Ph.D student 2013-2016 (thesis defended on December, 13^th 2016)

Campus du CNRS

1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier cedex 5
Tel: +33(0)4 67 61 33 27

Email: afargevieille[at]gmail.com

Research interests:

Evolution of communication signals

Evolution of life-history traits

Comparative methods

Ph.D project:

Sexual selection and the evolution of female ornaments:A study of female plumage colouration using comparative analyses and long-term data sets from blue tit populations

Supervisors:  Claire Doutrelant and Arnaud Grégoire

Topic: My thesis focused on understanding the contribution of sexual selection in the evolution and maintenance of conspicuous colourations in female birds. 

A first part tested how paternal care and female reproductive costs drove the evolution of female plumage colouration in songbirds, by the mean of a comparative study using spectrometry, avian visual models and life-history traits (Fargevieille et al. In prep).

In a second part, a long-term project data set onblue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) was used to test hypotheses related to the evolution of female ornamentation. Ten years of plumage colouration, from four populations were used to assess the evolution of female ornaments. Genetic correlation (Charmantier et al. 2017), relationships between colouration and survival rate or reproductive success (unpublished) were tested by the means of quantitative genetics, CMR analyses and within-study meta-analyses. Quantification of the degree of assortative mating at the population level - considering spatio-temporal variation - was also tested (Fargevieilleet al. 2017). It led to a more thorough study at the individual level trying to understand factors underlying assortative mating in ourpopulations (Fargevieille et al. In prep.). 

• Publications:
  • Fargevieille, A., A. Grégoire, A. Charmantier, Maria del Rey Granado, and C. Doutrelant. 2017. Assortative mating by colored ornaments in blue tits: space and time matter. Ecology and Evolution 7:2069-2078.(doi:10.1002/ece3.2822)
    
  • Charmantier, A., M. E. Wolak, A. Gregoire, A. Fargevieille, and C. Doutrelant. 2017. Colour ornamentation in the blue tit: quantitative genetic (co)variances across sexes. Heredity 118:125-134. (doi:10.1038/hdy.2016.70)
  • Charmantier, A., C. Doutrelant, G. Dubuc-Messier, A. Fargevieille, and M. Szulkin. 2016. Mediterranean blue tits as a case study of local adaptation. Evolutionary Applications 9:135-152. (doi:10.1111/eva.12282)
    
  • Lambrechts, M. M., J. Blondel, C. Bernard, S. P. Caro, A. Charmantier, V. Demeyrier, C. Doutrelant, G. Dubuc-Messier, A. Fargevieille, C. de Franceschi, P. Giovannini, A. Grégoire, S. Hurtrez-Boussès, A. Lucas, M. C. Mainwaring, P. Marrot, A. Mennerat, S. Perret, and P. Perret. 2016. Exploring Biotic and Abiotic Determinants of Nest Size in Mediterranean Great Tits (Parus major) and Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus). Ethology 122:492:501. (doi:10.111/eth.12494)
    
  • Lambrechts, M. M., P. Marrot, A. Fargevieille, P. Giovannini, A. Lucas, V. Demeyrier, A. Midamegbe, P. Perret, A. Grégoire, A. Charmantier, and C. Doutrelant. 2016. Nest size is not closely related to breeding success in Blue Tits: A long-term nest-box study in a Mediterranean oak habitat. The Auk 133:198-204. (doi:10.1642/auk-15-214.1)
    
  • Lambrechts, M. M., V. Demeyrier, A. Fargevieille, P. Giovannini, A. Lucas, P. Marrot, A. Midamegbe, P. Perret, A. Charmantier, C. Doutrelant, and A. Grégoire. 2014. Great Tits build shallower nests than Blue Tits. Avian Biology Research 7:251-254 (doi:10.3184/175815514X14162394225987)
    
  • Fincke, O.M., A. Fargevieille, and T.D. Schultz. 2007. Lack of innate preference for morph and species identity in mate-searching Enallagma damselflies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 61:1121-1131.(doi:10.1007/s00265-006-0345-3)

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•  Oral communications in international congresses/conferences:
  • Paternal care and reproductive costs drive the evolution of female ornamentation: comparative analyses in songbirds. XVI^th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology, Groningen (The Netherlands); August 20^th-25^th 2017
    
  • Evolution of female ornaments: a role of male mate choice?16^th Congress of the International Society of Behavioral Ecology, Exeter (United Kingdom); July 28^th- August 2^nd 2016
  • Temporal and spatial variation in assortative mating: an example in Blue Tit Mediterranean populations.11^th Conference of Ecology & Behaviour, Toulouse (France); May 18^th-21^st 2015.

