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
CNRS
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 81 11
Chargée de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 85 44
Stagiaire
UCBL
Professeure des universités
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 33 04 72 44 80 18
Doctorante
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Doctorant
UCBL
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Directeur de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 33 04 72 44 80 18
Post-doc
UCBL
Chargé de recherche
CNRS
Tel: 04 72 44 81 11
Maîtresse de conférences
VetAgro-Sup
Tel: 04 72 44 81 42
Technicien CDD
CNRS
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
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Population 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 publicationThe Risk of Flawed Inference in Evolutionary Studies When Detectability Is Less than One
The American Naturalist . 172 ( 3 ) : 441-448
DOI: 10.1086/589520
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see the publicationSenescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life-history continuum
Ecology Letters . 11 ( 7 ) : 664-673
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see the publicationTailles du domaine vital du Chevreuil Capreolus capreolus estimée à partir de données VHF et GPS
Wildlife Biology . 14 ( 1 ) : 101-110
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see the publicationEtude des variations spatio-temporelles de l'activité et de l'utilisation des ressources par les herbivores. L'exemple du mouflon méditerranéen (Ovis gmelini musimon x Ovis sp.) et du chevreuil (Capreolus capreolus).
Thesis
see the publicationÉchecs de localisation des colliers GPS :une source d'erreurs à maîtriser
incollection . -- : 85-93
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see the publicationAge-specific feeding cessation in male red deer during rut
Journal of Zoology . 275(4) : 469-477
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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 : 2025-2030
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see the publicationThe timing of male reproductive effort relative to female ovulation in a capital breeder
Journal of Animal Ecology . 77(3) : 469-477
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see the publicationAntibodies against Salmonella is associated with reduced reproductive success in female alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra)
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 : 1111-1120
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see the publicationDiseases and reproductive success in a wild mammal: example in the alpine chamois.
Oecologia . 155 ( 4 ) : 691-704
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see the publicationDensity-dependent body condition and recruitment in a tropical ungulate
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 ( 1 ) : 24-32
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see the publicationDeterminants of seasonal variation in activity patterns of mouflon
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 : 1410-1418
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see the publicationThe genetic similarity between pair members influences the frequency of extrapair paternity in alpine marmots
Animal Behaviour . 76 : 87-95
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see the publicationVertebrate Ageing: An Evolutionary Process with a Genetic Basis?
Current Biology - CB . 18 : R130-R131
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see the publicationSpatial distribution of soil contamination by Toxoplasma gondii in relation to cat defecation behaviour in an urban area.
International Journal for Parasitology . 38 ( 8-9 ) : 1017-23
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see the publicationToxoplasmosis in corsican wild boar : a first epidemiological study
10. European Multicolloquium of Parasitology . : 1 p.
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see the publicationAntibodies against Salmonella is associated with reduced reproductive success in female alpine chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra)
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 ( 10 ) : 1111-1120
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-089
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see the publicationHeterozygosity and parasite intensity: lung parasites in the water frog hybridization complex
Parasitology . 135 ( 1 ) : 95-104
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see the publicationIndicators of ecological change: new tools for managing populations of large herbivores
Journal of Applied Ecology . 44 ( 3 ) : 634-643
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see the publicationAre extra-pair young better than within-pair young? A comparison of survival and dominance in alpine marmot
Journal of Animal Ecology . 76 : 771-781
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see the publicationImportance of a pilot study for non-invasive genetic sampling: genotyping errors and population size estimation in red deer
Conservation Genetics . 8 ( 1 ) : 69-78
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see the publicationEvidence for a trade-off between early growth and tooth wear in Svalbard reindeer
Journal of Animal Ecology . 76(6) : 1139-1148
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see the publicationActicity pattern of arctic reindeer in a predator-free environment: no need to keep a daily rythm
Oecologia . 152 : 617-624
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see the publicationPrevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in small mammals from the Ardennes region, France.
Folia Parasitologica . 54 ( 4 ) : 313-4
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see the publicationLifetime reproductive success and composition of the home range in large herbivore.
Ecology . 88 ( 12 ) : 3192-3201
DOI: 10.1890/06-1974.1
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see the publicationTransmission of a pestivirus infection in a population of Pyrenean chamois
Veterinary Microbiology . 119 ( 1 ) : 19-30
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see the publicationChapter 11. Managing Large Herbivores in Theory and Practice: Is the Game the Same for Browsing and Grazing Species?
The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing . : 293-307
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see the publicationTesting sexual segregation and aggregation: old ways are best
Ecology . 88 ( 12 ) : 3202-3208
DOI: 10.1890/07-0129.1
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see the publicationToxoplasmosis in prey species and consequences for prevalence in feral cats: not all prey species are equal.
Parasitology . 134 ( Pt.14 ) : 1963-71
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