Evolutionary Ecology

Les équipes

Predictive Modelling and Ecotoxicology Group

Evolution, Behaviour, Adaptation Group

Evolutionary Demography Group

Evolutionary Epidemiology Group

Ecology and Evolution of Populations Group

Quantitative and Evolutionary Ecology of Communities Group

Veterinary Public Health Group

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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Rifampicin exposure reveals within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity in patients with delayed culture conversion

Charlotte Genestet, Elisabeth Hodille, Alexia Barbry, Jean-Luc Berland, Jonathan Hoffmann, Emilie Westeel...

PLoS Pathogens . 17 ( 6 ) : e1009643

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009643

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Long‐term high densities of African elephants clear the understorey and promote a new stable savanna woodland community

Nicolas Ferry, Stéphane Dray, Hervé Fritz, Audrey Ipavec, Benjamin Wigley, Tristan Charles‐dominique...

Journal of Vegetation Science . 32 ( 6 )

DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13101

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How to account for the uncertainty from standard toxicity tests in species sensitivity distributions: An example in non-target plants

Sandrine Charles, Dan Wu, Virginie Ducrot

PLoS ONE .

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245071

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Efficient use of harvest data: a size‐class‐structured integrated population model for exploited populations

Marlène M. Gamelon, Chloé R Nater, Éric Baubet, Aurélien Besnard, Laura Touzot, Jean-Michel Gaillard...

Ecography . 44 ( 9 ) : 1296-1310

DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05738

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Effects of pulsed resources on the dynamics of seed consumer populations: a comparative demographic study in wild boar

Marlène Gamelon, Laura Touzot, Éric Baubet, Jessica Cachelou, Stefano Focardi, Barbara Franzetti...

Ecosphere . 12 ( 5 )

DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3395

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Catch-effort model used as a management tool in exploited populations: Wild boar as a case study

Pablo Vajas, Clément Calenge, Marlène Gamelon, Fabrice Girard, Olivier Melac, Charlette Chandosne...

Ecological Indicators . 124 : 107442

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107442

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Images, écologie et deep learning

Vincent Miele, Stéphane Dray, Olivier O. Gimenez

Regards sur la biodiversité .

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ZP4 Is Present in Murine Zona Pellucida and Is Not Responsible for the Specific Gamete Interaction

Mª José Izquierdo-Rico, Carla Moros-Nicolás, Míriam Pérez-Crespo, Ricardo Laguna-Barraza, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Adán, Frédéric Veyrunes...

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology . 8 : 626679

DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.626679

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Spatial variance-mass allometry of population density in felids from camera-trapping studies worldwide

Stefano Anile, Sébastien Devillard

Scientific Reports . 10 ( 1 ) : 14814

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71725-0

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Participation of LIRMM / Inria to the GeoLifeCLEF 2020 challenge

Benjamin Deneu, Maximilien Servajean, Pierre Bonnet, François Munoz, Alexis Joly

Preprint

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Assessing metacommunity processes through signatures in spatiotemporal turnover of community composition

Franck Jabot, Fabien Laroche, François Massol, Florent Arthaud, Julie Crabot, Maxime Dubart...

Ecology Letters . 23 ( 9 ) : 1330-1339

DOI: 10.1111/ele.13523

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Ecological Specialization and Rarity of Arable Weeds: Insights from a Comprehensible Survey in France

François Munoz, Guillaume Fried, Laura Armengot, Bérenger Bourgeois, Vincent Bretagnolle, Joel J. Chadoeuf...

Plants . 9 ( 7 ) : 824

DOI: 10.3390/plants9070824

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Weeds: Against the Rules?

Lucie Mahaut, Pierre-Olivier Cheptou, Guillaume Fried, François Munoz, Jonathan Storkey, François Vasseur...

Trends in Plant Science . 25 ( 11 ) : 1107-1116

DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2020.05.013

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Bias in presence-only niche models related to sampling effort and species niches: Lessons for background point selection

Christophe Botella, Alexis Joly, Pascal Monestiez, Pierre Bonnet, François Munoz

PLoS ONE . 15 ( 5 ) : e0232078

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232078

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Is prediction of species richness from stacked species distribution models biased by habitat saturation?

