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

Display of 751 to 780 publications on 2315 in total

Analysis of ZP1 gene reveals differences in zona pellucida composition in carnivores

Carla Moros-Nicolás, A. Leza, Pascale C Chevret, A. Guillén-Martínez, L. González-Brusi, François Boué...

Reproduction, Fertility and Development . 30 ( 2 ) : 272

DOI: 10.1071/RD17022

2018

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Evolving Teeth Within a Stable Masticatory Apparatus in Orkney Mice

Sabrina Renaud, Ronan Ledevin, Louise Souquet, Helder Gomes Rodrigues, Samuel Ginot, Sylvie Agret...

Evolutionary Biology . 45 ( 4 ) : 405 - 424

DOI: 10.1007/s11692-018-9459-6

2018

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Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Anders Pape Møller, Javier Balbontin, André Dhondt, Vladimir Remeš, Frank Adriaensen, Clotilde Biard...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 87 ( 6 ) : 1738-1748

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12896

2018

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Population specific dynamics and selection patterns of transposable element insertions in European natural populations

Emmanuelle Lerat, Clément Goubert, Sara Guirao-Rico, Miriam Merenciano, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Cristina Vieira...

Molecular Ecology . : 1-17

DOI: 10.1111/mec.14963

2018

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Disentangling good from bad practices in the selection of spatial or phylogenetic eigenvectors

David Bauman, Thomas Drouet, Stéphane Dray, Jason Vleminckx

Ecography . 41 ( 10 ) : 1638-1649

DOI: 10.1111/ecog.03380

2018

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Optimizing the choice of a spatial weighting matrix in eigenvector-based methods

David Bauman, Thomas Drouet, Marie-Josée Fortin, Stéphane Dray

Ecology . 99 ( 10 ) : 2159-2166

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2469

2018

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Simple parametric tests for trait–environment association

Cajo J.F. ter Braak, Pedro Peres‐neto, Stéphane Dray

Journal of Vegetation Science . 29 ( 5 ) : 801-811

DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12666

2018

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Supervised Multiblock Analysis in R with the ade4 Package

Stéphanie Bougeard, Stéphane Dray

Journal of Statistical Software . 86 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.18637/jss.v086.i01

2018

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Biased estimation of trends in cohort effects: the problems with age‐period‐cohort models in ecology

Gabriel Pigeon, Leif Egil Loe, Steve Albon, Christophe Bonenfant, David Elston, R. Justin Irvine...

Ecology . 99 ( 12 ) : 2675-2680

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2545

2018

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High Shedding Potential and Significant Individual Heterogeneity in Naturally-Infected Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) With Brucella melitensis

Sébastien Lambert, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Pauline Freycon, Anne Thébault, Yvette Y. Game, Carole Toïgo...

Frontiers in Microbiology . 9 : 1065

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01065

2018

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Self-clearance of Pestivirus in a Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) Population

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Mathieu Garel, Philippe Gibert, Sébastien Lambert, Pierre Menaut, Brigitte Bonetti...

Journal of wildlife diseases . 54 ( 2 ) : 335-341

DOI: 10.7589/2017-03-055

2018

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Back and forth Wolbachia transfers reveal efficient strains to control spotted wing drosophila populations

Julien Cattel, Katerina Nikolouli, Thibault Andrieux, Julien Martinez, Francis Jiggins, Sylvain Charlat...

Journal of Applied Ecology . 55 ( 5 ) : 2408-2418

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.13101

2018

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No evidence for prezygotic postcopulatory avoidance of kin despite high inbreeding depression.

Pauline Vuarin, Alice Bouchard, Loïc Lesobre, Gwènaëlle Levêque, Toni Chalah, Michel Saint Jalme...

Molecular Ecology . 27 ( 24 ) : 5252-5262

DOI: 10.1111/mec.14951

2018

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Reconciling the biogeography of an invader through recent and historic genetic patterns: the case of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva

Emilie A Hardouin, Demetra Andreou, Yahui Zhao, Pascale C Chevret, David Fletcher, J. Robert Britton...

