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
Display of 31 to 60 publications on 2067 in total
Too hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois
Animal Behaviour .
Journal article
see the publicationHarmonisation of the diagnostic performances of ELISA tests for C. burnetii antibodies in ruminants: optimal positivity thresholds and performance reassessment
SBED Conference 2024: Insights in Action .
Poster
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.
SBED Conference 2024: Insights in Action .
Conference paper
see the publicationThe effect of the demographic history on the evolution of senescence: a potential new test of the mutation accumulation theory
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . : 111927
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see the publicationA unified framework for evolutionary genetic and physiological theories of aging
PLoS Biology . 22 ( 2 ) : e3002513
Journal article
see the publicationForaging at night under artificial light: impacts on senescence and lifetime reproductive success for a diurnal insect
Animal Behaviour . 210 : 85 - 98
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see the publicationMinor and trace element concentrations in roe deer hair: A non-invasive method to define reference values in wildlife
Ecological Indicators . 159 : 111720
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see the publicationMechanistic Analysis of the Sub Chronic Toxicity of La and Gd in Daphnia Magna Based on TKTD Modelling and Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4570452
Preprint
see the publicationMolar wear in house mice: insight into diet preferences at an ecological timescale?
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 141 ( 2 ) : 289-305
Journal article
see the publicationUsing the multivariate Hawkes process to study interactions between multiple species from camera trap data
Ecology . 105 ( 4 ) : e4237
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4237
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see the publicationImpacts of neonicotinoids on biodiversity: a critical review
Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 31 ( 1 ) : 90-108
Journal article
see the publicationRésistance à la colistine chez le porc - des mesures de maîtrise efficaces
56. Journées de la Recherche Porcine . 56 : 81-82
Conference paper
see the publicationReduce, Replace, Refine: Determining A Posteriori Reference Intervals for Biochemistry in Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Journal of wildlife diseases .
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see the publicationUsing a dynamical model to study the impact of a toxoid vaccine on the evolution of a bacterium: The example of diphtheria
Ecological Modelling . 487 : 110569
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see the publicationDifferences in phenotypic variance between old and young congeneric species on a small island
Journal of Biogeography .
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14767
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see the publicationEditorial trend: adverse outcome pathway (AOP) and computational strategy — towards new perspectives in ecotoxicology
Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 31 ( 5 ) : 6587-6596
Journal article
see the publicationMovement-based coexistence does not always require a functional trade-off
Ecological Modelling . 487 : 110549
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see the publicationEditorial: Links between cognition and fitness: Mechanisms and constraints in the wild
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 10
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see the publicationConnecting local and regional scales with stochastic metacommunity models: Competition, ecological drift, and dispersal
Ecological monographs . 93 ( 4 )
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1591
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see the publicationA Theoretical Framework for Trait-Based Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics: Population Structure, Intraspecific Variation, and Community Assembly
The American Naturalist . 201 ( 4 ) : 501-522
DOI: 10.1086/723406
Journal article
see the publicationConodont size in time and space: Beyond the temperature-size rule
Marine Micropaleontology . 184 : 102291
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see the publicationConodont size in time and space: beyond the temperature-size rule
Marine Micropaleontology . 184 ( 1985 ) : 102291
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see the publicationExperimental infection of Artibeus lituratus bats and no detection of Zika virus in neotropical bats from French Guiana, Peru, and Costa Rica suggests a limited role of bats in Zika transmission
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases . 17 ( 7 ) : e0010439
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see the publicationLarval density in the invasive Drosophila suzukii : Immediate and delayed effects on life‐history traits
Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10433
Journal article
see the publicationThe 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 publicationPlant choice for oviposition in the phytophagous insect Bemisia tabaci: cytotype, including symbionts, knows best!
Animal Behaviour . 200 : 147-157
Journal article
see the publicationEvaluation des échanges de parasites résistants aux anthelmintiques entre les ovins domestiques transhumants et les bouquetins dans les Alpes françaises
40èmes Rencontres du GEEFSM .
Conference paper
see the publicationAssessing the cross-transmission of resistant nematodes between wild ibex and transhumant sheep in French Alps
EVPC Paris 2023 congress (European Vet Parasitology Conference) .
Conference paper
see the publicationInterface faune sauvage – faune domestique et parasitisme : quelles informations peuvent apporter les vétérinaires aux interrogations de leurs éleveurs ?
Journées Nationales des GTV .
Conference paper
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