Evolutionary Demography Group
Members
Technicien CDD
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 11
Maître de conférences
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 78 87 27 63
Doctorante
autre
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Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Post-doc
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 11
Chargée de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 85 44
Professeure des universités
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 72 44 80 18
Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 80 18
Post-doc
CNRS
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 11
Maîtresse de conférences
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Technicienne CDD
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Maîtresse de conférences
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 43 27 85
Keywords: Aging - Behavioural Ecology - Climate Change - Conservation Biology - Comparative analyses - Demography - Eco-Evolutionary dynamics - Ecotoxicology - Ecophysiology - Epidemiology – Integrative Biology - Life History Traits - Movement Ecology - Parasitism - Population Dynamics - Wildlife Management
Overview: Our research aims to understand how ecology and evolution shape both the demography and the health of vertebrate populations in the wild, and in turn, how the demographic processes are determining the strength of trait selection. To reach these objectives, we are bridging conceptual and methodological advances from population ecology, evolution, demography, epidemiology and statistics. As our study models are vertebrate species with high societal value, our research projects are often led in collaboration with the Office Français de la Biodiversité (OFB) and have an explicit applied component to improve the exploitation or the conservation of the targeted species.
Research axes:
- Quantifying the amount and the shape of individual heterogeneity in vertebrate populations in the wild, as well as its role in demographic and eco-evolutionary processes (with a special focus on mammals)
- Identifying and assessing the relative influence of the environmental (i.e. weather conditions, population density, habitat quality, predation, diseases, interspecific competition and anthropic pressure), evolutionary (e.g. phylogenetic inertia, lifestyle, size, and life history strategy), and individual (e.g. age, sex, or size) attributes that shape the diversity of individual trajectories, within and among populations of vertebrates
- Identifying population responses to global change, from phenotypic traits to demographic outputs such as population growth, age-structure and generation time
- Quantifying the magnitude of the sex-differences in trait-specific trajectories (with a special focus on the senescence process) and identifying the eco-evolutionary roots of these differences
- Identifying the genetic and physiological markers of aging for mammalian populations in the wild
- Exploring the evolutionary causes and consequences of actuarial and reproductive aging in the wild
- Assessing the health, demographic, and evolutionary implications of physiological stress at the individual level and quantifying their impact on population dynamics
- Determining the physiological and demographic implications of toxic pollutants for mammals in the wild
- Measuring health, behavioral, and demographic consequences of parasitism exposure
- Providing tools for the development of reliable predictions for population forecast of mammals with a high societal value
Biological models: Our research mostly relies on the long-term monitoring of mammalian populations in the wild. Thanks to a long-term collaboration with the OFB, we are collecting individual longitudinal data on a wide array of traits for more than 40 years for roe deer (Chizé and Trois-Fontaines study areas, France). Other ongoing long-term programs are focused on the Alpine marmot (Réserve de la Grande Sassière, France), Mouflon (Caroux-Espinouse massif, France), Wild boar (Châteauvillain, France), and Giraffe (Hwange, Zimbabwe).
Publications
Display of 1 to 30 publications on 725 in total
Female Embryos Are More Likely to Die than Males in a Wild Mammal
The American Naturalist . 205 ( 2 ) : 000-000
DOI: 10.1086/733425
Journal article
see the publicationLignes directrices pour l’établissement de référentiels d’étiquetage du bien-être des animaux
979-10-286-0496-7 : 253 p.
Report
see the publicationA Robust and Versatile Mating Function for Two‐Sex Population Projection Models Fitting all Types of Mating Systems
Ecology Letters . 27
DOI: 10.1111/ele.70013
Journal article
see the publicationSex Differences in Lifespan, Ageing and Health in the Living World
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 162-189
Book chapter
see the publicationPerspectives in Comparative Biology of Ageing
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 117-137
Book chapter
see the publicationThe Eternal Youth of Ageing Research
The Biodemography of Ageing and Longevity . ( 1 ) : 1-11
Book chapter
see the publicationEssential mineral elements in roe deer: Associations with parasites and immune phenotypes in two contrasting populations
Ecology and Evolution . 14
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11613
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see the publicationThe concept of critical age group for density dependence: bridging the gap between demographers, evolutionary biologists and behavioral ecologists
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 379 ( 1916 ) : 20220457
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see the publicationThe impact of boldness on demographic rates and life‐history outcomes in the wandering albatross
Journal of Animal Ecology .
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see the publicationTraffic and weather influence on small wildlife carcass persistence time on roads
Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment . 126 : 104012
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see the publicationIntegration of animal movement into wildlife-vehicle collision models
Ecological Modelling . 492 : 110690
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see the publicationAvis de l’Anses relatif aux « modalités de surveillance et de lutte contre la brucellose des bouquetins dans les massifs du Bargy et des Aravis»
: 36 p.
Report
see the publicationWildlife diseases: a framework to prioritise targeted surveillance
15th European Wildlife Disease Conference .
Conference paper
see the publicationSons Shorten Mother’s Lifespan in Preindustrial Families with a High Level of Infant Mortality
The American Naturalist . 204 : 315 - 326
DOI: 10.1086/731792
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see the publicationBody mass change over winter is consistently sex-specific across roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations
Peer Community In Ecology . 4 : e98
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see the publicationHaemolysis overestimates plasma oxidative stress biomarkers in free-ranging roe deer
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 298 : 111750
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see the publicationWeather and hunting efficiency: Unraveling the factors impacting wild boar drive hunting
European Journal of Wildlife Research . 70 : 104
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see the publicationMulti-host modelling of brucellosis at the wildlife-livestock interface in the French Alps
15th European Wildlife Disease Conference .
Poster
see the publicationÉvaluation des risques liés aux helminthoses digestives chez le chien et le chat
Le Point vétérinaire . ( 457 ) : 24-29
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see the publicationTraitements des helminthoses digestives chez le chien et le chat
Le Point vétérinaire . ( 457 ) : 40-46
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see the publicationIntérêt et interprétation de la coproscopie chez le chien et le chat
Le Point vétérinaire . ( 457 ) : 30-38
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see the publicationÉvaluation des impacts sur la santé publique de la dynamique des populations de renards
Communications libres .
Conference paper
see the publicationEarly-life glucocorticoids accelerate lymphocyte count senescence in roe deer
General and Comparative Endocrinology . 357 : 114595
Journal article
see the publicationApproaches and methods to study wildlife cancer
Journal of Animal Ecology .
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see the publicationSocial interactions throughout life impair longevity and age-specific mating success in male parasitoids
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . 78 : 90
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see the publicationEarly-life glucocorticoids accelerate lymphocyte count senescence in roe deer
General and Comparative Endocrinology . 357 : 114595
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see the publicationLife histories are not just fast or slow
Trends in Ecology & Evolution .
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see the publicationQuels sont les facteurs de risque de collisions entre véhicules et ongulés sauvages : analyse de données nationales françaises pour trois espèces de grands ongulés, le Cerf, le Chevreuil et le Sanglier
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