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• Poster communications in international congresses/conferences:
  • Spatio-temporal variation in assortative mating: an example in Blue Tit Mediterranean populations. XV^th Congress of the European Society of Evolutionary Biology, Lausanne (Switzerland); August 10^th-14^th 2015.
  • Assessing the role of sexual selection in the evolution and maintenance of female ornamentation: comparative approaches in birds. 1^st Congress on Modern Phylogenetic Comparative Methods in Evolution, Sevilla (Spain); November 12^th-14^th 2014.

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  (Pictures courtesy of Marie Danielsen, David Grémillet and Stéphan Tillo)

Directrice de recherche (DR1)

CEFE/CNRS
Campus du CNRS
1919, route de Mende
34293 Montpellier 5

E-mail : anne.charmantier[at]cefe.cnrs.fr

Thèmes de recherche: Evolution et génétique quantitative dans les populations naturelles; sénescence; sélection sexuelle.

Maître de Conférences à l'Université de Montpellier
Faculté des Sciences, département d'enseignement Biologie Ecologie

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Mots clés

Discipline :Ecologie

Thématiques : Ecologie évolutive et comportementale, Interactions durables
Organismes biologiques : Oiseaux, Arthropodes
Milieu : Terrestre, Marin
Techniques : Analyse de données, Expérimentation et suivis sur le terrain, Analyses au laboratoire (immunologie), Capture-Marquage-Recapture, Spectrophotométrie
Autres mots clés : Ecologie Urbaine, Sélection sexuelle, Interactions hôte-parasite, Effets maternels,

Associate Professor in spatial ecology at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle                                                                                                                                                        

My research focuses on movement ecology: I study the factors influencing animal movements (especially dispersal) and gene flow, with a particular emphasis on landscape composition and structure. I also study how human-triggered landscape modifications like fragmentation affect animal movements; and the consequences on population functioning and structure. My research is hence tightly linked to the management/conservation of populations, and to landscape management (e.g. connectivity restoration, french Trame Verte et Bleue policy).

Senior Lecturer / Directeur d'Etudes de l'EPHE

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CEFE/CNRS
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34293 Montpellier 5
France 

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Keywords:Biostatistics; Conservation biology; Amphibians; Birds, Reptiles, Quantitative ecology; Population Dynamics and Demography, Sampling designs.

Chargée de Recherche

My research interests include mechanisms that promote phenotypic variation as well as potential for and constraints on adaptation, framing those questions at the edge between evolutionary and conservation biology. 

 ClaireDoutrelant

Tenure CNRS research scientist (DR)

CEFE CNRS 1919 Rte de Mende, 34293 Montpellier

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My research is centered in the theoretical framework of evolutionary ecology, population biology and behavioural ecology. My projects aim at understanding life history variation in order to determine the adaptive and evolutionary processes that explain and maintain animal diversity. I´m particularly interested by three kinds of life history traits linked to behavior: cooperation, animal communication and maternal invesment. I'm mainly using birds as biological models. I'm mainly using empirical methods, including large-scale experiments and analyses of long-term data sets on different populations of passerine birds in the field.

I'm currently working on four main projects. 1) Evolution of colour ormentation in birds(with a special focus on female coloration and blue tits) 2) the cause and life history traits consequences of cooperation in sociable weavers ; 3) Sexual and social evolution on islands, and 4) the evolution of weaver nests. I'm also part of  the art-science project Obô.

