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 211 to 240 publications on 2067 in total
New perspectives on the calculation of bioaccumulation metrics for active substances in living organisms
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management . 18 : 10-18
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see the publicationHarvesting can stabilise population fluctuations and buffer the impacts of extreme climatic events
Ecology Letters . 25 ( 4 ) : 863-875
DOI: 10.1111/ele.13963
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see the publicationAn appraisal of graph embeddings for comparing trophic network architectures
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 13 ( 1 ) : 203-216
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see the publicationCo-variation between glucocorticoids, behaviour and immunity supports the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis: an experimental approach
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 289 ( 1975 ) : 20220464
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see the publicationVariations in immune parameters with age in a wild rodent population and links with survival
Ecology and Evolution . 12 ( 7 ) : e9094
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9094
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see the publicationDoes mast seeding shape mating time in wild boar? A comparative study
Biology Letters . 18 ( 7 )
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see the publicationMacroecological patterns of fruit infestation rates by the invasive fly Drosophila suzukii in the wild reservoir host plant Sambucus nigra
Agricultural and Forest Entomology . 24 ( 4 ) : 548-563
DOI: 10.1111/afe.12520
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see the publicationA critical review of effect modeling for ecological risk assessment of plant protection products
Environmental Science and Pollution Research . 29 : 43448-43500
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see the publicationPopulation density and plant availability interplay to shape browsing intensity by roe deer in a deciduous forest
Forest Ecology and Management . 515 : 120153
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see the publicationSex‐related differences in aging rate are associated with sex chromosome system in amphibians
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 76 ( 2 ) : 346-356
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14410
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see the publicationHow to describe and measure phenology? An investigation on the diversity of metrics using phenology of births in large herbivores
Oikos .
DOI: 10.1111/oik.08917
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see the publicationCancer Susceptibility as a Cost of Reproduction and Contributor to Life History Evolution
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution . 10 : 861103
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see the publicationRecent advances in the development of the comet assay on the hemocytes of zebra mussels and its application in field studies for evaluating environmental genotoxicity
International Comet Assay Workshop - 14th annual meeting .
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see the publicationTemporal correlations among demographic parameters are ubiquitous but highly variable across species
Ecology Letters . ( 7 ) : 1640-1654
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14026
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see the publicationSex chromosomes, sex ratios and sex gaps in longevity in plants
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 377 ( 1850 )
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see the publicationPredicting characterization factors of chemical substances from a set of molecular descriptors based on machine learning algorithms
Peer Community In Ecotoxicology and Environmental Chemistry . : 100001
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see the publicationDetecting climate signals in populations across life histories
Global Change Biology . 28 ( 7 ) : 2236-2258
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.16041
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see the publicationTaking full advantage of modelling to better assess environmental risk due to xenobiotics
Environmental Science and Pollution Research .
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see the publicationGenetic and species‐level biodiversity patterns are linked by demography and ecological opportunity
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 76
DOI: 10.1111/evo.14407
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see the publicationInteractions entre ruminants domestiques et sauvages - Parasitisme partagé et résistances
Journées Nationales des GTV .
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see the publicationApports des technologies GPS et du biologging pour une meillleure compréhension de l’écologie des ongulés de montagne dans un contexte de changements globaux
38èmes Rencontres du GEEFSM .
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see the publicationInvestigating the transmission of gastro intestinal nematodes between livestock and roe deer using deep sequencing analyses
69th WDA / 14th EWDA - Joint Virtual Conference, Aug 31 - Sept. 2, 2021 .
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see the publicationSensitivity of bovine tuberculosis surveillance through intradermal tests in cattle in France: An evaluation of different scenarios
Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 191
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see the publicationEvaluation of the efficacy of enrofloxacin in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) following experimental challenge with Yersinia ruckeri
Veterinary Record . 188 ( 12 ) : e200
DOI: 10.1002/vetr.200
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see the publicationITS-2 rDNA metabarcoding in two isolated populations of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) reveals variation in the nemabiome among age classes
28th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology .
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see the publicationTick risk in roe deer fawns : what links with environment and individual characteristics
69th WDA / 14th EWDA - Joint Virtual Conference .
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see the publicationResource Competition and Host Feedbacks Underlie Regime Shifts in Gut Microbiota
The American Naturalist . 198 ( 1 ) : 1-12
DOI: 10.1086/714527
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see the publicationUsing machine learning improves predictions of herd-level bovine tuberculosis breakdowns in Great Britain
Scientific Reports . 11 ( 1 ) : 2208
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see the publicationHigh Prevalence and Factors Associated With the Distribution of the Integron intI1 and intI2 Genes in Scottish Cattle Herds
Frontiers in Veterinary Science . 8 : 755833
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