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

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Coupling scale-specific habitat selection and activity reveals sex-specific food/cover trade-offs in a large herbivore

P. Marchand, M. Garel, G. Bourgoin, D. Dubray, D. Maillard, A. Loison

Animal Behaviour . 102 : 169-187

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Parasite-Parasite Interactions in the Wild: How To Detect Them?

Eléonore Hellard, David Fouchet, Fabrice Vavre, Dominique Pontier

Trends in Parasitology .

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Unknown age in health disorders: A method to account for its cumulative effect and an application to feline viruses interactions.

Eléonore Hellard, Dominique Pontier, Aurélie Siberchicot, Frank Sauvage, David Fouchet

Epidemics . 11 : 48-55

DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2015.02.004

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Tinkering signaling pathways by gain and loss of protein isoforms: the case of the EDA pathway regulator EDARADD

Alexa Sadier, Elise Lambert, Pascale Chevret, Didier Décimo, Marie Sémon, Marie Tohmé...

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 15 : 129

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0395-0

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Sympatric divergence and clinal variation in multiple coloration traits of Ficedula flycatchers

T. Laaksonen, P. M. Sirkia, S. Calhim, J. E. Brommer, P. K. Leskinen, C. R. Primmer...

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 28 ( 4 ) : 779-90

DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12604

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Perception and knowledge of plant diversity among urban park users

Audrey Muratet, Patricia Pellegrini, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Teddy Arrif, François Chiron

Landscape and Urban Planning . 137 : 95 - 106

DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2015.01.003

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What a validation strategy means for the quantitation of cocaine and heroin?

Laurence Dujourdy, Céline Charvoz, Marion Dalmasso, Anne-Béatrice Dufour

Forensic Science International . 251 : 32-39

DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.03.009

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Neandertal Demise through Modeling: The Viewpoint of Population Dynamics

Anna Degioanni, Christophe Bonenfant, Sandrine Cabut, Silvana Condemi

5 TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE European Society for the study of Human Evolution 4 . 4 : 73

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Le pestivirus et les isards, une interaction durable

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Kevin Foulché, Yvette Game, Pauline Ezanno, Ignasi Marco, Philippe Gibert

Faune Sauvage . 307 ( 307 ) : 17-22

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Staphylococcus aureus infective endocarditis versus bacteremia strains: Subtle genetic differences at stake

Coralie Bouchiat, Karen Moreau, Sébastien Devillard, Jean-Philippe Rasigade, Amandine Mosnier, Thomas Geissmann...

Infection, Genetics and Evolution . 36 : 524 - 530

DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.08.029

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“False heat,” big testes, and the onset of natal dispersal in European pine Martens (Martes martes)

Jeremy Larroque, Sandrine Ruette, Jean-Michel Vandel, Sébastien Devillard

European Journal of Wildlife Research . 61 ( 2 ) : 333-337

DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0889-x

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Divergent landscape effects on genetic differentiation in two populations of the European pine marten (Martes martes)

J. Larroque, S. Ruette, Jm. Vandel, Sébastien Devillard

Landscape Ecology . 31 : 517-531

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Where to sleep in a rural landscape? A comparative study of resting sites pattern in two syntopic Martes species

Jeremy Larroque, Sandrine Ruette, Jean-Michel Vandel, Sébastien Devillard

Ecography . 38 ( 11 ) : 1129-1140

DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01133

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Worldwide invasion by Drosophila suzukii : does being the "cousin" of a model organism really help setting up biological control ? hopes, disenchantments and new perspectives

Alessia Iacovone, Pierre Girod, Nicolas Ris, Claire Weydert, Patricia Gibert, Marylène Poirie...

