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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Biogeography of soil microbial communities: a review and a description of the ongoing french national initiative

Lionel Ranjard, Samuel Dequiedt, Claudy Jolivet, Nicolas Saby, Jean Thioulouse, Jérôme Harmand...

Sustainable Agriculture Volume 2 . 978-94-007-0393-3 : 857-865

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-0394-0_37

Book chapter

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Population density and phenotypic attributes influence the level of nematode parasitism in roe deer

G. Body, H. Ferté, Jean-Michel Gaillard, D. Delorme, F. Klein, Emmanuelle Gilot

Oecologia . 167 : 635-646

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2018-9

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How can ecological status be summarized for an operational Pressures/States model ?

N. Lalande, Flavie Cernesson, Stéphane Dray, M.G. Tournoud, T. Tormos, Pascal Kosuth

EGU (European Geosciences Union) General Assembly 2011 . : 1

Poster

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Relationships between species feeding traits and environmental conditions in fish communities: a three-matrix approach

A. Brind'Amour, D. Boisclair, Stéphane Dray, P. Legendre

Ecological Applications . 21 ( 2 ) : 363-377

DOI: 10.1890/09-2178.1

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Sustainable control of zoonotic pathogens in wildlife: how to be fair to wild animals?

M. Artois, J. Blancou, O. Dupeyroux, Emmanuelle Gilot

Revue Scientifique et Technique Office International des Epizooties . 30 : 733-743

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A New Perspective on the Dunnett Procedure: Filling the Gap Between Noec/Loec and Ecx Concepts

Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Carole Forfait-Dubuc, Elise Billoir, Sandrine Charles

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry . 30 : 2888-2891

DOI: 10.1002/etc.686

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Modeling Nosocomial Transmission of Rotavirus in Pediatric Wards

C.M. Kribs-Zaleta, J.F. Jusot, Philippe Vanhems, Sandrine Charles

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology . 73 ( 7 ) : 1413-1442

DOI: 10.1007/s11538-010-9570-z

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Identification at the larval stage of four Curculio species coexisting on oak trees using PCR-RFLP

P-F. Pelisson, H. Henri, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, R. Allemand, A. Merville, F. Menu...

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 138 : 77-82

DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.01077.x

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Coexistence of Insect Species competing for a pulsed resource: toward a unified theory of biodiversity in fluctuating environments

Samuel Venner, P-F. Pelisson, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, F. Debias, Etienne Rajon, F. Menu

PLoS ONE . 6 ( 3 ) : e18039

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018039

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An accept-and-reject algorithm to determine performance objectives that comply with a food safety objective

Laurent Guillier, J.C. Augustin, Jean-Baptiste Denis, Marie-Laure Delignette-Muller

7th International Conference on Predictive Modelling of Food Quality and Safety .

Conference paper

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Differential thermal performance curves in response to different habitats in the parasitoid Venturia canescens

Vincent Foray, Patricia Gibert, Emmanuel Desouhant

The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften . 98 ( 8 ) : 683 - 691

DOI: 10.1007/s00114-011-0818-8

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Does synovigeny confer reproductive plasticity upon a parasitoid wasp that is faced with variability in habitat richness?

P. Pelosse, M.A. Jervis, C. Bernstein, E. Desouhant

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 104 : 621-632

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Daily responses of mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon \texttimes Ovis sp.) activity to summer climatic conditions

M. Garel, P. Blanchard, D. Dubray, D. Maillard, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Gilles Bourgoin

Canadian Journal of Zoology . 89 : 765-773

DOI: 10.1139/Z11-046

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Reproductive constraints, not environmental conditions, shape the ontogeny of sex-specific mass-size allometry in roe deer

Mark Hewison, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Daniel Delorme, Guy van Laere, Thibaut Amblard, François Klein

Oikos . 120 ( 8 ) : 1217 - 1226

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19316.x

Journal article

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High Hunting Pressure Selects for Earlier Birth Date: Wild Boar as a Case Study

M. Gamelon, A. Besnard, Jean-Michel Gaillard, S. Servanty, E. Baubet, S. Brandt...

Evolution . 65 : 3100-3112

DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01366.x

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Estimation and comparison of heritability and parent-offspring resemblance in dispersal probability from capture-recapture data using different methods: the Collared Flycatcher as a case study

Blandine Doligez, Grégory Daniel, P. Warin, T. Pärt, L. Gustafsson, D. Réale

Journal of Ornithology . 152 : S539-S554

DOI: 10.1007/s10336-010-0643-4

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A new perspective about Moran's Coefficient: Spatial autocorrelation as a linear regression problem

S. Dray

Geographical Analysis . 43 : 127-141

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Revisiting Guerry's data: introducing spatial constraints in multivariate analysis.

S. Dray, T. Jombart

Annals of Applied Statistics . 5 ( 4 ) : 2278-2299

DOI: 10.1214/10-AOAS356

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Hunting Bambi - evaluating the basis for selective harvesting of juveniles

J.M. Milner, C. Bonenfant, A. Mysterud

European Journal of Wildlife Research . 57 ( 3 ) : 565-574

DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0466-x

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Revisiting the allometry of antlers among deer species: male-male sexual competition as a driver

Floriane Plard, C. Bonenfant, J.M. Gaillard

Oikos . 120 : 601-606

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Effects of Satellite Transmitters Fitted to Breeding Cory's Shearwaters

Pascal Villard, Christophe Bonenfant, Vincent Bretagnolle

Journal of Wildlife Management . 75 ( 3 ) : 709-714

DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.90

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Development of a sensitive method for Toxoplasma gondii oocyst extraction in soil.

Maud Lélu, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Dominique Aubert, Agnès Richaume, Eve Afonso, Emilie Dupuis...

Veterinary Parasitology . 183 ( 1-2 ) : 59-67

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.06.018

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Genetic diversity of toxoplasma gondii strains from two different environments in French Guiana : wild versus anthropized.

Aurélien Mercier, Daniel Ajzenberg, Sébastien Devillard, Magalie Pierre Demar, Benoit de Thoisy, Henri Bonnabau...

Microorganisms facing their environment - muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle .

Conference paper

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Genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii strains from two different environments in French Guiana: wild versus anthropized.

Aurélien Mercier, Daniel Ajzenberg, Sébastien Devillard, Magalie Pierre Demar, B. de Thoisy, Henri Bonnabau...

11th International Toxoplasma Meeting .

Conference paper

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L'impact humain sur la diversité génétique de Toxoplasma gondii : exemple de l'environnement anthropisé de la Guyane française.

Aurélien Mercier, Daniel Ajzenberg, Sébastien Devillard, Magalie Pierre Demar, B de Thoisy, Henri Bonnabau...

Congreès SFMM, SFP, GPLF (Communication orale) .

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Social cues of sperm competition influence accessory reproductive gland size in a promiscuous mammal

Jean-François Lemaitre, Sa. Ramm, Jl. Hurst, P. Stockley

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 278 : 1171-6

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1828

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Biogeographical patterns of soil molecular microbial biomass

Samuel Dequiedt, Nicolas N. Saby, Mélanie M. Lelievre, Claudy C. Jolivet, Jean Thioulouse, Benoit B. Toutain...

Ecology of soil microorganisms : microbes as important drivers of soil processes . : 1 p.

Conference paper

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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, L. Zenner

Journal of Medical Entomology . 48 : 788-796

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