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 1261 to 1290 publications on 2437 in total
Avoiding perceived past resource use of potential competitors affects niche dynamics in a bird community
BMC Evolutionary Biology . 14 : 175
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see the publicationAnalysis 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
Journal of Forensic Sciences . 59 : 1074-1079
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see the publicationSpatially constrained clustering of ecological networks
Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 5 ( 8 ) : 771-779
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see the publicationAnalysing a pair of tables : coinertia analysis and duality diagrams
Visualization and Verbalization of Data . 978-1-4665-8980-3 : 289-300
Book chapter
see the publicationStatistical ecology comes of age
Biology Letters . 10 ( 20140698 ) : np
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see the publicationMale roe deer trade their immune system for secondary sexual character in the wild
11. European Wildlife Disease Association (EWDA) EWDA . : 1 p.
Conference paper
see the publicationAgricultural landscape and spatial distribution of Toxoplasma gondii in rural environment: an agent-based model
International Journal of Health Geographics . 13 : 45
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see the publicationToxoplasmosis in natural populations of ungulates in france: prevalence and spatiotemporal variations
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases . 14 : 403-13
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see the publicationAssessing the homogeneity of individual scat detection probability using the bait-marking method on a monitored free-ranging carnivore population
European Journal of Wildlife Research . 60 : 665-672
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see the publicationThe major welfare problems of dairy cows in French commercial farms: an epidemiological approach
Animal Welfare . 23 ( 4 ) : 467-478
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see the publicationDoes land use within the home range drive the exposure of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) to two abortive pathogens in a rural agro-ecosystem?
Acta Theriologica . 59 : 571-581
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see the publicationDo pre- and post-copulatory sexually selected traits covary in large herbivores?
BMC Evolutionary Biology . 14 : 79
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see the publicationThe rapid northward shift of the range margin of a Mediterranean parasitoid insect (Hymenoptera) associated with regional climate warming
Journal of Biogeography . 41 ( 7 ) : 1379 - 1389
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12314
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see the publicationA Phylogeographic Survey of the Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides in South Africa: Taxonomic and Karyotypic Inference from Cytochrome b Sequences of Museum Specimens
PLoS ONE . 9 ( 6 ) : e98499
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see the publicationEcological Modeling for the Extrapolation of Ecotoxicological Effects Measured during in Situ Assays in Gammarus
Environmental Science and Technology . 48 ( 11 ) : 6428-6436
DOI: 10.1021/es501126g
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see the publicationThe Evolution of Bet Hedging in Response to Local Ecological Conditions
The American Naturalist . 184 : E1-E15
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see the publicationDo age-specific survival patterns of wild boar fit current evolutionary theories of senescence?
Evolution - International Journal of Organic Evolution . 68 ( 12 ) : 3636-3643
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12519
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see the publicationA comparison of the physiological status in parasitized roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) from two different populations
Veterinary Parasitology . 205 : 717-720
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see the publicationThe link between behavioural type and natal dispersal propensity reveals a dispersal syndrome in a large herbivore
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 281 ( 1790 ) : 20140873
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see the publicationOne size fits all: Eurasian lynx females share a common optimal litter size
Journal of Animal Ecology . 83 : 107-15
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see the publicationParasite abundance contributes to condition-dependent dispersal in a wild population of large herbivore
Oikos . 123 ( 9 ) : 1121 - 1125
DOI: 10.1111/oik.01396
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see the publicationMismatch between birth date and vegetation phenology slows the demography of roe deer
PLoS Biology . 12 ( 4 )
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see the publicationMales do not senesce faster in large herbivores with highly seasonal rut
Experimental Gerontology . 60 : 167-172
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see the publicationFunctional analysis of normalized difference vegetation index curves reveals overwinter mule deer survival is driven by both spring and autumn phenology
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 369 ( 1643 ) : 20130196
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see the publicationThe allometry between secondary sexual traits and body size is nonlinear among cervids
Biology Letters . 10 ( 3 ) : 20130869
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see the publicationLong-lived and heavier females give birth earlier in roe deer
Ecography . 37 ( 3 ) : 241-249
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see the publicationDo ecologically close species shift their daily activities when in sympatry? A test on chamois in the presence of mouflon
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 111 : 621-626
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12228
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see the publicationSex-specific adjustments in habitat selection contribute to buffer mouflon against summer conditions
Behavioral Ecology . 26 ( 2 ) : 472-482
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see the publicationEarly infections by myxoma virus of young rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) protected by maternal antibodies activate their immune system and enhance herd immunity in wild populations.
Veterinary Research . 45 ( 1 ) : 26
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see the publicationHow reliable are morphological and anatomical characters to distinguish European wildcats, domestic cats and their hybrids in France?
Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 52 : 154-162
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12049
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