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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Puumala 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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see the publicationLa place de la statistique dans les nouveaux programmes du baccalauréat 2021
52èmes Journées de la statistique de la SFdS .
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see the publicationBaccalauréat 2021 : la place de la statistique dans les programmes du lycée général et technologique
Statistique et Société . 9 ( 3 ) : 81–93
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see the publicationRevisiting animal photo-identification using deep metric learning and network analysis
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 12 ( 5 ) : 863-873
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see the publicationGenetic Variability, Population Differentiation, and Correlations for Thermal Tolerance Indices in the Minute Wasp, Trichogramma cacoeciae
Insects . 12 ( 11 ) : 1013
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see the publicationPositive early-late life-history trait correlations in elephant seals
Ecology . : e03288
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3288
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see the publicationPaternal age negatively affects sperm production of the progeny
Ecology Letters . 24 ( 4 ) : 719-727
DOI: 10.1111/ELE.13696
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see the publicationEffects of population density on static allometry between horn length and body mass in mountain ungulates
Oikos .
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08726
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see the publicationEditorial: Advances in Ungulate Ecology
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 9
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see the publicationCan we use a functional trait to construct a generalized model for ungulate populations?
Ecology . 102 ( 4 )
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3289
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see the publicationGenetic inference of the mating system of free-ranging domestic dogs
Behavioral Ecology . 32 : 646 - 656
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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
DOI: 10.1155/2021/6617416
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see the publicationRifampicin exposure reveals within-host Mycobacterium tuberculosis diversity in patients with delayed culture conversion
PLoS Pathogens . 17 ( 6 ) : e1009643
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see the publicationLong‐term high densities of African elephants clear the understorey and promote a new stable savanna woodland community
Journal of Vegetation Science . 32 ( 6 )
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.13101
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see the publicationAccumulation-depuration data collection in support of toxicokinetic modelling
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see the publicationHow to account for the uncertainty from standard toxicity tests in species sensitivity distributions: An example in non-target plants
PLoS ONE .
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see the publicationEfficient use of harvest data: a size‐class‐structured integrated population model for exploited populations
Ecography . 44 ( 9 ) : 1296-1310
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.05738
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see the publicationEffects of pulsed resources on the dynamics of seed consumer populations: a comparative demographic study in wild boar
Ecosphere . 12 ( 5 )
DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3395
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see the publicationCatch-effort model used as a management tool in exploited populations: Wild boar as a case study
Ecological Indicators . 124 : 107442
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see the publicationZP4 Is Present in Murine Zona Pellucida and Is Not Responsible for the Specific Gamete Interaction
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology . 8 : 626679
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see the publicationPainted black: Iguana melanoderma (Reptilia, Squamata, Iguanidae) a new melanistic endemic species from Saba and Montserrat islands (Lesser Antilles)
Zookeys . 926 : 95-131
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see the publicationÉvaluation des caractéristiques de trois kits ELISA pour le diagnostic de la fièvre Q chez les ruminants domestiques par des modèles à classes latentes
Groupe de travail sur les avortements des petits ruminants, GDS France .
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see the publicationExploration d’outils complémentaires à la surveillance évènementielle des maladies abortives des ruminants par le dispositif OSCAR : application à la fièvre Q et la leptospirose – État d’avancement au 6 janvier 2020
Groupe de travail sur les avortements des petits ruminants, GDS France .
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see the publicationLoss of pollinator specialization revealed by historical opportunistic data: Insights from network-based analysis
PLoS ONE . 15 ( 7 ) : e0235890
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