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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Long-term effects of yolk androgens on phenotype and parental feeding behavior in a wild passerine

S. Ruuskanen, Blandine Doligez, L. Gustafsson, T. Laaksonen

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . 66 : 1201--1211

DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1373-9

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Assessing species and community functional responses to environmental gradients: which multivariate methods?

M. Kleyer, Stéphane Dray, F. de Bello, J. Leps, Jr. Pakeman, B. Strauss...

Journal of Vegetation Science . 23 : 805--821

DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2012.01402.x

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Disentangling plant trait responses to livestock grazing from spatio-temporal variation: the partial RLQ approach

D. Wesuls, J. Oldeland, S. Dray

Journal of Vegetation Science . 23 : 98-113

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Predator-prey spatial game as a tool to understand the effects of protected areas on harvester-wildlife interactions

V. Tolon, J. Martin, Stéphane Dray, A. Loison, C. Fischer, E. Baubet

Ecological Applications . 22 : 648-657

DOI: 10.1890/11-0422.1

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Assessing the effects of spatial contingency and environmental filtering on metacommunity phylogenetics

P-R. Peres-Neto, M-A. Leibold, Stéphane Dray

Ecology . 93 : S14-S30

DOI: 10.1890/11-0494.1

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Improved testing of species traits-environment relationships in the fourth-corner problem

C. Terbraak, A. Cormont, Stéphane Dray

Ecology . 93 : 1525--1526

DOI: 10.1890/12-0126.1

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Mise au point d'un modèle de diagnostic des interactions entre structures paysagères, infrastructures de transports terrestres et espèces emblématiques : le cas du Lynx dans le massif jurassien

J.M. Gaillard, A. Hemery, C. Bonenfant, M. Basille, E. Marboutin, Isabelle Mauz...

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Effects of spatial scale and sample size in GPS-based species distribution models: are the best models trivial for red deer management?

L. E. Loe, Christophe Bonenfant, E. L. Meisingset, A. Mysterud

European Journal of Wildlife Research . 58 : 195--203

DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0563-5

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Quantitative estimation of the viability of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in soil.

Maud Lélu, Isabelle Villena, Marie-Laure Dardé, Dominique Aubert, Régine Geers, Emilie Dupuis...

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 78 ( 15 ) : 5127-32

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00246-12

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The Life Cycle of Toxoplasma gondii in the Natural Environment

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Maud Lélu, Marie-Laure Dardé, Céline Richomme, D. Aubert, Eve Afonso...

Toxoplasmosis - Recent Advances . 978-953-51-0746-0 : 3-36

DOI: 10.5772/48233

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Modelling the dynamics of host-parasite interactions: basic principles

Pauline Ezanno, Elisabeta Vergu, Michel Langlais, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont

New Frontiers of Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases . 978-94-007-2113-5 : 79-101

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2114-2_5

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Distinct evolutionary strategies of human leucocyte antigen loci in pathogen-rich environments

A. Sanchez-Mazas, Jean-François Lemaitre, M. Currat

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 367 : 830--9

DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0312

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Ability of European parasitoids (Hymenoptera) to control a new invasive Asiatic pest, Drosophila suzukii

Stan Chabert, Roland Allemand, Mathilde Poyet, Patrice Eslin, Patricia Gibert

Biological Control . 63 ( 1 ) : 40 - 47

DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.05.005

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Spatial heterogeneity in mortality and its impact on the population dynamics of Eurasian woodcocks

Guillaume Peron, Yves Ferrand, Rémi Choquet, Roger Pradel, François Gossmann, Claudine Bastat...

Population Ecology . 54 ( 2 ) : 305-312

DOI: 10.1007/s10144-012-0309-6

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Spatial processes driving soil microbial community assembly on a wide scale

Nicolas Chemidlin Prévost-Bouré, Samuel Dequiedt, Nicolas N. Saby, Jean Thioulouse, Claudy C. Jolivet, Mélanie M. Lelievre...

