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 991 to 1020 publications on 2451 in total

The Williams' legacy: A critical reappraisal of his nine predictions about the evolution of senescence

Jean-Michel Gaillard, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître

Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 71 ( 12 ) : 2768-2785

DOI: 10.1111/evo.13379

2017

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The domestic basis of the scientific career: gender inequalities in ecology in France and Norway

Anne Loison, Simon Paye, Agnes Schermann, Clémentine Bry, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Christophe Pélabon...

European Educational Research Journal . 16 ( 2-3 ) : 230-257

DOI: 10.1177/1474904116672469

2017

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Regional-scale models for predicting overwinter survival of juvenile ungulates

Mark Hurley, Mark Hebblewhite, Paul Lukacs, J. Joshua Nowak, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Christophe Bonenfant

Journal of Wildlife Management . 81 ( 3 ) : 364 - 378

DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21211

2017

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Like a rolling stone: the dynamic world of animal ecology publishing

K. Wilson, Bc. Sheldon, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Nj. Sanders, Sp. Hoggart, E. Newton

Journal of Animal Ecology . 86 : 1-3

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12606

2017

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High reproductive effort is associated with decreasing mortality late in life in captive ruffed lemurs

Morgane Tidière, Jean-François Lemaitre, Guillaume Douay, Mylisa Whipple, Jean-Michel Gaillard

American Journal of Primatology . 79 ( 9 ) : e22677

DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22677

2017

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Saving time and money by using diurnal vehicle counts to monitor roe deer abundance

Maryline Pellerin, Aurélie Bessière, Daniel Maillard, Gilles Capron, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Jacques Michallet...

Wildlife Biology . 2017 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.2981/wlb.00274

2017

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Plastic response by a small cervid to supplemental feeding in winter across a wide environmental gradient

F. Ossi, Jean-Michel Gaillard, M. Hebblewhite, Nicolas Morellet, Nathan Ranc, R. Sandfort...

Ecosphere . 8 ( 1 ) : e01629

DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.1629

2017

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The Biased Evolution of Generation Time

Mélissa Verin, Salomé Bourg, Frédéric Menu, Etienne Rajon

The American Naturalist . 190 : E28-E39

DOI: 10.1086/692324

2017

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Ecologie de la santé

Stéphane Blanc, Gilles Boëtsch, Martine Hossaert-Mckey, François Renaud, Stéphanie Thiébault, Hélène Broutin...

ISBN: 9782749154251 9782749154251 : 176 p.

2017

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Can functional traits help explain the coexistence of two species of Apodemus?

Elizabeth Kerr, Raphael Cornette, Helder Gomes Rodrigues, Sabrina Renaud, Pascale Chevret, Anne Tresset...

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 122 ( 4 ) : 883-896

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blx099

2017

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Genetic diversity within two Tunisian wild jirds: Meriones shawi and Meriones libycus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae)

H. Khemiri, J. Pimenta, A. Amorim, Pascale Chevret, S. Nouira, Am. Lopes

African Zoology . 52 : 9-20

DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2016.1269612

2017

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Impact of hybridization on shape, variation and covariation of the mouse molar.

Sabrina Renaud, Paul Alibert, Jean-Christophe Auffray

Evolutionary Biology . 44 ( 1 ) : 69-81

DOI: 10.1007/s11692-016-9391-6

2017

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Impact of wear and diet on molar row geometry and topography in the house mouse

Sabrina Renaud, R. Ledevin

Archives of Oral Biology . 81 : 31-40

DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2017.04.028

2017

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An Experimental Test of a Causal Link between Problem-Solving Performance and Reproductive Success in Wild Great Tits

Laure Cauchard, Bernard Angers, Neeltje Boogert, Lenarth Mélissa, Pierre Bize, Blandine Doligez

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution .

DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2017.00107

2017

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Food availability modulates differences in parental effort between dispersing and philopatric birds

Charlotte Récapet, Pierre Bize, Blandine Doligez

Behavioral Ecology . 28 ( 3 ) : 688 - 697

DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx017

2017

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Vocal behaviour of mates at the nest in the White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus: contexts and structure of vocal interactions, pair-specific acoustic signature

Avelyne S. Villain, Mathieu Mahamoud-Issa, Blandine Doligez, Clémentine Vignal

Wilson journal of ornithology . 158 ( 4 ) : 897 - 910

DOI: 10.1007/s10336-017-1449-4

2017

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Assessment of individual and conspecific reproductive success as determinants of breeding dispersal of female tree swallows: a capture-recapture approach

Pamela Lagrange, Olivier Gimenez, Blandine Doligez, Roger Pradel, Dany Garant, Fanie Pelletier...

Ecology and Evolution . 7 ( 18 ) : 7334-7346

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3241

2017

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The relationship between plumage colouration, problem-solving and learning performance in great tits Parus major

L. Cauchard, S.M. Doucet, N.J. Boogert, B. Angers, Blandine Doligez

Journal of Avian Biology . 48 : 1246-1253

DOI: 10.1111/jav.00953

2017

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Sociospatial structure explains marked variation in brucellosis seroprevalence in an Alpine ibex population

Pascal Marchand, Pauline Freycon, Jean-Philippe Herbaux, Yvette Game, Carole Toïgo, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Scientific Reports . 7 ( 1 )

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-15803-w

2017

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Population genetics, community of parasites, and resistance to rodenticides in an urban brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) population

Amélie Desvars-Larrive, Michel Pascal, Patrick Gasqui, Jean-François Cosson, Etienne Benoit, Virginie Lattard...

