Evolutionary Ecology
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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Does constrained oviposition infl uence offspring sex ratio in the solitary parasitoid wasp Venturia canescens ?
Ecological Entomology . 33 : 167-174
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see the publicationThe Risk of Flawed Inference in Evolutionary Studies When Detectability Is Less than One
The American Naturalist . 172 ( 3 ) : 441-448
DOI: 10.1086/589520
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see the publicationSenescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast–slow life-history continuum
Ecology Letters . 11 ( 7 ) : 664-673
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see the publicationTailles du domaine vital du Chevreuil Capreolus capreolus estimée à partir de données VHF et GPS
Wildlife Biology . 14 ( 1 ) : 101-110
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see the publicationEtude 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).
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see the publicationÉchecs de localisation des colliers GPS :une source d'erreurs à maîtriser
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see the publicationDemographic and Dispersal Constraints for Domestic Infestation by Non-Domicilated Chagas Disease Vectors in the Yucatan Peninsula Mexico
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 78 : 133-139
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see the publicationDes souris et des hommes l'étude des systèmes à hantavirus
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see the publicationLimited nest site availability helps seabirds to survive cat predation on islands
Ecological Modelling . 214 : 316-324
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see the publicationVaccination of free-living juvenile wild rabbits textit(Oryctolagus cuniculus) against myxomatosis improved their survival
Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 84 : 1-10
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see the publicationPhylogeny and biogeography of African Murinae based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences, with a new tribal classification of the subfamily.
BMC Evolutionary Biology . 8 : 199
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see the publicationFecundity and survival in relation to resistance to oxidative stress in a free-living bird
Ecology . 89(8) : 2584-2593
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see the publicationHabitat Selection and Habitat Suitability Preferences
incollection . 3 : 1810-1830
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see the publicationSpatial scale of local breeding habitat quality and adjustment of breeding decisions
Ecology . 89 : 1436-1444
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see the publicationOn the number of principal components: A test of dimensionality based on measurements of similarity between matrices
Computational Statistics and Data Analysis . 52 : 2228-2237
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see the publicationAge-specific feeding cessation in male red deer during rut
Journal of Zoology . 275(4) : 469-477
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see the publicationPopulation density and sex do not influence fine-scale natal dispersal in roe deer
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 275 : 2025-2030
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see the publicationThe timing of male reproductive effort relative to female ovulation in a capital breeder
Journal of Animal Ecology . 77(3) : 469-477
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see the publicationAntibodies against Salmonella is associated with reduced reproductive success in female alpine chamois (rupicapra rupicapra)
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 : 1111-1120
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see the publicationDiseases and reproductive success in a wild mammal: example in the alpine chamois.
Oecologia . 155 ( 4 ) : 691-704
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see the publicationSerotyping of Toxoplasma gondii: striking homogeneous pattern between symptomatic and asymptomatic infections within Europe and South America.
Microbes and Infection . 10 ( 7 ) : 742-7
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see the publicationA Population Dynamics Analysis of the Interaction between Adaptive Regulatory T Cells and Antigen Presenting Cells
PLoS ONE . 3() : 1-9
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see the publicationQuantitative risk assessment for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in frozen ground beef patties consumed by young children in French households
International Journal of Food Microbiology . 128 : 77-84
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see the publicationPersistence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 in various manure-amended soil types
Journal of Applied Microbiology . 104 : 296-304
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see the publicationOptimal release strategies for the biological control of aphids in melon greenhouses
Biological Control . 48 ( 1 ) : 12 - 21
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see the publicationFrom W.S. Gosset`s pieces of card (1908) to R software : analysing Macdonell`s dataset of 3000 criminals
Biométrie Humaine et Anthropologie - revue de la Société de biométrie humaine . 26 : 33-39
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see the publicationAn agent-based model for predicting the prevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi I and II in their host and vector populations
Journal of Theoretical Biology . 255 : 307-315
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see the publicationForaging and associative learning of visual signals in a parasitic wasp
Animal Cognition . ( 11 ) : 525-533
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see the publicationDensity-dependent body condition and recruitment in a tropical ungulate
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 ( 1 ) : 24-32
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see the publicationDeterminants of seasonal variation in activity patterns of mouflon
Canadian Journal of Zoology . 86 : 1410-1418
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