Biological Invasions . 20 ( 8 ) : 2157-2171

DOI: 10.1007/s10530-018-1693-4

2018

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MOSAIC: a web-interface for statistical analyses in ecotoxicology

Sandrine Charles, Philippe Veber, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 25 ( 12 ) : 11295-11302

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9809-4

2018

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Does multiple paternity explain phenotypic variation among offspring in wild boar?

Marlène Gamelon, Thibault Gayet, Eric Baubet, Sébastien Devillard, Ludovic Say, Serge Brandt...

Behavioral Ecology . 29 ( 4 ) : 904-909

DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ary056

2018

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Circadian periodicity in space use by ungulates of temperate regions: How much, when and why?

Guillaume Péron, Antoine Duparc, Mathieu Garel, Pascal Marchand, Nicolas Morellet, Sonia Said...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 87 ( 5 ) : 1299-1308

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12857

2018

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MOSAIC : une plate-forme web pour l’analyse statistique des données d’écotoxicologie. Fiche Thématique N°13

Sandrine Charles, Virgile Baudrot, Philippe Veber

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2018

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DRomics: A Turnkey Tool to Support the Use of the Dose–Response Framework for Omics Data in Ecological Risk Assessment

Floriane Larras, Elise Billoir, Vincent Baillard, Aurélie Siberchicot, Stefan Scholz, Tesfaye Wubet...

Environmental Science and Technology . 52 ( 24 ) : 14461-14468

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b04752

2018

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Assessment of Ozone or Not-Treated Wastewater Ecotoxicity Using Mechanism-Based and Zebrafish Embryo Bioassays

Adriana Wigh, Selim Ait-Aissa, Nicolas Creusot, Hugo Terrisse, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Alexandre Bergé...

Journal of Environmental Protection . 09 ( 04 ) : 325 - 346

DOI: 10.4236/jep.2018.94022

2018

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Insect personality: what can we learn from metamorphosis?

Isabelle Amat, Emmanuel Desouhant, Elisa Gomes, Jérôme Moreau, Karine Monceau

Current Opinion in Insect Science . 27 : 46-51

DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2018.02.014

2018

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Sex gap in aging and longevity: can sex chromosomes play a role?

Gabriel A.B. Marais, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Cristina Vieira, Ingrid Plotton, Damien Sanlaville, François Gueyffier...

Biology of Sex Differences . 9 ( 1 ) : 1-14

DOI: 10.1186/s13293-018-0181-y

2018

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Maternal reproductive senescence shapes the fitness consequences of the parental age difference in ruffed lemurs

Morgane Tidière, Xavier Thevenot, Adamantia Deligiannopoulou, Guillaume Douay, Mylisa Whipple, Aurélie Siberchicot...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 285 ( 1886 ) : 20181479

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.1479

2018

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Modelling allometry: statistical and biological considerations – a reply to Packard

Christophe Pélabon, Morgane Tidière, Jean-François Lemaître, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 125 ( 3 ) : 664-671

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly141

2018

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Selective laser sintering of porcelain

A. Danezan, Gaëlle Delaizir, Nicolas Tessier-Doyen, G. Gasgnier, Jm. Gaillard, P. Duport...

Journal of the European Ceramic Society . 38 ( 2 ) : 769-775

DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2017.09.034

2018

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Robust Frankia phylogeny, species delineation and intraspecies diversity based on Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis (MLSA) and Single-Locus Strain Typing (SLST) adapted to a large sample size

Adrien C Pozzi, Hector Bautista-Guerrero, Sophie S. Abby, Aude P Herrera-Belaroussi, Danis Abrouk, Philippe Normand...

Systematic and Applied Microbiology . 41 ( 4 ) : 311-323

DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2018.03.002

2018

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Chauves-souris et services écosystémiques : que nous apprend l'ADN contenu dans le guano?

