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 181 to 210 publications on 2315 in total

The frequency and position of stable associations offset their transitivity in a diversity of vertebrate social networks

Guillaume Péron

Ethology . 129 ( 1 ) : 1-11

DOI: 10.1111/eth.13335

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Meeting the challenges of wild boar hunting in a modern society: The case of France

Pablo Vajas, Erica von Essen, Lara Tickle, Marlène Gamelon

AMBIO: A Journal of Environment and Society . 52 ( 8 ) : 1359-1372

DOI: 10.1007/s13280-023-01852-1

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DRomics, a workflow to exploit dose-response omics data in ecotoxicology

Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Aurélie Siberchicot, Floriane Larras, Elise Billoir

Peer Community Journal . 3 : e90

DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.325

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Influence of the exposure concentration of dissolved cadmium on its organotropism, toxicokinetic and fate in Gammarus fossarum

Ophélia Gestin, Thomas Lacoue-Labarthe, Nicolas Delorme, Laura Garnero, Olivier Geffard, Christelle Lopes

Environment International . 171 : 107673

DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107673

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Cancer hygiene hypothesis: A test from wild captive mammals

Antoine M Dujon, Jérémy Jeanjean, Orsolya Vincze, Mathieu Giraudeau, Jean‐françois Lemaître, Pascal Pujol...

Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 9 ) : e10547

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10547

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Microbiota-mediated competition between Drosophila species

Antoine Rombaut, Romain Gallet, Kenza Qitout, Mukherjy Samy, Robin Guilhot, Pauline Ghirardini...

Microbiome . 11 : 201

DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01617-8

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Larval density in the invasive Drosophila suzukii : Immediate and delayed effects on life‐history traits

Alicia Reyes‐ramírez, Zaïnab Belgaidi, Patricia Gibert, Thomas Pommier, Aurélie Siberchicot, Laurence Mouton...

Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : e10433

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10433

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Temporal dynamics of antibody level against Lyme disease bacteria in roe deer: Tale of a sentinel?

Valentin Ollivier, Rémi Choquet, Amandine Gamble, Matthieu Bastien, Benoit Combes, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 8 ) : e10414

DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10414

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DNA methylation networks underlying mammalian traits

Amin Haghani, Caesar Li, Todd Robeck, Joshua Zhang, Ake Lu, Julia Ablaeva...

Science . 381 ( 6658 )

DOI: 10.1126/science.abq5693

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Detecting climate signals cascading through levels of biological organization

Marlène Gamelon, Stéphanie Jenouvrier, Melanie Lindner, Bernt-Erik Sæther, Marcel E Visser

Nature Climate Change . 13 : 985–989

DOI: 10.1038/s41558-023-01760-y

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Main conclusions and perspectives from the collective scientific assessment of the effects of plant protection products on biodiversity and ecosystem services along the land–sea continuum in France and French overseas territories

Stéphane Pesce, Laure Mamy, Wilfried Sanchez, Marcel Amichot, Joan Artigas, Stéphanie Aviron...

Environmental Science and Pollution Research .

DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26952-z

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Detailed characterization and identification of Eimeria species in Alpine marmots (Marmota marmota): a morphological and morphometric approach

Lionel Zenner, Lise Froment, Slimania Benabed, Jean-Michel Répérant, Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal

Annual meeting of the European Veterinary Parasitology .

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Évaluation des impacts sur la santé publique de la dynamique des populations de renards

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Isabelle Villena, Elsa Bonnaud, Claude Fischer, Etienne Giraud, Annick Linden...

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Avis de l'Anses relatif aux modalités de surveillance et de lutte contre la brucellose des bouquetins dans les massifs du Bargy et des Aravis et aux modalités de surveillance des cheptels de ruminants estivant dans le massif des Aravis.

Séverine Boullier, Aurélie Courcoul, Benoit Durand, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Pascal Marchand, Carole Peroz...

: 39 p.

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Integrative biomarker response - Threshold (IBR-T): Refinement of IBRv2 to consider the reference and threshold values of biomarkers

Audrey Catteau, Antoine Le Guernic, Mélissa Palos Ladeiro, Odile Dedourge-Geffard, Marc Bonnard, Isabelle Bonnard...

