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

Display of 931 to 960 publications on 2315 in total

Dynamics of trace element accumulation at the plant communauty level along mediterranean roadside secondary succession

Aliaksandr Kolbas, Amandine Erktan, Alexia Stokes, Diane Bouchet, Yogan Monnier, Francois Pailler...

10th ISEB conference . : np

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CSR ecological strategies and plant mating systems: outcrossing increases with competitiveness but stress-tolerance is related to mixed mating

François Munoz, Cyrille Violle, Pierre-Olivier Cheptou

Oikos . 125 ( 9 ) : 1296-1303

DOI: 10.1111/oik.02328

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Evolution microstructurale en soudage par friction malaxage - Application à la prédiction des propriétés mécaniques dans les tôles AA2024

Valentine Legrand, Sabrina Gastebois, Gildas Guillemot, Michel Bellet, Lionel Fourment, Charles-André Gandin

‘La métallurgie, quel avenir !’ – Session ST1 : Procédés de fabrication innovants : Fabrication Voie Solide .

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Calibration of 3D ALE finite element model from experiments on friction stir welding of lap joints

Lionel Fourment, Sabrina Gastebois, Laurent Dubourg

ESAFORM 2016 . 1769 : 100006

DOI: 10.1063/1.4963500

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Serological and molecular epidemiology of canine adenovirus type 1 in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the United Kingdom

David Walker, Seán Fee, Gill Hartley, Jane Learmount, Maria O’hagan, Anna Meredith...

Scientific Reports . 6 ( 1 ) : 36051

DOI: 10.1038/srep36051

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The Importance of Socio-Economic Versus Environmental Risk Factors for Reported Dengue Cases in Java, Indonesia

Siwi Wijayanti, Thibaud Porphyre, Margo Chase-Topping, Stephanie Rainey, Melanie Mcfarlane, Esther Schnettler...

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases . 10 ( 9 ) : e0004964

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004964

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Not just a matter of size: a hospital-level risk factor analysis of MRSA bacteraemia in Scotland

Cheryl Gibbons, Bram van Bunnik, Oliver Blatchford, Chris Robertson, Thibaud Porphyre, Laura Imrie...

BMC Infectious Diseases . 16 ( 1 ) : 222

DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1563-6

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Using national movement databases to help inform responses to swine disease outbreaks in Scotland: the impact of uncertainty around incursion time

Thibaud Porphyre, Lisa Boden, Carla Correia-Gomes, Harriet Auty, George Gunn, Mark Woolhouse

Scientific Reports . 6 ( 1 ) : 20258

DOI: 10.1038/srep20258

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Geometrical envelopes: Extending graphical contemporary niche theory to communities and eco-evolutionary dynamics

Thomas Koffel, Tanguy Daufresne, François Massol, Christopher A. Klausmeier

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 407 : 271-289

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.07.026

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Maternal condition and previous reproduction interact to affect offspring sex in a wild mammal

Mathieu Douhard, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Fanie Pelletier

Biology Letters . 12 ( 8 ) : 20160510

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2016.0510

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Paternal reproductive success drives sex allocation in a wild mammal

Mathieu Douhard, Marco Festa-Bianchet, David Coltman, Fanie Pelletier

Evolution international journal of organic evolution . 70 ( 2 ) : 358-368

DOI: 10.1111/evo.12860

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De la bioaccumulation aux effets écotoxicologiques : comment modéliser le cycle de vie de Gammarus fossarum pour prédire et évaluer l’impact d’une contamination sur les populations d’une espèce sentinelle en biosurveillance ?

C. Lopes, S. Charles, Marc Babut, Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard

Colloque 2016 de la Société Française d'Ecotoxicologie Fondamentale et Appliquée . : 56

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Combined effect of temperature and ammonia on the freshwater crustacean Gammarus pulex

Youn Henry, Hervé Colinet, Christophe Piscart, S. Charles

SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting .

