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 661 to 690 publications on 2315 in total

No evidence for behavioural syndrome and genetic basis for three personality traits in a wild bird population

Jennifer Morinay, Grégory Daniel, Lars Gustafsson, Blandine Doligez

Animal Behaviour . 153 : 69-82

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.05.001

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The repeatability of cognitive performance: a meta-analysis

Maxime Cauchoix, P K y Chow, J O van Horik, C M Atance, E. Barbeau, Gladys Barragan-Jason...

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 14

DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4153862

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Nine Quick Tips for Analyzing Network Data

Vincent Miele, Stephane S. Robin, Catherine Matias, Stéphane Dray

PLoS Computational Biology . 15 ( 12 ) : e1007434

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007434

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Diversity indices for ecological networks: a unifying framework using Hill numbers

Marc Ohlmann, Vincent Miele, Stéphane Dray, Loic Chalmandrier, Louise O’connor, Wilfried Thuiller

Ecology Letters . 22 ( 4 ) : 737-747

DOI: 10.1111/ele.13221

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Spatial analyses of multi-trophic terrestrial vertebrate assemblages in Europe

Joao Braga, Laura Pollock, Ceres Barros, Núria Galiana Ibañez, José Montoya, Dominique Gravel...

Global Ecology and Biogeography . 28 ( 11 ) : 1636-1648

DOI: 10.1111/geb.12981

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Living on the edge: Was demographic weakness the cause of Neanderthal demise?

Anna Degioanni, Christophe Bonenfant, Sandrine Cabut, Silvana Condemi

PLoS ONE . 14 ( 5 ) : e0216742

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216742

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Quantifying the contribution of immigration to population dynamics: a review of methods, evidences and perspectives in birds and mammals

Alexandre Millon, Xavier Lambin, Sébastien Devillard, Michael Schaub

Biological Reviews . 94 ( 6 ) : 2049-2067

DOI: 10.1111/brv.12549

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Habitat fragmentation and anthropogenic factors affect wildcat Felis silvestris silvestris occupancy and detectability on Mt Etna

Stefano Anile, Sébastien Devillard, Bernardino Ragni, Francesco Rovero, Federica Mattucci, Mario Lo Valvo

Wildlife Biology . 2019 ( 1 ) : 00561

DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00561

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Phenotypic plasticity, global change, and the speed of adaptive evolution

Patricia Gibert, Vincent Debat, Cameron K Ghalambor

Current Opinion in Insect Science . 35 : 34-40

DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.06.007

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Post-copulatory sexual selection allows females to alleviate the fitness costs incurred when mating with senescing males.

Pauline Vuarin, Alice Bouchard, Loïc Lesobre, Gwénaëlle Leveque, Toni Chalah, Michel Saint Jalme...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 286 ( 1913 ) : 20191675

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.1675

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Elevated basal corticosterone levels increase disappearance risk of light but not heavy individuals in a long-term monitored rodent population

Pauline Vuarin, Neville Pillay, Carsten Schradin

Hormones and Behavior . 113 : 95-102

DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2019.05.001

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Assessing ageing patterns for comparative analyses of mortality curves: Going beyond the use of maximum longevity

Victor Ronget, Jean‐michel Gaillard

Functional Ecology . 34 ( 1 ) : 65-75

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.13474

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Old females rarely mate with old males in roe deer, Capreolus capreolus

Cécile Vanpé, Jean-Michel Gaillard, A. Hewison, Erwan Quéméré, Petter Kjellander, Maryline Pellerin...

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 128 ( 3 ) : 515-525

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blz110

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Pattern of latrine use by domestic cats on dairy farms and the implications for Toxoplasma gondii transmission

Julie Alice Simon, Eva Chancel, Pauline Hubert, Dominique Aubert, Isabelle Villena, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Veterinary Parasitology . 273 : 112-121

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2019.08.001

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Silver spoon effects are constrained under extreme adult environmental conditions

Gabriel Pigeon, Leif Egil Loe, Richard Bischof, Christophe Bonenfant, Mads Forchhammer, R. Justin Irvine...

