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 211 to 240 publications on 2315 in total

Risk assessment of BTV incursion in Europe from Sardinia by Culicoides spp. wind dispersal

Amandine Bibard, Davide Martinetti, Giraud Aymeric, Albert Picado de Puig, Karine Chalvet-Monfray, Thibaud Porphyre

2023 SVEPM conference .

Poster

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PhylteR: Efficient Identification of Outlier Sequences in Phylogenomic Datasets

Aurore Comte, Théo Tricou, Eric Tannier, Julien Joseph, Aurélie Siberchicot, Simon Penel...

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 40 ( 11 ) : msad234

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msad234

Journal article

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Variable rate of ageing within species: insights from Darwin’s frogs

Andrés Valenzuela-Sánchez, Benedikt Schmidt, Claudio Azat, Soledad Delgado, Andrew Cunningham, Jean-François Lemaître Lemaître...

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 138 ( 1 ) : 68-74

DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blac119

Journal article

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Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines

Stefan J G Vriend, Vidar Grøtan, Marlène Gamelon, Frank Adriaensen, Markus P Ahola, Elena Álvarez...

Ecology . 104 ( 2 ) : e3908

DOI: 10.1002/ecy.3908

Journal article

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Age and spatio-temporal variations in food resources modulate stress-immunity relationships in three populations of wild roe deer

Jeffrey Carbillet, Marine Hollain, B. Rey, Rupert Palme, Maryline Pellerin, Corinne Régis...

General and Comparative Endocrinology . 330 : 114141

DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114141

Journal article

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Population designations in biomedical research: limitations and perspectives

Caroline Gombault, Guillaume Grenet, Laure Ségurel, Laurent Duret, François Gueyffier, Pascal Cathébras...

HLA: Immune Response Genetics . 101 ( 1 ) : 3-15

DOI: 10.1111/tan.14852

Journal article

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Amplified cyclicality in mast seeding dynamics positively influences the dynamics of a seed consumer species

Laura Touzot, Samuel Venner, Éric Baubet, Cyril Rousset, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Marlène Gamelon

The American Naturalist . 201 ( 38-51 )

DOI: 10.1086/721905

Journal article

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Quantifying the overall effect of biotic interactions on species distributions along environmental gradients

Marc Ohlmann, Catherine Matias, Giovanni Poggiato, Stéphane Dray, Wilfried Thuiller, Vincent Miele

Ecological Modelling . 483 : 110424

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2023.110424

Journal article

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Genetic variability and population size covary positively across nine badgers (Meles meles) populations in France

Sébastien Devillard, Mickaël Jacquier, Jean-Michel Vandel, François Léger, Jeanne Duhayer, Sylvia Pardonnet...

Mammal Research . 67 ( 2 ) : 239-244

DOI: 10.1007/s13364-021-00614-2

Journal article

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Les ongulés en interaction avec leur environnement et les parasites dans un monde hétérogène et changeant

Gilles Bourgoin

HDR

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Effects of global changes on population persistence: an integrative approach

Marlène Gamelon

HDR

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Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

Liam D Bailey, Martijn van de Pol, Frank Adriaensen, Aneta Arct, Emilio Barba, Paul E Bellamy...

Nature Communications . 13 ( 1 ) : 2112

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-29635-4

Journal article

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Genetic integrity of European wildcats: Variation across biomes mandates geographically tailored conservation strategies

Gonçalo Matias, Luís Miguel Rosalino, Paulo Célio Alves, Annika Tiesmeyer, Carsten Nowak, Luana Ramos...

Biological Conservation . 268 : 109518

DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2022.109518

Journal article

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Perfusion imaging in deep prostate cancer detection from mp-MRI: can we take advantage of it?

