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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Behavioral plasticity and virus propagation: the FIV-cat population example

N. Bahi-Jaber, M. Langlais, D. Pontier

Theoretical Population Biology . 64 : 11-24

2003

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Mate fidelity in monogamous birds: a re-examination of the Procellariiformes

J. Bried, D. Pontier, P. Jouventin

Animal Behaviour . 65 : 235-246

2003

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Modeling transmission of directly transmitted infectious diseases using colored stochastic Petri nets

N. Bahi-Jaber, Dominique Pontier

Mathematical Biosciences . 185 : 1-13

2003

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Modelling hantavirus in fluctuating populations of bank voles: the role of indirect transmission on virus persistence

F. Sauvage, M. Langlais, N.G. Yoccoz, D. Pontier

Journal of Animal Ecology . 72 : 1-13

2003

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Relationship of nematode communities to human demographics and environment in agricultural fields and fallow lands in Senegal.

P. Cadet, E. Pate, J. Thioulouse

Journal of Tropical Ecology . 19 : 279-290

2003

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Un site web pour l`enseignement interdisciplinaire des Mathématiques en Biologie

Sandrine Charles, Michel Ney, Dominique Mouchiroud, L. Humblot, C. Batier

EIAH (Environnement Informatique d`Apprentissage Humain) . -- : 445-452

2003

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Quelques problèmes statistiques rencontrés dans l`estimation de la température minimale de croissance de Listeria monocytogenes

S. Charles-Bajard, Jean-Pierre Flandrois, R. Tomassone

Revue de Statistique Appliquée . LI : 59-71

2003

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Body mass-dependent cost of web-building behaviour in an orb weaving spider Zygiella x-notata

Samuel Venner, Marie-Claude Bel-Venner, A. Pasquet, R. Leborgne

The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften . 90 : 269-272

2003

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Internal correspondence analysis of codon and amino-acid usage in thermophilic bacteria

J.R. Lobry, D. Chessel

Journal of Applied Genetics . 44 : 235-261

2003

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Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): the roles of host presence and conspecific densities

M. Castelo, J.C. Corley, E. Desouhant

Journal of Insect Behavior . 16 : 307-318

2003

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Dispersal between host populations in field conditions: navigation rules in the parasitoid Venturia canescens

E. Desouhant, G. Driessen, B. Wielaard, L. Lapchin, C. Bernstein

Ecological Entomology . 28 : 257-267

2003

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Age and density modify the effects of habitat quality on survival and movements of roe deer

Nathalie Pettorelli, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Patrick Duncan, Daniel Maillard, Guy van Laere, Daniel Delorme

Ecology . 84 ( 12 ) : 3307-3316

2003

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Variability in diapause duration in the chestnut weevil: mixed ESS genetic polymorphism or bet-hedging?

B. Soula, F. Menu

Oikos . 100 : 574-580

2003

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Dispersal pattern of domestic cats (Felis catus) in a promiscuous urban population: do females disperse or die?

S. Devillard, Ludovic Say, D. Pontier

Journal of Animal Ecology . 72 : 203-211

2003

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Disease propagation in connected host populations with density-dependent dynamics: the case of the Feline Leukemia Virus

Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, D. Pontier, M. Langlais

Journal of Theoretical Biology . 223 ( 4 ) : 465-475

DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5193(03)00122-X

2003

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Genetic and behavioural estimates of reproductive skew in male fallow deer

L. Say, F. Naulty, T.J. Hayden

Molecular Ecology . 12 : 2793-2800

2003

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Evolutionary systematics of the Indian mouse Mus famulusBonhote, 1898: molecular (DNA/DNA hybridization and 12S rRNA sequences) and morphological evidence

Pascale C Chevret, Paulina Jenkins, François M. Catzeflis

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 137 ( 3 ) : 385-401

DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00050.x

2003

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Adaptive latitudinal trends in the mandible shape of Apodemus wood mice

Sabrina Renaud, J. R. Michaux

Biogeography . 30 : 1617-1628

2003

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Habitat tracking as a response of the planktic foraminifer Globorotalia truncatulinoides to environmental fluctuations during the last 140 kyr

Sabrina Renaud, D.N. Schmidt

Marine Micropaleontology . 49 : 97-122

2003

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Response of planktic foraminiferal size to late Quaternary climate change

D.N. Schmidt, Sabrina Renaud, J. Bollmann

Paleoceanography . 18 : 1-12

2003

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Clutch size reduction as a response to increased nest predation rate in the collared flycatcher

Blandine Doligez, Jean Clobert

Ecology . 84 : 2582-2588

2003

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Procustean co-inertia analysis for the linking of multivariate datasets

S. Dray, D. Chessel, J. Thioulouse

Ecoscience . 10 : 110-119

2003

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Co-inertia analysis and the linking of ecological tables

Stéphane Dray, Daniel Chessel, Jean Thioulouse

Ecology . 84 ( 11 ) : 3078-3089

DOI: 10.1890/03-0178

2003

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ln vitro effect of essential oils from Cinnamomum Aromaticum Citrus limon and Allium sativum on two intestinal flagellates of poultry Tetratrichomonas gallinarum and Histomonas meleagridis

L. Zenner, Marie-Pierre Callait-Cardinal, C. Granier, C. Chauve

Parasite . 10 : 153-157

2003

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La faune sauvage indicateur possible du risque de maladie émergente.