1 - Evolution of ornementation in birds

 Photos: Claire Doutrelant

Team: Arnaud GREGOIRE(Lecturer, Univ Montpellier), Amélie FARGEVIEILLE (post Doc), David LóPEZ-IDIáQUEZ (Post doc), Lisa SANDMEYER (PhD Student)

Collaborations: Anne CHARMANTIER(CEFE),  Denis REALE(UQUAM, Canada), Céline TEPLITSKY(CEFE), Doris GOMEZ(CEFE),   Julien RENOULT (CEFE),  RIta COVAS(CIBIO Portugal, FizPatrick Institute SA); Maria DEL REY (spectrophotometric measurements), Christophe de FRANCESCHI(field work and data base management), Samuel PERRET(Field work and Patch measurements), Annick LUCAS(Field work and Patch measurements), Pablo GIOVANNINI(Field work)

* Evolution of female colour ornementation

In this project we use a combination of empirical and comparative approaches to address three fundamental questions on sexual and social selection in both monomorphic species and dimorphic species in which females present conspicuous traits. Our questions are the following (i) Are female conspicuous traits under sexual /social selection ? (ii) Do female conspicuous traits reflect female quality and which mechanisms maintain signal honesty? (iii) What are the population consequences of female signalling and mutual sexual selection.

Examples of publications (full list below)

Fargevieille, A., Grégoire, A., Gomez, D. & Doutrelant, C. 2023Evolution of female color in birds: the role of paternal care and female reproductive costs.Journal of evolutionary ecology. 36(3), 579-588

Doutrelant, C., Fargevieille, A., Grégoire, A.  2020.Evolution of female coloration: what have we learned from birds in general and blue tits in particular. Adv. Study in Behaviour PDF

 Photo Claire Doutrelant

 * Evolution of plumage ornement in space and time

Selection often varies in space and time and long-term research that spans broad spatial scales is needed to understand the factors driving phenotypic variation and to assess the links between traits and fitness.  To assess the importance of spatiotemporal variation  and its consequences on selection estimates, we collected data on two study systems: (i) the blue tit (yellow and UV-blue colorationsmeasured by spectrophotometry since 2005, 600 birds measured each year); (ii) the  size of the sociable weaver melanin patch  since 2010 (the bib patch is photographied each year on 400 individuals)

Examples of publications (full list below)

 Lopez-Idiaquez, D.; Teplitsky, C.; Grégoire, A.; Fargevieille, F.; del Rey, M.; de Franceschi, C.; Charmantier, A.; Doutrelant, C. 2022. Long-term decrease in colouration: a consequence of climate change? American Naturalist https://doi.org/10.1086/719655   

Fargevieille, A., Grégoire, A., Charmantier, A., Rey Granado, M., Doutrelant, C. 2017. Assortative mating by colored ornaments in blue tits: space and time matter Ecology Evolution.7 2069-2078  PDF

 Acker, P., Grégoire, A..,Rat, M., Spottiswoode C. N.,van Dijk, R. E., Paquet^,M., Kaden, J.C., Pradel R. , Hatchwell^,B. J. , Covas, R.*, Doutrelant^,C.* 2015. Disruptive viability selection on a black plumage trait associated with dominance Jounal of Evolutionary Biology28: 2027-2041 PDF

Dominance interaction -  Photo Franck Théron

2 -Evolution and consequences of cooperation

 *TEAM: Co Pi: Rita COVAS(http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/fitz/staff/research/covas; CIBIO, Portugal), André FERREIRA (Univ. Zurich), Franck THERON (data base managmer and field), Liliana SILVA (video manager and machine Learning methods) Jorge Garcia Campa (Post doc),  Gabriel Munar(Postdoc), Babette FOURIE (PhD Student), Nicolas  SILVA(PhD Student), Marta MARMELO (PhD Student); , Fanny RYBAK(Univ Orsay, FR),

*Collaboration:  Matthieu PAQUET(Swenden), Bruno FAIVRE(Univ. Dijon, FR), François CRISCUOLO& Sandrine ZAHN(Univ Strasbourg, FR),  Julien Renoult(CEFE, FR)

           Website: https://sociableweaverproject.com/

The project aims at understanding the fitness bases of cooperation and the consequences of cooperation for population dynamics through its effects on reproductive output, survival and dispersal. Our study model is an endemic passerine bird from southern African passerine. This bird is a cooperative breeder. In cooperatively breeding species, mature individuals called ‘helpers’ assist the breeding pairs by bringing additional food to the nest. We work on the evolution of different cooperative behaviours – cooperative breeding, nest building and predator mobbing and on the relationship between cooperation, fitness, dispersal and long-term population dynamics.

