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 781 to 810 publications on 2315 in total
Integrating spatial and phylogenetic information in the fourth‐corner analysis to test trait–environment relationships
Ecology . 99 ( 12 ) : 2667-2674
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2530
Journal article
see the publicationRegulated hunting re-shapes the life history of brown bears
Nature Ecology & Evolution . 2 ( 1 ) : 116 - 123
Journal article
see the publicationAvis de l’Anses relatif à une évaluation du risque lié au dépeuplement d’élevages porcins, opérations mises en œuvre en cas de foyers de PPA en élevage
: 21 p.
Report
see the publicationComparison of Three Methods to Assess the Potential for Bushpig-Domestic Pig Interactions at the Wildlife—Livestock Interface in Uganda
Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 5 ( 295 ) : 1-13
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see the publicationGenetic Characterization of Toxoplasma gondii DNA Samples Isolated From Humans Living in North America: An Unexpected High Prevalence of Atypical Genotypes
Journal of Infectious Diseases . 218 ( 11 ) : 1783-1791
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see the publicationSterile insect technique and Wolbachia symbiosis as potential tools for the control of the invasive species Drosophila suzukii
Journal of Pest Science . 91 ( 2 ) : 489-503
Journal article
see the publicationTransposable Element Dynamics in an Invasive Species
Congrès National des Éléments Transposables (CNET 2018) .
Conference paper
see the publicationDevelopment of a PCR-RFLP assay to identify Drosophila melanogaster among field-collected larvae
Ecology and Evolution . 8 ( 20 ) : 10067 - 10074
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4453
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see the publicationPlasticité phénotypique et réponses adaptatives au changement climatique
L’adaptation au changement climatique . 978-2-271-09482-7 : 95-102
Book chapter
see the publicationThe neoteny-helper hypothesis: when to expect and when not to expect endocrine mechanisms to regulate allo-parental care?
Physiology & behavior . 193 ( Pt A ) : 127-134
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see the publicationComplex ecological interactions of Staphylococcus aureus in tampons during menstruation
Scientific Reports . 8 ( 1 ) : 9942
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see the publicationIndividual heterogeneity and capture-recapture models: what, why and how?
Oikos . 127 ( 5 ) : 664-686
DOI: 10.1111/oik.04532
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see the publicationGeneral conclusion to the special issue Moving forward on individual heterogeneity
Oikos . 127 ( 5 ) : 750-756
DOI: 10.1111/oik.05223
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see the publicationEnvironmental drivers of varying selective optima in a small passerine: A multivariate, multiepisodic approach
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 72 ( 11 ) : 2325 - 2342
DOI: 10.1111/evo.13610
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see the publicationBouquetins du Bargy et infection brucellique : que nous révèle la génétique ?
Epidémiologie et Santé Animale . 74 : 17-24
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see the publicationFacteurs associés à la détection de Coxiella burnetii dans les prélèvements de poussière en élevages de ruminants domestiques
Académie Vétérinaire de France .
Conference paper
see the publicationMicrobial warfare between competing Drosophila species shapes niche partition
International Conference on Ecological Sciences (Sfécologie 2018) . : 825 p.
Conference paper
see the publicationInfluence of extreme heat or cold stresses on body pigmentation of Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Thermal Biology . 72 : 118 - 126
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see the publicationDemographic stochasticity drives epidemiological patterns in wildlife with implications for diseases and population management
Scientific Reports . 8 ( 1 )
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see the publicationBeyond neutrality: disentangling the effects of species sorting and spurious correlations in community analysis
Ecology . 99 ( 8 ) : 1737-1747
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2376
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see the publicationAlgorithms and biplots for double constrained correspondence analysis
Environmental and Ecological Statistics . 25 ( 2 ) : 171-197
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see the publicationGene flow and adaptive potential in a generalist ectoparasite
BMC Evolutionary Biology . 18 : 99
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see the publicationtRophicPosition , an r package for the Bayesian estimation of trophic position from consumer stable isotope ratios
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 9 ( 6 ) : 1592-1599
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see the publicationModélisation biodynamique de l'accumulation de composés organiques persistants par des invertébrés benthiques d'eau douce
SEFA . : 1
Poster
see the publicationDe l’envol à la première reproduction: aspects écologiques et évolutifs des traits d’histoire de vie de jeunes oiseaux marins longévifs
Thesis
see the publicationContrasting effects of climate and population density over time and life-stages in a long-lived seabird
Functional Ecology . 31 ( 6 ) : 1275-1284
Journal article
see the publicationElevated natural environmental noise impacts breeding success and vocal communication in a songbird
Behaviour 2017: 35th International Ethological Conference (IEC) and the 2017 Summer Meeting of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) .
Poster
see the publicationAdaptations des communications acoustiques au bruit environnemental et succès reproducteur chez le cincle plongeur Cinclus cinclus.
47ème Colloque de la Société Française pour l’Etude du Comportement Animal (SFECA) .
Conference paper
see the publicationCaractère fonctionnelle des plantes adventices : comparaison avec les espèces prairiales
Journée "Approche fonctionnelle pour la gestion des espèces adventices et de la flore des linéaires non cultivés » .
Conference paper
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