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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Hind foot length: an indicator for monitoring roe deer populations at a landscape scale

Audrey Zannèse, Alain Baïsse, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Mark Hewison, Karine Saint-Hilaire, Carole Toïgo...

Wildlife Society Bulletin . 34 ( 2 ) : 351-358

2006

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Les effets de la canicule de l'été 2003 sur le chevreuil. Suivi à Chizé

Guy van Laere, Carole Toïgo, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Guy Renaud

Faune Sauvage . 273 : 15-19

2006

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Serological and molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes isolates collected from 13 French pork meat salting–curing plants and their products

Delphine Thévenot, Marie-Laure Delignette-Muller, Souad Christieans, Sabine Leroy, Angeli Kodjo, Christine Vernozy-Rozand

International Journal of Food Microbiology . 112 ( 2 ) : 153-161

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2006.06.017

2006

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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, Benoit Remenant, Arnaud Dechesne, Jean Thioulouse, Timothy M. Vogel, Xavier Nesme...

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

DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02686-05

2006

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Lavendula species as accompanying plants in Cupressus replanting strategies: Effect on plant growth, mycorrhizal soil infectivity and soil microbial catabolic diversity

Lahcen Ouahmane, Mohamed Hadifi, Christian Plenchette, Marija Kisa, Ali Boumezzough, Jean Thioulouse...

Applied Soil Ecology . 34 ( 2-3 ) : 190-199

DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.02.002

2006

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Ecotoxicology and population dynamics: Using DEBtox models in a Leslie modeling approach

C. Lopes, A.R.R. Péry, Arnaud Chaumot, S. Charles

Ecological Modelling . 188 ( 1 ) : 30-40

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.05.004

2005

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Ecotoxicology and population dynamics: on the use of DEBtox models in a Leslie modelling approach

C. Lopes, A. Pery, Arnaud Chaumot, S. Charles

Ecological Modelling . 188 : 30-40

2005

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How predator food preference can change the destinity of native prey in predator-prey systems

S. Gaucel, D. Pontier

Biological Invasions . 7 : 795-806

2005

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Measuring diversity from dissimilarities with Rao`s quadratic entropy: are any dissimilarity indices suitable?

S. Pavoine, S. Ollier, D. Pontier

Theoretical Population Biology . 67 : 231-239

2005

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Invading introduced species in insular heterogeneous environments

S. Gaucel, Michel Langlais, Dominique Pontier

Ecological Modelling . 188 : 62-75

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.05.008

2005

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Interêts des modéles detérministes et stochastiques en épidémiologie des maladies infectieuses : exemple du Hantavirus Puumala

F. Sauvage, D. Pontier

Epidémiologie et Santé Animale . 47 : 63-82

2005

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Modelling the abundance of mosquito vectors versus flooding dynamics

Thibaud Porphyre, Dj Bicout, P Sabatier

Ecological Modelling . 183 ( 2-3 ) : 173-181

2005

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Relationships between plant-parasitic nematode community fallow duration and soil factors in the Sudano-Sahelian area of Senegal

P. Cadet, D. Masse, J. Thioulouse

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment . 108 : 302-317

2005

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The mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices and rock phosphate amendment influence plant growth and microbial activity in the rhizosphere of Acacia holosericea

R. Duponnois, A. Colombet, V. Hien, J. Thioulouse

Soil Biology and Biochemistry . 37 : 1460-1468

2005

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Soil bacterial diversity responses to root colonization by an ectomycorrhizal fungus are not root-growth dependent

K. Assigbetse, M. Gueye, J. Thioulouse, R. Duponnois

Microbial ecology . 50 : 350-359

2005

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The Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Structured Populations

G. Décelière, Sandrine Charles, C. Biémont

Genetics . 169 : 467-474

2005

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Spider webs designed for rare but life-saving catches

Samuel Venner, J. Casas

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 272 : 1587-1592

2005

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Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in experimentally contaminated French sausages

D. Thévenot, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, S. Christieansa, Christine Vernozy-Rozand

International Journal of Food Microbiology . 101 : 189-200

2005

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Host and food searching in a parasitic wasp Venturia canescens: a trade-off between current and future reproduction?

E. Desouhant, G. Driessen, Isabelle Amat, C. Bernstein

Animal Behaviour . 70 : 145-152

2005

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Density-dependent cohort body mass in two contrasting roe deer populations.

Petter Kjellander, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Mark Hewison

7th European Roe deer Meeting . : 1 p.

2005

Conference paper

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The response of fawn survival to changes in habitat quality varies according to cohort quality and spatial scale

Nathalie Pettorelli, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Nigel G. Yoccoz, Patrick Duncan, Daniel Maillard, Daniel Delormes...

