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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Environmental factors associated with the seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Boars (Sus scrofa), France

Marina Beral, Sophie Rossi, Dominique Aubert, Patrick Gasqui, Marie-Eve Terrier, Francois Klein...

EcoHealth . 9 ( 3 ) : 303-9

DOI: 10.1007/s10393-012-0786-2

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Immune phenotype and body condition in roe deer: individuals with high body condition have different, not stronger immunity.

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Maël Jégo, Christophe Bonenfant, Philippe Gibert, Benoit Rannou, François Klein...

PLoS ONE . 7 ( 9 ) : e45576

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045576

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The Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) from the Guianas: a multi-table approach to assess their diversity, evolution, and distribution

Raphaël Covain, Sonia Fisch-Muller, Juan I. Montoya-Burgos, Jan H. Mol, Pierre-Yves Le Bail, Stéphane Dray

Cybium : Revue Internationale d’Ichtyologie . 36 ( 1 ) : 115-161

DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2012-361-010

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Paleogenetic Analyses Reveal Unsuspected Phylogenetic Affinities between Mice and the Extinct Malpaisomys insularis, an Endemic Rodent of the Canaries

Marie Pages, P Chevret, Muriel Gros-Balthazard, Sandrine Hughes, Josep Antoni Alcover, Rainer Hutterer...

PLoS ONE . 7 ( 2 ) : e31123

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031123

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True versus false parasite interactions: a robust method to take risk factors into account and its application to feline viruses.

Eléonore Hellard, Dominique Pontier, Frank Sauvage, Hervé Poulet, David Fouchet

PLoS ONE . 7 ( 1 ) : e29618

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029618

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Community ecology in the age of multivariate multiscale spatial analysis

S. Dray, R. Pelissier, P. Couteron, M. -J. Fortin, P. Legendre, P. R. Peres-Neto...

Ecological monographs . 82 ( 3 ) : 257 - 275

DOI: 10.1890/11-1183.1

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Towards a renewed research agenda in ecotoxicology

Joan Artigas, Gertie Arts, Marc Babut, Anna Barra Caracciolo, Sandrine Charles, Arnaud Chaumot...

Environmental Pollution . 160 ( 1 ) : 201-206

DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.08.011

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Equation or algorithm: differences and choosing between them

Cédric Gaucherel, Sèverine Bérard, François Munoz

Acta Biotheoretica . 59 ( 1 ) : 67-79

DOI: 10.1007/s10441-010-9119-4

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How does herbivory affect individuals and populations of the perennial herb Paeonia officinalis ?

Émilie Andrieu, Max Debussche, François Munoz, John D. Thompson

Flora . 206 ( 6 ) : 544-549

DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2010.10.001

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Caged gammarids to improve the characterization of contamination levels in continental waters - toward the determination of threshold values

J.P. Besse, Marina Coquery, C. Lopes, Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard

EMEC ( European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry) 12th . : 1

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Transfer of PCB from sediment to biota: development of a bioaccumulation model in a risk assessment perspective

C. Lopes, A. Roy, H. Persat, M.E. Perga, Marc Babut

SETAC Europe 21st Annual Meeting . : 2

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Effet des substances chimiques sur les organismes aquatiques. Développement d’une batterie multi spécifique pour l’évaluation écotoxicologique de la qualité du milieu

C. Lopes, Jeanne Garric, Marina Coquery, B. Ferrari, Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard

: 93

Report

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Transferts de contaminants hydrophobes du sédiment au biote : construction de modèles dans une perspective de gestion

Marc Babut, Cecile Miege, A. Roy, C. Lopes, G. Roux, M. Desmet...

: 186

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Contamination des poissons d'eau douce par les PCB et d'autres contaminants persistants dans le bassin Rhône-Méditerranée. Détermination de facteurs d'accumulation sédiments-poissons et d'une valeur seuil dans le sédiment au-delà de laquelle les po

Marc Babut, A. Roy, C. Lopes, S. Pradelle

: 84

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Continental-scale patterns of Cecropia reproductive phenology: evidence from herbarium specimens

Paul-Camilo Zalamea, François Munoz, Pablo R. Stevenson, C. E. Timothy Paine, Carolina Sarmiento, Daniel Sabatier...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 278 ( 1717 ) : 2437-2445

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2259

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Large trends in French topsoil characteristics are revealed by spatially constrained multivariate analysis