Matthias Grenié, Cyrille Violle, François Munoz

Ecological Indicators . 111 : 105970

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105970

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Growth trajectories, better than organ-level functional traits, reveal intraspecific response to environmental variation

François Munoz

Peer Community In Ecology . : 100041

DOI: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100041

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Which traits make weeds more successful in maize crops? Insights from a three-decade monitoring in France

Guillaume Fried, Bruno Chauvel, François Munoz, Xavier Reboud

Plants . 9 ( 1 ) : 40

DOI: 10.3390/plants9010040

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TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access

Jens Kattge, Gerhard Bonisch, Sandra Díaz, Sandra Lavorel, Iain Colin Prentice, Paul W. Leadley...

Global Change Biology . 26 ( 1 ) : 119-188

DOI: 10.1111/gcb.14904

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Analyzing snapshot diversity patterns with the Neutral Theory can show functional groups’ effects on community assembly

Fabien Laroche, Cyrille Violle, Adrien Taudière, François Munoz

Ecology . 101 ( 4 ) : e02977

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2977

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Extinction–immigration dynamics lag behind environmental filtering in shaping the composition of tropical dry forests within a changing landscape

Grégoire Blanchard, Philippe Birnbaum, François Munoz

Ecography . 43 ( 6 ) : 869-881

DOI: 10.1111/ecog.04870

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How citizen scientists contribute to monitor protected areas thanks to automatic plant identification tools

Pierre Bonnet, Alexis Joly, Jean-Michel Faton, Susan Brown, David Kimiti, Laura Mary...

Ecological Solutions and Evidence . 1 ( 2 )

DOI: 10.1002/2688-8319.12023

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Note technique sur la reprise progressive des activités de médecine préventive à la levée du confinement le 11 mai – Gestion des protocoles vaccinaux

Ludovic L. Freyburger, Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal, Lionel Zenner, Marie Abitbol, J.-F. Audrin, Florence Ayral...

Revue Vétérinaire Clinique . 55 ( 3 ) : 73-93

DOI: 10.1016/j.anicom.2020.05.001

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Evidence for wild cervids as transmission vectors of small ruminant drug resistant gastrointestinal nematode parasites

Libby Redman, Jill De Rijke, Shawna Zhu, Rebecca Chen, Anshula Revo, Philippe Jacquiet...

American Association of Veterinary Parasitologists, 65th Annual Meeting .

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Resource manipulation through experimental defoliation has legacy effects on allocation to reproductive and vegetative organs in Quercus ilex

Iris Le Roncé, Maude Toïgo, Elia Dardevet, Samuel Venner, Jean-Marc Limousin, Isabelle Chuine

Annals of Botany . 126 ( 7 ) : 1165-1179

DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcaa137

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Caprine nodular thelitis due to Mycobacterium uberis: A series of 26 cases in 11 dairy goat farms in Western France

Manon Brentini, Carole Peroz, Elie Dagher, Sophie Labrut, Olivier Albaric, Jérôme Despres...

Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 181 : 105060

DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105060

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Assessment of the impact of forestry and leisure activities on wild boar spatial disturbance with a potential application to ASF risk of spread

Karine Petit, Charlotte Dunoyer, Claude Fischer, Jean Hars, Eric Baubet, Jorge Ramón López‐olvera...

Transboundary and emerging diseases . 67 ( 3 ) : 1164-1176

DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13447

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Heterogeneity of water physico-chemical characteristics in artificially pumped waterholes: do African herbivores drink at the same locations and does it lead to interference competition?

Nicolas Ferry, Marion Cordonnier, Florence Hulot, Farisayi Dakwa, Lovelater Sebele, Stéphane Dray...

Journal of Arid Environments . 173 : 104014

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.104014

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Genomic Analysis of European Drosophila melanogaster Populations Reveals Longitudinal Structure, Continent-Wide Selection, and Previously Unknown DNA Viruses

Martin Kapun, Maite G Barrón, Fabian Staubach, Darren J Obbard, R Axel W Wiberg, Jorge Vieira...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 37 ( 9 ) : 2661-2678

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa120

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