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 1741 to 1770 publications on 2461 in total
Mandible shape in hybrid mice
The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften . 96 : 1043-1050
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see the publicationRodent in changing environments
Kasetsart Journal Natural Science . 43 ( 1 ) : 83-93
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see the publicationHeritability of dispersal propensity in a patchy population
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 276(1668) : 2829-2836
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see the publicationYolk androgens do not appear to mediate sexual conflict over parental investment in the collared flycatcher /Ficedula albicollis
Hormones and Behavior . 55 : 514-519
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see the publicationHeritable variation in maternal yolk hormone deposition in a wild bird population
The American Naturalist . 174(4) : 492-498
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see the publicationOn the challenge of treating various types of variables: application for improving the measurement of functional diversity
Oikos . 118 ( 3 ) : 391-402
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see the publicationFactors affecting beech bark stripping by red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a mixed forest
Wildlife Biology . 15 : 187-196
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see the publicationEmpirical Evidence of Density Dependence in Populations of Large Herbivores
Advances in Ecological Research . 41 : 314-345
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see the publicationAge-dependent horn growth-survival relationship in wild sheep
Journal of Animal Ecology . 78 : 161-171
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see the publicationGenetic characterization of Toxoplasma gondii from wild boar (Sus scrofa) in France.
Veterinary Parasitology . 164 ( 2-4 ) : epub ahead of print
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see the publicationInfluence of artificial lights logs and erosion on leatherback sea turtle hatchling orientation at Pongara National Park Gabon
Biological Conservation . 142 : 85-93
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see the publicationAssessing the effect on survival of natal dispersal using multistate capture-recapture models
Ecology . 90(10) : 2902-2912
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see the publicationSperm competition and brain size evolution in mammals
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 22 ( 11 ) : 2215-2221
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see the publicationSperm depletion, male mating behaviour and reproductive ‘time-out' in Gammarus pulex (Crustacea, Amphipoda).
Animal Behaviour . 77 : 49-54
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see the publicationEcology and life history evolution of frugivorous Drosophila parasitoids
Advances in Parasitology : Parasitoids of Drosophila . 70 : 381 p.
Book chapter
see the publicationEcology and Life History Evolution of Frugivorous Drosophila Parasitoids
Advances in Parasitology . 70 : 6-35
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see the publicationPhenotypic plasticity of abdomen pigmentation in two geographic populations of TexitDrosophila melanogaster: male-female comparison and sexual dimorphism
Genetica . 135(3) : 403-413
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see the publicationPatterns biogéographiques de la diversité bactérienne des sols à l'échelle du territoire national
Congrès AFEM (Association Francophone pour l'Ecologie Microbienne . : n.p.
Conference paper
see the publicationMicrobial-biogeography at the scale of France by the use of molecular tools applied to the French soil quality monitoring network (RMQS)
BAGECO10 .
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see the publicationPrédiction des propriétés du sol à l’échelle nationale à partir des données du RMQS : Exemple des Éléments Trace Métalliques
10. Journées d'Etude des Sols .
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see the publicationDiversité des communautés microbiennes telluriques à l'échelle du territoire national
Journées d'Etude des Sols . : 151-152
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see the publicationECOMIC-RMQS : biogéographie microbienne à l’échelle de la France. Etat d’avancement et premiers résultats
Étude et Gestion des Sols . 16 ( 3-4 ) : 219-231
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see the publicationEcophysiological attributes of adult overwintering in insects: insights from a field study of the nut weevil, Curculio nucum
Physiological Entomology . 34 : 61-70
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see the publicationBlackwell Publishing LtdA relict bank vole lineage highlights the biogeographic history of the Pyrenean region in Europe
Molecular ecology . 18 : 2489-2502
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see the publicationLes Harttiini (Siluriformes, Loricariidae) des Guyanes : phylogénie et évolution des formes ou variation sur un même thème
4. Rencontres de l'Ichtyologie en France .
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see the publicationStudent's Performance and Satisfaction with Web vs. paper-based practice quizzes and lecture notes
Computers and Education . 53 ( 2 ) : 375-384
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see the publicationDEBtox theory and matrix population models as helpful tools in understanding the interaction between toxic cyanobacteria and zooplankton
Journal of Theoretical Biology . 258 ( 3 ) : 380
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see the publicationToxicity of ivermectin on cladocerans: comparison of toxic effects on daphnia and ceriodaphnia species
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry . 28(10) : 2160-2166
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