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 901 to 930 publications on 2451 in total
Environmental 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 publicationImmunosenescence patterns differ among populations of a long-lived mammal.
Journée Annuelle 2017 du LabEx ECOFECT . : http://oldecofect.universite-lyon.fr/
Poster
see the publicationAge and environmental life-conditions impact telomere dynamics in a wild mammal
International Conference on Understanding Diversity in Telomere Dynamics .
Conference paper
see the publicationMise en place d'une expérience avec le grand public : entre recherche, vulgarisation et pédagogie
Revue Economique . 68 ( 5 ) : 941-953
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see the publicationImmunosenescence patterns in two populations of a long-lived mammal.
Réunion du groupe Immuno-écologie du Réseau Ecologie des Interactions Durables .
Conference paper
see the publicationDatabase Of Weeds In Cultivation Fields Of France And Uk, With Ecological And Biogeographical Information
Other publication
see the publicationModélisation biodynamique de l'accumulation de composés organiques persistants par des invertébrés benthiques d'eau douce
SEFA . : 1
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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
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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 » .
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see the publicationA Common Toolbox to Understand, Monitor or Manage Rarity? A Response to Carmona et al.
Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 32 ( 12 ) : 891-893
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see the publicationWhat makes a weed a weed ? Towards a functional characterization
"Functional Ecology and Environment" Conference .
Conference paper
see the publicationStudying community assembly using the trait-based null model approach: synthesis and main results on grassland communities
Functional Ecology and Environment .
Poster
see the publicationFunctional Rarity: The Ecology of Outliers
Trends in Ecology & Evolution . 32 ( 5 ) : 356 - 367
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see the publicationMowing influences community-level variation in resource-use strategies and flowering phenology along an ecological succession on Mediterranean road slopes
Applied Vegetation Science . 20 ( 3 ) : 376 - 387
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12311
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see the publicationHow to design trait-based analyses of community assembly mechanisms: insights and guidelines from a literature review
Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics . 25 : 29-44
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see the publicationDynamics of tree diversity in undisturbed Evergreen forest at Uppangala, Central Western Ghats
Paper presented at the Fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2017) . : 293
Conference paper
see the publicationWood and leaf strategies in a low-elevation rainforest of Western Ghats
Paper presented at the Fourth Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC 2017), 10-12 March 2017, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India . : p. 38
Conference paper
see the publicationSensitivity of community-level trait-environment relationships to data representativeness: a test for functional biogeography
Global Ecology and Biogeography . 26 ( 6 ) : 729 - 739
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12573
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