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 361 to 390 publications on 2315 in total
Interaction Patterns between Wildlife and Cattle Reveal Opportunities for Mycobacteria Transmission in Farms from North-Eastern Atlantic Iberian Peninsula
Animals . 11 ( 8 ) : 2364
DOI: 10.3390/ani11082364
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see the publicationReproductive females and young mouflon ( Ovis gmelini musimon × Ovis sp.) in poor body condition are the main spreaders of gastrointestinal parasites
Parasitology . 148 ( 7 ) : 809-818
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see the publicationSurgical Treatment of Oesophagostomum spp. Nodular Infection in a Chimpanzee at the CIRMF Primatology Center, Gabon
Case Reports in Veterinary Medicine . 2021 : 6617416
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6617416
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see the publicationeDNA metabarcoding reveals a core and secondary diets of the greater horseshoe bat with strong spatio-temporal plasticity
Environmental DNA . 3 ( 1 ) : 277-296
DOI: 10.1002/edn3.167
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see the publicationYoung and mature males have similar energy expenditure during the rut in a trophy-hunted population of Mediterranean mouflon
Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde . 101 ( 1 ) : 35 - 42
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see the publicationTargeted strategies for the management of wildlife diseases: the case of brucellosis in Alpine ibex
Veterinary Research . 52
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see the publicationNew insights into the past and recent evolutionary history of the Corsican mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon) to inform its conservation
Conservation Genetics . 23 ( 1 ) : 91 - 107
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see the publicationEnforced monoandry over generations induces a reduction of female investment into reproduction in a promiscuous bird
Evolutionary Applications .
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13311
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see the publicationReappraisal of the latest Albian (Mortoniceras fallax Zone) cephalopod fauna from the classical Salazac locality (Gard, southeastern France).
Geobios . 64 : 1-46
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see the publicationMobilisation de la FRB par les pouvoirs publics français sur les liens entre Covid-19 et biodiversité
: 63 pages
Report
see the publicationThe Link Between Covid-19 and Biodiversity: A Report Commissioned by the French Public Authorities
: 60
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see the publicationReproductive females and young mouflon ( Ovis gmelini musimon × Ovis sp.) in poor body condition are the main spreaders of gastrointestinal parasites
Parasitology . 148 ( 7 ) : 809-818
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see the publicationFemale Seals that Breed Young Also Enjoy a Slower Rate of Aging
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America . 102
DOI: 10.1002/bes2.1863
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see the publicationParasitized, non-parasitized, why? A study of factors influencing tick burden in roe deer neonates
EvoLyon .
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see the publicationDeterminants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians
Journal of Biogeography . 49 ( 11 ) : 2005-2015
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see the publicationGeneric Solving of One-compartment Toxicokinetic Models
Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology .
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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 ( 3 ) : e141
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see the publicationMorphometric variance, evolutionary constraints and their change through time in Late Devonian Palmatolepis conodonts
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 75 ( 11 ) : 2911-2929
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14330
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see the publicationAvis de l'Anses relatif à l’évaluation de l’efficacité de différents scénarios de lutte contre la brucellose dans les populations des bouquetins dans le massif du Bargy
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see the publicationCounter‐gradient variation of reproductive effort in a widely distributed temperate oak Quercus petraea
Functional Ecology . : 1-11
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see the publicationWater Quality Shapes Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Communities in Northern Tunisia
Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (2nd Edition) . : 1915-1919
Book chapter
see the publicationCo-variation between glucocorticoids, behaviour and immunity supports the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis: an experimental approach
Preprint
see the publicationInferring livestock movement networks from archived data to support infectious disease control in developing countries
Preprint
see the publicationEfficient use of demographic data: Integrated Population Models
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life . 9780198838609
Book chapter
see the publicationLongitudinal demographic data collection
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life .
Book chapter
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 publicationWithin-host genetic micro-diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the link with tuberculosis disease features
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