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 2221 to 2250 publications on 2461 in total

Bet-hedging for variability in life cycle duration: bigger and later-emerging chestnut weevils have increased probability of a prolonged diapause

F. Menu, E. Desouhant

Oecologia . 132 : 167-174

2002

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Intraspecific competition between healthy and parasitized hosts in a host parasitoid system: consequences for life-history traits.

C. Bernstein, A. Heizmann, E. Desouhant

Ecological Entomology . 27 : 415-423

2002

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The mating system of feral cats (Felis catus L.) in a sub-Antarctic environment

L. Say, S. Devillard, E. Natoli, Dominique Pontier

Polar Biology . 25 : 838-842

2002

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Costs of reproduction: assessing responses to brood size manipulation on life-history and behavioural traits using multi-state capture-recapture models

Blandine Doligez, Jean Clobert, R.A. Pettifor, M. Rowcliffe, L. Gustafsson, C.M. Perrins...

Journal of Applied Statistics . 29 : 407-423

2002

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Modelling bovine trypanosomosis spatial distribution by GIS in an agro-pastoral zone of Burkina Faso

J.F. Michel, S. Dray, S. de La Rocque, M. Desquesnes, P. Solano, G. de Wispelaere...

Preventive Veterinary Medicine . 56 : 5-18

2002

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Matching data sets from two different spatial samples

S. Dray, N. Pettorelli, D. Chessel

Journal of Vegetation Science . 13 : 867-874

2002

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Sex- and age-dependent effects of population density on life history traits of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a temperate forest.

C. Bonenfant, J.-M. Gaillard, F. Klein, A. Loison

Ecography . 25 : 446-458

2002

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Variable modes of inheritance of morphometrical traits in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

J.R. David, Patricia Gibert, G. Petavy, B. Moreteau

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 269 : 127-135

2002

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Use and misuse of correspondence analysis in codon usage studies

G. Perrière, J. Thioulouse

Nucleic Acids Research . 30 : 4548-4555

2002

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Host Patch Selection Induced by Parasitism: Basic Reproduction Ratio R0 and Optimal Virulence

Sandrine Charles, S. Morand, J.-L. Chassé, P. Auger

Theoretical Population Biology . 62 : 97-109

2002

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Modeling the Lag Time of Listeria monocytogenes from Viable Count Enumeration and Optical Density Data

F. Baty, Jean-Pierre Flandrois, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 68 : 5816-5825

2002

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Asymmetric directional mutation pressures in bacteria

J.R. Lobry, N. Sueoka

Genome Biology . 26 : 1-14

2002

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Resource limitation in natural populations of phytophagous insects. A long-term study case with the chestnut weevil

D. Debouzie, E. Desouhant, F. Oberli, F. Menu

Acta Oecologica . 23 : 31-39

2002

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Effects of annual rainfall and habitat types on the body mass of impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

Mathieu Bourgarel, Hervé Fritz, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Michel de Garine-Wichatitsky, F. Maudet

African Journal of Ecology . 40 : 186-193

2002

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Variations in adult body mass in roe deer: the effects of population density at birth and of habitat quality

Nathalie Pettorelli, Jean-Michel Gaillard, Guy van Laere, Patrick Duncan, Petter Kjellander, Olof Liberg...

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 269 : 747-753

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1791

2002

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Geographic distribution of Triatoma dimidiata and transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Yucatan peninsula Mexico

E. Dumonteil, Sébastien Gourbière, M. Barrera-Perez, E. Rodriguez-Félix, H. Ruiz-Pina, O. Banos-Lopez...

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene . 67 : 176-183

2002

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The diet of feral cats (Felis catus L.) at five sites on the Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago

Dominique Pontier, Ludovic Say, Francois Débias, Joël Bried, Jean Thioulouse, Hervé Fritz...

Polar Biology . 25 : 833-837

DOI: 10.1007/s00300-002-0424-5

2002

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Spatio-temporal variation in cat population density in a sub-Antarctic environment

L. Say, J.-M. Gaillard, D. Pontier

Polar Biology . 25 : 90-95

2002

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Geographical and seasonal differences in morphology and dynamics of the coccolithophore Calcidiscus leptoporus

Sabrina Renaud, P. Ziveri, C. Broerse A.T.

