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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Connecting 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?
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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 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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see the publicationMetabarcoding in two isolated populations of wild roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) reveals variation in gastrointestinal nematode community composition between regions and among age classes
Parasites & Vectors . 14 : 594
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see the publicationEvaluation, à l’aide de modèles à classes latentes, des performances diagnostic des tests ELISA commercialisés pour le diagnostic sérologique des infections par Coxiella burnetii chez les ruminants domestiques
17ème Rencontre des Microbiologistes du Pôle Clermontois .
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see the publicationOne and multi-compartments toxico-kinetic modeling to understand metals’ organotropism and fate in Gammarus fossarum
Environment International . 156 : 106625
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see the publicationThe added value of Bayesian inference for estimating biotransformation rates of organic contaminants in aquatic invertebrates
Aquatic Toxicology . 234 : 105811
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see the publicationCytotype Affects the Capability of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci MED Species To Feed and Oviposit on an Unfavorable Host Plant
mBio . 12 ( 6 ) : 1-16
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see the publicationMicroorganisms Associated with Mosquito Oviposition Sites: Implications for Habitat Selection and Insect Life Histories
Microorganisms . 9 ( 8 ) : 1589
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see the publicationInferring insect feeding patterns from sugar profiles: a comparison of statistical methods
Ecological Entomology . 46 ( 1 ) : 19-32
DOI: 10.1111/een.12971
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see the publicationMaternal effects shape offspring physiological condition but do not senesce in a wild mammal
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 34 ( 4 ) : 661-670
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13768
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see the publicationShort-term telomere dynamics is associated with glucocorticoid levels in wild populations of roe deer
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A: Comparative Physiology . 252 : 1-7
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see the publicationEvolution of large males is associated with female‐skewed adult sex ratios in amniotes
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 75 ( 7 ) : 1636-1649
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14273
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see the publicationA Systematic Review of Within-Population Variation in the Size of Home Range Across Ungulates: What Do We Know After 50 Years of Telemetry Studies?
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 8 : 20 p.
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see the publicationResource uptake and the evolution of moderately efficient enzymes
Molecular Biology and Evolution .
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see the publicationPuumala Virus Variants Circulating in Forests of Ardennes, France: Ten Years of Genetic Evolution
Pathogens . 10 ( 9 ) : 1164
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see the publicationSurvival and cause-specific mortality of European wildcat (Felis silvestris) across Europe
Biological Conservation . 261 : 109239
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see the publicationBreaking down population density into different components to better understand its spatial variation
BMC Ecology and Evolution . 21 ( 1 )
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see the publicationConsistently high multiple paternity rates in five wild boar populations despite varying hunting pressures
Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde . 101 ( 3 ) : 321-327
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see the publicationGenetic structure in Orkney island mice: isolation promotes morphological diversification
Heredity . 126 ( 2 ) : 266–278
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see the publicationWild versus lab house mice: Effects of age, diet, and genetics on molar geometry and topography
Journal of Anatomy . 240 ( 1 ) : 66-83
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13529
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