Currently our project has two main aims: (i) determining whether sexual or social selection play a role in the evolution of cooperation and thus the role of partner choice ; (ii) determining  how presence / absence of co-operators affects maternal effects and parental investments

This project is suppported by the PercyFizpatric Institute of the University of Cape Town & the INEE - CNRS: Long-term Studies in Ecology and Evolution (SEE-Life)

http://www.fitzpatrick.uct.ac.za/fitz/research/programmes/longterm/sociableweaver

Examples of publications (full list below)

D'Amelio, P.; Ferreira, A.; Fortuna, R.; Paquet, M.; Silva, L. ; Theron, F.; Doutrelant, C.; Covas, R. 2022. Disentangling climatic and nest predator impact on reproductive output reveals adverse high temperature effects regardless of helper number in an arid-region cooperative bird Ecology Letter25(1), 151-162

Covas, R., Lardy, S.; Silva, L.; Rey, B.; Ferreira, A. C.; Théron, F.; Tognetti, A.; Faivre, B. Doutrelant, C. 2022.The oxidative cost of helping and its minimisation in a cooperative breeder Behavioural Ecology33(3), 504-517

Fortuna, R. Paquet, M., Ferreira, A.C; Silva, L Theron, F & Doutrelant, C & Covas, R 2021 Maternal allocation in relation to weather, predation and social factors in a colonial cooperative bird Journal of Animal ecology 90, 1122-1133.

Ferreira, A., Silva, L., Renna, F., Brandl, H. B., Renoult, J., Farine, D., Covas, R. & Doutelant, C.  2020 Deep learning based methods for individual recognition in small birds. Method in Ecol Evol PDF

Covas, R. & Doutrelant, C.* 2019. Testing the sexual and social benefits of cooperation in animals. Trends Ecol Evol In press. *Both authors contributed equally to the manuscript PDF

Photos: Claire Doutrelant

  3- Evolution on islands

TEAM:  Rita Covas (CIBIO, Portugal), FitzPatrick Institute, Univ Cape Town), Martim Melo(CIBIO),  Claire Loiseau ( Univ Montpellier), Ana Leitao (Post doc ); Raquel Ponti (Post doc)

             Website: https://islandbirdproject.com/

Islands are unique ecosystems sharing a distinctive set of characteristics that make them particularly interesting to study adaptation by organisms. The isolation and reduced area of islands result in simplified ecological ecosystems and an impoverished fauna that are expected to lead to convergent patterns of adaptation (the ‘insularity syndrome’). Our aim is to establish, using comparative work , whether island birds worldwide display such convergent shift for ornamentation, songs, behaviour and morphology. Then we aim at determining which factors lead to those changes and are particularly interested by the role of parasitism and interspecific competition. We worked on data collected in natural history museum and in the field (Sao Tome, Madeira, Gabon, Cameroun).

Examples of publications (full list below)

Ponti, R., Doutrelant, C., & Covas, R. (2023). Strength of the ‘island rule’in birds is positively associated with absence of avian predators.Biology Letters, 19(3), 20220536

Barthe, M., Doutrelant, C., Covas, R., Melo, M., Illera, J. C., Tilak, M. K.,... & Nabholz, B. (2022). Evolution of immune genes in island birds: reduction in population sizes can explain island syndrome. Peer Community Journal, 2.

Robert, A., Melo, M., Lengagne, T.,. Julien, S..& Doutrelant, C. 2021Patterns of bird song evolution on islands support the character release hypothesis in tropical but not in temperate latitudes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology34(10), 1580-1591

Bliard, L., Robert, A. Paquet, M, Renoult, J., Grégoire, A., Crochet, P.A. Covas, R & Doutrelant, C. 2020 Examining the link between relaxed predation and bird colouration on islands.  Biol Lett PDF

Robert, A., Lengagne, T., Melo, M., Julien, S.., Gardette, V. Covas, R. & Doutrelant, C.2019. The Theory of Island Biogeography and Soundscapes: species diversity and the organization of acoustic communities. J. Biogeography PDF

Doutrelant, C.,Paquet,Renoult, J. M. Grégoire, A., Crochet, P.A. Covas, R. 2016 Worldwide patterns of bird colouration on islands. Ecology Letter  19: 537–545 PDF

