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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Identification of birds as biological markers along a neotropical urban-rural gradient using co-inertia analysis

P.A. Reynaud, J. Thioulouse

Journal of Environmental Management . 59 : 121-140

2000

Journal article

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Heterogeneous cell density and genetic structure of bacterial pools associated with various microenvironments as determined by enumeration and DNA fingerprinting approach (RISA)

Lionel Ranjard, F. Poly, J. Combrisson, A. Richaume, F. Gourbiere, Jean Thioulouse...

Microbial ecology . 39 : 263-272

2000

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L1 (LINE-1) Retrotransposon Evolution and Amplification in Recent Human History

Stéphane Boissinot, Pascale C Chevret, Anthony Furano

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 17 ( 6 ) : 915-928

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026372

2000

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Development of an ecotoxicological model in an arborescent river network: an attempt with a brown trout population

Arnaud Chaumot, S. Charles, P. Auger, Patrick Flammarion, Jeanne Garric

Challenges in applied population biology AAB meeting Aspects of Applied Biology 53, University London, GBR, 8-9 juillet 1999 . : 131-136

1999

Conference paper

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Genomic landscapes

Jean R Lobry

Microbiology Today . 26 : 164-165

1999

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Approche qualitative et quantitative de l'effet de la jachère sur des populations de champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules

Robin Duponnois, Christian Plenchette, Jean Thioulouse, Patrice Cadet

Le sol, milieu vivant : fonctionnement et gestion .

1999

Conference paper

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Susceptibility of several sahelian Acacia to Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitw

R. Duponnois, K. Senghor, J. Thioulouse, A. Ba

Agroforestry Systems . 46 : 123-130

1999

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Development of an ecotoxicological model in an arborescent river network: an attempt with a brown trout population

Arnaud Chaumot, Sandrine Charles, P. Auger

Aspects of Applied Biology - Challenges in applied population biology . 53 : 131-136

1999

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Characterization of Unexpected Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Modeling

M. Cornu, Marie Laure Delignette-Muller, Jean-Pierre Flandrois

Applied and Environmental Microbiology . 65 : 5322-5327

1999

Journal article

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Intra-strand biases in bacteriophage T4 genome

T. Kano-Sueoka, J.R. Lobry, N. Sueoka

Gene . 238 : 59-64

1999

Journal article

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Physical mapping of an origin of bidirectional replication at the centre of the Borrelia burgdorferi linear chromosome

M. Picardeau, J.R. Lobry, B.J. Hinnebusch

Molecular Microbiology . 32 : 437-445

1999

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Evolution of DNA base composition under no-strand-bias conditions when the substitution rates are not constant

J.R. Lobry, C. Lobry

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 16 : 719-723

1999

Journal article

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Asymmetric substitution patterns: a review of possible underlying mutational or selective mechanisms

A.C. Frank, J.R. Lobry

Gene . 238 : 65-77

1999

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High variation in multiple paternity of domestic cats (Felis catus L.) in relation to environmental conditions

L. Say, D. Pontier, E. Natoli

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences . 266 : 2071-2074

1999

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Patterns of size and shape differentiation during the evolutionary radiation of the European Miocene murine rodents

Sabrina Renaud, J. Michaux, P. Mein, J-P. Aguilar, J-C. Auffray

Lethaia . 32 : 61-71

1999

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Size and shape variability in relation to species differences and climatic gradients in the African rodent Oenomys

Sabrina Renaud

Journal of Biogeography . 26 : 857-865

1999

Journal article

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Hydrodynamics optimisation in butterfly swimming : position drag coefficient and performance

R. Taïar, P. Sagnes, C. Henry, Anne-Béatrice Dufour, Annie Rouard

Journal of Biomechanics . 32 : 803-810

1999

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Dynamics Of Transposable Elements Under The Selection Model

A. Tsitrone, Sandrine Charles, C. Biémont

Genetical Research . 74 : 159-164

1999

Journal article

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Growth modelling in accordance with daily water temperature in European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.)

J.-P. Mallet, Sandrine Charles, H. Persat, P. Auger

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences . 56 : 994-1000

1999

Journal article

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Behavioral choices based on patch selection: a model using aggregation methods

G. Chiorino, P. Auger, J.-L. Chassé, Sandrine Charles

Mathematical Biosciences . 157 : 189-216

1999

Journal article

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Gene size reduction in the bacterial aphid endosymbiont, Buchnera.