Revue d'Écologie . 70

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Worldwide invasion by Drosophila suzukii : does being the "cousin" of a model organism really help setting up biological control ? hopes, disenchantments and new perspectives

A. Lacovone, P. Girod, N. Ris, C. Weydert, Patricia Gibert, M. Poiré...

Revue d'Écologie . 70 : 207-214

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When to initiate torpor use? Food availability times the transition to winter phenotype in a tropical heterotherm

Pauline Vuarin, Melanie Dammhahn, Peter Kappeler, Pierre-Yves Henry

Oecologia . 179 ( 1 ) : 43-53

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3328-0

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Potentialities of ecological engineering strategy based on native arbuscular mycorrhizal community for improving afforestation programs with carob trees in degraded environments

N. Manaut, H. Sanguin, L. Ouahmane, M. Bressan, Jean Thioulouse, E. Baudoin...

Ecological Engineering . 79 : 113-119

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Soil Organic Matter Quality, Structure and Activity of the Denitrifiers Community as Influenced by Decaying Mulched Crop Residues

A. Dieng, E. Baudoin, Jean Thioulouse, D. Brunet, J. Toucet, Sn. Sylla...

Applied Ecology and Environmental Research . 13 : 655-675

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Pathobiome diversity and co-infection patterns in a community of rodents

Jessica Abbate, Maxime Galan, Yannick Chaval, Cécile Gotteland, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Marie-Lazarine Poulle...

First International congress on Pathobiome: Pathogens in microbiotas in hosts .

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MOSAIC_SSD: A new web tool for species sensitivity distribution to include censored data by maximum likelihood

Guillaume Kon Kam King, Philippe Veber, Sandrine Charles, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety . 33 ( 9 ) : 2133 - 2139

DOI: 10.1002/etc.2644

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Hierarchical modelling of species sensitivity distribution: development and application to the case of diatoms exposed to several herbicides

Guillaume Kon Kam King, Floriane Larras, Sandrine Charles, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety . 114 : 212-221

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.01.022

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Invasion biology of spotted wing Drosophila (Drosophila suzukii): a global perspective and future priorities

Mark Asplen, Gianfranco A Anfora, Antonio Biondi, Deuk-Soo Choi, Dong Chu, Kent Daane...

Journal of Pest Science . 88 ( 3 ) : 469 - 494

DOI: 10.1007/s10340-015-0681-z

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Compensatory Immigration Challenges Predator Control: An Experimental Evidence-Based Approach Improves Management

Nicolas Lieury, Sandrine Ruette, Sébastien Devillard, Michel Albaret, Franck Drouyer, Bruno Baudoux...

Journal of Wildlife Management . 79 ( 3 ) : 425--434

DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.850

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The chemosensory transcriptome of the cotton leafworm Spodoptera littoralis

Emmanuelle Joly, Erwan Poivet, Aurore Gallot, Fabrice Legeai, Nicolas Montagné

24. Annual Meeting of the European-Chemoreception-Research-Organization (ECRO) . 40 ( 3 )

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Immunogenetic heterogeneity in a widespread ungulate: the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

E. Quemere, M. Galan, J. F. Cosson, F. Klein, S. Aulagnier, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Molecular Ecology . 24 ( 15 ) : 3873-87

DOI: 10.1111/mec.13292

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Biogeographic variations in wood mice: testing for the role of morphological variation as a line of least resistance to evolution

Sabrina Renaud, J.P. Quéré, J. Michaux

Evolution of the Rodents: Advances in Phylogenetics, Functional Morphology and Development . 5 : 300-322

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Fast evolutionary response of house mice to anthropogenic disturbance on a Sub-Antarctic island

Sabrina Renaud, H. Gomes Rodrigues, R. Ledevin, B. Pisanu, J. L. Chapuis, A. E. Hardouin

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 114 : 513-526

DOI: 10.1111/bij.12454

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Modes of transmission of Simian T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in semi-captive mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx)

M. Roussel, D. Pontier, B. Ngoubangoye, M. Kazanji, D. Verrier, D. Fouchet

Veterinary Microbiology . 179 : 155-61

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.06.010

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