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
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Age-specific variation in male breeding success of a territorial ungulate species, the european roe deer
Journal of Mammalogy . 90 ( 3 ) : 661-665
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see the publicationEstimation of lifetime reproductive success when reproductive status cannot always be assessed
Modeling Demographic Processes in Marked Populations . 3 : 867-879
Book chapter
see the publicationA relict bank vole lineage in the French Basque country highlights the biogeographic history of Pyrenean mountains in Europe
Molecular Ecology . 18 ( 11 ) : 2489-2502
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see the publicationHeterochronic shifts explain variations in a sequentially developing repeated pattern: palatal ridges of muroid rodents
Evolution & Development . 11 ( 4 ) : 422-433
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see the publicationWhat shapes intra-specific variation in home range size? A case study of female roe deer
Oikos . 118 : 1299-1306
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see the publicationResponses of Pinus halepensis growth, soil microbial catabolic functions and phosphate-solubilizing bacteria after rock phosphate amendment and ectomycorrhizal inoculation.
Plant and Soil . 320 : 169-179
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see the publicationMultivariate analysis of the spatial patterns of 8 trace elements using the French soil monitoring network data
Science of the Total Environment . 407 : 5644–5652
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see the publicationModelling the world system of small pelagic fisheries
International symposium on Coping with global change in marine social-ecological systems, FAO .
Conference paper
see the publicationBeta diversity in spatially implicit neutral models: a new way to assess species migration.
The American Naturalist . 172 ( 1 ) : 116-27
DOI: 10.1086/587842
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see the publicationEquation against Al-gorithm : Which differences and which one to choose ?
European conference on Computing And Philosophy E-CAP 2008 .
Conference paper
see the publicationOrganisation spatiale de la diversité des arbres des forêts tropicales aux échelles régionales : enjeux méthodologiques et application dans les Ghâts occidentaux de l’Inde
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see the publicationAberrant splicing and protease involvement in mesothelin release from epithelioid mesothelioma cells
Cancer Science . 99 ( 3 ) : 590-594
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see the publicationMeasles virus induces oncolysis of mesothelioma cells and allows dendritic cells to cross-prime tumor-specific CD8 response.
Cancer Research . 68 ( 12 ) : 4882-92
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see the publicationChronic effects of ivermectin on Daphnia magna and Ceriodaphnia dubia: between-species and between-strains comparisons
SETAC Europe 18th Annual Meeting . : 1
Poster
see the publicationChronic effects of ivermectin chronic effects of ivermectin on daphnia magna and ceriodaphnia dubia: between-species and between-strains comparisons
SETAC Europe 18th Annual Meeting . : 1
Poster
see the publicationStatistical cautions when estimating DEBtox parameters
Journal of Theoretical Biology . 254 ( 1 ) : 55-64
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see the publicationAn individual-based model to describe a Bullhead population dynamic including temperature variations
Ecological Modelling . 215 : 377-392
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see the publicationPollution, stochasticity and spatial heterogeneity in the dynamics of an age-structured population of brown trout living in a river network
Demographic toxicity: Methods in ecological risk assessment . 978-0-19-533296-4 : 168-183
Book chapter
see the publicationPopulation Dynamics of Grayling: Modelling Temperature and Discharge Effects
Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena . 1 ( 1 ) : 31-48
DOI: 10.1051/mmnp:2006002
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see the publicationTesting for phylogenetic signal in phenotypic traits : a new matrix of phylogenetic proximities
Theoretical Population Biology . 73 : 79-91
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see the publicationLocal effects of inbreeding on embryo number and consequences for genetic diversity in Kerguelen mouflon
Biology Letters . -- : 374-380
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see the publicationSpatial and temporal patterning of bank vole demography and the epidemiology of the Puumala hantavirus in northeastern France
Epidemiology and Infection . 136(12) : 1638-1643
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see the publicationPopulation density and sex do not influence fine-scale natal dispersal in roe deer
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 275 ( 1646 ) : 2025-2030
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see the publicationInfluence of contact heterogeneity on TB reproduction ratio R$_0$ in a free-living brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula population
Veterinary Research . 39 ( 3 ) : 1
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see the publicationThe exotic legume tree species Acacia holosericea alters microbial soil functionalities and the structure of the arbuscular mycorrhizal community
Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 74 : 1485-1493
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see the publicationAn individual-based model to describe a bullhead population dynamics including temperature variations
Ecological Modelling . 215 : 377-392
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see the publicationDo vertically transmitted symbionts co-existing in a single host compete or cooperate? A modelling approach
Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 21 : 145-161
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see the publicationUnexpected male choosiness for mates in a spider
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 275 : 77-82
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see the publicationUse of the library fitdistrplus to specify distribution from non-censored or censored data
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see the publicationDoes constrained oviposition infl uence offspring sex ratio in the solitary parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens ?
Ecological Entomology . 33 : 167-174
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