H. Charles, Dominique Mouchiroud, J.R. Lobry, I. Gonçalves, Yvan Rahbé

Molecular Biology and Evolution . 16 ( 12 ) : 1820-1822

DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026096

1999

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Morphological evolution of the murine rodent Paraethomys in response to climatic variations (Mio-Pleistocene of North Africa)

Sabrina Renaud, M. Benammi, J-J. Jaeger

Paleobiology . 25 : 369-382

1999

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Strategies of survival during extreme environmental perturbations: evolution of conodonts in response to the Kellwasser crisis (Upper Devonian)

Sabrina Renaud, Christian Girard

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 146 : 19-32

1999

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The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding habitat selection in a non-colonial hole-nesting species the collared flycatcher

Blandine Doligez, E. Danchin, Jean Clobert, L. Gustafsson

Journal of Animal Ecology . 68 : 1193-1206

1999

Journal article

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Phenotypic plasticity of abdominal pigmentation in D. kikkawai : multiple interaction between a major gene sex abdomen segment and growth temperature

Patricia Gibert, B. Moreteau, A.K. Munjal, J.R. David

Genetica . 105 : 165-176

1999

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Phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Drosophila: correlated variations between segments

Patricia Gibert, Brigitte Moreteau, Samuel M. Scheiner, Jean R. David

Genetics Selection Evolution . 30 ( 2 ) : 181-194

1998

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Transcriptional Regulation and Function of hsr203J, an Hypersensitivity-Related Gene of Tobacco Activated in Response to Ralstonia solanacearum

D. Pontier, E. Baudouin, P. Czernic, M. Tronchet, Laurence Godiard, I. Bezombes...

Bacterial Wilt Disease . : 203-208

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-03592-4_30

1998

Book chapter

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At-risk individuals in Feline Immunodeficiency Virus epidemiology: Evidence from a multivariate approach in a natural population of domestic cats (Felis catus)

F. Courchamp, N.G. Yoccoz, Marc Artois, D. Pontier

Epidemiology and Infection . 121 ( 1 ) : 227-236

DOI: 10.1017/s0950268898008875

1998

Journal article

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Relation between the generation time and the lag time of bacterial growth kinetics

Marie Laure Delignette-Muller

International Journal of Food Microbiology . 43 : 97-104

1998

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Oviposition pattern of phytophagous insects: on the importance of host population heterogeneity.

E. Desouhant, D. Debouzie, F. Menu

Oecologia . 114 : 382-388

1998

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Publications

Identification of birds as biological markers along a neotropical urban-rural gradient using co-inertia analysis

Heterogeneous cell density and genetic structure of bacterial pools associated with various microenvironments as determined by enumeration and DNA fingerprinting approach (RISA)

L1 (LINE-1) Retrotransposon Evolution and Amplification in Recent Human History

Development of an ecotoxicological model in an arborescent river network: an attempt with a brown trout population

Genomic landscapes

Approche qualitative et quantitative de l'effet de la jachère sur des populations de champignons mycorhiziens à arbuscules

Susceptibility of several sahelian Acacia to Meloidogyne javanica (Treub) Chitw

Development of an ecotoxicological model in an arborescent river network: an attempt with a brown trout population

Characterization of Unexpected Growth of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by Modeling

Intra-strand biases in bacteriophage T4 genome

Physical mapping of an origin of bidirectional replication at the centre of the Borrelia burgdorferi linear chromosome

Evolution of DNA base composition under no-strand-bias conditions when the substitution rates are not constant

Asymmetric substitution patterns: a review of possible underlying mutational or selective mechanisms

High variation in multiple paternity of domestic cats (Felis catus L.) in relation to environmental conditions

Patterns of size and shape differentiation during the evolutionary radiation of the European Miocene murine rodents

Size and shape variability in relation to species differences and climatic gradients in the African rodent Oenomys

Hydrodynamics optimisation in butterfly swimming : position drag coefficient and performance

Dynamics Of Transposable Elements Under The Selection Model

Growth modelling in accordance with daily water temperature in European grayling (Thymallus thymallus L.)

Behavioral choices based on patch selection: a model using aggregation methods

Gene size reduction in the bacterial aphid endosymbiont, Buchnera.

Morphological evolution of the murine rodent Paraethomys in response to climatic variations (Mio-Pleistocene of North Africa)

Strategies of survival during extreme environmental perturbations: evolution of conodonts in response to the Kellwasser crisis (Upper Devonian)

The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding habitat selection in a non-colonial hole-nesting species the collared flycatcher

Phenotypic plasticity of abdominal pigmentation in D. kikkawai : multiple interaction between a major gene sex abdomen segment and growth temperature

Phenotypic plasticity of body pigmentation in Drosophila: correlated variations between segments

Transcriptional Regulation and Function of hsr203J, an Hypersensitivity-Related Gene of Tobacco Activated in Response to Ralstonia solanacearum

At-risk individuals in Feline Immunodeficiency Virus epidemiology: Evidence from a multivariate approach in a natural population of domestic cats (Felis catus)

Relation between the generation time and the lag time of bacterial growth kinetics

Oviposition pattern of phytophagous insects: on the importance of host population heterogeneity.

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