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
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The effect of the demographic history on the evolution of senescence: a potential new test of the mutation accumulation theory
Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . : 111927
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see the publicationA unified framework for evolutionary genetic and physiological theories of aging
PLoS Biology . 22 ( 2 ) : e3002513
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see the publicationForaging at night under artificial light: impacts on senescence and lifetime reproductive success for a diurnal insect
Animal Behaviour . 210 : 85 - 98
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see the publicationMinor and trace element concentrations in roe deer hair: A non-invasive method to define reference values in wildlife
Ecological Indicators . 159 : 111720
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see the publicationMechanistic Analysis of the Sub Chronic Toxicity of La and Gd in Daphnia Magna Based on TKTD Modelling and Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4570452
Preprint
see the publicationMolar wear in house mice: insight into diet preferences at an ecological timescale?
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 141 ( 2 ) : 289-305
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see the publicationUsing the multivariate Hawkes process to study interactions between multiple species from camera trap data
Ecology . 105 ( 4 ) : e4237
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.4237
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see the publicationImpacts of neonicotinoids on biodiversity: a critical review
Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 31 : 90-108
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see the publicationRésistance à la colistine chez le porc - des mesures de maîtrise efficaces
56. Journées de la Recherche Porcine . 56 : 81-82
Conference paper
see the publicationReduce, Replace, Refine: Determining A Posteriori Reference Intervals for Biochemistry in Hermann's Tortoise (Testudo hermanni)
Journal of wildlife diseases .
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see the publicationUsing a dynamical model to study the impact of a toxoid vaccine on the evolution of a bacterium: The example of diphtheria
Ecological Modelling . 487 : 110569
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see the publicationDifferences in phenotypic variance between old and young congeneric species on a small island
Journal of Biogeography .
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14767
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see the publicationEditorial trend: adverse outcome pathway (AOP) and computational strategy — towards new perspectives in ecotoxicology
Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 31 ( 5 ) : 6587-6596
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see the publicationMovement-based coexistence does not always require a functional trade-off
Ecological Modelling . 487 : 110549
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see the publicationModélisation mathématique et statistique pour l’évaluation du risque environnemental
Impacts des produits phytopharmaceutiques sur la biodiversité et les services écosystémiques
978-2-7592-3656-5 : 183 p.
Book
see the publicationOn the road to adulthood: exploring progressive changes in foraging behaviour during post-fledging immaturity using remote tracking
Peer Community In Ecology .
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see the publicationA common statement on anthropogenic hybridization of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris)
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 11 : 1156387
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see the publicationCoupling large-spatial scale larval dispersal modelling with barcoding to refine the amphi-Atlantic connectivity hypothesis in deep-sea seep mussels
Frontiers in Marine Science . 10
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see the publicationFirst demographic insights reveal high extinction risk of an endemic raptor species: the Reunion harrier
Journal of Avian Biology . 2023 ( 11-12 )
DOI: 10.1111/jav.03112
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see the publicationDirect and indirect estimates of dispersal support strong juvenile philopatry and male‐biased dispersal in a freshwater turtle species (Emys orbicularis)
Freshwater Biology .
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.14171
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see the publicationA synthesis of biological invasion hypotheses associated with the introduction–naturalisation–invasion continuum
Oikos . 5 : e09645
DOI: 10.1111/oik.09645
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see the publicationThe for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp
Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776
DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834
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see the publicationLarval density in the invasive Drosophila suzukii : Immediate and delayed effects on life‐history traits
Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : e10433
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10433
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see the publicationSynergizing Digital, Biological, and Participatory Sciences for Global Plant Species Identification: Enabling access to a worldwide identification service
Biodiversity Information Science and Standards . 7 : e112545
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see the publicationThe ecological causes of functional distinctiveness in communities
Ecology Letters . 26 ( 8 ) : 1452-1465
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14265
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see the publicationAvoid, tolerate, or escape? Native vegetation responses to invasion vary between functional groups
Biological Invasions . 25 ( 5 ) : 1387-1401
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see the publicationLinks to rare climates do not translate into distinct traits for island endemics
Ecology Letters . 26 ( 4 ) : 504-515
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14169
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see the publicationRevisiting extinction debt through the lens of multitrophic networks and meta‐ecosystems
Oikos . 2023 ( 3 ) : e09435
DOI: 10.1111/oik.09435
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