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
Display of 1981 to 2010 publications on 2315 in total
Osservazioni etologiche per determinare il temperamento di cani residenti nel pubblico canile e ospedale veterinario
Il Progresso Veterinario . 11 : 412-414
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see the publicationMultiple causes of sexual segregation in European red deer : enlightenments from varying breeding phenology at high and low latitude.
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 271 : 883-892
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see the publicationRôle des contraintes évolutives dépendantes du sexe en biologie des populations
incollection . -- : 1369-1379
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see the publicationVariation in harem size of red deer (Cervus elaphus) : the effects of adult sex ratio and age structure.
Journal of Zoology . 264 : 1-9
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see the publicationCoexistence de la reproduction sexuée et asexuée chez l'hyménoptère parasitoïde Venturia canescens : Aspects comportementaux et écologiques
incollection . -- : 409-418
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see the publicationComparative analysis of morphological traits among Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans: genetic variability clines and phenotypic plasticity
Genetica . 120 : 165-179
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see the publicationSpecific effects-of cycling stressful temperatures upon phenotypic and genetic variability of size traits in Drosophila melanogaster
Evolutionary Ecology Research . 6 : 873-890
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see the publicationHow does susceptibility prevalence impact on the performance of disk diffusion susceptibility testing?
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease . 49 : 131-139
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see the publicationEstimating the bacterial lag time: which model which precision ?
International Journal of Food Microbiology . 91 : 261-277
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see the publicationForcing reversibility in the no strand-bias substitution model allows for the theoretical and practical identifiability of its 5 parameters from pairwise DNA sequence comparisons
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see the publicationWhat limits the Serengeti zebra population?
Oecologia . 140 : 523-532
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see the publicationPredation risk and longevity influence variation in fitness of female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.)
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 271 : 338-340
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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 ( 6 ) : E112-E125
DOI: 10.1086/383618
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see the publicationSpacing pattern in a social group of stray cats: effects on male reproductive success
Animal Behaviour . 68 : 175-180
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see the publicationDoes social complexity lead to sex-biased dispersal in polygynous mammals ? A test on ground-dwelling sciurids.
Behavioral Ecology . 15 : 83-87
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see the publicationStep-wise morphological trends in fluctuating environments: Evidence in the Late Devonian conodont genus Palmatolepis
Geobios . 37 : 404-415
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see the publicationParallel evolution in molar outline of murine rodents: the case of the extinct Malpaisomys insularis (Eastern Canary Islands)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 142 : 555-572
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see the publicationProspecting in the collared flycatcher: gathering public information for breeding habitat selection?
Animal Behaviour . 297 : 457-466
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see the publicationUsing large-scale data analysis to assess life history and behavioural traitrs: the case of the reintroduced White stork population in the Netherlands
Animal Biodiversity and Conservation . 27 : 387-402
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see the publicationFrom dissimilarities among species to dissimilarities among communities: A Double Principal Coordinate Analysis
Journal of Theoretical Biology . 228 : 523-537
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see the publicationComparative life histories and ecophysiology of Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans
Genetica . 120 : 151-163
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see the publicationDrosophila melanogaster Drosophila simulans: so similar yet so different
Genetica . 120 : 5-16
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see the publicationPhenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Drosophila melanogaster: genetic repeatability of quantitative parameters in two successive generations
Heredity . 92 : 499-507
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see the publicationREML estimates of genetic parameters of sexual dimorphism for wing and thorax length in Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Genetics . 83 : 163-170
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see the publicationCold adaptation in geographical populations of Drosophila melanogaster phenotypic plasticity is more important than genetic variability
Functional Ecology . 18 : 700-706
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see the publicationREML estimates of genetic parameters of sexual size dimorphism for wing and thorax length in Drosophila melanogaster
Journal of Genetics . 83 ( 2 ) : 163-170
DOI: 10.1007/BF02729893
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see the publicationUne nouvelle analyse multi-temporelle d`images satellitales les residus de l`Analyse en Composantes Principales. Un cas d`etude: une serie d`images Landsat Thematic Mapper de la Camargue France.
International Journal of Remote Sensing . 25 : 1925-1938
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see the publicationParallel evolution in molar outline of murine rodents: the case of the extinct Malpaisomys insularis (Eastern Canary Islands)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 142 ( 4 ) : 555-572
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see the publicationIs the western population of the European mink, (Mustela lutreola), a distinct Management Unit for conservation?
Biological Conservation . 115 ( 3 ) : 357-367
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