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

Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, David Fouchet, Aurélie Siberchicot, Vincent Boulanger, Thomas Caignard, Michel Thibaudon...

Ecology Letters . 22 ( 1 ) : 98-107

DOI: 10.1111/ele.13171

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Importance de la variabilité intraspécifique de la polluosensibilité pour l’évaluation du risque ecotoxicologique basée sur l’approche SSD (Species Sensitivity Distribution)

Vincent Baillard, Laurine Malardier, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Eva Roubeau Dumont, Arnaud Elger, Agnes Bouchez...

38ème colloque de l’Association des Diatomistes de Langue Française (ADLaF) .

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Evidence for risk-taking behavioural types and potential effects on resource acquisition in a parasitoid wasp

Elisa Gomes, Emmanuel Desouhant, Isabelle Amat

Animal Behaviour . 154 : 17-28

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.06.002

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Variation in actuarial senescence does not reflect life span variation across mammals

Guillaume Péron, Jean-François Lemaître, Victor Ronget, Morgane Tidière, Jean-Michel Gaillard

PLoS Biology . 17 ( 9 ) : e3000432

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000432

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The diversity of population responses to environmental change

Fernando Colchero, Owen r. Jones, Dalia Conde, David M. Hodgson, Felix Zajitschek, Benedikt Schmidt...

Ecology Letters . 22 ( 342-353 )

DOI: 10.1111/ele.13195

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Both candidate gene and neutral genetic diversity correlate with parasite resistance in female Mediterranean mouflon

Elodie Portanier, Mathieu Garel, Sébastien Devillard, Daniel Maillard, Jocelyn Poissant, Maxime Galan...

BMC Ecology . 19 : 1-14

DOI: 10.1186/s12898-019-0228-x

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(In)exhaustible Suppliers for Evolution? Epistatic Selection Tunes the Adaptive Potential of Nongenetic Inheritance

Etienne Rajon, Sylvain Charlat

The American Naturalist . 194 ( 4 ) : 470-481

DOI: 10.1086/704772

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Absence of paramyxovirus RNA in non-human primate sanctuaries and a primatology center in Gabon

Barthélémy Ngoubangoye, Gael Darren Maganga, Larson Boundenga, Thierry Audrey Tsoumbou, Virginie Rougeron, Illich Manfred Mombo...

Journal of Epidemiological Research . 5 ( 2 ) : 6

DOI: 10.5430/jer.v5n2p6

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Evolution of Hepatitis B Virus Receptor NTCP Reveals Differential Pathogenicities and Species Specificities of Hepadnaviruses in Primates, Rodents, and Bats

Stéphanie Jacquet, Jean-Baptiste Pons, Ariel de Bernardo, Barthélémy Ngoubangoye, Cosset François-Loïc, Corinne Régis...

Journal of Virology . 93 ( 5 )

DOI: 10.1128/JVI.01738-18

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Altitude shapes the environmental drivers of large‐scale variation in abundance of a widespread mammal species

Mickaël Jacquier, Clément Calenge, Ludovic Say, Sébastien Devillard, Sandrine Ruette

Ecology and Evolution . 10 ( 1 ) : 119-130

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5851

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A sharp incisor tool for predator house mice back to the wild

Sabrina Renaud, Claire Delépine, Ronan Ledevin, Benoît Pisanu, Jean‐Pierre Quéré, Emilie A. Hardouin

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 57 : 989–999

DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12292

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First levantine fossil murines shed new light on the earliest intercontinental dispersal of mice

Raquel López-Antoñanzas, Sabrina Renaud, Pablo Pelaez Campomanes, Dany Azar, Georges Kachacha, Fabien Knoll

Scientific Reports . 9 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47894-y

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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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