 Photos: Claire Doutrelant & Martim Melo
 

 4 - Weaver nest as an extended phenotype

Team : Rita Covas (CIBIO, Portugal), FitzPatrick Institute, Univ Cape Town), Julien Renoult (CEFE), Erwan Harscouet(phD CEFE),  Dieter Oschadleus(Univ. Cape Town) , Staffan Andersson(Univ.  Gothenburg), Fanny Rybak(Univ. Paris Sud), Doris Gomez(CEFE), Paul Dufour (Univ. Grenoble), Pietro d'Amelio (Post doc)

Our aim is to work on one of the most spectacular and diverse radiations of extended phenotypes, the intricate and complex nest architectures of weaverbirds (family Ploceidae, 117 species in 16 genera), varying from the exquisite lace-like Malimbusnests to the rough thatch of the communally built sociable weaver nests . Our central aim is to investigate the role of sexual selection on the evolution and diversification of i) nest architecture (the extended phenotype) and ii) nest building behaviour (a potential associated display) and, for both traits, to determine how they relate to the classic ornaments in this group – striking colours, songs, and flight displays.

5-Long term monitoring of blue tit (worked initiated by Jacques Blondel in 1976)

Researchers: Jacques Blondel, Samuel Caro,Anne Charmantier, Claire Doutrelant,,Christophe de Francheschi,  Pablo Giovannini, Arnaud Grégoire, Marcel Lambrechts, Annick Lucas, Samuel Perret,  Philippe Perret,Denis Réale(Canada),Céline Téplltsky

This program  is supported but the INEE - CNRS: Long-term Studies in Ecology and  Evolution (SEE-Life)

https://data.oreme.org/tit/home   & https://oreme.org/observation/ecopop/mesanges/

Photos Claire Doutrelant

 6 - Obô, an art science projet

An art science project with Claire Loiseau, Martim Melo, Hélène Fromen & Maya Cylarem

Project funded by Biopolis with the help of the CNRS, CEFE. A first sponsor: Ornithomedia

Poster by Maya Cyclarem & Ayline Le Sourd

7- Short CV

8 - Publications

update list: https://scholar.google.fr/citations?hl=fr&user=Fap-wf0AAAAJ

Do not hesitate to ask for reprint !

9 - Funding

Investigatrice principale (PI)

* 2020-2024        ANR Extended phenotype.The evolution of extended phenotypes and associated signals in animals: weaverbirds’ nests and sexual selection as a case study?  With R Covas (CIBIO, Univ Porto, F Rybak (Univ Paris Sud), Julien Renoult

* 2018-2019        CEMEB Montpellier Explanatory Research Project Relaxed selection at immunity genes in insular populations ? A test using a population genomics approach With B Naboltz R Covas, M Melo, C. Loiseau

* 2018- ..             OSU OREME Suivi de la phénologie de reproduction du Républicain Social.

* 2015-2019       ANR défis de tous les savoir Can cooperation be under social or sexual selection?  With R Covas (CIBIO, Univ Porto, B Faivre (Univ Dijon), F Rybak (Univ Paris Sud)

* 2016-2018                 PEPS CNRS INEE Paysage Rôle de la compétition interspécifique dans la structuration des paysages acoustiques .  With A Robert (Phd), M Melo (Univ Porto), T Lengagne (CNRS, Lyon).

* 2012-2015         Bourse chercheur d'avenir Région Languedoc Roussillon Sélection sexuelle femelle chez les oiseaux : réalité, origine et conséquences populationnelles - With Arnaud Grégoire, Doris Gomez, Anne Charmantier

*2009-2013         ANR JCJCSélection sexuelle, sociale et évolution des ornements femelles. WithArnaud Grégoire, Doris Gomez, Anne Charmantier, B. Doligez

Co Pi

* 2020-2025        ERC Consolidator COOPERATIVE PARTNER. Pi R Covas

* 2016-2018         Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT)- Direct benefits of cooperation.PI Rita Covas

*2013-2016         Programme Européen Marie Curie-IRSES Cooperation. Pi Rita Covas. coPI C. Doutrelant, B. Hatchwell,

*2013-2015         FCT + National geographic:Parasite pressure, immunity and sexual ornaments in island and mainland birds.

* 2010-2013         FCT Maternal effects and cooperation Pi Rita Covas,

* 2010- ..             OSU OREME. Suivi de la phénologie de reproduction de la mésange bleue. co Pi A. Charmantier C. Doutrelant, A. Grégoire, M. Lambrechts, C. Téplitsky

*2008 – …         Centre of Excellence FitzPatrick Institute (Af du Sud): Cooperative breeding in sociable weavers Co Pi Rita Covas C. Doutrelant

 I'm always looking for motivated students and post doc to build / work on project! Do not hesitate to contact me with a CV to share your interest!

