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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Applying comparative methods to different databases: lessons from demographic analyses across mammal species
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 publicationLongitudinal demographic data collection
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
see the publicationLa place de la statistique dans les nouveaux programmes du baccalauréat 2021
52èmes Journées de la statistique de la SFdS .
Conference paper
see the publicationAre human natal sex ratio differences across the world adaptive? A test of Fisher's principle
Biology Letters . 17 ( 3 )
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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 .
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see the publicationMany lifetime growth trajectories for a single mammal
Ecology and Evolution .
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8164
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see the publication3D models related to the publication: Wild versus lab house mice: Effects of age, diet, and genetics on molar geometry and topography
MorphoMuseum . 7 : e141
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see the publicationAccumulation-depuration data collection in support of toxicokinetic modelling
Preprint
see the publicationGeneric Solving of One-compartment Toxicokinetic Models
Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology .
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see the publicationHow to account for the uncertainty from standard toxicity tests in species sensitivity distributions: An example in non-target plants
PLoS ONE .
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see the publicationOvercoming the Spurious Groups Problem in Between-Group PCA
Evolutionary Biology .
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see the publicationEvaluation, à l’aide de modèles à classes latentes, des performances diagnostic des tests ELISA commercialisés pour le diagnostic sérologique des infections par Coxiella burnetii chez les ruminants domestiques
17ème Rencontre des Microbiologistes du Pôle Clermontois .
Conference paper
see the publicationAge and sex-specific natal dispersal pattern of Alpine marmots from capture-recapture data
Preprint
see the publicationAn appraisal of graph embeddings for comparing trophic network architectures
Preprint
see the publicationQuantifying the overall effect of biotic interactions on species communities along environmental gradients
Preprint
see the publicationThe added value of Bayesian inference for estimating biotransformation rates of organic contaminants in aquatic invertebrates
Aquatic Toxicology . 234 : 105811
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see the publicationMicroorganisms Associated with Mosquito Oviposition Sites: Implications for Habitat Selection and Insect Life Histories
Microorganisms . 9 ( 8 ) : 1589
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see the publicationEfficient use of harvest data: a size‐class‐structured integrated population model for exploited populations
Ecography . 44 ( 9 ) : 1296-1310
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05738
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see the publicationEvolution of large males is associated with female‐skewed adult sex ratios in amniotes
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 75 ( 7 ) : 1636-1649
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14273
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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
Veterinary Research . 52 ( 1 )
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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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see the publicationEffects of pulsed resources on the dynamics of seed consumer populations: a comparative demographic study in wild boar
Ecosphere . 12 ( 5 )
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3395
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see the publicationCatch-effort model used as a management tool in exploited populations: Wild boar as a case study
Ecological Indicators . 124 : 107442
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see the publicationPaternal age negatively affects sperm production of the progeny
Ecology Letters . 24 ( 4 ) : 719-727
DOI: 10.1111/ELE.13696
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see the publicationTranscriptome Profiling of Starvation in the Peripheral Chemosensory Organs of the Crop Pest Spodoptera littoralis Caterpillars
Insects . 12 ( 7 ) : 573
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