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

Display of 601 to 630 publications on 2315 in total

Endemic foot and mouth disease: pastoral in-herd disease dynamics in sub-Saharan Africa

I. Mclachlan, G. Marion, I. Mckendrick, Thibaud Porphyre, I. Handel, B. Bronsvoort

Scientific Reports . 9 ( 1 ) : 17349

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53658-5

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Assessing the potential of plains zebra to maintain African horse sickness in the Western Cape Province, South Africa

Thibaud Porphyre, John Grewar

PLoS ONE . 14 ( 10 ) : e0222366

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222366

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Framework for Estimating Indirect Costs in Animal Health Using Time Series Analysis

Alyson Barratt, Karl Rich, Jude Eze, Thibaud Porphyre, George Gunn, Alistair Stott

Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 6

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00190

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Characterizing Livestock Markets, Primary Diseases, and Key Management Practices Along the Livestock Supply Chain in Cameroon

Paolo Motta, Thibaud Porphyre, Ian Handel, Saidou Hamman, Victor Ngu Ngwa, Vincent Tanya...

Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 6

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00101

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Revisiting the genetic diversity of emerging hantaviruses circulating in Europe using a pan-viral resequencing microarray

Claudia Filippone, Guillaume Castel, Severine Murri, Myriam Ermonval, Misa Korva, Tarja Sironen...

Scientific Reports . 9

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47508-7

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Microbial cross-feeding promotes multiple stable states and species coexistence, but also susceptibility to cheaters

Zepeng Sun, Thomas Koffel, Simon Stump, Ghjuvan Micaelu Grimaud, Christopher Klausmeier

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 465 : 63-77

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2019.01.009

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Trophy hunting mediates sex‐specific associations between early‐life environmental conditions and adult mortality in bighorn sheep

Mathieu Douhard, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Julie Landes, Fanie Pelletier

Journal of Animal Ecology . 88 ( 5 ) : 734-745

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12970

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Maternal longevity and offspring sex in wild ungulates

Mathieu Douhard, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Sandra Hamel, Daniel Nussey, Steeve Côté, Josephine Pemberton...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 286 ( 1896 ) : 20181968

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1968

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Which primer set(s) for your bat diet metabarcoding study? Application to two insectivorous bat species sharing maternity roosts

Orianne Tournayre, M. Leuchtmann, O. Filippi-Codaccioni, M. Trillat, Sylvain Piry, D. Pontier...

8. European Congress of Mammalogy .

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Population genetics as a tool for conservation biology: defining management units for the greater horseshoe bat

Orianne Tournayre, J. B. Pons, M. Leuchtmann, Raphaël Leblois, Sylvain Piry, O. Filippi-Codaccioni...

8. European Congress of Mammalogy .

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Does host socio-spatial behavior lead to a fine-scale spatial genetic structure in its associated parasites?

Elodie Portanier, Mathieu Garel, Sébastien Devillard, Jeanne Duhayer, Marie-Thérèse Poirel, Hélène Henri...

Parasite . 26 : 64

DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2019062

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Detection of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus in the French Pyrenees and first identification of Rickettsia monacensis in France

Toufic Akl, G. Bourgoin, Marie-Line Souq, Joël Appolinaire, Marie-Thérèse Poirel, Philippe Gibert...

Parasite . 26 : 20

DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2019019

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Analyzing patterns in population dynamics using repeated population surveys with three types of detection data

Guillaume Péron, Mathieu Garel

Ecological Indicators . 106 : 105546

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105546

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The time frame of home‐range studies: from function to utilization

Guillaume Péron

Biological Reviews . 94 ( 6 ) : 1974-1982

DOI: 10.1111/brv.12545

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Recommendations to address uncertainties in environmental risk assessment using toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic models

Virgile Baudrot, Sandrine Charles

Scientific Reports . 9 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47698-0

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Right on track? Performance of satellite telemetry in terrestrial wildlife research

M. Hofman, M. Hayward, M. Heim, P. Marchand, C. Rolandsen, J. Mattisson...

PLoS ONE . 14 ( 5 ) : e0216223

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216223

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Integrating population genetics to define conservation units from the core to the edge of Rhinolophus ferrumequinum western range

Orianne Tournayre, Jean-Baptiste Pons, Maxime Leuchtmann, Raphaël Leblois, Sylvain Piry, Ondine Filippi-Codaccioni...

