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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Biogeography of soil microbial communities: a review and a description of the ongoing french national initiative

Lionel Ranjard, Samuel S. Dequiedt, Claudy C. Jolivet, Nicolas P.A. Saby, Jean Thioulouse, Jérome Harmand...

Agronomy for Sustainable Development . 30 ( 2 ) : 359-365

DOI: 10.1051/agro/2009033

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From individual to population level effects of toxicants in the tubicifid branchiura sowerbyi using threshold effect models in a bayesian framework

Virginie Ducrot, Elise Billoir, Alexandre R.R. Pery, Jeanne Garric, Sandrine Charles

Environmental Science and Technology . 44 ( 9 ) : 3566-3571

DOI: 10.1021/es903860w

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Make Love Not War: When Should Less Competitive Males Choose Low-Quality but Defendable Females?

Samuel Venner, C. Bernstein, S. Dray, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner

The American Naturalist . 175(6) : 650-661

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Analyse de la distribution des titres observés pour déterminer un seuil de positivité d’un test ELISA

Céline Richomme, Emmanuelle Gilot, Marie-Laure Delignette, Sandrine Lacour, Christian Ducrot

Réunion annuelle du groupe « Tiques et Maladies Transmises » du « Réseau Ecologie Interactions Durable » (REID) . : 10 slides

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The dynamics of energy allocation in adult arrhenotokous and thelytokous Venturia canescens

P. Pelosse, Isabelle Amat, C. Bernstein, E. Desouhant

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata . 135(1) : 68-76

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Does Kin Recognition and Sib-Mating Avoidance Limit the Risk of Genetic Incompatibility in a Parasitic Wasp?

M. Metzger, C. Bernstein, T.S. Hoffmeister, E. Desouhant

PLoS ONE . 5(10) : 167-174

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Importance of Accounting for Detection Heterogeneity When Estimating Abundance: the Case of French Wolves

Sarah Cubaynes, Roger Pradel, Rémi Choquet, Christophe Duchamp, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Jean-Dominique Lebreton...

Conservation Biology . 24 ( 2 ) : 621-626

DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01431.x

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No difference between the sexes in fine-scale spatial genetic structure of roe deer

Nadège Bonnot, Jean-Michel Gaillard, A. Coulon, Maxime Galan, Jean-Francois J.-F. Cosson, D. Delorme...

PLoS ONE . 5 ( 12 ) : e14436

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014436

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Assessing whether mortality is additive using marked animals: a Bayesian state–space modeling approach

Sabrina Servanty, Rémi Choquet, Eric Baubet, Serge Brandt, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Michael Schaub...

Ecology . 91 ( 7 ) : 1916-1923

DOI: 10.1890/09-1931.1

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Can cat predation help competitors coexist in seabird communities?

D. Pontier, D. Fouchet, J. Bried

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 262(2010) : 90-96

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Putting phylogeny into the analysis of biological traits: A methodological approach

Thibaut Jombart, Sandrine Pavoine, Sébastien Devillard, Dominique Pontier

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 264 ( 3 ) : 693

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.03.038

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The case of an insular molarless black rat: Effects on lifestyle and mandible morphology

Pere Bover, Josep Alcover, Jacques Michaux, Sabrina Renaud

Archives of Oral Biology . 55 ( 8 ) : 576-582

DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2010.05.004

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Epigenetic effects on the mouse mandible: common features and discrepancies in remodeling due to muscular dystrophy and response to food consistency

Sabrina Renaud, Jean-Christophe Auffray, Sabine de La Porte

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 10 : 1-13

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-28

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Adaptation and plasticity in insular evolution of the house mouse mandible

Sabrina Renaud, J-C. Auffray

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 48 ( 2 ) : 138-150

DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00527.x

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Evolutionary history of the bank vole Myodes glareolus: a morphometric perspective

R. Ledevin, J.R. Michaux, V. Deffontaine, H. Henttonen, Sabrina Renaud

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 100 : 681-694

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Morphometrics as an insight into processes beyond tooth shape variation in a bank vole population

Ronan Ledevin, Jean-Pierre Quere, Sabrina Renaud

PLoS ONE . 5 ( 11 ) : 681-694

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015470

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Social Information Use

J. Morand-Ferron, Blandine Doligez, Srx. Dall, S.M. Reader

Encyclopedia of Animal Behavio . 3 : 242-250

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Poser un diagnostic sur les résultats d'une régression linéaire simple : points aberrants points extrêmes et points influents

Anne-Béatrice Dufour

Biométrie Humaine et Anthropologie - revue de la Société de biométrie humaine . 28(3-4) : 95-103

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The exploratory analysis of autocorrelation in animal-movement studies

S. Dray, M. Royer-Carenzi, C. Calenge

Ecological Research . 25 ( 3 ) : 673-681

DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0701-7

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Dynamics of an introduced population of mouflon Ovis aries on the sub-Antarctic archipelago of Kerguelen

Renaud Kaeuffer, Christophe Bonenfant, Jean-Louis Chapuis, Sébastien Devillard

Ecography . 33 ( 3 ) : 435–442

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05604.x

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Are abundance indices derived from spotlight counts reliable to monitor red deer Cervus elaphus populations?

M. Garel, C. Bonenfant, J.-L. Hamann, F. Klein, J.-M. Gaillard

Wildlife Biology . 16 ( 1 ) : 77-84

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Analyse de distributions sérologiques sans seuil de positivité: persistance des maladies abortives chez le chamois

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, Maryline Pioz, Philippe Gibert, Jean Hars, Dominique Gauthier

Réunion annuelle du groupe « Tiques et Maladies Transmises » du « Réseau Ecologie Interactions Durable » (REID) . : 12 slides

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Molecular an biological characteristics of Toxoplasma gondii isolates from wildlife in France

D. Aubert, Daniel Ajzenberg, C. Richomme, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, M.E. Terrier, C. de Gevigney...

Veterinary Parasitology . 171 ( 3-4 ) : 346-349

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.03.033

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Local meteorological conditions, dynamics of seroconversion to Toxoplasma gondii in cats ( Felis catus) and oocyst burden in a rural environment.

Eve Afonso, P. Thulliez, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont

Epidemiology and Infection . 138 : 1105-1113

DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809991270

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Epidemiological survey of trichinellosis in wild boar (Sus scrofa) and fox (Vulpes vulpes) in a French insular region, Corsica

Céline Richomme, S.A. Lacour, Christian Ducrot, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, François Casabianca, Oscar Maestrini...

Veterinary Parasitology . 172 ( 1-2 ) : 150-154

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.04.026

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Les membres du réseau ToxoBS, Structuration géographique de la population de Toxoplasma gondii à l'origine de toxoplasmose congénitale en France métropolitaine.

Frédéric Collinet, Daniel Ajzenberg, Sébastien Devillard, D. Aubert, I Villena, Marie-Laure Dardé

Club Toxo 2010 .

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On the evolutionary consequences of a Trivers-Willard effect in humans: Further analysis of Dr S. Kanazawa’s paper on ‘beautiful parents`

P. Blanchard, S. Devillard

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 264 : 1296-1298

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Discriminant analysis of principal components: a new method for the analysis of genetically structured populations

T. Jombart, S. Devillard, F. Balloux

BMC Genetics . 11 ( 94 ) : 1-15

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-11-94

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Local adaptation and evolution of parasitoid interactions in an invasive species, Drosophila subobscura

Patricia Gibert, Roland Allemand, Hélène Henri, Raymond B Huey

Evolutionary Ecology Research . 12 : 873-883

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