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 421 to 450 publications on 2461 in total
Jointly estimating spatial sampling effort and habitat suitability for multiple species from opportunistic presence‐only data
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 12 ( 5 ) : 933-945
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see the publicationHow Do Deep Convolutional SDM Trained on Satellite Images Unravel Vegetation Ecology ?
ICPR 2020 - 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition . 12666 : 148-158
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see the publicationDesigning sampling protocols for plant-pollinator interactions - timing, meteorology, flowering variations and failed captures matter
Botany Letters . 168 ( 3 ) : 324-332
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see the publicationDo ecological specialization and functional traits explain the abundance–frequency relationship? Arable weeds as a case study
Journal of Biogeography . 48 ( 1 ) : 37-50
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13980
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see the publicationCanopy and understory tree guilds respond differently to the environment in an Indian rainforest
Journal of Vegetation Science . 32 ( 5 )
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13075
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see the publicationParasitic nematode abundance and diversity variation in bighorn sheep populations across southwestern Canada
28th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology .
Poster
see the publicationSmall-Scale Variability in Bacterial Community Structure in Different Soil Types
Microbial ecology . 82 ( 2 ) : 470-483
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see the publicationInteractions entre ruminants domestiques et sauvages - Parasitisme partagé et résistances
Journées Nationales des GTV .
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see the publicationApports des technologies GPS et du biologging pour une meillleure compréhension de l’écologie des ongulés de montagne dans un contexte de changements globaux
38èmes Rencontres du GEEFSM .
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see the publicationInvestigating the transmission of gastro intestinal nematodes between livestock and roe deer using deep sequencing analyses
69th WDA / 14th EWDA - Joint Virtual Conference, Aug 31 - Sept. 2, 2021 .
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see the publicationSensitivity of bovine tuberculosis surveillance through intradermal tests in cattle in France: An evaluation of different scenarios
Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 191
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see the publicationEvaluation of the efficacy of enrofloxacin in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) following experimental challenge with Yersinia ruckeri
Veterinary Record . 188 ( 12 ) : e200
DOI: 10.1002/vetr.200
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see the publicationITS-2 rDNA metabarcoding in two isolated populations of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) reveals variation in the nemabiome among age classes
28th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology .
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see the publicationTick risk in roe deer fawns : what links with environment and individual characteristics
69th WDA / 14th EWDA - Joint Virtual Conference .
Poster
see the publicationResource Competition and Host Feedbacks Underlie Regime Shifts in Gut Microbiota
The American Naturalist . 198 ( 1 ) : 1-12
DOI: 10.1086/714527
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see the publicationUsing machine learning improves predictions of herd-level bovine tuberculosis breakdowns in Great Britain
Scientific Reports . 11 ( 1 ) : 2208
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see the publicationHigh Prevalence and Factors Associated With the Distribution of the Integron intI1 and intI2 Genes in Scottish Cattle Herds
Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 8 : 755833
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see the publicationPrevalence and Epidemiology of Non-O157 Escherichia coli Serogroups O26, O103, O111, and O145 and Shiga Toxin Gene Carriage in Scottish Cattle, 2014–2015
Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 87 ( 10 ) : e03142-20
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03142-20
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see the publicationFrom competition to facilitation and mutualism: a general theory of the niche
Ecological monographs . 91 ( 3 )
DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1458
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see the publicationMales can adjust offspring sex ratio in an adaptive fashion through different mechanisms
BioEssays . : 2000264
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see the publicationA prioritisation process to implement surveillance of wildlife pathogens
Congrés WDA/EWDA, managing wildlife diseases for sustainable ecosystems .
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see the publicationInteraction 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 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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