Marc Artois, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, J. Hars

Epidémiologie et Santé Animale . 44 : 21-31

2003

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Does a deletion in a virus-like particle protein pleiotropic have effects on the reproductive biology of a parasitoid wasp?

Isabelle Amat, Carlos Bernstein, Jacques J.M. van Alphen

Journal of Insect Physiology . 49 : 1183-1188

2003

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Phenotypic plasticity of sternopleural bristle number in temperate and tropical populations of Drosophila melanogaster

B. Moreteau, Patricia Gibert, Jean-Marie Delpuech, G. Petavy, J.R. David

Genetical Research . 81 : 25-32

2003

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Comparing and classifying one-dimensional spatial patterns: an application to laser altimeter profiles

S. Ollier, D. Chessel, Pierre Couteron, R. Pelissier, J. Thioulouse

Remote Sensing of Environment . 85 ( 4 ) : 453-462

DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(03)00038-5

2003

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Les étudiants en première année à l`Université des Sciences : innover pour motiver

Michel Ney, Sandrine Charles

20ème Congrès AIPU (Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire) . : 157-165

2003

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Ecotoxicology and spatial modeling in population dynamics: an illustration with brown trout

Arnaud Chaumot, Sandrine Charles, P. Flammarion, P. Auger

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry . 22 : 958-969

2003

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Publications

Behavioral plasticity and virus propagation: the FIV-cat population example

Mate fidelity in monogamous birds: a re-examination of the Procellariiformes

Modeling transmission of directly transmitted infectious diseases using colored stochastic Petri nets

Modelling hantavirus in fluctuating populations of bank voles: the role of indirect transmission on virus persistence

Relationship of nematode communities to human demographics and environment in agricultural fields and fallow lands in Senegal.

Un site web pour l`enseignement interdisciplinaire des Mathématiques en Biologie

Quelques problèmes statistiques rencontrés dans l`estimation de la température minimale de croissance de Listeria monocytogenes

Body mass-dependent cost of web-building behaviour in an orb weaving spider Zygiella x-notata

Internal correspondence analysis of codon and amino-acid usage in thermophilic bacteria

Conspecific avoidance during foraging in Venturia canescens (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae): the roles of host presence and conspecific densities

Dispersal between host populations in field conditions: navigation rules in the parasitoid Venturia canescens

Age and density modify the effects of habitat quality on survival and movements of roe deer

Variability in diapause duration in the chestnut weevil: mixed ESS genetic polymorphism or bet-hedging?

Dispersal pattern of domestic cats (Felis catus) in a promiscuous urban population: do females disperse or die?

Disease propagation in connected host populations with density-dependent dynamics: the case of the Feline Leukemia Virus

Genetic and behavioural estimates of reproductive skew in male fallow deer

Evolutionary systematics of the Indian mouse Mus famulusBonhote, 1898: molecular (DNA/DNA hybridization and 12S rRNA sequences) and morphological evidence

Adaptive latitudinal trends in the mandible shape of Apodemus wood mice

Habitat tracking as a response of the planktic foraminifer Globorotalia truncatulinoides to environmental fluctuations during the last 140 kyr

Response of planktic foraminiferal size to late Quaternary climate change

Clutch size reduction as a response to increased nest predation rate in the collared flycatcher

Procustean co-inertia analysis for the linking of multivariate datasets

Co-inertia analysis and the linking of ecological tables

ln vitro effect of essential oils from Cinnamomum Aromaticum Citrus limon and Allium sativum on two intestinal flagellates of poultry Tetratrichomonas gallinarum and Histomonas meleagridis

La faune sauvage indicateur possible du risque de maladie émergente.

Does a deletion in a virus-like particle protein pleiotropic have effects on the reproductive biology of a parasitoid wasp?

Phenotypic plasticity of sternopleural bristle number in temperate and tropical populations of Drosophila melanogaster

Comparing and classifying one-dimensional spatial patterns: an application to laser altimeter profiles

Les étudiants en première année à l`Université des Sciences : innover pour motiver

Ecotoxicology and spatial modeling in population dynamics: an illustration with brown trout

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