PLoS ONE . 79 ( 113 ) : e0184015.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184015

2017

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Integrative genomics and gene networks for studying phenotypic plasticity in the pea aphid

Valentin Wucher, Fabrice Legeai, Lucas Bourneuf, Thomas Derrien, Aurore Gallot, Sylvie Hudaverdian...

10th Arthropod Genomics Symposium .

2017

Conference paper

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The cost of growing large: costs of post-weaning growth on body mass senescence in a wild mammal

Frédéric Douhard, J.M. Gaillard, M. Pellerin, Laurent Jacob, Jean-François Lemaître

Oikos . 126 ( 9 ) : 1329-1338

DOI: 10.1111/oik.04421

2017

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Evolutionary allometry reveals a shift in selection pressure on male horn size

M. Tidière, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître, C. Pélabon, O. Gimenez, J.-M. Gaillard

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 30 ( 10 ) : 1826-1835

DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13142

2017

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Approches expérimentales de l’étude de la Plasticité Phénotypique

Irène Till-Bottraud, Patricia Gibert

Ecole thématique PLASPHEN .

2017

Conference paper

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The ecology of fly-bacteria-yeast symbiosis: no relevance of laboratory interactions to in-natura processes

Robin Guilhot, Antoine Rombaut, K. Howell, Anne Xuéreb, Patricia Gibert, Simon Fellous

Colloque Immunité des Invertébrés (Immuninv 2017) .

2017

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The ecology of fly-bacteria-yeast symbiosis: laboratory interactions and their relevance to in-natura processes

Robin Guilhot, Antoine Rombaut, K. Howell, Anne Xuéreb, Patricia Gibert, Simon Fellous

Réunion REID .

2017

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The use of STATICO and COSTATIS, two exploratory three-ways analysis methods: an application to the ecology of aquatic heteroptera in the Medjerda watershed (Tunisia)

Noura Slimani, Eric Guilbert, Foued El Ayni, Amel Jrad, Moncef Boumaiza, Jean Thioulouse

Environmental and Ecological Statistics . 24 ( 2 ) : 269 - 295

DOI: 10.1007/s10651-017-0370-6

2017

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Neophobia is linked to behavioural and haematological indicators of stress in captive roe deer

Chloé Monestier, Nicolas Morellet, Hélène Verheyden, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Eric Bideau, Anaïs Denailhac...

Animal Behaviour . 126 : 135-143

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.01.019

2017

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Invasive Drosophila suzukii facilitates Drosophila melanogaster infestation and sour rot outbreaks in the vineyards

Antoine Rombaut, Robin Guilhot, Anne Xuéreb, Laure, Muriel Benoit, Marie-Pierre Chapuis...

Royal Society Open Science . 4 ( 3 ) : np

DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170117

2017

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Rural populations of the red fox Vulpes vulpes show little evidence of reproductive senescence

Nicolas Lieury, Nolwenn Drouet-Hoguet, Sandrine Ruette, Sébastien Devillard, Michel Albaret, Alexandre Millon

Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde . 87 : 146 - 151

DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.08.008

2017

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Publications

The Williams' legacy: A critical reappraisal of his nine predictions about the evolution of senescence

The domestic basis of the scientific career: gender inequalities in ecology in France and Norway

Regional-scale models for predicting overwinter survival of juvenile ungulates

Like a rolling stone: the dynamic world of animal ecology publishing

High reproductive effort is associated with decreasing mortality late in life in captive ruffed lemurs

Saving time and money by using diurnal vehicle counts to monitor roe deer abundance

Plastic response by a small cervid to supplemental feeding in winter across a wide environmental gradient

The Biased Evolution of Generation Time

Ecologie de la santé

Can functional traits help explain the coexistence of two species of Apodemus?

Genetic diversity within two Tunisian wild jirds: Meriones shawi and Meriones libycus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae)

Impact of hybridization on shape, variation and covariation of the mouse molar.

Impact of wear and diet on molar row geometry and topography in the house mouse

An Experimental Test of a Causal Link between Problem-Solving Performance and Reproductive Success in Wild Great Tits

Food availability modulates differences in parental effort between dispersing and philopatric birds

Vocal behaviour of mates at the nest in the White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus: contexts and structure of vocal interactions, pair-specific acoustic signature

Assessment of individual and conspecific reproductive success as determinants of breeding dispersal of female tree swallows: a capture-recapture approach

The relationship between plumage colouration, problem-solving and learning performance in great tits Parus major

Sociospatial structure explains marked variation in brucellosis seroprevalence in an Alpine ibex population

Population genetics, community of parasites, and resistance to rodenticides in an urban brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) population

Integrative genomics and gene networks for studying phenotypic plasticity in the pea aphid

The cost of growing large: costs of post-weaning growth on body mass senescence in a wild mammal

Evolutionary allometry reveals a shift in selection pressure on male horn size

Approches expérimentales de l’étude de la Plasticité Phénotypique

The ecology of fly-bacteria-yeast symbiosis: no relevance of laboratory interactions to in-natura processes

The ecology of fly-bacteria-yeast symbiosis: laboratory interactions and their relevance to in-natura processes

The use of STATICO and COSTATIS, two exploratory three-ways analysis methods: an application to the ecology of aquatic heteroptera in the Medjerda watershed (Tunisia)

Neophobia is linked to behavioural and haematological indicators of stress in captive roe deer

Invasive Drosophila suzukii facilitates Drosophila melanogaster infestation and sour rot outbreaks in the vineyards

Rural populations of the red fox Vulpes vulpes show little evidence of reproductive senescence

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