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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Spatial Distribution of a Large Herbivore Community at Waterholes: An Assessment of Its Stability over Years in Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe

Simon Chamaillé-Jammes, Anaïs Charbonnel, Stéphane Dray, H. Madzikanda, H. Fritz

PLoS ONE . 11 : e0153639

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153639

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The global spectrum of plant form and function

Sandra Diaz, J. Kattge, J. H. Cornelissen, I. J. Wright, S. Lavorel, Stéphane Dray...

Nature . 529 ( 7585 ) : 167-71

DOI: 10.1038/nature16489

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Addressing ecological effects of radiation on populations and ecosystems to improve protection of the environment against radiation: Agreed statements from a Consensus Symposium

F. Brechignac, D. Oughton, C. Mays, L. Barnthouse, J. C. Beasley, A. Bonisoli-Alquati...

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity . 158-159 : 21-29

DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2016.03.021

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On the evolutionary consequences of increasing litter size with multiple paternity in wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa)

T. Gayet, S. Devillard, M. Gamelon, S. Brandt, L. Say, E. Baubet

Evolution (International Journal of Organic Evolution) . 70 : 1386-97

DOI: 10.1111/evo.12949

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Evolutionary systematics and biogeography of the arid habitat-adapted rodent genus Gerbillus (Rodentia, Muridae): a mostly Plio-Pleistocene African history

Arame Ndiaye, Pascale Chevret, Gauthier Dobigny, Laurent Granjon

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 54 ( 4 ) : 299 - 317

DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12143

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Occurrence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in agricultural soils and antibiotic resistance properties

Amélie Deredjian, Nolwenn Alliot, Laurine Blanchard, Elisabeth Brothier, Makram Anane, Philippe Cambier...

Research in Microbiology . 167 ( 4 ) : 313-324

DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2016.01.001

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Bacterial community structure at the microscale in two different soils

Rory Michelland, Jean Thioulouse, Martina Kyselková, Geneviève Grundmann

Microbial ecology . 72 ( 3 ) : 717-724

DOI: 10.1007/s00248-016-0810-0

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Les PCB dans le Rhône

Marc Babut, Henri Persat, Marc Desmet, Christelle Lopes, Brice Mourier, Jacek Tronczyński

PCB, environnement et santé . 978-2-7430-2005-7

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Analysis of hemocytes in Lymnaea stagnalis: Characterization and effects of repeated hemolymph collections

Paul Boisseaux, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Khédidja Abbaci, Hélène Thomas, Jeanne Garric

Fish and Shellfish Immunology . 57 : 116-126

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2016.08.007

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Recommendations for the analysis of hemocyte-related immunocompetent oxidative activity in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis

P. Boisseaux, P. Noury, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, H. Thomas, J. Garric

Journal of Xenobiotics . 6 : 25-27

DOI: 10.4081/xeno.2016.6585

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Genetic evidence of hybridization between the endangered native species Iguana delicatissima and the invasive Iguana iguana (Reptilia, Iguanidae) in the Lesser Antilles: management Implications

Barbara Vuillaume, Victorien Valette, Olivier Lepais, Frederic Grandjean, Michel Breuil

PLoS ONE . 10 ( 6 ) : np

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127575

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Beyond ectomycorrhizal bipartite networks: projected networks demonstrate contrasted patterns between early- and late-successional plants in Corsica

Adrien Taudiere, Francois Munoz, Annick Lesne, Anne-Christine Monnet, Jean-Michel Bellanger, Marc-Andre Selosse...

Frontiers in Plant Science . 6 : 881

DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00881

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Recent declines and range changes of orchids in Western Europe (France, Belgium and Luxembourg)

Hélène Vogt-Schilb, François Munoz, Franck Richard, Bertrand Schatz

Biological Conservation . 190 : 133-141

DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2015.05.002

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Long-Distance Rescue and Slow Extinction Dynamics Govern Multiscale Metapopulations

Géraldine Huth, Bart Haegeman, Estelle Pitard, François Munoz

The American Naturalist . 186 ( 4 ) : 460-469

DOI: 10.1086/682947

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Étude des réseaux en écologie

François Massol, Franck Jabot, Stéphanie Manel, François Munoz

Analyse des réseaux sociaux appliquée à l'éthologie et à l'écologie . 978-2-919694-98-3 : 49-98

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Intrinsic and extrinsic influences on tropical tree growth ring formation

Cheryl D. Nath, Raphael Pelissier, D.F.R.P Burslem, François Munoz, N. Barathan

4th International Conference of the Asian Dendrochronological Association .