Journal of Animal Ecology . 74 : 972-981

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00988.x

2005

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Effect of observer experience on the monitoring of a mouflon population

Mathieu Garel, Jean-Marc Cugnasse, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Anne Loison, Yanto Santosa, Marie-Line Maublanc

Acta Theriologica . 50 ( 1 ) : 109-114

2005

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Big mothers invest more in daughters - reversed sex allocation in a weakly polygynous mammal

A.J.M. Hewison, Jean-Michel Gaillard, P. Kjellander, C. Toïgo, O. Liberg, D. Delorme

Ecology Letters . 8 : 430--437

2005

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Ecological correlates of home-range size in spring–summer for female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a deciduous woodland

Sonia Saïd, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Patrick Duncan, Hervé Fritz, Hervé Fritz, Sabrina Servanty...

Journal of Zoology . 367 : 301-308

DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905007454

2005

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Genetic structure of the feral cat (Felis catus L.) introduced 50 years ago to a sub-Antarctic island

D. Pontier, L. Say, S. Devillard, F. Bonhomme

Polar Biology . 28 : 268-275

2005

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Bold attitude makes male urban feral domestic cats more vulnerable to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

E. Natoli, Ludovic Say, S. Cafazzo, R. Bonanni, M. Schmid, D. Pontier

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews . 29 : 151-157

2005

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Generation time: a reliable metric to measure life-history variation among mammalian populations

J.-M. Gaillard, N.G. Yoccoz, J.-D. Lebreton, C. Bonenfant, S. Devillard, A. Loison...

The American Naturalist . 166 : 119-123

2005

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Incidence and persistence of classical swine fever in free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa)

S. Rossi, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, D. Pontier, C. Crucière, J. Hars, J. Barrat...

Epidemiology and Infection . 133 : 559-568

2005

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Absence of heterozygote advantage in a population of fallow deer Dama dama L.

Ludovic Say, F. Naulty, A. Fennell, T.J. Hayden

Biological Letters . 42 : 3-12

2005

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Molecular phylogeny of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Murinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data

Pascale C Chevret, Frederic Veyrunes, Janice Britton-Davidian

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society . 84 ( 3 ) : 417-427

DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00444.x

2005

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Publications

Hind foot length: an indicator for monitoring roe deer populations at a landscape scale

Les effets de la canicule de l'été 2003 sur le chevreuil. Suivi à Chizé

Serological and molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes isolates collected from 13 French pork meat salting–curing plants and their products

Potential of a 16S rRNA-Based Taxonomic Microarray for Analyzing the Rhizosphere Effects of Maize on Agrobacterium spp. and Bacterial Communities

Lavendula species as accompanying plants in Cupressus replanting strategies: Effect on plant growth, mycorrhizal soil infectivity and soil microbial catabolic diversity

Ecotoxicology and population dynamics: Using DEBtox models in a Leslie modeling approach

Ecotoxicology and population dynamics: on the use of DEBtox models in a Leslie modelling approach

How predator food preference can change the destinity of native prey in predator-prey systems

Measuring diversity from dissimilarities with Rao`s quadratic entropy: are any dissimilarity indices suitable?

Invading introduced species in insular heterogeneous environments

Interêts des modéles detérministes et stochastiques en épidémiologie des maladies infectieuses : exemple du Hantavirus Puumala

Modelling the abundance of mosquito vectors versus flooding dynamics

Relationships between plant-parasitic nematode community fallow duration and soil factors in the Sudano-Sahelian area of Senegal

The mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices and rock phosphate amendment influence plant growth and microbial activity in the rhizosphere of Acacia holosericea

Soil bacterial diversity responses to root colonization by an ectomycorrhizal fungus are not root-growth dependent

The Dynamics of Transposable Elements in Structured Populations

Spider webs designed for rare but life-saving catches

Fate of Listeria monocytogenes in experimentally contaminated French sausages

Host and food searching in a parasitic wasp Venturia canescens: a trade-off between current and future reproduction?

Density-dependent cohort body mass in two contrasting roe deer populations.

The response of fawn survival to changes in habitat quality varies according to cohort quality and spatial scale

Effect of observer experience on the monitoring of a mouflon population

Big mothers invest more in daughters - reversed sex allocation in a weakly polygynous mammal

Ecological correlates of home-range size in spring–summer for female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a deciduous woodland

Genetic structure of the feral cat (Felis catus L.) introduced 50 years ago to a sub-Antarctic island

Bold attitude makes male urban feral domestic cats more vulnerable to Feline Immunodeficiency Virus

Generation time: a reliable metric to measure life-history variation among mammalian populations

Incidence and persistence of classical swine fever in free-ranging wild boar (Sus scrofa)

Absence of heterozygote advantage in a population of fallow deer Dama dama L.

Molecular phylogeny of the genus Mus (Rodentia: Murinae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear data

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