Orianne Tournayre, Maxime Galan, Jean-Baptiste Pons, Eric Pierre, Maxime Leuchtmann, Dominique Pontier...

Congrès Ecolo’Tech .

2018

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Histoire évolutive et taxonomie intégrative dans le genre Gerbillus (Rodentia: Muridae)

Laurent Granjon, Gauthier Dobigny, Pascale C Chevret, Arame Ndiaye

Bulletin de la société d'histoire naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord . 74 : 43-55

2018

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Divergent in shape and convergent in function: Adaptive evolution of the mandible in Sub-Antarctic mice

Sabrina Renaud, Ronan Ledevin, Benoit Pisanu, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Petra Quillfeldt, Emilie A Hardouin

Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 72 ( 4 ) : 878-892

DOI: 10.1111/evo.13467

2018

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Assessing the composition of fragmented agglutinated foraminiferal assemblages in ancient sediments: comparison of counting and area-based methods in Famennian samples (Late Devonian)

Catherine Girard, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Anne-Lise Charruault, Sabrina Renaud

Journal of Micropalaeontology . 37 ( 1 ) : 87-95

DOI: 10.5194/jm-37-87-2018

2018

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Publications

Analysis of ZP1 gene reveals differences in zona pellucida composition in carnivores

Evolving Teeth Within a Stable Masticatory Apparatus in Orkney Mice

Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Population specific dynamics and selection patterns of transposable element insertions in European natural populations

Disentangling good from bad practices in the selection of spatial or phylogenetic eigenvectors

Optimizing the choice of a spatial weighting matrix in eigenvector-based methods

Simple parametric tests for trait–environment association

Supervised Multiblock Analysis in R with the ade4 Package

Biased estimation of trends in cohort effects: the problems with age‐period‐cohort models in ecology

High Shedding Potential and Significant Individual Heterogeneity in Naturally-Infected Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) With Brucella melitensis

Self-clearance of Pestivirus in a Pyrenean Chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica) Population

Back and forth Wolbachia transfers reveal efficient strains to control spotted wing drosophila populations

No evidence for prezygotic postcopulatory avoidance of kin despite high inbreeding depression.

Reconciling the biogeography of an invader through recent and historic genetic patterns: the case of topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva

MOSAIC: a web-interface for statistical analyses in ecotoxicology

Does multiple paternity explain phenotypic variation among offspring in wild boar?

Circadian periodicity in space use by ungulates of temperate regions: How much, when and why?

MOSAIC : une plate-forme web pour l’analyse statistique des données d’écotoxicologie. Fiche Thématique N°13

DRomics: A Turnkey Tool to Support the Use of the Dose–Response Framework for Omics Data in Ecological Risk Assessment

Assessment of Ozone or Not-Treated Wastewater Ecotoxicity Using Mechanism-Based and Zebrafish Embryo Bioassays

Insect personality: what can we learn from metamorphosis?

Sex gap in aging and longevity: can sex chromosomes play a role?

Maternal reproductive senescence shapes the fitness consequences of the parental age difference in ruffed lemurs

Modelling allometry: statistical and biological considerations – a reply to Packard

Selective laser sintering of porcelain

Robust Frankia phylogeny, species delineation and intraspecies diversity based on Multi-Locus Sequence Analysis (MLSA) and Single-Locus Strain Typing (SLST) adapted to a large sample size

Chauves-souris et services écosystémiques : que nous apprend l'ADN contenu dans le guano?

Histoire évolutive et taxonomie intégrative dans le genre Gerbillus (Rodentia: Muridae)

Divergent in shape and convergent in function: Adaptive evolution of the mandible in Sub-Antarctic mice

Assessing the composition of fragmented agglutinated foraminiferal assemblages in ancient sediments: comparison of counting and area-based methods in Famennian samples (Late Devonian)

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