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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Déterminisme de l’impact des pesticides en cours d’eau : influence de la dynamique de l’exposition sur les effets biologiques

Véronique Gouy, A. Berard, Agnes Bouchez, Nadia Carluer, S. Charles, Arnaud Chaumot...

Colloque de restitution du programme EC2CO . : 1

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Population level integration of individual effect measurements for in situ water quality assessment: a modelling approach with Gammarus fossarum

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, H. Quéau, S. Charles, Arnaud Chaumot

14th international colloquium on Amphipoda . : 1

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Coupler modèles de dynamique de population et encagements in situ pour appréhender les effets populationnels des contaminations : illustration de la démarche chez le crustacé Gammarus fossarum

Romain Coulaud, Olivier Geffard, O. Adam, H. Quéau, Jeanne Garric, S. Charles...

Ecologie 2010 . : 25

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A temperature-dependent Leslie model to describe the dynamics of a bullhead (Cottus gobio) population

J. Kielbassa, Arnaud Chaumot, M.L. Delignette-Müller, S. Charles

Conference on Computational and Mathematical Population Dynamics . : 1

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Modelling and in situ caging for a realistic extrapolation of ecotoxicological effects at the population level: a methodological approach with Gammarus fossarum (Crustacean) and Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Gastropod)

Romain Coulaud, O. Adam, Olivier Geffard, H. Quéau, Jeanne Garric, S. Charles...

20th SETAC annual meeting . : 24

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Population dynamics and integration of individual toxicological effects for in situ water quality assessment: a modelling approach with Gammarus fossarum and Potamopyrgus antipodarum

Arnaud Chaumot, Olivier Geffard, Romain Coulaud, O. Adam, H. Quéau, S. Charles...

Colloque de la SEFA . : 1

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Application of a temperature-dependent von Bertalanffy growth model to bullhead (Cottus gobio)

J. Kielbassa, M.L. Delignette-Müller, Didier Pont, S. Charles

Ecological Modelling . 221 ( 20 ) : 2475-2481

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.07.001

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Serological evidence for the presence of non-pathogenic rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus-like strains in rabbits Oryctolagus cuniculus of the Kerguelen archipelago

Stéphane Marchandeau, Stéphane Bertagnoli, Yves Léonard, Hugues Santin-Janin, Brigitte Péralta, Ghislaine Le Gall-Reculé...

Polar Biology . 33 ( 7 ) : 985-989

DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0778-z

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Modelling the effect of temperature on transmission of dengue

P. Barbazan, M. Guiserix, W. Boonyuan, W. Tuntaprasart, D. Pontier, J.-P. Gonzalez

Medical and Veterinary Entomology . 24 ( 1 ) : 66-73

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2009.00848.x

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Pathocenosis: A Holistic Approach to Disease Ecology

J-P. Gonzalez, M. Guiserix, F. Sauvage, J-S. Guitton, P. Vidal, N. Bahi-Jaber...

EcoHealth . 7 ( 2 ) : 237-241

DOI: 10.1007/s10393-010-0326-x

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Mapping brucellosis risk in communities in the Republic of Armenia

Thibaud Porphyre, Ronald Jackson, Carola Sauter-Louis, David Ward, Grigor Baghyan, Edik Stepanyan

Geospatial Health . 5 ( 1 ) : 103 - 118

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Analysis of Amblyomma surveillance data in the Caribbean: Lessons for future control programmes

S Ahoussou, Renaud Lancelot, B Sanford, Thibaud Porphyre, P Bartlette-Powell, E Compton...

Veterinary Parasitology . 167 ( 2-4 ) : 327-335

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.035

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Biogeographical patterns of soil microbial communities at the scale of French metropolitan territory

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

13. International Symposium on Microbial Ecology ISME 13 . : 1 p.

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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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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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