspondence analysis to analyze the latent structure of interaction networks
Preprint
see the publicationManipulation of natural transformation by AbaR-type islands promotes fixation of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 121 ( 39 ) : e2409843121
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see the publicationZero-shot animal behavior classification with vision-language foundation models
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see the publicationEvolutionary ecology of masting: mechanisms, models, and climate change
Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 39 ( 9 ) : 851-862
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see the publicationA brief review on models for birds exposed to chemicals
Environmental Science and Pollution Research .
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see the publicationThe great tit HapMap project: A continental‐scale analysis of genomic variation in a songbird
Molecular Ecology Resources . 24 ( 5 )
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see the publicationQuantifying the relationship between observed variables that contain censored values using Bayesian error-in-variables regression
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see the publicationIntransitive stability collapses under the influence of dominant competitors
The American Naturalist . 204 ( 1 ) : E1-E10
DOI: 10.1086/730297
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