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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Pollution, stochasticity and spatial heterogeneity in the dynamics of an age-structured population of brown trout living in a river network

Arnaud Chaumot, S. Charles, H.R. Akçakaya, J.D. Stark, T.S. Bridges

Demographic toxicity: Methods in ecological risk assessment . 978-0-19-533296-4 : 168-183

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Population Dynamics of Grayling: Modelling Temperature and Discharge Effects

Sandrine Charles, J.-P. Mallet, H. Persat

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena . 1 ( 1 ) : 31-48

DOI: 10.1051/mmnp:2006002

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Testing for phylogenetic signal in phenotypic traits : a new matrix of phylogenetic proximities

S. Pavoine, S. Ollier, D. Pontier, D. Chessel

Theoretical Population Biology . 73 : 79-91

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Local effects of inbreeding on embryo number and consequences for genetic diversity in Kerguelen mouflon

R. Kaeuffer, D. Réale, D. Pontier, J.-L. Chapuis, D.-W. Coltman

Biology Letters . -- : 374-380

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Spatial and temporal patterning of bank vole demography and the epidemiology of the Puumala hantavirus in northeastern France

D. Augot, F. Sauvage, F. Boue, M. Bouloy, Marc Artois, J.-M. Demerson...

Epidemiology and Infection . 136(12) : 1638-1643

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Population density and sex do not influence fine-scale natal dispersal in roe deer

J.-M Gaillard, A. J. Mark Hewison, Petter Kjellander, Nathalie Pettorelli, Christophe Bonenfant, Bram van Moorter...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 275 ( 1646 ) : 2025-2030

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0393

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Influence of contact heterogeneity on TB reproduction ratio R$_0$ in a free-living brushtail possum Trichosurus vulpecula population

Thibaud Porphyre, Mark Stevenson, Ron Jackson, Joanna Mckenzie

Veterinary Research . 39 ( 3 ) : 1

DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2008007

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The exotic legume tree species Acacia holosericea alters microbial soil functionalities and the structure of the arbuscular mycorrhizal community

P. Remigi, A. Faye, A. Kane, M. Deruaz, J. Thioulouse, M. Cissoko...

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 74 : 1485-1493

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An individual-based model to describe a bullhead population dynamics including temperature variations

Sandrine Charles, F. Subtil, J. Kielbassa, D. Pont

Ecological Modelling . 215 : 377-392

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Do vertically transmitted symbionts co-existing in a single host compete or cooperate? A modelling approach

E. Vautrin, S. Genieys, Sandrine Charles, F. Vavre

Journal of Evolutionary Biology . 21 : 145-161

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Unexpected male choosiness for mates in a spider

Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, S. Dray, Dominique Allainé, F. Menu, Samuel Venner

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 275 : 77-82

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Use of the library fitdistrplus to specify distribution from non-censored or censored data

Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Régis Pouillot, Jean-Baptiste Denis

Report

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Does constrained oviposition infl uence offspring sex ratio in the solitary parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens ?

M. Metzger, C. Bernstein, E. Desouhant

Ecological Entomology . 33 : 167-174

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The Risk of Flawed Inference in Evolutionary Studies When Detectability Is Less than One

Olivier Gimenez, Anne Viallefont, Anne Charmantier, Roger Pradel, Emmanuelle Cam, Charles R Brown...

The American Naturalist . 172 ( 3 ) : 441-448

DOI: 10.1086/589520

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Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life-history continuum

Owen R. Jones, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Shripad Tuljapurkar, Jussi S. Alho, Kenneth B. Armitage, Peter H. Becker...

Ecology Letters . 11 ( 7 ) : 664-673

DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01187.x

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Tailles du domaine vital du Chevreuil Capreolus capreolus estimée à partir de données VHF et GPS

Maryline Pellerin, Sonia Said, Jean-Michel Gaillard

Wildlife Biology . 14 ( 1 ) : 101-110

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Etude des variations spatio-temporelles de l'activité et de l'utilisation des ressources par les herbivores. L'exemple du mouflon méditerranéen (Ovis gmelini musimon x Ovis sp.) et du chevreuil (Capreolus capreolus).

G. Bourgoin

Thesis

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Échecs de localisation des colliers GPS :une source d'erreurs à maîtriser

G. Bourgoin, M. Garel, D. Dubray, D. Maillard, E. Marty, J.-M. Gaillard

incollection . -- : 85-93

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Demographic and Dispersal Constraints for Domestic Infestation by Non-Domicilated Chagas Disease Vectors in the Yucatan Peninsula Mexico

S. Gourbière, E. Dumonteil, J.E. Rabinovich, R. Minkoue, F. Menu

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 78 : 133-139

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Des souris et des hommes l'étude des systèmes à hantavirus

F. Sauvage, D. Fouchet, D. Pontier

incollection . -- : 413-456

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Limited nest site availability helps seabirds to survive cat predation on islands

D. Pontier, D. Fouchet, J. Bried, N. Bahi-Jaber

Ecological Modelling . 214 : 316-324

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Vaccination of free-living juvenile wild rabbits textit(Oryctolagus cuniculus) against myxomatosis improved their survival

J.-S. Guitton, S. Devillard, M. Guénézan, D. Fouchet, D. Pontier, S. Marchandeau

Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 84 : 1-10

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Phylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily.

E. Lecompte, K. Aplin, C. Denys, F. Catzeflis, M. Chades, P. Chevret

BMC Evolutionary Biology . 8 : 199

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Fecundity and survival in relation to resistance to oxidative stress in a free-living bird

P. Bize, G. Devevey, P. Monaghan, Blandine Doligez, P. Christe

Ecology . 89(8) : 2584-2593

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Habitat Selection and Habitat Suitability Preferences

Blandine Doligez, T. Boulinier

incollection . 3 : 1810-1830

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Spatial scale of local breeding habitat quality and adjustment of breeding decisions

Blandine Doligez, A. Berthouly, D. Doligez, Mark Tanner, V. Saladin, D. Bonfils...

Ecology . 89 : 1436-1444

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On the number of principal components: A test of dimensionality based on measurements of similarity between matrices

S. Dray

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis . 52 : 2228-2237

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Age-specific feeding cessation in male red deer during rut

A. Mysterud, C. Bonenfant, L.E. Loe, R. Langvatn, Ng. Yoccoz, / Stenseth

Journal of Zoology . 275(4) : 469-477

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Population density and sex do not influence fine-scale natal dispersal in roe deer

J.-M. Gaillard, A.J.M. Hewison, P. Kjellander, N. Pettorelli, C. Bonenfant, B. van Moorter...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 275 : 2025-2030

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The timing of male reproductive effort relative to female ovulation in a capital breeder

A. Mysterud, C. Bonenfant, L.E. Loe, R. Langvatn, N.G. Yoccoz, / Stenseth

Journal of Animal Ecology . 77(3) : 469-477

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