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

Display of 1951 to 1980 publications on 2451 in total

Microbiogéographie à l'échelle du territoire national

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

AFEM (Association Francophone d'Ecologie Microbienne) . : n.p.

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Biological control of Striga hermontica by Cubiterms mound powder amendment in sorghum culture

Z. Andrianjaka, R. Bally, Michel Le Page, J. Thioulouse, G. Comte, M. Kisa...

Applied Soil Ecology . 37 ( 3 ) : 175-183

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.03.001

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Improvement of Cupressus atlantica Gaussen growth by inoculation with native arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

L. Ouahmane, M. Hafidi, J. Thioulouse, M. Ducousso, M. Kisa, Y. Prin...

Journal of Applied Ecology . 103 : 683-690

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Detection of recombinant human erythropoietin in urine for doping analysis: interpretation of isoelectric profiles by discriminant analysis

F. Lasne, J. Thioulouse, L. Martin, J. de Ceaurriz

Electrophoresis . 28 ( 12 ) : 1875-1881

DOI: 10.1002/elps.200600363

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Dynamique d'un système hôte-parasitoïde en environnement spatialement hétérogène et lutte biologique Application au puceron Aphis gossypii et au parasitoïde Lysiphlebus testaceipes en serre de melons

Christelle Lopes

Thesis

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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 : 545-567

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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

Jacques Michaux, Thomas Cucchi, Sabrina Renaud, Francisco Garcia-Talavera, Rainer Hutterer

Journal of Biogeography . 34 ( 8 ) : 1412-1425

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01701.x

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

Catherine Girard, Sabrina Renaud

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 250 : 114-125

DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.03.007

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Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis can counterbalance the negative influence of the exotic tree species Eucalyptus camaldulensis on the structure and functioning of soil microbial communities in a sahelian soil

M. Kisa, A. Sanon, J. Thioulouse, K. Assigbetse, S. Sylla, Rodolphe Spichiger...

FEMS Microbiology Ecology . 62 ( 1 ) : 32-44

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00363.x

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Small but smart: the interaction between environmental cues and internal state modulates host-patch exploitation in a parasitic wasp

P. Lucchetta, E. Desouhant, E. Wajnberg, C. Bernstein

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology . ( 61 ) : 1409-1418

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Quantitative risk assessment of listeria monocytogenes in french cold-smoked salmon: I. quantitative exposure assessment

Regis Pouillot, Nicolas Miconnet, Anne-Laure Afchain, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Annie Beaufort, Laurent Rosso...

Risk Analysis . 27 ( 3 ) : 683-700

DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2007.00921.x

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Infectivity of Histomonas meleagridis in ducks

Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal, Claude Chauve, M.C. Reynaud, Théodore Alogninouwa, Lionel Zenner

Avian Pathology . 35 ( 2 ) : 109-116

DOI: 10.1080/03079450600597626

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Population dynamics of grayling : modelling temperature and discharge effects.

S. Charles, J.P. Mallet, Henri Persat

Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena . 1 ( 1 ) : 33-48

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A multi-patch epidemic model with periodic demography, direct and indirect transmission and variable maturation rate

Cédric Wolf, Michel Langlais, Frank Sauvage, Dominique Pontier

Mathematical Population Studies . 13 ( 3 ) : 153-177

DOI: 10.1080/08898480600788584

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Potential of a 16S rRNA-based taxonomic microarray for analyzing the rhizosphere effects of maize on Agrobacterium spp. and bacterial communities

Hervé Sanguin, B. Remenant, Arnaud Dechesne, J. Thioulouse, Timothy M. Vogel, Xavier Nesme...

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 72 ( 6 ) : 4302-4312

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02686-05

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Biological effects of native and exotic plant residues on plant growth microbial biomass and N availability under controlled conditions

M.D. Diallo, R. Duponnois, A. Guisse, S. Sall, J.-L. Chotte, J. Thioulouse

European Journal of Soil Biology . 42 : 238-246

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Litter-forager termite mounds enhance the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between Acacia holosericea A. Cunn. Ex G. Don and Scleroderma dictyosporum isolates

R. Duponnois, K. Assigbetse, H. Ramanankierana, M. Kisa, Jean Thioulouse, Michel Le Page

FEMS Microbiology Ecology . 56 : 292-303

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00089.x

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A multivariate approach to integrating Datasets using made4 and ade4

A.C. Culhane, J. Thioulouse

R News . -- : 1-15

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Displacement of an herbaceous plant species community by mycorrhizal and non-mycorrhizal Gmelina arborea, an exotic tree, grown in a microcosm experiment

A. Sanon, P. Martin, Jean Thioulouse, Christian Plenchette, Rodolphe Spichiger, Michel Le Page...

Mycorrhiza . 16 ( 2 ) : 125-132

DOI: 10.1007/s00572-005-0024-7

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The Ectomycorrhizosphere Effect Influences Functional Diversity of Soil Microflora

N. Ramanankierana, N. Rakotoarimanga, J. Thioulouse, K. Marija, E. Randrianjohany, L. Ramaroson...

International Journal of Soil Science . 1 : 8-19

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Development of cellular immune responses to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage antigens from birth to 36 months of age in Cameroon

J.Y. Le Hesran, N. Fievet, J. Thioulouse, P. Personne, B. Maubert, S. M'Bidias...

Acta Tropica . 98 : 261-269

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TESD : a transposable element dynamics simulation environment

G. Deceliere, Y. Letrillard, Sandrine Charles, C. Biémont

Bioinformatics . 22 : 2702-2703

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Mate-guarding strategies and male competitive ability: results from a field study in an orb-weaving spider

Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, Samuel Venner

Animal Behaviour . 71 : 1315-1322

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Dynamic optimization over infinite-time horizon: Web-building strategy in an orb-weaving spider as a case study

Samuel Venner, Iadine Chadès, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, Alain Pasquet, François Charpillet, Raymond Leborgne

Journal of Theoretical Biology . Volume 241 ( Issue 4 ) : Pages 725-733

DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.01.008

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Modeling and Predicting the Simultaneous Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Ground Beef Background Microflora for Various Enrichment Protocols

A. Vimont, Christine Vernozy-Rozand, M.-P. Montet, C. Lazizzera, C. Bavai, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 72 : 261-268

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Serotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in chronically infected pregnant women: predominance of type II in Europe and types I and III in Colombia (South America).

François Peyron, Jean R Lobry, Karine Musset, Josette Ferrandiz, Jorge Enrique Gomez-Marin, Eskild Petersen...

Microbes and Infection . 8 ( 9-10 ) : 2333-40

DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2006.03.023

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UV-Targeted Dinucleotides Are Not Depleted in Light-Exposed Prokaryotic Genomes

L. Palmeira, Laurent Guéguen, J.R. Lobry

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 23 : 2214-2219

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How does environmental variation influence body mass, body size, and body condition? Roe deer as a case study.

Carole Toïgo, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Guy van Laere, Mark Hewison, Nicolas Morellet

Ecography . 29 ( 3 ) : 301–308

DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04394.x

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Density-dependent responses of fawn cohort body mass in two contrasting roe deer populations

Peter Kjellander, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Mark Hewison

Oecologia . 146 ( 4 ) : 521-530

DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0188-z

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Rodrigues fruit bats (Pteropus rodricensis Megachiroptera : Pteropodidae) retain genetic diversity despite population declines and founder events

J. O'Brien, G.F. Mccracken, L. Say, T.J. Hayden

Conservation Genetics . 8 : 1073-1082

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