Ecology and Evolution . 9 : 2272–12290

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5714

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More frequent extreme climate events stabilize reindeer population dynamics

Brage B Hansen, Marlène Gamelon, Steve D Albon, Aline M Lee, Audun Stien, R Justin Irvine...

Nature Communications . 10 : 1616

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09332-5

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Does harvesting amplify environmentally induced population fluctuations over time in marine and terrestrial species?

Marlène Gamelon, Brett K Sandercock, Bernt‐erik Sæther

Journal of Applied Ecology . 56 ( 9 ) : 2186 - 2194

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13466

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Accounting for interspecific competition and age structure in demographic analyses of density dependence improves predictions of fluctuations in population size

Marlène Gamelon, Stefan J G Vriend, Steinar Engen, Frank Adriaensen, André A Dhondt, Simon R Evans...

Ecology Letters . 22 ( 5 ) : 797 - 806

DOI: 10.1111/ele.13237

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Assessing potential surrogates of macroinvertebrate diversity in North-African Mediterranean aquatic ecosystems

Noura Slimani, David Sánchez-Fernández, Eric Guilbert, Moncef Boumaiza, Simone Guareschi, Jean Thioulouse

Ecological Indicators . 101 : 324-329

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.01.017

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Flower phenology as a disruptor of the fruiting dynamics in temperate oak species

Éliane Schermer, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, Jean‐michel Gaillard, Vincent Boulanger, Stéphane Dray, Iris Le Roncé...

New Phytologist . 225 ( 3 ) : 1181-1192

DOI: 10.1111/nph.16224

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Approche de Modélisation Hiérarchique pour la Description de l'Effet de la Compétition Interspécifique sur la Tolérance Chimique d'Herbacées

Vincent Baillard, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Cécile Sulmon, Anne‐kristel Bittebière, Cendrine Mony, Simon Devin...

SEFA 2019 Lyon .

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A Bayesian framework for estimating parameters of a generic toxicokinetic model for the bioaccumulation of organic chemicals by benthic invertebrates: Proof of concept with PCB153 and two freshwater species

Aude Ratier, Christelle Lopes, Pierre Labadie, Hélène Budzinski, Nicolas Delorme, Herve Queau...

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety . 180 : 33-42

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.04.080

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Phenotypic plasticity in the invasive pest Drosophila suzukii: activity rhythms and gene expression in response to temperature

Christophe Plantamp, Hélène Henri, Thibault Andrieux, Corinne Régis, Gladys Mialdea, Stéphane Dray...

Journal of Experimental Biology . 222 : jeb199398

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.199398

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Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective

Emmanuel Desouhant, Elisa Gomes, Nathalie Mondy, Isabelle Amat

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 167 ( 1 ) : 37-58

DOI: 10.1111/eea.12754

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Does body growth impair immune function in a large herbivore?

Louise Cheynel, Frédéric Douhard, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Benjamin Rey, François Débias, Sylvia Pardonnet...

Oecologia . 189 ( 1 ) : 55-68

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4310-4

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Performance of generation time approximations for extinction risk assessments

Johanna Staerk, Dalia Conde, Victor Ronget, Jean-François Lemaître, Jean‐michel Gaillard, Fernando Colchero

Journal of Applied Ecology . 56 ( 6 ) : 1436-1446

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13368

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The crustacean Armadillidium vulgare, 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...

DOI: 10.1101/583914

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