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Female in the inside, male in the outside: insights into the spatial organization of a European wildcat population

Mp. Beugin, G. Leblanc, G. Queney, E. Natoli, D. Pontier

Conservation Genetics . 17 : 1405-1415

DOI: 10.1007/s10592-016-0871-0

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Analyzing the proximity to cover in a landscape of fear: a new approach applied to fine-scale habitat use by rabbits facing feral cat predation on Kerguelen archipelago

Pierrick Blanchard, Christine Lauzeral, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, N. G. Yoccoz, D. Pontier

PeerJ . 4 : e1769

DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1769

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Bioecological Drivers of Rabies Virus Circulation in a Neotropical Bat Community

Benoit de Thoisy, Hervé Bourhy, Marguerite Delaval, Dominique Pontier, Laurent Dacheux, Edith Darcissac...

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases . 10 ( 1 ) : e0004378

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004378.s002

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Spatial variation in senescence rates in a bird metapopulation

H Holand, T Kvalnes, Marlène Gamelon, J Tufto, H Jensen, H Pärn...

Oecologia . 181 ( 3 ) : 865-871

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-016-3615-4

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Considering all the evidence: a reply to Sefc and Koblmüller (2016)

L.Y. Rutledge, S. Devillard, P.A. Hohenlohe, B.N. White

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 12 : 20151009

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.1009

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N. A. C. conduite à tenir face à une diarrhée chronique chez le furet

Magalie René-Martellet, Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal

Le Nouveau Praticien Vétérinaire. Elevages et Santé . 14 ( 63 ) : 62-68

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Arrhenotokous parthenogenesis and mate-finding Allee effect in parasitoids

Anaïs Bompard, Xavier Fauvergue, Isabelle Amat, Thierry Spataro

SFécologie .

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Density dependence in an age-structured population of great tits: identifying the critical age classes

Marlène Gamelon, Vidar Grøtan, Steinar Engen, Eirin Bjørkvoll, Marcel E Visser, Bernt-Erik Saether

Ecology . 97 ( 9 ) : 2479-2490

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1442

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Modelling survival: exposure pattern, species sensitivity and uncertainty

R. Ashauer, C. Albert, S. Augustine, N. Cedergreen, Sandrine Charles, V. Ducrot...

Scientific Reports . 6 : 29178

DOI: 10.1038/srep29178

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Combined effect of temperature and ammonia on the freshwater crustacean Gammarus pulex

Youn Henry, Hervé Colinet, Christophe Piscart, Sandrine Charles

SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting .

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Mechanistic modelling of daphnid-algae dynamics within a laboratory microcosm

Dominique Lamonica, Ulysse Herbach, Frédéric Orias, Bernard Clément, Sandrine Charles, Christelle Lopes

Ecological Modelling . 320 : 213–230

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.09.020

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Fruiting Strategies of Perennial Plants: A Resource Budget Model to Couple Mast Seeding to Pollination Efficiency and Resource Allocation Strategies

Samuel Venner, A. Siberchicot, P.F. Pélisson, E. Schermer, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, M. Nicolas...

The American Naturalist . 188 ( 1 ) : 66-75

DOI: 10.1086/686684

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Diploid male production correlates with genetic diversity in the parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens : a genetic approach with new microsatellite markers

Marie Collet, Chloé Vayssade, Alexandra Auguste, Laurence Mouton, Emmanuel Desouhant, Thibaut Malausa...

Ecology and Evolution . 6 ( 18 ) : 6721 - 6734

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2370

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Evidence of reduced individual heterogeneity in adult survival of long-lived species

Guillaume Péron, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Christophe Barbraud, Christophe Bonenfant, Anne Charmantier, Rémi Choquet...

Evolution . 70 ( 12 ) : 2909-2914

DOI: 10.1111/evo.13098

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Socially mediated effects of climate change decrease survival of hibernating Alpine marmots

Célia Rézouki, Marion Tafani, Aurélie Cohas, Anne Loison, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Dominique Allainé...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 85 ( 3 ) : 761 - 773

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12507

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Immune gene variability influences roe deer natal dispersal

Cécile Vanpé, Lucie Debeffe, Maxime Galan, A. J Mark Hewison, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Oikos . 125 ( 12 ) : 1790-1801

DOI: 10.1111/oik.02904

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Haematophagy is costly: respiratory patterns and metabolism during feeding in Rhodnius prolixus

Miguel Leis, Marcos H Pereira, Jérome Casas, Frédéric Menu, Claudio R. Lazzari

Journal of Experimental Biology . 219 ( 12 ) : 1820-1826

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.120816

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