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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Unexpected heterozygosity in an island mouflon population founded by a single pair of individuals.

Renaud Kaeuffer, David W. Coltman, Jean Louis Chapuis, Dominique Pontier, Denis Reale

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 274 : 527-533

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Predicting the emergence of human hantavirus disease using a combination of viral dynamics and rodent demographic patterns

Frank Sauvage, Michel Langlais, Dominique Pontier

Epidemiology and Infection . 135 : 46--56

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The effects of cyclic dynamics and mating system on the effective size of an island mouflon population

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

Molecular Ecology . 16 : 4482-4492

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The Near Eastern Origin of Cat Domestication

Carlos Driscoll, Marilyn Menotti-Raymond, Alfred Roca, Karsten Hupe, Warren E Johnson, Eli Geffen...

Science . 317 : 519-523

DOI: 10.1126/science.1139518

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Detecting population structure using STRUCTURE software: effect of background linkage disequilibrium

R. Kaeuffer, D. Reale, D.W. Coltman, D. Pontier

Heredity . 99 : 374-380

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Feeding-order in an urban feral domestic cat colony: relationship to dominance rank sex and age

R. Bonanni, S. Cafazzo, C. Fantini, D. Pontier, E. Natoli

Animal Behaviour . 74 : 1369-1379

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A descriptive spatial analysis of bovine tuberculosis in intensively controlled cattle farms in New Zealand

Thibaud Porphyre, Joanna Mckenzie, Mark Stevenson

Veterinary Research . 38 ( 3 ) : 465-479

DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2007003

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Mandibles and molars of the wood mouse, Apodemus sylvaticus (L.): integrated latitudinal pattern and mosaic insular evolution

Sabrina Renaud, Johan R. Michaux

Journal of Biogeography . 34 : 335-355

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01597.x

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Le projet ECOMIC-RMQS ou comment faire de la microbiogéographie à l'échelle de la France

Samuel S. Dequiedt, Mélanie M. Lelievre, Claudy C. Jolivet, Manuel Martin, Nicolas Saby, Dominique Arrouays...

Journées d'animations scientifiques des ORE ACBB . : n.p.

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Arbuscular mycorrhizas and ectomycorrhizas of Uapaca bojeri L. (Euphorbiaceae): sporophore diversity patterns of root colonization and effects on seedling growth and soil microbial catabolic diversity

N. Ramanankierana, M. Ducousso, N. Rakotoarimanga, Y. Prin, J. Thioulouse, E. Randrianjohany...

Mycorrhiza . 17 : 195-208

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Soil functional diversity and P solubilization from rock phosphate after inoculation whith native or allochtonous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

L. Ouahmane, Jean Thioulouse, M. Hafidi, Yves Prin, Marc Ducousso, Antoine Galiana...

Forest Ecology and Management . 241 ( 1-3 ) : 200-208

DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.015

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Evolution and invasion dynamics of multiple infections with Wolbachia investigated using matrix based models.

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

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 245 : 197-209

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An individual-based model for describing the bullhead population dynamics in a river network

S. Charles, F. Subtil, Didier Pont

The 6th european conference on ecological modelling ECEM 07, Trieste, ITA, 27-30 novembre 2007 . : 1

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Quantitative Risk Assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in French Cold-Smoked Salmon: I. Quantitative Exposure Assessment

R. Pouillot, N. Miconnet, A.-L. Afchain, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Aurélien Beaufort Beaufort, L. Rosso...

Risk Analysis . 27 : 806-819

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Persistence of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O26 in cow slurry

B. Fremaux, C. Prigent-Combaret, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, M. Dothal, Christine Vernozy-Rozand

Letters in Applied Microbiology . 45 ( 1 ) : 55-61

DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2007.02146.x

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An implicit approach to model plant infestation by insect pests

Christelle Lopes, Thierry Spataro, Christophe Doursat, Laurent Lapchin, Roger Arditi

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 248 ( 1 ) : 164 - 178

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.05.010

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A New Method for Assessing the Effect of Replication on DNA Base Composition Asymmetry

A. Necşulea, J.R. Lobry

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 24 : 2169-2179

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Indicators of ecological change: new tools for managing populations of large herbivores

Nicolas Morellet, Jean-Michel Gaillard, A.J. Mark Hewison, Philippe Ballon, Yves Boscardin, Patrick Duncan...

Journal of Applied Ecology . 44 ( 3 ) : 634-643

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01307.x

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Assessment of Triatoma dimidiata dispersal in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico by morphometry and microsatellite markers

Vincent Payet, Frédéric Tripet, Eric Dumonteil, Gregory Lanzaro, Frédéric Menu, Maria Jesus Ramirez-Sierra

The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 76 ( 5 ) : 930-937

DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.76.930

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Male Reproductive Success in a Social Group of Urban Feral Cats (Felis catus L.)

E. Natoli, M. Schmid, L. Say, D. Pontier

Ethology . 113 : 283-289

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Morphological vs. molecular evolution: ecology and phylogeny both shape the mandible of rodents

Sabrina Renaud, Pascale Chevret, Jacques Michaux

Zoologica Scripta . 36 : 525-535

DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2007.00297.x

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Morphological diversity of Old World rats and mice (Rodentia Muridae) mandible in relation with phylogeny and adaptation

J. Michaux, P. Chevret, S. Renaud

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research . 45 : 263-279

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Evolution of an invasive rodent on an archipelago as revealed by molar shape analysis: the house mouse in the Canary Islands

J. Michaux, T. Cucchi, Sabrina Renaud, F. Garcia-Talavera, R. Hutterer

Journal of Biogeography . 34 : 1412-1425

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Mandibles and molars of the wood mouse Apodemus sylvaticus (L.): integrated latitudinal pattern and mosaic insular evolution

Sabrina Renaud, J.R. Michaux

Journal of Biogeography . 34 : 339-355

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Quantitative conodont-based approaches for correlation of the Late Devonian Kellwasser anoxic events

Christian Girard, Sabrina Renaud

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 250 : 114-125

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The ade4 Package: Implementing the Duality Diagram for Ecologists

S. Dray, Anne-Béatrice Dufour

Journal of Statistical Software . 22 : 1-20

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The ade4 Package--II: Two-table and K-table Methods

S. Dray, A.B. Dufour, D. Chessel

R News . 7 : 47-52

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Consensus genetic structuring and typological value of markers using multiple co-inertia analysis

Denis Laloë, Thibaut Jombart, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Katayoun Moazami-Goudarzi

Genetics Selection Evolution . 39 ( 5 ) : 545-567

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Are extra-pair young better than within-pair young? A comparison of survival and dominance in alpine marmot

A. Cohas, C. Bonenfant, J.-M. Gaillard, Dominique Allainé

Journal of Animal Ecology . 76 : 771-781

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Importance of a pilot study for non-invasive genetic sampling: genotyping errors and population size estimation in red deer

N. Valiere, C. Bonenfant, C. Toigo, G. Luikart, J. M. Gaillard, F. Klein

Conservation Genetics . 8 ( 1 ) : 69-78

DOI: 10.1007/s10592-006-9149-2

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