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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How 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 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 publicationPhenotypic and Transcriptomic Responses to Stress Differ According to Population Geography in an Invasive Species
Genome Biology and Evolution . 13 ( 9 ) : evab208
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab208
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see the publicationDetection and monitoring of Drosophila suzukii in raspberry and cherry orchards with volatile organic compounds in the USA and Europe
Scientific Reports . 11 ( 1 )
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see the publicationDealing with host and food searching in a diurnal parasitoid: consequences of light at night at intra‐ and trans‐generational levels
Insect conservation and diversity . 14 ( 2 ) : 235-246
DOI: 10.1111/icad.12477
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see the publicationHow much energetic trade‐offs limit selection? Insights from livestock and related laboratory model species
Evolutionary Applications . 14 ( 12 ) : 2726-2749
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13320
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see the publicationThermal conditions predict intraspecific variation in senescence rate in frogs and toads
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 118 ( 49 ) : e2112235118
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see the publicationIs degree of sociality associated with reproductive senescence? A comparative analysis across birds and mammals
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 376 ( 1823 ) : 20190744
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see the publicationMany lifetime growth trajectories for a single mammal
Ecology and Evolution . 11 ( 21 ) : 14789-14804
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8164
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see the publicationApplying comparative methods to different databases: lessons from demographic analyses across mammal species
Demographic Methods across the Tree of Life . 9780198838609
Book chapter
see the publicationNatural Selection beyond Life? A Workshop Report
Life . 11 ( 10 ) : 1051
DOI: 10.3390/life11101051
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see the publicationNew Insights into the Mammalian Egg Zona Pellucida
International Journal of Molecular Sciences . 22 ( 6 ) : 3276
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063276
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see the publicationOvercoming the Spurious Groups Problem in Between-Group PCA
Evolutionary Biology .
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see the publication3D models related to the publication: Patterns of bilateral asymmetry and allometry in Late Devonian Polygnathus conodonts
MorphoMuseum . 7 ( 2 )
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see the publicationAssortative mating for between‐patch dispersal status in a wild bird population: Exploring the role of direct and indirect underlying mechanisms
Journal of Evolutionary Biology .
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13925
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see the publicationInter-individual variation in provisioning rate, prey size and number, and links to total prey biomass delivered to nestlings in the Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
Avian Research . 12 : 15
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see the publicationConnecting the data landscape of long‐term ecological studies: the SPI‐Birds data hub
Journal of Animal Ecology . 90 ( 9 ) : 2147-2160
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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 publicationDoes timing of birth affect juvenile and mare survival in wild plains zebra?
Preprint
see the publicationCan citizen science analysis of camera trap data be used to study reproduction? Lessons from Snapshot Serengeti program
Wildlife Biology . 2021
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00833
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see the publicationDemande d’évaluation du rôle épidémiologique du renard dans la transmission de la tuberculose bovine
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see the publicationEstimating disease prevalence and temporal dynamics using biased capture serological data in a wildlife reservoir: The example of brucellosis in Alpine ibex (Capra ibex)
Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 187 : 105239
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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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see the publicationThe Worldwide Invasion of Drosophila suzukii Is Accompanied by a Large Increase of Transposable Element Load and a Small Number of Putatively Adaptive Insertions
Molecular Biology and Evolution . 38 ( 10 ) : 4252-4267
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see the publicationLifespan decreases with proportion of sons in males but not females of zoo‐housed tigers and lemurs
Journal of Evolutionary Biology .
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13793
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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 publicationVenezuelan Equine Encephalitis Complex Alphavirus in Bats, French Guiana
Emerging Infectious Diseases . 27 ( 4 )
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see the publicationPathogen‐mediated selection favours the maintenance of innate immunity gene polymorphism in a widespread wild ungulate
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 34 ( 7 ) : 1156-1166
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13876
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