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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Pathogens Shape Sex Differences in Mammalian Aging

Morgane Tidière, Adèle Badruna, David Fouchet, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître, Dominique Pontier

Trends in Parasitology . 36 ( 8 ) : 668-676

DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2020.05.004

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The crustacean Armadillidium vulgare (Latreille, 1804) (Isopoda: Oniscoidea), a new promising model for the study of cellular senescence

Charlotte Depeux, Ascel Samba-Louaka, Thomas Becking, Christine Braquart-Varnier, Jérôme Moreau, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître...

Journal of Crustacean Biology . 40 ( 2 ) : 194-199

DOI: 10.1093/jcbiol/ruaa004

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Population genetic structures at multiple spatial scales: importance of social groups in European badgers

Mickaël Jacquier, Jean-Michel Vandel, François Léger, Jeanne Duhayer, Sylvia Pardonnet, Guillaume Queney...

Journal of Mammalogy . 101 ( 5 ) : 1380-1391

DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyaa090

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L’apport de la génétique dans la compréhension de l’évolution des populations de ratons laveurs

Jean-François Maillard, Juliette Berger, Pascale C Chevret, Sandrine Ruette, Tim Adriaens, Vinciane Schockert...

Faune Sauvage .

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Morphometrics and genetics highlight the complex history of Eastern Mediterranean spiny mice

S Renaud, Emilie Hardouin, Pascale C Chevret, Katerina Papayiannis, Petros Lymberakis, Ferhat Matur...

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 130 ( 3 ) : 599-614

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa063

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The mark of captivity: plastic responses in the ankle bone of a wild ungulate (Sus scrofa)

Hugo Harbers, Dimitri Neaux, Katia Ortiz, Barbara Blanc, Flavie Laurens, Isabelle Baly...

Royal Society Open Science . 7 ( 3 ) : 192039

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.192039

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Born to be young? Prenatal thyroid hormones increase early-life telomere length in wild collared flycatchers

Antoine Stier, Bin-Yan Hsu, Coline Marciau, Blandine Doligez, Lars Gustafsson, Pierre Bize...

Biology Letters . 16 ( 11 ) : 20200364

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0364

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Heterospecific song quality as social information for settlement decisions: an experimental approach in a wild bird

Jennifer Morinay, Jukka Forsman, Blandine Doligez

Animal Behaviour . 161 : 103-113

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.01.002

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Host dispersal shapes the population structure of a tick‐borne bacterial pathogen

Ana Cláudia Norte, Gabriele Margos, Noémie Becker, Jaime Albino Ramos, Maria Sofia Núncio, Volker Fingerle...

Molecular Ecology . 29 ( 3 ) : 485-501

DOI: 10.1111/mec.15336

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Investigating microbial associations from sequencing survey data with co-correspondence analysis

Benjamin Alric, Cajo J.F. ter Braak, Yves Desdevises, Hugo Lebredonchel, Stéphane Dray

Molecular Ecology Resources . 20 ( 2 ) : 468-480

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13126

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Can an herbivore affect where a top predator kills its prey by modifying woody vegetation structure?

Nicolas Ferry, Moreangels Mbizah, Andrew Loveridge, David Macdonald, Stéphane Dray, Hervé Fritz...

Oecologia . 192 ( 3 ) : 779-789

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04617-9

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Distribution and density of oxpeckers on giraffes in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Christophe Bonenfant, Roxanne Gagnon, Cheryl Mabika

African Journal of Ecology . 58 ( 2 ) : 172-181

DOI: 10.1111/aje.12729

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A negative association between horn length and survival in a weakly dimorphic ungulate

Mathieu Douhard, Jean‐paul Crampe, Anne Loison, Christophe Bonenfant

Ecology and Evolution . 10 ( 6 ) : 2793-2802

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6050

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Under cover of the night: context-dependency of anthropogenic disturbance on stress levels of wild roe deer Capreolus capreolus

Jeffrey Carbillet, Benjamin Rey, Rupert Palme, Nicolas Morellet, Nadège Bonnot, Yannick Chaval...

Conservation Physiology . 8 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coaa086

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The conundrum of human immune system “senescence”

Graham Pawelec, Anne Bronikowski, Stephen C. Cunnane, Luigi Ferrucci, Claudio Franceschif, Tamas Fülop...

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . 192 : 111357

DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111357

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Lack of consensus on an aging biology paradigm? A global survey reveals an agreement to disagree, and the need for an interdisciplinary framework

Alan Cohen, Brian Kennedy, Ulrich Anglas, Anne Bronikowski, Joris Deelen, Frédérik Dufour...

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . 191 : 111316

DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111316

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Eco‐evolutionary perspectives of the dynamic relationships linking senescence and cancer

Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître, Samuel Pavard, Mathieu Giraudeau, Orsolya Vincze, Geordie Jennings, Rodrigo Hamede...

Functional Ecology . 34 ( 1 ) : 141-152

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13394

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Drosophila suzukii oxidative stress response involves Jheh gene cluster but not transposable elements

Pierre Marin, Angelo Jacquet, Hélène Henri, Patricia Gibert, Cristina Vieira

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Biological Invasion: The Influence of the Hidden Side of the (Epi)Genome

Pierre Marin, Julien Genitoni, Dominique D. Barloy, Stéphane Maury, Patricia Gibert, Cameron K Ghalambor...

Functional Ecology . 34 ( 2 ) : 385-400

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13317

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Vaginal Tampon Colonization by Staphylococcus aureus in Healthy Women

Myriam Chiaruzzi, Alexia Barbry, Anaëlle Muggeo, Anne Tristan, Isaline Jacquemond, Cedric Badiou...

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 86 ( 18 ) : e01249-20

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01249-20

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No sex differences in adult telomere length across vertebrates: a meta-analysis

Florentin Remot, Victor Ronget, Hannah Froy, Benjamin Rey, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Daniel Nussey...

Royal Society Open Science . 7 ( 11 ) : 200548

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.200548

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Female reproductive senescence across mammals: A high diversity of patterns modulated by life history and mating traits

Jean-François Lemaître, Victor Ronget, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . 192 : 111377

DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2020.111377

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How do conditions at birth influence early‐life growth rates in wild boar?

Lara Veylit, Bernt‐erik Sæther, Jean‐michel Gaillard, Eric Baubet, Marlène Gamelon

Ecosphere . 11 ( 7 )

DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3167

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The Demographic Buffering Hypothesis: Evidence and Challenges

Christoffer Hilde, Marlène Gamelon, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Nigel Yoccoz, Christophe Pélabon

Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 35 ( 6 ) : 523-538

DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2020.02.004

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Grow fast at no cost: no evidence for a mortality cost for fast early-life growth in a hunted wild boar population

Lara Veylit, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Eric Baubet, Marlène Gamelon

Oecologia . 192 ( 4 ) : 999-1012

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-020-04633-9

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Location Is Everything, but Climate Gets a Share: Analyzing Small-Scale Environmental Influences on Breeding Success in the White-Throated Dipper

Anna Nilsson, Trond Reitan, Thomas Skaugen, Jan Henning L’abée-Lund, Marlène Gamelon, Kurt Jerstad...

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 8

DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.542846

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Multi‐event capture‐recapture analysis in Alpine chamois reveals contrasting responses to interspecific competition, within and between populations

Marlène Gamelon, Flurin Filli, Bernt‐erik Sæther, Ivar Herfindal

Journal of Animal Ecology . 89 ( 10 ) : 2279-2289

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13299

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