Directeur de recherche CNRS

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A l’interface entre écologie fonctionnelle et écologie des communautés, je cherche à comprendre les causes de variation de la biodiversité, aussi bien à l’échelle locale que continentale, et l’effet de changements de la biodiversité sur la dynamique et le fonctionnement des écosystèmes.

Directeur de Recherche (CNRS)

 CEFE/CNRS
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Thèmes de recherche

Mes travaux portent sur la caractérisation de la diversité fonctionnelle des végétaux, abordée essentiellement par l’étude de leurs traits fonctionnels.

John D. Thompson

Directeur de recherches, première classe

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Programme de recherche

Depuis le début ma carrière de scientifique à Montpellier en 1989 mes recherches se placent toujours dans le cadre historique, bio-géographique et paysager particulièrement fascinant de la région Méditerranéenne et se focalisent sur l’écologie, l’évolution et la conservation de la flore.

Dans cette région les changements historiques et contemporains pourraient avoir des conséquences profondes aussi bien pour la dynamique et la viabilité des populations et des communautés, que pour la capacité de réponse évolutive rapide des espèces, aspect scientifique trop souvent négligé. n élément clé dans mes recherches concerne mon investissement dans une recherche qui s'articule autour de collaborations interdisciplinaires très étroites (sciences humaines) et l'animation d'une interface fonctionnelle entre problématique scientifique et enjeux de conservation.

Ces recherches s’articulent autour des thèmes suivants :

• L’application de notre connaissance sur l’évolution de la flore à la conservation conservation du potentiel évolutif.
• L’ évaluation de l’état de conservation des populations d’espèces rares, endémique où en limite d’aire.
• La connaissance de la niche fine des espèces en tant que connaissance fondamentale pour la gestion de la flore.
• L’analyse des interfaces entre connaissances écologique, perceptions culturelles et savoirs-faire locaux (notamment pour la cueillette) dans la conservation de la flore.

Actuellement je mène des recherches dans le cadre du programme « Transitions écologiques et flore protégée : la gestion conservatoire à l’échelle de la niche (TRANECOL) financé par l’OFB et le CEMEB. Ce programme a pour but d’analyser la variabilité de la niche des espèces végétales protégées en situations de transitions écologiques où le fonctionnement des milieux est particulièrement contrasté en région méditerranéenne: en l’occurence la mosaïque de milieux côtiers où la micro-topographie et la salinité varie de manière très forte sur des espaces très restraints, les gradients d’altitude en arrière pays et sur les écotones entre grands types de substrat. L’objectif ici est d’informer les stratégies et actions des gestionnaires sur l’importance d’identifier la niche écologique des espèces à l’échelle très fine du fonctionnement des individus en milieu hétérogène.

Notre travail se fait en étroite collaboration avec les gestionnaires dans trois contextes :

• le territoire du Parc National du Mercantour,
• la Réserve Naturelle Régionale de Sainte Lucie et d’autres sites sur le territoire du Parc Naturel Régional de la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée,
• le site Natura 2000 de la Grande Maïre à Portiragnes dont la gestion est attribuée à la Communauté d’Agglomération Hérault Méditerranée et d’autres espaces de près salés sur le pourtour Méditerranéen.

Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean

My first book - Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean - was published in 2005. It provided the first synthetic account of the majors processes of evolution in the Mediterranean flora in relation to the history and ecology of the region. It analyzed patterns of species’ distributions and traits in the evolution of the remarkable diversity and degree of endemism that characterize the Mediterranean flora.

Ever since 2005 here has been an immense amount of new and fascinating work on the history, ecology, and evolution of the Mediterranean flora. During this time, human impacts have continued to increase dramatically, significantly influencing both the ecology and evolution of the region’s biota.

My second book, Plant Evolution in the Mediterranean - Insights for conservation, published in 2020 represents a comprehensive update on these issues.

