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

Display of 1711 to 1740 publications on 2452 in total

When domestic cat (\textitFelis silvestris catus) population structures interact with their viruses

Dominique Pontier, D. Fouchet, N. Bahi-Jaber, H. Poulet, M. Guiserix, E. Natoli...

Comptes Rendus Biologies . 332 ( 2-3 ) : 321-328

DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2008.07.012

2009

Journal article

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Assessing the performance of NDVI as a proxy for plant biomass using non-linear models: a case study on the Kerguelen archipelago

H. Santin-Janin, M. Garel, J.-L. Chapuis, D. Pontier

Polar Biology . -- : 125-132

2009

Journal article

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Distribution et déterminisme de la diversité des communautés de champignons telluriques à l'échelle de trois régions françaises

Nicolas Chemidlin Prévost-Bouré, Samuel S. Dequiedt, Rémy Doyen, Mélanie M. Lelievre, Claudy C. Jolivet, Manuel Martin...

4ème colloque de l'Association Francophone d'Ecologie Microbienne : le livre des résumés . : 91

2009

Conference paper

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Controlled ectomycorrhization of an exotic legume tree species Acacia holosericea affects the structure of root nodule bacteria community and their symbiotic effectiveness on Faidherbia albida a native Sahelian Acacia

A. Faye, T. Krasova-Wabe, M. Thiao, J. Thioulouse, M. Neyra, Y. Prin...

Soil Biology and Biochemistry . 41(6) : 1245-1252

2009

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Biogeographical patterns of soil bacterial communities

Samuel Dequiedt, Jean Thioulouse, Claudy C. Jolivet, Nicolas N. Saby, Mélanie Lelièvre, Pierre-Alain Maron...

Environmental Microbiology Reports . 1 ( 4 ) : 251 - 255

DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00040.x

2009

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Monitoring the Development of Nurse Plant Species to Improve the Performances of Reforestation Programs in Mediterranean Areas

R. Duponnois, M. Hafidi, J. Thioulouse, A. Galiana, L. Ouahmane, B. Dreyfus...

incollection . -- : 443-450

2009

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Aphylogenomic analysis of bacterial helix^turn^helix transcription factors

C.L. Santos, F. Tavares, J. Thioulouse, P. Normand

FEMS Microbiology Reviews . 33 : 411-429

2009

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DEBtox theory and matrix population models as helpful tools in understanding the interaction between toxic cyanobacteria and zooplankton

E. Billoir, A. da Silva Ferrão-Filho, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Sandrine Charles

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 258 : 380-388

2009

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Comparison of spatially implicit and explicit approaches to model plant infestation by insect pests

Christelle Lopes, Thierry Spataro, Roger Arditi

Ecological Complexity . 7 ( 1 ) : 1 - 12

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.03.006

2009

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Sabrina Renaud, Paul Alibert, Jean-Christophe Auffray

S. Pavoine, J. Vallet, A.B. Dufour, S. Gachet, Hervé Daniel

Oikos . 118 ( 3 ) : 391-402

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2008.16668.x

2009

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Factors affecting beech bark stripping by red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a mixed forest

C. Saint Andrieux, C. Bonenfant, M. Basille, C. Toïgo, F. Klein

Wildlife Biology . 15 : 187-196

2009

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Empirical Evidence of Density Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores

C. Bonenfant, J.-M. Gaillard, T. Coulson, M. Festa-Bianchet, A. Loison, M. Garel...

Advances in Ecological Research . 41 : 314-345

2009

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Age-dependent horn growth-survival relationship in wild sheep

C. Bonenfant, F. Pelletier, M. Garel, / Bergeron

Journal of Animal Ecology . 78 : 161-171

2009

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Publications

When domestic cat (\textitFelis silvestris catus) population structures interact with their viruses

Assessing the performance of NDVI as a proxy for plant biomass using non-linear models: a case study on the Kerguelen archipelago

Distribution et déterminisme de la diversité des communautés de champignons telluriques à l'échelle de trois régions françaises

Controlled ectomycorrhization of an exotic legume tree species Acacia holosericea affects the structure of root nodule bacteria community and their symbiotic effectiveness on Faidherbia albida a native Sahelian Acacia

Biogeographical patterns of soil bacterial communities

Monitoring the Development of Nurse Plant Species to Improve the Performances of Reforestation Programs in Mediterranean Areas

Aphylogenomic analysis of bacterial helix^turn^helix transcription factors

DEBtox theory and matrix population models as helpful tools in understanding the interaction between toxic cyanobacteria and zooplankton

Comparison of spatially implicit and explicit approaches to model plant infestation by insect pests

Chapitre 9. Impact des tempêtes de 1999 sur les relations entre forêt et chevreuils et conséquences pour la gestion de ces ongulés

Poor horse traders: large mammals trade survival for reproduction during the process of feralization.

Contrasted patterns of age-specific reproduction in long-lived seabirds

Heterozygosity-Fitness Correlations Revealed By Neutral And Candidate Gene Markers In Roe Deer From A Long-Term Study

Variations in Sex Ratio Feeding and Fecundity of Triatoma dimidiata (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) Among Habitats in the Yucatan Peninsula Mexico

Evolution of microparasites in spatially and genetically structured host populations: The example of RHDV infecting rabbits

Recombination and drug resistance in HIV: Population dynamics and stochasticity

Preserving genetic integrity in a hybridising world: are European Wildcats (Felis silvestris silvestris) in eastern France distinct from sympatric feral domestic cats?

Genetic markers in the playground of multivariate analysis

Revealing cryptic genetic structuring in an urban population of stray cats (textit Felis silvestris catus

Multiple colonisations of the western Indian Ocean by Pteropus fruit bats (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae): The furthest islands were colonised first

Mandible shape in hybrid mice.

Mandible shape in hybrid mice

Rodent in changing environments

Heritability of dispersal propensity in a patchy population

Yolk androgens do not appear to mediate sexual conflict over parental investment in the collared flycatcher /Ficedula albicollis

Heritable variation in maternal yolk hormone deposition in a wild bird population

On the challenge of treating various types of variables: application for improving the measurement of functional diversity

Factors affecting beech bark stripping by red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a mixed forest

Empirical Evidence of Density Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores

Age-dependent horn growth-survival relationship in wild sheep

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