4. International Congress Eurosoil 2012 - Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment .

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Variability among tobacco cyst nematode subspecies and consequences on their sustainable management with host resistances

Charline Alenda, Didier Fouville, Aurore Gallot-Le Grand, Nicolas Mariette, Eric Grenier

Journal of Nematology . 44 (4) : np

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Vitellogenin-like protein measurement in caged Gammarus fossarum males as a biomarker of endocrine disruptor exposure: Inconclusive experience

Guillaume Jubeaux, Romain Simon, Arnaud Salvador, Christelle Lopes, Emilie Lacaze, Hervé Quéau...

Aquatic Toxicology . 122 : 9-18

DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.05.007

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Comparison of bioassays with different exposure time patterns: The added value of dynamic modelling in predictive ecotoxicology

Elise Billoir, Hélène Delhaye, Carole Forfait-Dubuc, Bernard Clément, Gaëlle Triffault-Bouchet, Sandrine Charles...

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety . 75 : 80-86

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.08.006

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Survival data analyses in ecotoxicology: critical effect concentrations, methods and models. What should we use?

Carole Forfait-Dubuc, Sandrine Charles, Elise Billoir, Marie-Laure Delignette-Muller

Ecotoxicology . 21 : 1072--1083

DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0860-0

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A handbook for uncovering the complete energetic budget in insects: the van Handel's method (1985) revisited

Vincent Foray, Pierre-François Pelisson, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, Emmanuel Desouhant, Samuel Venner, Frédéric Menu...

Physiological Entomology . 37 ( 3 ) : 295-302

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2012.00831.x

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Fitting a lognormal distribution to enumeration and absence/presence data

Natalie N. Commeau, Éric É. Parent, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Marie Cornu

International Journal of Food Microbiology . 155 ( 3 ) : 146 - 152

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2012.01.023

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Modeling of Clostridium perfringens vegetative cell inactivation in beef-in-sauce products: A meta-analysis using mixed linear models

S. Jaloustre, Laurent Guillier, E. Morelli, V. Noël, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

International Journal of Food Microbiology . 154 : 44-51

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Paternity and Dominance Loss in Male Breeders: The Cost of Helpers in a Cooperatively Breeding Mammal

S. Lardy, A. Cohas, E. Desouhant, M. Tafani, Dominique Allainé

PLoS ONE . 7 : 1-6

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029508

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Making use of harvest information to examine alternative management scenarios : a body weight-structured model for wild boar

M. Gamelon, Jean-Michel Gaillard, S. Servanty, O. Gimenez, C. Toigo, E. Baubet...

Journal of Applied Ecology . 49 : 833--841

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02160.x

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Statistical evaluation of parameters estimating autocorrelation and individual heterogeneity in longitudinal studies

Sandra Hamel, Nigel Yoccoz, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Methods in Ecology and Evolution . 3 ( 4 ) : 731-742

DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2012.00195.x

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Higher than expected growth rate of the Endangered West African giraffe \textitGiraffa camelopardalis peralta : a successful human\textendashwildlife cohabitation

Jean Patrick Suraud, J. Fennessy, E. Bonnaud, A. M. Issa, H. Fritz, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Oryx . 46 : 577--583

DOI: 10.1017/s0030605311000639

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Condition-dependent natal dispersal in a large herbivore: heavier animals show a greater propensity to disperse and travel further

Lucie Debeffe, Nicolas Morellet, Bruno Cargnelutti, Bruno Lourtet, R. Bon, Jean-Michel Gaillard...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 81 ( 6 ) : 1327--1337

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02014.x

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Emergence and prevalence of human vector-borne diseases in sink vector populations

Guilhem Rascalou, Dominique Pontier, Frédéric Menu, Sébastien Gourbière

PLoS ONE . 7 ( 5 ) : e36858

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036858

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