This is not a traditional book on plant evolution, but rather a novel integration of a diverse and scattered literature to produce a synthetic account of Mediterranean plant evolutionary ecology that maintains the accessible style of the previous version but in a new structural framework. History, ecology, biogeography, and evolution are all set in the context of a dramatically increasing footprint. I argue how an understanding of the evolutionary ecology of the region’s flora can be used to provide insights into its conservation and management.

Conseils scientifiques

Sur le thème de la protection de la nature en région Méditerranéenne et ces montagnes, j’ai établi les liens très forts avec les gestionnaires de sites et d’aires protégées. Cet engagement se concrétise par mon rôle en tant que président de deux conseils scientifiques et membre de deux autres.

• Président

Conseil scientifique du Parc National du Mercantour

Conseil scientifique du Parc Naturel Régional de la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée

• Membre

Conseil scientifique du Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen

Conseil scientifique du Parc National des Calanques

A lire

Raevel, V., Munoz, F., Pons, V., Renaux, A., Martin, A. & Thompson, J.D. 2013. Changing assembly processes during a primary succession of plant communities on Mediterranean roadcuts. Journal of Plant Ecology, 6, 19-28.

Thompson, J. D., Charpentier, A., Bouguet, G., Charmasson, F., Roset, S., Buatois, B., Vernet, P. & Gouyon, P.-H. 2013. Evolution of a genetic polymorphism with climate change in a Mediterranean landscape. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA), 110, 2893-2897.

Gauthier, P., Foulon, Y., Jupille, O. & Thompson, J.D. 2013. Quantifying vulnerability to assess priorities for conservation management. Biological Conservation,158, 321-325.

Berjano R., Gauthier P., Fisogni A., Doblas, D., Pons V. & Thompson J.D. 2013. Mate limitation in populations of the endangered Convolvulus lineatus L.: a case for genetic rescue ? Journal for Nature Conservation, 21, 334-341.

Schatz, B. Gauthier, P. Debussche, M. & Thompson, J.D. 2014. A decision tool for listing species for protection on different geographic scales and administrative levels. Journal for Nature Conservation, 22, 75-83

Borie, M., Mathevet, R., Letourneau, A., Ring, I., Thompson^,J.D. & Marty, P. 2014. Exploring the contribution of fiscal transfers to protected area policy. Ecology and Society, 19(1): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05716-190109

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A regarder

Fleurs sauvages de la Méditerranée, « Sous le soleil ». ARTE 2019 https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/069769-001-A/les-secrets-des-fleurs-sauvages-sous-le-soleil/

Phd student - Doctorant

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Research : Climatic and biotic drivers of species distributions in alpine landscapes -- Distribution des oiseaux dans les socio-écosystèmes montagnards

Project : A long-term bird survey for mountain landscape birds -- Un suivi participatif national à long terme des oiseaux de montagne (!)

PhD student – University of Montpellier

I’m a PhD student interested in animal behaviour and cognition, and how they translate into the spatial and demographic dynamics of populations. During my PhD, I focus on the interplay between individual movements and the dynamics of population networks through two case studies: 1) migratory connectivity and its relationship with the demography of migratory populations; 2) informed dispersal and its implications for the structuring and the stability of larid colonies. Linking individual and population-level processes leads me to draw on methods from both behavioural ecology and population biology.

Supervisors: Pierre-André CROCHET (DR, CNRS), Aurélien BESNARD (DE, EPHE).

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Laurine Mathieu - PhD Student 2023/2026

Supervised by Anne Charmantier (CEFE-CNRS) and Samuel Caro (CEFE-CNRS)

Contact

CNRS - CEFE UMR5175, 1919 Route de Mende, 34283 Montpellier

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Project

The objective of this PhD project is to better understand how wild populations of great tits and blue tits are affected by urbanization and what mechanisms are involved in the observed phenotypic differences between urban and forest populations. This study will rely on the long-term population monitoring in urban and forest habitats established in Montpellier (CEFE TIT PROJECT) , as well as on comparative analyses with the city of Paris. The thesis will particularly explore physiological aspects that have not been studied thus far. Given the characteristics of the urban environment, which is more stressful and has higher temperatures, physiological adaptations to urban life are expected to be observed. Variations in the endocrine system between urban and forest environments will be studied, focusing on stress and reproductive hormones. Additionally, aspects of respirometry will be investigated, with the primary question being: do urban birds have a metabolism pre-adapted to high temperatures due to living in an urban heat island effect environment? In a second part, the project aims to dissect how urban phenotypic shifts are driven by genetic change or plasticity. To study this aspect, common garden experiments have been set up. Data from individuals raised under similar environmental conditions can be compared to wild individuals, thus observing whether phenotypic differences between urban and forest habitats are maintained or not.