Audrey Duran, Gaspard Dussert, Carole Lartizien

19th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) . : 1-5

DOI: 10.1109/ISBI52829.2022.9761616

Conference paper

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Learning to segment prostate cancer by aggressiveness from scribbles in bi-parametric MRI

Audrey Duran, Gaspard Dussert, Carole Lartizien

SPIE Medical Imaging 2022: Image Processing . : 178-184

DOI: 10.1117/12.2607502

Conference paper

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ProstAttention-Net: A deep attention model for prostate cancer segmentation by aggressiveness in MRI scans

Audrey Duran, Gaspard Dussert, Olivier Rouvière, Tristan Jaouen, Pierre-Marc Jodoin, Carole Lartizien

Medical Image Analysis . 77 : 102347

DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2021.102347

Journal article

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Thermal plasticity of insecticide sensitivity in an invasive pest species

Patricia Gibert, Francoz Louis, Benoît Barrès, Christophe Plantamp

SFE2 GfÖ EEF Joint meeting, International Conference on Ecological Sciences “Ecology and Evolution: New perspective and societal challenges .

Conference paper

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Sterile Insect Technique: Principles, Deployment and Prospects

Clelia Oliva, Laurence Mouton, Hervé Colinet, Allan Debelle, Patricia Gibert, Simon Fellous

Extended Biocontrol . : 55-67

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-024-2150-7_5

Book chapter

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Disturbance‐driven alteration of patch connectivity determines local biodiversity recovery within metacommunities

Claire Jacquet, François Munoz, Núria Bonada, T. Datry, Jani Heino, Franck Jabot

Ecography . 2022 ( 12 )

DOI: 10.1111/ecog.06199

Journal article

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Very High Resolution Species Distribution Modeling Based on Remote Sensing Imagery: How to Capture Fine-Grained and Large-Scale Vegetation Ecology With Convolutional Neural Networks?

Benjamin Deneu, Alexis Joly, Pierre Bonnet, Maximilien Servajean, François Munoz

Frontiers in Plant Science . 13

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.839279

Journal article

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Deep Species Distribution Modeling From Sentinel-2 Image Time-Series: A Global Scale Analysis on the Orchid Family

Joaquim Estopinan, Maximilien Servajean, Pierre Bonnet, François Munoz, Alexis Joly

Frontiers in Plant Science . 13 : 839327

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.839327

Journal article

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How to evaluate and interpret the contribution of species turnover and interaction rewiring when comparing ecological networks?

François Munoz

Peer Community In Ecology . : 100092

DOI: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100092

Other publication

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Coexistence between Humans and ‘Misunderstood’ Domestic Cats in the Anthropocene: Exploring Behavioural Plasticity as a Gatekeeper of Evolution

Eugenia Natoli, Carla Litchfield, Dominique Pontier

Animals . 12 ( 13 ) : 1717

DOI: 10.3390/ani12131717

Journal article

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Demande d’avis sur l’évaluation du risque relatif à l’enfouissement de cadavres issus d’animaux d’élevage et/ou de la faune sauvage

Carole Peroz, Sylvie Mialet, Henri-Jean Boulouis, Damien Charabidzé, Anouk Decors, Etienne Giraud...

: 134 p.

Report

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Using Partial Triadic Analysis (PTA) to Assess Spatiotemporal Variation in Water Quality

Noura Slimani, Eric Guilbert, David Sánchez-Fernández, Moncef Boumaïza, Malika Trabelsi-Ayadi, Kais Nahdi...

Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (4th Edition) . 978-3-031-51903-1 : 1063-1066

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-51904-8_231

Conference paper

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The morphological allometry of four closely related and coexisting insect species reveals adaptation to the mean and variability of the resource size

Emilie Fleurot, Samuel Venner, Pierre-François Pélisson, François Débias, M-C. Bel-Venner

Oecologia . 200 ( 1-2 ) : 159-168

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-022-05249-x

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Natal dispersal does not entail survival costs but is linked to breeding dispersal in a migratory shorebird, the southern dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii

Veli‐matti Pakanen, Kari Koivula, Blandine Doligez, Lars‐åke Flodin, Angela Pauliny, Nelli Rönkä...

Oikos . 2022 ( 8 )

DOI: 10.1111/oik.08951

Journal article

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Assortative mating for between‐patch dispersal status in a wild bird population: Exploring the role of direct and indirect underlying mechanisms

Thibault Tamin, Blandine Doligez

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 35 ( 4 ) : 561-574

DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13925

Journal article

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