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 151 to 180 publications on 2315 in total

Population genomics of Corsican wildcats: Paving the way toward a new subspecies within the Felis silvestris spp. complex?

Elodie Portanier, Hélène Henri, Pierre Benedetti, Frédéric Sanchis, Corinne Régis, Pascale Chevret...

Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 8 ) : 1908-1924

DOI: 10.1111/mec.16856

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Staphylococcus aureus Host Spectrum Correlates with Methicillin Resistance in a Multi-Species Ecosystem

Barthelémy Ngoubangoye, David Fouchet, Larson Amédée Boundenga, Cécile Cassan, Céline Arnathau, Helene Meugnier...

Microorganisms . 11 ( 2 ) : 393

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11020393

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How can epidemiological monitoring and modelling contribute to management decisions? Lessons learned from ten years of brucellosis in French wildlife

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, E Petit, Clément Calenge, C Toïgo, S Gardon, A van de Wiele...

2023 SVEPM Conference .

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Cross-transmission of resistant gastrointestinal nematodes between wildlife and transhumant sheep

Camille Beaumelle, Carole Toïgo, Rodolphe Papet, Slimania Benabed, G. Bourgoin, Mathieu Beurier...

DOI: 10.1101/2023.07.21.550073

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Amphibians under scrutiny - When human-dominated landscape mosaics are not in full compliance with their ecological requirements

Sandrine Charles

Peer Community In Ecology .

DOI: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100504

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The use of new approach methodologies for the environmental risk assessment of food and feed chemicals

Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola, Irene Cattaneo, Alexis Nathanail, Edoardo Carnesecchi, Maria Chiara Astuto, Melina Steinbach...

Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health . 31 : 100416

DOI: 10.1016/j.coesh.2022.100416

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Uptake, distribution, and elimination of selenite in earthworm Eisenia fetida at sublethal concentrations based on toxicokinetic model

Ruiping Wang, Shizhong Yue, Caide Huang, Zhiqiang Shen, Yuhui Qiao, Sandrine Charles...

Science of the Total Environment . 858 : 159632

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159632

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The ATTAC guiding principles to openly and collaboratively share wildlife ecotoxicology data

Cynthia C. Muñoz, Sandrine Charles, Emily Mcvey, Peter Vermeiren

MethodsX . 10 ( 1 ) : 101987

DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2022.101987

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hb or not hb - When and why accounting for background mortality in toxicological survival models matters?

Julie Plantade, Virgile Baudrot, Sandrine Charles

MethodsX . 10 : 102114

DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102114

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De la résistance ? Pas chez moi ! Détecter les résistances avant qu’il ne soit trop tard. Outils diagnostiques validés et prospective en clientèle vétérinaire rurale et en recherche

Christophe Chartier, G. Bourgoin

Journées Nationales des Groupements Techniques Vétérinaires (JNGTV) . : 567-572

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Testing tools in experimental areas to improve the management of red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations

Maryline Pellerin, Christophe Bonenfant, Adrien Gérard, Etienne Guillaumat, Vivien Siat

International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB) .

DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25544.70405

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Reproductive tactics, birth timing and the risk-resource trade-off in an income breeder

Laura Benoit, Nicolas Morellet, Nadège Bonnot, Bruno Cargnelutti, Yannick Chaval, Jean-Michel Gaillard...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 290 ( 2009 ) : 20230948

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0948

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Editorial: The evolutionary roots of reproductive ageing and reproductive health across the tree of life

Jean-François Lemaître, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 11 : 1349845

DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1349845

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Reproductive skews of territorial species in heterogeneous landscapes

Guillaume Péron

Oikos . 2023 ( 2 ) : e09627

DOI: 10.1111/oik.09627

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Using pedigree relations to inform capture‐recapture data for the estimation of census population size

Jeremy Larroque, Elizabeth Kennedy-Overton, Jean‐michel Vandel, Sandrine Ruette, Sébastien Devillard

Journal of Wildlife Management . 87 ( 8 )

DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.22481

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Population density and genetic diversity are positively correlated in wild felids globally

Amira Azizan, Stefano Anile, Clayton K Nielsen, Emmanuel Paradis, Sébastien Devillard

Global Ecology and Biogeography .

DOI: 10.1111/geb.13727

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OneWater FAIR Data Platform : setting up a national FAIR water data platform and community

Sylvain Grellet, Isabelle Braud, Fanny Arnaud, Kenneth Maussang, Anne Laurent, Frédéric Huynh...

TERENO OZCAR 2023 - 2ème conférence internationale TERENO OZCAR . : 1-23

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Population transcriptogenomics highlights impaired metabolism and small population sizes in tree frogs living in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Clément Car, André Gilles, Elen Goujon, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Luc Camoin, Sandrine Frelon...

BMC Biology . 21 ( 1 ) : 164

DOI: 10.1186/s12915-023-01659-2

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Evolution of the proportion of colistin-resistant isolates in animal clinical Escherichia coli over time - A hierarchical mixture model approach

Elsa Coz, Eric Jouy, Géraldine Cazeau, Nathalie Jarrige, Claire Chauvin, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 213 : 105881

DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2023.105881

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Instability of fecal glucocorticoid metabolites at 4°C: Time to freeze matters

Jeffrey Carbillet, Rupert Palme, Marie‐line Maublanc, Nicolas Cebe, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Hélène Verheyden...

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology . 339 ( 7 ) : 625-632

DOI: 10.1002/jez.2704

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Beyond accuracy : score calibration in deep learning models for camera trap image sequences

Gaspard Dussert, Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Stéphane Dray, Vincent Miele

DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.10.566512

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Microsatellites and mitochondrial evidence of multiple introductions of the invasive raccoon Procyon lotor in France

Jérémy Larroque, Pascale Chevret, Juliette Berger, Sandrine Ruette, Tim Adriaens, Koen van den Berge...

Biological Invasions . 25 : 1955–1972

DOI: 10.1007/s10530-023-03018-2

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Brucellosis in Alpine ibex: 10 years of research and expert assessments

Sébastien Lambert, Anne Thébault, Stéphane Anselme-Martin, Clément Calenge, Charlotte Dunoyer, Luca Freddi...

Médecine/Sciences . 39 ( 10 ) : 722-731

DOI: 10.1051/medsci/2023132

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3D models related to the publication: Molar wear in house mice: insight into diet preferences at an ecological time scale?

Sabrina Renaud, Ronan Ledevin, Caroline Romestaing, Emilie A Hardouin

MorphoMuseum . 9 : e200

DOI: 10.18563/journal.m3.200

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The DeepFaune initiative: a collaborative effort towards the automatic identification of European fauna in camera trap images

Noa Rigoudy, Gaspard Dussert, Abdelbaki Benyoub, Aurélien Besnard, Carole Birck, Jérome Boyer...

European Journal of Wildlife Research . 69 : 24 p.

DOI: 10.1007/s10344-023-01742-7

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Too hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois

Lucie Thel, Mathieu Garel, Pascal Marchand, G. Bourgoin, Anne Loison

DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.03.527075

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Oak masting drivers vary between populations depending on their climatic environments

Emilie Fleurot, Jean R Lobry, Vincent Boulanger, François Débias, Camille Mermet-Bouvier, Thomas Caignard...

Current Biology - CB . 33 ( 6 ) : 1117-1124.e4

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.01.034

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The CV is dead, long live the CV !

Jean R Lobry, Marie‐claude Bel‐venner, Michał Bogdziewicz, Andrew Hacket‐pain, Samuel Venner

Methods in Ecology and Evolution .

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.14197

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