Marine Micropaleontology . 46 : 363-385

2002

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Influence of biotic and abiotic environment on dental size and shape evolution in a Late Miocene lineage of murine rodents (Teruel Basin Spain)

Sabrina Renaud, J. van Dam

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 184 : 163-175

2002

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Public information and breeding habitat selection in a wild bird population

Blandine Doligez, E. Danchin, Jean Clobert

Science . 297 : 1168-1170

2002

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Influence of changes in nasal ventilation on workload during submaximal field running

M. Bourdin, P. Sallet, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, J.R. Lacour

The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness . 42 : 495-499

2002

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Time to exhaustion is related to lactate exchange and removal abilities

Laurent Messonnier, H. Freund, C. Denis, D. Dormois, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, J.R. Lacour

International Journal of Sports Medicine . 23 : 433-438

2002

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Within-plot relationships between tree species occurrences and hydrological soil constraints: an example in French Guiana investigated through canonical correlation analysis

R. Pélissier, S. Dray, D. Sabatier

Plant Ecology . 162 : 143-156

2002

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Serosurvey for Newcastle disease and avian influenza A virus antibodies in great cormorants from France.

Marc Artois, R. Manvell, Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont, J.B. Schweyer

Journal of wildlife diseases . -- : 169-171

2002

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Male sterility thermal threshold in Drosophila: D. simulans appears more cold-adapted than its sibling D. melanogaster

M. Chakir, A. Chafik, B. Moreteau, Patricia Gibert, J.R. David

Genetica . 114 : 195-205

2002

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Phenotypic plasticity of adult size and pigmentation in Drosophila : thermosensitive periods during development in two sibling species

M. Chakir, A. Chafik, Patricia Gibert, J.R. David

Journal of Thermal Biology . 26 : 351-361

2002

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Phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Drosophila: influence of a developmental thermoperiodic regime in two sibling species

G. Pétavy, B. Moreteau, Patricia Gibert, J.R. David

Physiological Entomology . 27 : 124-135

2002

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A mathematical method for determining genome divergence and species delineation using AFLP

Christophe Mougel, J. Thioulouse, G. Perrière, X. Nesme

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 52 : 573-586

DOI: 10.1099/00207713-52-2-573

2002

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A mathematical method for determining genome divergence and species delineation using AFLP

Christophe Mougel, Jean Thioulouse, Guy Perrière, Xavier Nesme

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 52 : 573-586

2002

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Publications

Bet-hedging for variability in life cycle duration: bigger and later-emerging chestnut weevils have increased probability of a prolonged diapause

Intraspecific competition between healthy and parasitized hosts in a host parasitoid system: consequences for life-history traits.

The mating system of feral cats (Felis catus L.) in a sub-Antarctic environment

Costs of reproduction: assessing responses to brood size manipulation on life-history and behavioural traits using multi-state capture-recapture models

Modelling bovine trypanosomosis spatial distribution by GIS in an agro-pastoral zone of Burkina Faso

Matching data sets from two different spatial samples

Sex- and age-dependent effects of population density on life history traits of Red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a temperate forest.

Variable modes of inheritance of morphometrical traits in hybrids between Drosophila melanogaster and Drosophila simulans

Use and misuse of correspondence analysis in codon usage studies

Host Patch Selection Induced by Parasitism: Basic Reproduction Ratio R0 and Optimal Virulence

Modeling the Lag Time of Listeria monocytogenes from Viable Count Enumeration and Optical Density Data

Asymmetric directional mutation pressures in bacteria

Resource limitation in natural populations of phytophagous insects. A long-term study case with the chestnut weevil

Effects of annual rainfall and habitat types on the body mass of impala (Aepyceros melampus) in the Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe

Variations in adult body mass in roe deer: the effects of population density at birth and of habitat quality

Geographic distribution of Triatoma dimidiata and transmission dynamics of Trypanosoma cruzi in the Yucatan peninsula Mexico

The diet of feral cats (Felis catus L.) at five sites on the Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago

Spatio-temporal variation in cat population density in a sub-Antarctic environment

Geographical and seasonal differences in morphology and dynamics of the coccolithophore Calcidiscus leptoporus

Influence of biotic and abiotic environment on dental size and shape evolution in a Late Miocene lineage of murine rodents (Teruel Basin Spain)

Public information and breeding habitat selection in a wild bird population

Influence of changes in nasal ventilation on workload during submaximal field running

Time to exhaustion is related to lactate exchange and removal abilities

Within-plot relationships between tree species occurrences and hydrological soil constraints: an example in French Guiana investigated through canonical correlation analysis

Serosurvey for Newcastle disease and avian influenza A virus antibodies in great cormorants from France.

Male sterility thermal threshold in Drosophila: D. simulans appears more cold-adapted than its sibling D. melanogaster

Phenotypic plasticity of adult size and pigmentation in Drosophila : thermosensitive periods during development in two sibling species

Phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Drosophila: influence of a developmental thermoperiodic regime in two sibling species

A mathematical method for determining genome divergence and species delineation using AFLP

A mathematical method for determining genome divergence and species delineation using AFLP

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