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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Endosymbiont diversity among sibling weevil species competing for the same resource

Adrien Merville, Samuel Venner, Hélène Henri, Agnès Vallier, Frédéric Menu, Fabrice Vavre...

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 13 : 28

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-28

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Does cold tolerance plasticity correlate with the thermal environment and metabolic profiles of a parasitoid wasp ?

Vincent Foray, Emmanuel Desouhant, Yann Voituron, Vanessa Larvor, David Renault, Hervé Colinet...

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology . 164 : 77-83

DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2012.10.018

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Diversification of the eutherian placenta is associated with changes in the pace of life

M. Garratt, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Rc. Brooks, Jean-François Lemaitre

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America . 110 : 7760-7765

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1305018110

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Roaring counts are not suitable for the monitoring of red deer Cervus elaphus population abundance

M. Douhard, Christophe Bonenfant, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Jl. Hamann, M. Garel, J. Michallet...

Wildlife Biology . 19 : 94-101

DOI: 10.2981/12-037

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Comparing free-ranging and captive populations reveals intra-specific variation in aging rates in large herbivores

Jf. Lemaitre, Jm. Gaillard, Lb. Lackey, M. Clauss, Dw. Muller

Experimental Gerontology . 48 : 162--7

DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2012.12.004

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Sex-specific senescence in body mass of a monogamous and monomorphic mammal: the case of Alpine marmots

M. Tafani, A. Cohas, C. Bonenfant, Jean-Michel Gaillard, S. Lardy, D. Allaine

Oecologia . 172 : 427--36

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2499-1

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The influence of nonrandom mating on population growth

S. Schindler, P. Neuhaus, Jean-Michel Gaillard, T. Coulson

The American Naturalist . 182 : 28--41

DOI: 10.1086/670753

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Studying spatial interactions between sympatric populations of large herbivores: a null model approach

Jm. Gaillard, E. Richard, C. Calenge, S. Saïd, Jl. Hamann

Ecography . 36 : 157--165

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07604.x

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Parturition date for a given female is highly repeatable within five roe deer populations

F. Plard, Jm. Gaillard, C. Bonenfant, A. J. Mark Hewison, D. Delorme, Bruno Cargnelutti...

Biology Letters . 9 ( 1 ) : 20120841

DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0841

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How does climate change influence demographic processes of widespread species? Lessons from the comparative analysis of contrasted populations of roe deer

Jm. Gaillard, A.J. Mark Hewison, F. Klein, F. Plard, M. Douhard, R. Davison...

Ecology Letters . 16 : 48--57

DOI: 10.1111/ele.12059

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The evolution of genetic architectures underlying quantitative traits

E. Rajon, J. B. Plotkin

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 280 : 20131552

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1552

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Influence of vectors' risk-spreading strategies and environmental stochasticity on the epidemiology and evolution of vector-borne diseases: the example of chagas' disease.

Perrine Pelosse, Christopher M Kribs-Zaleta, Marine Ginoux, Jorge E Rabinovich, Sébastien Gourbière, Frédéric Menu

PLoS ONE . 8 ( 8 ) : e70830

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070830

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The direction of main phenotypic variance as a channel to morphological evolution: case studies in murine rodents

S. Renaud, Jc. Auffray

Hystrix, the italian Journal of Mammalogy . 24 : 85--93

DOI: 10.4404/hystrix-24.1-6296

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Mus in Morocco : a Quaternary sequence of intraspecific evolution

E. Stoetzel, C. Denys, J. Michaux, S. Renaud

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 109 : 599--621

DOI: 10.1111/bij.12065

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Estimating demographic parameters from capture-recapture data with dependence among individuals within clusters

Rémi Choquet, Ana Sanz-Aguilar, Blandine Doligez, Erika Nogué, Roger Pradel, Lars Gustafsson...

Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 4 ( 5 ) : 474-482

DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12030

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Problem-solving performance is correlated with reproductive success in a wild bird population

L. Cauchard, Nj. Boogert, L. Lefebvre, F. Dubois, Blandine Doligez

Animal Behaviour . 85 : 19-26

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.005

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Conference Report: Deuxièmes Rencontres R

Aurélie Siberchicot, S. Dray

The R Journal . 5/2 : 164--165

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Functional traits reveal processes driving natural afforestation at large spatial scales

N. W. Mason, S. K. Wiser, S. J. Richardson, M. J. Thorsen, R. J. Holdaway, S. Dray...

PLoS ONE . 8 : e75219

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075219

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Reciprocal modulation of internal and external factors determines individual movements

J. Martin, B. Van Moorter, E. Revilla, P. Blanchard, S. Dray, Py. Quenette...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 82 : 290--300

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02038.x

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Does local habitat fragmentation affect large-scale distributions? The case of a specialist grassland bird

L. Reino, P. Beja, Mb. Araújo, S. Dray, P. Segurado, R. Heikkinen

Diversity and Distributions . 19 : 423--432

DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12019

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Modeling the seasonal spread of a pestivirus in a structured pyrenean chamois population

Gael Beaunée, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Matthieu Garel, Pauline Ezanno

4. International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics (Epidemics) .

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Taking cows body dimension when designing housing system : A way to improve dairy cows well being.

Alice de Boyer Des Roches, Isabelle Veissier, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Jacques Capdeville, Luc Mounier

33. International Ethological Conference .

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A Comparison of the Olfactory Gene Repertoires of Adults and Larvae in the Noctuid Moth Spodoptera littoralis

Erwan E. Poivet, Aurore Gallot, Nicolas Montagne, Nicolas Glaser, Fabrice Legeai, Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly

PLoS ONE . 8 ( 4 ) : e60263

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060263

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Impact of the mate-finding Allee effect on the competitiveness of diploid versus haplodiploid parasitoids: a theoretical approach

Clara Malouines, Anaïs Bompard, Thierry Spataro, Isabelle Amat

Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting .

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Demographic consequences of Complementary Sex Determination in Hymenoptera parasitoids

Anaïs Bompard, Isabelle Amat, Xavier Fauvergue, Thierry Spataro

INTECOL .

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Waterbird demography as indicator of wetland health: The French-wintering common snipe population

Guillaume Péron, Yves Ferrand, Gilles Leray, Olivier Gimenez

Biological Conservation . 164 : 123 - 128

DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.04.015

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How can quantitative ecology be attractive to young scientists? Balancing computer/desk work with fieldwork

Olivier Gimenez, Fitsum Abadi, Jean-Yves Barnagaud, Laetitia Blanc, Mathieu Buoro, Sarah Cubaynes...

Animal Conservation . 16 ( 2 ) : 134-136

DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00597.x

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Individual flexibility in energy saving: body size and condition constrain torpor use

Pauline Vuarin, Melanie Dammhahn, Pierre‐yves Henry

Functional Ecology . 27 ( 3 ) : 793-799

DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12069

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The exotic legume tree species, Acacia mearnsii, alters microbial soil functionalities and the early development of a native tree species, Quercus suber, in North Africa

I. Boudiaf, E. Baudoin, H. Sanguin, A. Beddiar, Jean Thioulouse, A. Galiana...

Soil Biology and Biochemistry . 65 : 172--179

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