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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Does land use within the home range drive the exposure of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) to two abortive pathogens in a rural agro-ecosystem?
Acta Theriologica . 59 ( 4 ) : 571-581
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see the publicationLe bien-être des vaches laitières françaises passé au crible : approche épidémiologique
Le Point vétérinaire . 45 ( 347 ) : 50-56
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see the publicationA test of the metabolic theory of ecology with two longevity data sets reveals no common cause of scaling in biological times
Mammal Review . 44 : 204-214
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see the publicationInvasive host for invasive pest: when the Asiatic cherry fly ( Drosophila suzukii ) meets the American black cherry ( Prunus serotina ) in Europe
Agricultural and Forest Entomology . 16 ( 3 ) : 251 - 259
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12052
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see the publicationField evidence for a proximate role of food shortage in the regulation of hibernation and daily torpor: a review
Journal of Comparative Physiology B . 184 ( 6 ) : 683-697
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see the publicationEctomycorrhizal fungi on the early colonizing shrub Sarcolaena oblongifolia F. facilitate the establishment of an endemic tree Uapaca bojeri L. in Madagascarian highland forests
International Journal of Ecology and Ecosolution . 1 : 1-15
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see the publicationMethods for studying cause-specific senescence in the wild
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 5 ( 9 ) : 924 - 933
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see the publicationInfluence of Life-History Tactics on Transient Dynamics: A Comparative Analysis across Mammalian Populations
The American Naturalist . 184 ( 5 ) : 673-683
DOI: 10.1086/677929
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see the publicationBien-être animal en élevage laitier. Les aspects dégradés du bien-être en fermes
Journées Nationales des Groupements Techniques Vétérinaires (JNGTV) . : 1010 p.
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see the publicationShallow hypothermia depends on the level of fatty acid unsaturation in adipose and liver tissues in a tropical heterothermic primate
Journal of Thermal Biology . 43 : 81 - 88
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see the publicationSpatial distribution of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in soil in a rural area: Influence of cats and land use.
Veterinary Parasitology . 205 ( 3-4 ) : 629-37
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see the publicationSpecies or local environment, what determines the infection of rodents by Toxoplasma gondii?
Parasitology . 141 ( 2 ) : 259-68
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see the publicationBayesian approaches to the quantitative genetic analysis of natural populations
Quantitative Genetics in the Wild . 978-0-19-967424-4
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see the publicationQuantifying transmission by stage of infection in the field: The example of SIV-1 and STLV-1 infecting mandrills.
American Journal of Primatology .
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22346
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see the publicationHaematological parameters do senesce in the wild: evidence from different populations of a long-lived mammal.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 27 ( 12 ) : 2745-52
DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12535
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see the publicationDevelopment and validation of an OECD reproductive toxicity test guideline with the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology . 70 ( 3 ) : 605-614
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see the publicationIsolation and characterization of microsatellite loci from Iguana delicatissima (Reptilia: Iguanidae), new perspectives for investigation of hybridization events with Iguana iguana
Conservation Genetics Resources . 5 ( 1 ) : 173-175
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see the publicationDo spatially-implicit estimates of neutral migration comply with seed dispersal data in tropical forests?
PLoS ONE . 8 ( 8 ) : np
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see the publicationCaged gammarids for the characterization of contamination levels in continental waters
Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health 29th International Conference . : 25
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see the publicationIn situ reproductive bioassay with caged Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea): a tool to diagnose toxicity of wastewater effluents
23rd SETAC Europe . : 2
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see the publicationDrosophila suzukii, vers une lutte biologique contre ce ravageur des fruits rouges
Phytoma . 660 : 34-38
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see the publicationManaging Mediterranean nurse plants-mediated effects on soil microbial functions to improve rock phosphate solubilization processes and early growth of Cupressus atlantica G
Ecological Engineering . 57 : 57--64
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see the publicationNative plant resources to optimize the performances of forest rehabilitation in Mediterranean and tropical environment: some examples of nursing plant species that improve the soil mycorrhizal potential
Comptes Rendus. Biologies . 336 : 265-272
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see the publicationL'introduction d'acacias australiens pour réhabiliter des écosystèmes dégradés est-elle dépourvue de risques environnementaux ?
Bois et Forêts des Tropiques . 318 : 59-65
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see the publicationA new process to promote the use of controlled mycorrhization practice in forest nurseries
African Journal of Agricultural Research . 8 : 308--316
DOI: 10.5897/AJAR12.1642
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see the publicationHealth inspection: new approaches for a veterinarians and operators network implementation, acting as a link between holdings and slaughterhouses
18. World Veterinary Poultry Association (WVPA) . : 726 p.
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see the publicationEpidémiologie et leviers pour la maîtrise de la santé des troupeaux bovins laitiers : approche monographique pour sept maladies majeures
INRA Productions Animales . 26 ( 2 ) : 157-176
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see the publicationTracking prospecting movements involved in breeding habitat selection: insights, pitfalls and perspectives
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 4 ( 2 ) : 143-150
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see the publicationInsights for Integrated Conservation from Attitudes of People toward Protected Areas Near Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe
Conservation Biology . 27 : 844--55
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12108
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see the publicationA New Technique for Analysing Interacting Factors Affecting Biodiversity Patterns: Crossed-DPCoA
PLoS ONE . 8 : e54530
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