Journal of Environmental Management . 341 : 118049

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118049

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Comparing Antibiotic Resistance in Free-Ranging vs. Captive African Wild Herbivores

Lucie Brisson, Alexandre Caron, Christine Mazuy-Cruchadet, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Alexis Lécu, Mathieu Bourgarel...

Journal of wildlife diseases . 59 ( 2 ) : 224-233

DOI: 10.7589/JWD-D-21-00153

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Glucocorticoids negatively relate to body mass on the short‐term in a free‐ranging ungulate

Lucas D Lalande, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Jeffrey Carbillet, François Débias, Jeanne Duhayer, Jean-Michel Gaillard...

Oikos .

DOI: 10.1111/oik.09769

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Natal environmental conditions modulate senescence of antler length in roe deer

Solène Cambreling, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Maryline Pellerin, Cécile Vanpé, François Débias, Daniel Delorme...

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 11 : 1139235

DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1139235

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The effect of placentation type, litter size, lactation and gestation length on cancer risk in mammals

Antoine M Dujon, Orsolya Vincze, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître, Catherine Alix-Panabières, Pascal Pujol, Mathieu Giraudeau...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 290 ( 7 ) : 1316-1327

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0940

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Individual life histories: neither slow nor fast, just diverse

Joanie van de Walle, Rémi Fay, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Fanie Pelletier, Sandra Hamel, Marlène Gamelon...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 290 ( 2002 ) : 20230511

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2023.0511

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Behavioural syndrome between boldness and aggressiveness and link with reproductive success in a wild bird population

Thibault Tamin, Jennifer Morinay, Marion Germain, Charlotte Récapet, Blandine Doligez

Animal Behaviour . 197 : 27-41

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.12.011

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The for gene as one of the drivers of foraging variations in a parasitic wasp

Aurore Gallot, Emmanuel Desouhant, Vincent Lhuillier, David Lepetit, Adil El Filali, Laurence Mouton...

Molecular Ecology . 32 ( 7 ) : 1760-1776

DOI: 10.1111/mec.16834

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« Un lavage, c’est un lavage » : des chauffeurs bovins face aux consignes sanitaires

Clémence Beslay, Mary Bouix, Henri Fauroux, Amandine Gautier, Francesco Luposella, Jean-Marie Pillon...

Les Mondes du travail . 2023 ( 29 ) : 147-163

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Deleterious effects of thermal and water stresses on life history and physiology: a case study on woodlouse

Charlotte Depeux, Angèle Branger, Théo Moulignier, Jérôme Moreau, Jean-François Lemaître, François-Xavier Dechaume-Moncharmont...

Peer Community Journal . 3 : e7

DOI: 10.24072/pcjournal.228

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Sex differences in adult lifespan and aging rate across mammals: A test of the ‘Mother Curse hypothesis’

Hugo Cayuela, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Cristina Vieira, Victor Ronget, Jérôme M.W. Gippet, Thamar Conde García...

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development . 212 : 111799

DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2023.111799

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In Vivo Mercury (De)Methylation Metabolism in Cephalopods under Different p CO 2 Scenarios

Sophie Gentès, Antoine Minet, Christelle Lopes, Emmanuel Tessier, Claire Gassie, Remy Guyoneaud...

Environmental Science and Technology . 57 ( 14 ) : 5761-5770

DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08513

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Artifical light at night triggers slight transcriptomic effects on melatonin signaling but not synthesis in tadpoles of two anuran species

Morgane Touzot, Adeline Dumet, Jean Secondi, Thierry Lengagne, Hélène Henri, Emmanuel Desouhant...

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 280 : 111386

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2023.111386

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Weevil Carbohydrate Intake Triggers Endosymbiont Proliferation: A Trade-Off between Host Benefit and Endosymbiont Burden

Elisa Dell’aglio, Virginie Lacotte, Sergio Peignier, Isabelle Rahioui, Fadéla Benzaoui, Agnès Vallier...

mBio .

DOI: 10.1128/mbio.03333-22

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First expert elicitation of knowledge on possible drivers of observed increasing human cases of Tick-Borne Encephalitis in Europe

Claude Saegerman, Marie-France Humblet, Marc Leandri, Gaëlle Gonzalez, Paul Heyman, Hein Sprong...

Viruses . 15 ( 3 ) : 791

DOI: 10.3390/v15030791

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