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 61 to 90 publications on 2315 in total
Inner ear morphology in wild versus laboratory house mice
Journal of Anatomy . 244 ( 5 ) : 722-738
DOI: 10.1111/joa.13998
Journal article
see the publicationHigh performance computing and neural network in support of toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic modelling for the understanding of mixture effects
SETAC Europe 34th Annual Meeting .
Poster
see the publicationQuantitative risk assessment for the introduction of bluetongue virus into mainland Europe by long‐distance wind dispersal of Culicoides spp.: A case study from Sardinia
Risk Analysis .
DOI: 10.1111/risa.14345
Journal article
see the publicationCleaning Practices of Transport Vehicles by Commercial and Non-Commercial Livestock Markets Users in Scotland
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4797905
Preprint
see the publicationAssessing the Risk of Windborne Dispersal of Culicoides Midges in Emerging Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease Virus Outbreaks in France
Transboundary and emerging diseases . 2024 ( 1 ) : 5571195
DOI: 10.1155/2024/5571195
Journal article
see the publicationAssessing viral freshwater hazard using a toxicokinetic model and Dreissena polymorpha
Environmental Pollution . 344 : 123420
Journal article
see the publicationThe three‐species problem: Incorporating competitive asymmetry and intransitivity in modern coexistence theory
Ecology Letters . 27
DOI: 10.1111/ele.14426
Journal article
see the publication3D models related to the publication: Inner ear morphology in wild vs laboratory house mice
MorphoMuseum . 10 ( 1 ) : e220
Journal article
see the publicationInsights on the effect of mega-carcass abundance on the population dynamics of a facultative scavenger predator and its prey
Peer Community Journal . 4 : e53
Journal article
see the publicationDeep dive into the chronic toxicity of tyre particle mixtures and their leachates
Journal of Hazardous Materials . 466 : 133580
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see the publicationModeling HepaRG metabolome responses to pyrrolizidine alkaloid exposure for insight into points of departure and modes of action
Journal of Hazardous Materials . 474 : 134721
Journal article
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
Report
see the publicationAdvancing environmental monitoring across the water continuum combining biomarker analysis in multiple sentinel species: A case study in the Seine-Normandie Basin (France)
Journal of Environmental Management . 358 : 120784
Journal article
see the publicationPopulation genetics and demography of the endemic mouse species of Cyprus, Mus cypriacus
Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde . 104 ( 3 ) : 311 - 322
Journal article
see the publicationHuman-aided dispersal and population bottlenecks facilitate parasitism escape in the most invasive mosquito species
PNAS Nexus . 3 ( 5 ) : 175
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see the publicationForaging at night under artificial light: impacts on senescence and lifetime reproductive success for a diurnal insect
Animal Behaviour . 210 : 85-98
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see the publicationDevelopment, feeding, and sex shape the relative quantity of the nutritional obligatory symbiont Wolbachia in bed bugs
Frontiers in Microbiology . 15 : 1386458
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see the publicationCross-transmission of resistant nematodes between wild ibex and transhumant sheep in French Alps
3rd Mountain Livestock Farming Systems Meeting .
Conference paper
see the publicationA survey of anthelmintic efficacy in dairy goat farms in South-East France
Small Ruminant Research . 234 : 107238
Journal article
see the publicationImpact de la vaccination sur l’évolution de Bordetella pertussis
Médecine/Sciences . 40 ( 2 ) : 161-166
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see the publicationDIY your captures when everything else fails: Description of an artisanal dart launcher with an assessment of the medium-term response in a primate
African Journal of Ecology . 62 ( 2 )
DOI: 10.1111/aje.13276
Journal article
see the publicationAssimilation efficiencies and elimination rates of silver, cadmium and zinc accumulated by trophic pathway in Gammarus fossarum
Peer Community Journal . 4 : e51
Journal article
see the publicationPoster de présentation du living lab Antharès - Réseau de living labs Solu-Biod
Lancement officiel du Programme national de recherche sur les Solutions fondées sur la Nature .
Poster
see the publicationCorsican mouflon (Ovis gmelini musimon var. corsicana), conservation of a threatened species on a Mediterranean island
Mid-year meeting of Taxon Advisory Group of Caprinae .
Conference paper
see the publicationPrevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from the wild mountain ungulates mouflon and chamois in 4 regions of France
Parasite . 31 ( 21 )
Journal article
see the publicationProteome allocation and the evolution of metabolic cross-feeding
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution .
Journal article
see the publicationCoxiella burnetii within-and between-herd true seroprevalence assessment in domestic ruminants in France accounting for diagnostic uncertainty with latent class
SBED Conference 2024: Insights in Action .
Poster
see the publicationToo hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois
Animal Behaviour .
Journal article
see the publicationHarmonisation of the diagnostic performances of ELISA tests for C. burnetii antibodies in ruminants: optimal positivity thresholds and performance reassessment
SBED Conference 2024: Insights in Action .
Poster
see the publicationEvaluation using latent class models of the diagnostic performances of three ELISA tests commercialized for the serological diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii infection in domestic ruminants.
SBED Conference 2024: Insights in Action .
Conference paper
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