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

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Female Promiscuity and Maternally Dependent Offspring Growth Rates in Mammals

M. Garratt, R. C. Brooks, Jean-François Lemaître, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 68 ( 4 ) : 1207-1215

DOI: 10.1111/evo.12333

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A standardized approach to estimate life history tradeoffs in evolutionary ecology

S. Hamel, Ng. Yoccoz, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Oikos . 123 : 151-160

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Mismatch between birth date and vegetation phenology slows the demography of roe deer

T. Coulson, A. J. Hewison, D. Delorme, C. Warnant, Christophe Bonenfant, Floriane Plard...

PLoS Biology . 12 ( 4 ) : e1001828

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001828

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Long-lived and heavier females give birth earlier in roe deer

Floriane Plard, Jean-Michel Gaillard, T. Coulson, Ajm. Hewison, D. Delorme, C. Warnant...

Ecography . 37 : 241-249

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Impacts of tourism and hunting on a large herbivore's spatio-temporal behavior in and around a French protected area

P. Marchand, M. Garel, G. Bourgoin, D. Dubray, D. Maillard, A. Loison

Biological Conservation . 177 : 1-11

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Habitat-related variation in carcass mass of a large herbivore revealed by combining hunting and GPS data

P. Marchand, M. Garel, G. Bourgoin, P. Michel, D. Maillard, A. Loison

Journal of Wildlife Management . 78 : 657-670

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Accounting for sampling error when inferring population synchrony from time-series data: a bayesian state-space modelling approach with applications

H. Santin-Janin, B. Hugueny, P. Aubry, David Fouchet, O. Gimenez, D. Pontier

PLoS ONE . 9 : e87084

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087084

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A new cytotype of the African pygmy mouse Mus minutoides in Eastern Africa. Implications for the evolution of sex-autosome translocations

F. Veyrunes, J. Perez, B. Borremans, S. Gryseels, L. R. Richards, A. Duran...

Chromosome Research . 22 : 533-43

DOI: 10.1007/s10577-014-9440-x

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Natural selection acts in opposite ways on correlated hormonal mediators of prenatal maternal effects in a wild bird population

B. Tschirren, E. Postma, L. Gustafsson, T. G. Groothuis, Blandine Doligez

Ecology Letters . 17 : 1310-5

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Avoiding perceived past resource use of potential competitors affects niche dynamics in a bird community

Jt. Forsman, S. Kivela, T. Jaakkonen, Jt. Seppänen, L. Gustafsson, Blandine Doligez

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 14 : 175

DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0175-2

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Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design.

Anders Pape Møller, Frank Adriaensen, Alexandr V. Artemyev, Jerzy Bańbura, Emilio Barba, Clotilde Biard...

Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 5 ( 4 ) : 353-362

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12160

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Analysis of Positive Control STR Experiments Reveals that Results Obtained for FGA, D3S1358, and D13S317 Condition the Success Rate of the Analysis of Routine Reference Samples

V. Murigneux, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Jr. Lobry, L. Pene

Journal of Forensic Sciences . 59 : 1074-1079

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Spatially constrained clustering of ecological networks

Vincent Miele, Franck Picard, S. Dray

Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 5 ( 8 ) : 771-779

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12208

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Analysing a pair of tables : coinertia analysis and duality diagrams

Stéphane Dray

Visualization and Verbalization of Data . 978-1-4665-8980-3 : 289-300

Book chapter

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Statistical ecology comes of age

Olivier Gimenez, Stephen T. Buckland, Byron J.T. Morgan, Nicolas Bez, Sophie Bertrand, Rémi Choquet...

Biology Letters . 10 ( 20140698 ) : np

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0698

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Male roe deer trade their immune system for secondary sexual character in the wild

M. Jego, Gilles Bourgouin, J.- F. Lemaitre, F Klein, Laurent Crespin, J.- M. Gaillard...

11. European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) EWDA . : 1 p.

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Agricultural landscape and spatial distribution of Toxoplasma gondii in rural environment: an agent-based model

C. Gotteland, B. M. Mcferrin, X. Zhao, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, M. Lelu

International Journal of Health Geographics . 13 : 45

DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-13-45

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Toxoplasmosis in natural populations of ungulates in france: prevalence and spatiotemporal variations

C. Gotteland, D. Aubert, Ph. Gibert, M. Moinet, F. Klein, Y. Game...

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases . 14 : 403-13

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Assessing the homogeneity of individual scat detection probability using the bait-marking method on a monitored free-ranging carnivore population

Ma. Forin-Wiart, C. Gotteland, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Ml. Poulle

European Journal of Wildlife Research . 60 : 665-672

DOI: 10.1007/s10344-014-0833-0

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The major welfare problems of dairy cows in French commercial farms: an epidemiological approach

Alice de Boyer Des Roches, Isabelle Veissier, M. Coignard, Nathalie Bareille, R. Guatteo, J. Capdeville...

Animal Welfare . 23 ( 4 ) : 467-478

DOI: 10.7120/09627286.23.4.467

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Does land use within the home range drive the exposure of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) to two abortive pathogens in a rural agro-ecosystem?

J. Sevila, C. Richomme, H. Hoste, Mónica G. Candela, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, A. Rodolakis...

Acta Theriologica . 59 : 571-581

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Do pre- and post-copulatory sexually selected traits covary in large herbivores?

M. Ferrandiz-Rovira, Jean-François Lemaître, S. Lardy, Bc. López, A. Cohas

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 14 : 79

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-79

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The rapid northward shift of the range margin of a Mediterranean parasitoid insect (Hymenoptera) associated with regional climate warming

Emilie Delava, Roland Allemand, Lucas Léger, Frédéric Fleury, Patricia Gibert, Robert Whittaker

Journal of Biogeography . 41 ( 7 ) : 1379 - 1389

DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12314

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A Phylogeographic Survey of the Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides in South Africa: Taxonomic and Karyotypic Inference from Cytochrome b Sequences of Museum Specimens

Pascale Chevret, Terence J Robinson, Julie Perez, Frédéric Veyrunes, Janice Britton-Davidian

PLoS ONE . 9 ( 6 ) : e98499

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098499

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Ecological Modeling for the Extrapolation of Ecotoxicological Effects Measured during in Situ Assays in Gammarus

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, A Coquillat, H. Quéau, Sandrine Charles, Arnaud Chaumot

Environmental Science and Technology . 48 ( 11 ) : 6428-6436

DOI: 10.1021/es501126g

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The Evolution of Bet Hedging in Response to Local Ecological Conditions

Etienne Rajon, Emmanuel Desouhant, M. Chevalier, François Débias, Frédéric Menu

The American Naturalist . 184 : E1-E15

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Do age-specific survival patterns of wild boar fit current evolutionary theories of senescence?

Marlène Gamelon, Stefano Focardi, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Olivier Gimenez, Christophe Bonenfant, Barbara Franzetti...

Evolution Agricole . 68 ( 12 ) : 3636-3643

DOI: 10.1111/evo.12519

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Do age-specific survival patterns of wild boar fit current evolutionary theories of senescence?

Marlène Gamelon, S. Focardi, Jean-Michel Gaillard, O. Gimenez, C. Bonenfant, B. Franzetti...

Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 68 ( 12 ) : 3636--43

DOI: 10.1111/evo.12519

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A comparison of the physiological status in parasitized roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from two different populations

Maël Jégo, Hubert Ferté, Jean-Michel Gaillard, François Klein, Laurent Crespin, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont...

Veterinary Parasitology . 205 : 717-720

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.09.016

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