Ecology .

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2886

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A local evaluation of the individual state-space to scale up Bayesian spatial capture-recapture

Cyril Milleret, Pierre Dupont, Christophe Bonenfant, Henrik Brøseth, Øystein Flagstad, Chris Sutherland...

Ecology and Evolution . 9 ( 1 ) : 352-363

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4751

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The two oxpecker species reveal the role of movement rates and foraging intensity in species coexistence

Guillaume Péron, Christophe Bonenfant, Roxanne Gagnon, Cheryl T Mabika

Biology Letters . 15 ( 10 ) : 20190548

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0548

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Antioxidant capacity is repeatable across years but does not consistently correlate with a marker of peroxidation in a free-living passerine bird

Charlotte Récapet, Mathilde Arrivé, Blandine Doligez, Pierre Bize

Journal of Comparative Physiology B . 189 ( 2 ) : 283-298

DOI: 10.1007/s00360-019-01211-1

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Genetic structure of a European forest species, the edible dormouse ( Glis glis ): a consequence of past anthropogenic forest fragmentation?

Johan R. Michaux, H. Hürner, B. Krystufek, M. Sara, A. Ribas, T. Ruch...

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 126 ( 4 ) : 836-851

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly176

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The neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio indexes individual variation in the behavioural stress response of wild roe deer across fluctuating environmental conditions

Jeffrey Carbillet, Benjamin Rey, Typhaine Lavabre, Yannick Chaval, Joel Merlet, Francois Débias...

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . 73 ( 11 ) : 1-13

DOI: 10.1007/s00265-019-2755-z

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Hétérogénéités d’infestations parasitaires : origines et conséquences détectables lors d’infestations naturelles

Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal

HDR

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Pollen limitation as a main driver of fruiting dynamics in oak populations

Éliane Schermer, Marie‐claude Bel‐venner, David Fouchet, Aurélie Siberchicot, Vincent Boulanger, Thomas Caignard...

Ecology Letters . 22 ( 1 ) : 98-107

DOI: 10.1111/ele.13171

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A Bayesian approach to estimate biodynamic model parameters: bioaccumulation of PCB 153 by the freshwater crustacean Gammarus fossarum

A. Ratier, C. Lopes, H. Budzinski, Paul Labadie, Olivier Geffard, Marc Babut

SETAC . : 1

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Approche bayésienne pour estimer les paramètres d'un modèle biodynamique chez les invertébrés benthiques d'eau douce

A. Ratier, C. Lopes, H. Budzinski, Paul Labadie, Olivier Geffard, Marc Babut

SEFA . : 20

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Climate change and functional traits affect population dynamics of a long-lived seabird

Stéphanie Jenouvrier, Marine Desprez, Rémi Fay, Christophe Barbraud, Henri Weimerskirch, Karine Delord...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 87 ( 4 ) : 906 - 920

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12827

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From early-life to senescence: individual heterogeneity in a long-lived seabird

Rémi Fay, Christophe Barbraud, Karine Delord, Henri Weimerskirch

Ecological monographs . 88 ( 1 ) : 60-73

DOI: 10.1002/ecm.1275

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First demographic insights on historically harvested and poorly known male sperm whale populations off the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands (Southern Ocean)

Guillemette Labadie, Paul Tixier, Christophe Barbraud, Rémi Fay, Nicolas Gasco, Guy Duhamel...

Marine Mammal Science . 34 ( 3 ) : 595-615

DOI: 10.1111/mms.12469

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L’apport de de la modélisation dans la compréhension du système brucellose – bouquetin du Bargy

S. Lambert, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Carole Toïgo, J.P. Ganière, Bruno Garin-Bastuji, D. Gauthier...

Journée AEEMA. Maisons-Alfort .

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