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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Long-term monitoring of classical swine fever in wild boar (Sus scrofa sp.) using serological data
Veterinary Research . 36 ( 1 ) : 27-42
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see the publicationMorphological evolution, ecological diversification and climate change in rodents
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London . 272 : 609-617
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see the publicationFirst upper molar and mandible shape of wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) from northern Germany: ageing, habitat and insularity
Mammalian Biology: Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde . 70 ( 3 ) : 157-170
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see the publicationIs the originality of a species measurable ?
Ecology Letters . 8 : 579-586
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see the publicationShort-term effects of using verbal instructions and demonstration at the beginning of learning a complex skill in figure skating.
Perceptual and Motor Skills . 100 : 179-191
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see the publicationCoupling principal component analysis and GIS to map deer habitats
Wildlife Biology . 11 : 363-370
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see the publicationStatut sanitaire des ongulés sauvages de montagne – relation avec le statut sanitaire des ongulés domestiques
Réunion de présentation des actions de recherche. Parc Naturel Régional du massif des Bauges .
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see the publicationIsofemale lines in Drosophila: an empirical approach to quantitative trait analysis in natural populations
Heredity . 94 : 3-12
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see the publicationFunctional diversity of soil microbial community, rock phosphate dissolution and growth of Acacia seyal as influenced by grass-litter and soil-feeding termite nest structure amendments
Geoderma . 124 : 349-361
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see the publicationMADE4: an R package for multivariate analysis of gene expression data
Bioinformatics . 21 : 2789-2790
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see the publicationMolecular phylogeny of the African pygmy mice, subgenus Nannomys (Rodentia, Murinae, Mus): Implications for chromosomal evolution
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 36 ( 2 ) : 358-369
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see the publicationSystematics and evolution of the subfamily Gerbillinae (Mammalia, Rodentia, Muridae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 35 ( 3 ) : 674-688
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see the publicationEtude de maladies abortives non réglementées chez les ongulés sauvages de montagne et les ruminants domestiques des Bauges (Pré-Alpes du Nord, France). 22èmes Rencontres du Groupe d’Étude sur l’Écopathologie de la Faune Sauvage de Montagne
22èmes Rencontres du Groupe d’Étude sur l’Écopathologie de la Faune Sauvage de Montagne .
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see the publicationEcotoxicologie aquatique et modélisation des effets biologiques. Rapport final
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see the publicationFood availability effect on population dynamics of the midge Chironomus riparius: a Leslie modeling approach
Ecological Modelling . 175 ( 3 ) : 217-229
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see the publicationLes modèles matriciels de type Leslie : Une approche couplée Mathématiques et Statistiques
incollection . -- : 377-392
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see the publicationAntibodies to Aleutian Mink Disease Parvovirus in free-ranging small carnivores from south-western France: implication for the conservation of the European mink (Mustela lutreola)
Journal of wildlife diseases . 40 : 394-402
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see the publicationIs there geographical variation in human handedness?
Laterality . 9 : 35-52
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see the publicationStudent athletes claim to have more sexual partners than other students
Evolution and Human Behavior . 25 : 1-8
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see the publicationAn age-dependent model describing the spread of panleucopenia virus within feline populations.
Banach Center Publications Polish Academy of Science . 63 : 197-207
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see the publicationSimultaneous analysis of a sequence of paired ecological tables with the STATICO method
Ecology . 85 : 272-283
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see the publicationMathématiques et Informatique du Vivant " : une formation interdisciplinaire qui voit le jour grâce au LMD
21ème congrès de l'AIPU (Association internationale de pédagogie universitaire) . : 1820-1822
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see the publicationSimple table for estimating confidence interval of discrepancy frequencies in microbiological safety evaluation
Journal of Microbiological Methods . 56 : 137-139
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see the publicationLife history traits and genome structure: aerobiosis and G+C content in bacteria
Lecture Notes in Computer Science . 3039 : 679-686
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see the publicationThe effects of hurricane Lothar on habitat use of roe deer
Forest Ecology and Management . 195 : 237-242
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see the publicationDynamics of production of sexual forms in Aphids: theoretical and experimental evidence for adaptive "Coin-flipping" plasticity
The American Naturalist . 163 : E112-E125
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see the publicationMolecular and behavioural analyses reveal male-biased dispersal between social groups of domestic cats
Ecoscience . 11 : 175-180
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see the publicationEffective size of two feral domestic cat populations (Felis catus L.): effect of the mating system
Molecular Ecology . 13 ( 2 ) : 483-490
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see the publicationMorphological variation of Palmatolepis Devonian conodonts: species versus genus
General Paleontology . 3 : 1-8
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