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Compensatory immigration challenges predator control: An experimental evidence-based approach improves management

Nicolas Lieury, Sandrine Ruette, Sebastien Devillard, Michel Albaret, Franck Drouyer, Bruno Baudoux...

Journal of Wildlife Management . 79 ( 3 ) : 425 - 434

DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.850

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Population density and climate shape early-life survival and recruitment in a long-lived pelagic seabird

Rémi Fay, Henri Weimerskirch, Karine Delord, Christophe Barbraud

Journal of Animal Ecology . 84 : 1423-1433

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12390

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Everything is NOT everywhere: network and trait-based approaches to microbial communities

Helena Bestová, François Munoz, Pavel Svoboda, Pavel Škaloud, Cyrille Violle

Annual Meeting BES .

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Vegetation ecology meets ecosystem science: Permanent grasslands as a functional biogeography case study

Cyrille Violle, Philippe Choler, Benjamin Borgy, Éric Garnier, Bernard Amiaud, Guilhem Debarros...

Science of the Total Environment . 534 ( 15 november 2015 ) : 43--51

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.141

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Microstructural evolution during friction stir welding on AA2024 aluminium alloys - Application to the prediction of the mechanical properties

Valentine Legrand, Sabrina Gastebois, Gildas Guillemot, Charles-André Gandin, Lionel Fourment

11th International Seminar ‘Numerical Analysis of Weldability’ . : 497-513

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Simulation numérique du soudage FSW à l'aide d'une formulation ALE

Sabrina Gastebois

Thesis

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Modeling of Microstructural Evolution during Friction Stir Welding Applied to AA2024 Aluminum Alloys to Predict the Weld Mechanical Properties

Valentine Legrand, Sabrina Gastebois, Gildas Guillemot, Charles-André Gandin, Lionel Fourment, Rousse Jean-Jacques...

2015 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition .

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Small-scale pig farmers’ behavior, silent release of African swine fever virus and consequences for disease spread

Solenne Costard, Francisco Zagmutt, Thibaud Porphyre, Dirk Udo Pfeiffer

Scientific Reports . 5 ( 1 ) : 17074

DOI: 10.1038/srep17074

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High Juvenile Mortality Is Associated with Sex-Specific Adult Survival and Lifespan in Wild Roe Deer

Michael Garratt, Jean-François Lemaître, Mathieu Douhard, Christophe Bonenfant, Gilles Capron, Claude Warnant...

Current Biology . 25 ( 6 ) : 759-763

DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.11.071

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The influence of birth date via body mass on individual fitness in a long-lived mammal

F. Plard, J. M. Gaillard, T. Coulson, A. J. Hewison, M. Douhard, F. Klein...

Ecology . 96 ( 6 ) : 1516-1528

DOI: 10.1890/14-0106.1

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Modélisation dynamique des processus physiologiques liés à la gestion de l’énergie chez Gammarus fossarum

C. Lopes, F. Mounier, S. Charles, Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard

Journées de Modélisation BioMathématique de Besançon . : 78

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Dynamic modeling of physiological processes related to energy management in Gammarus fossarum

C. Lopes, F. Mounier, S. Charles, Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard

SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting . : 1

Poster

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Complete Genome and Phylogeny of Puumala Hantavirus Isolates Circulating in France

Guillaume Castel, Mathilde Couteaudier, Frank Sauvage, Jean-Baptiste Pons, Séverine Murri, Angelina Plyusnina...

Viruses . 7 ( 10 ) : 5476-5488

DOI: 10.3390/v7102884

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RAD sequencing and genomic simulations resolve hybrid origins within North American Canis

L. Y. Rutledge, S. Devillard, J. Q. Boone, P. A. Hohenlohe, B. N. White

Biology Letters . 11 : 20150303

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0303

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