D. Arrouays, N.P.A. Saby, Jean Thioulouse, C. Jolivet, Line Boulonne, C. Ratié

Geoderma . 161 : 107-114

DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.12.002

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Diversity, Geographic Distribution, and Habitat-Specific Variations of Microbiota in Natural Populations of the Chicken Mite, Dermanyssus gallinae

C. Valiente-Moro, J. Thioulouse, C. Chauve, Lionel Zenner

Journal of Medical Entomology . 48 ( 4 ) : 788-796

DOI: 10.1603/ME10113

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Nurse shrubs increased the early growth of Cupressus seedling by enhancing belowground mutualism ans doil microbial activity

R. Duponnois, L. Ouahmane, A. Kane, Jean Thioulouse, M. Hafidi, A. Boumezzough...

Soil Biology and Biochemistry . 43 ( 10 ) : 2160-2168

DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.06.020

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Mesure du taux d'alimentation in situ avec Gammarus fossarum (Crustacé) : un outil écologiquement pertinent pour l'évaluation de la qualité chimique des milieux aquatiques

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, H. Quéau, Jeanne Garric, S. Charles, Arnaud Chaumot

Colloque de la SEFA . : 22

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Population models in Gammarus (Crustacean) and Potamopyrgus (Gastropod): depicting the seasonal variability in demographic sensitivities to toxic stress by sensitivity analysis

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, H. Quéau, Jeanne Garric, S. Charles, S. Chaumot

SETAC Europe 21st Annual Meeting . : 1

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In situ feeding assay with Gammarus fossarum: move forward to an ecologically relevant biomonitoring of water chemical quality

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, H. Quéau, Jeanne Garric, S. Charles, Arnaud Chaumot

SETAC Europe 21st Annual Meeting . : 21

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Les mathématiques au secours de la faune aquatique

Arnaud Chaumot, S. Charles, C. Schmidt Laine, B. Chocat

Rhône-Alpes et l'environnement : 100 questions pour la recherche . : 124-125

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When cats' ways of life interact with their viruses: A study in 15 natural populations of owned and unowned cats \textitFelis silvestris catus

E. Hellard, D. Fouchet, H. Santin-Janin, B. Tarin, V. Badol, C. Coupier...

Preventive veterinary medicine . 101 : 250-264

DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.04.020

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Natal dispersal of European hare in a high-density population

Alexis Avril, Yves Léonard, Jérôme Letty, Régis Péroux, Jean-Sébastien Guitton, Dominique Pontier

Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde . 76 : 148-156

DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2010.07.001

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The predictive value of the maximum likelihood estimator of the number of contributors to a DNA mixture

H. Haned, L. Pène, F. Sauvage, D. Pontier

Forensic Science International: Genetics . 5 : 281-284

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Molecular Variability and Evolution of the Pectate Lyase (pel-2) Parasitism Gene in Cyst Nematodes Parasitizing Different Solanaceous Plants

Barbara Geric Stare, Didier Fouville, S Sirca, Aurore Gallot-Le Grand, G. Urek, Eric Grenier

Journal of Molecular Evolution . 72 ( 2 ) : 169-181

DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9413-4

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Conséquences démographiques des Effets Allee comportementaux dans les systèmes hôte-parasitoïde

Anaïs Bompard, Isabelle Amat, Xavier Fauvergue, Thierry Spataro

Entomological Society of America, Canada and British Columbia joint annual meeting .

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Biogeographical patterns of soil molecular microbial biomass as influenced by soil characteristics and management

S. Dequiedt, Nicolas P. A. Saby, M. Lelievre, C. Jolivet, J. Thioulouse, B. Toutain...

Global Ecology and Biogeography . 20 : 641-652

DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00628.x

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SIMULTANEOUS ANALYSIS OF A SEQUENCE OF PAIRED ECOLOGICAL TABLES: A COMPARISON OF SEVERAL METHODS

J. Thioulouse

Annals of Applied Statistics . 5 ( 4 ) : 2300-2325

DOI: 10.1214/10-AOAS372

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In situ feeding assay with Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea): Modelling the influence of confounding factors to improve water quality biomonitoring

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, Benoît Xuereb, Emilie Lacaze, Herve Queau, Jeanne Garric...

Water Research . 45 ( 19 ) : 6417 - 6429

DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.035

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