More information: ACACIA Project

 Bio

• 2021-2023 Master in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Ecology, Evolution and Genomics (Lyon 1)
  • 2^nd year Master thesis: Genetic architecture and gene expression underlying sexual antagonistics traits in Gerromorpha - IGFL (Lyon) - supervised by Abderrahman Khila
  • 1^st year Master thesis: Cognitive abilities in relation to the reproductive success of great tits and ringed flycatchers - LBBE (Lyon)/ Gotland (Sweden) - supervised by Blandine Doligez & Laure Cauchard
• 2020-2021 Licence in Biodiversity (Lyon 1)
• 2018-2020 CPGE BCPST (Lyon)

Laurine Mathieu - PhD student 2023/2026

Supervised by Anne Charmantier (CEFE-CNRS) and Samuel Caro (CEFE-CNRS)

Contact 

CNRS - CEFE UMR5175

1919 Route de Mende, 34283 Montpellier

Aile B Etage 2 Office 206

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Project

The objective of this PhD project is to better understand how wild populations of great tits and blue tits are affected by urbanization and what mechanisms are involved in the observed phenotypic differences between urban and forest populations. This study will rely on the long-term population monitoring in urban and forest habitats established in Montpellier (CEFE TIT PROJECT) , as well as on comparative analyses with the city of Paris. The thesis will particularly explore physiological aspects that have not been studied thus far. Given the characteristics of the urban environment, which is more stressful and has higher temperatures, physiological adaptations to urban life are expected to be observed. Variations in the endocrine system between urban and forest environments will be studied, focusing on stress and reproductive hormones. Additionally, aspects of respirometry will be investigated, with the primary question being: do urban birds have a metabolism pre-adapted to high temperatures due to living in an urban heat island effect environment? In a second part, the project aims to dissect how urban phenotypic shifts are driven by genetic change or plasticity. To study this aspect, common garden experiments have been set up. Data from individuals raised under similar environmental conditions can be compared to wild individuals, thus observing whether phenotypic differences between urban and forest habitats are maintained or not.

More information: ACACIA Project

Bio

• 2021-2023 Master in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Ecology, Evolution and Genomics (Lyon 1)
  • 2^nd year Master thesis: Genetic architecture and gene expression underlying sexual antagonistics traits in Gerromorpha - IGFL (Lyon) - supervised by Abderrahman Khila
  • 1^st year Master thesis: Cognitive abilities in relation to the reproductive success of great tits and ringed flycatchers - LBBE (Lyon)/ Gotland (Sweden) - supervised by Blandine Doligez & Laure Cauchard
• 2020-2021 Licence in Biodiversity (Lyon 1)
• 2018-2020 CPGE BCPST (Lyon)

Thèse soutenue le 12 novembre 2020 (2017-2020)   http://www.theses.fr/s212983   CEFE-CNRS 1919, route de Mende 34293 Montpellier 5

Sujet de thèse :

Déterminisme environnemental de la fécondité du chêne vert

Encadrement :

Directrice : Isabelle CHUINE (CNRS – UMR CEFE - FORECAST)
Co-encadrant : Jean-Marc LIMOUSIN (CNRS – UMR CEFE - FORECAST)
Co-encadrant : Samuel VENNER (CNRS – UMR LBBE - Equipe Ecologie Quantitative et Evolutive des Communautés)

Financement :

Ingénieure des Ponts, des Eaux et des Forêts en formation doctorale (Ministère chargé de l’écologie)

Résumé :

Le changement climatique exerce une pression croissante sur les forêts du monde entier, et ses impacts potentiels sur la fécondité des arbres sont encore mal compris. De nombreuses espèces d'arbres forestiers se reproduisent suivant des patrons de fructification intermittente et synchronisée entre les individus, dits de masting, dont les déterminants complexes doivent être identifiés pour comprendre l'effet du climat sur la fécondité des arbres forestiers.

Cette thèse a comme objectif général d'approfondir notre connaissance des déterminants environnementaux de la fécondité des arbres forestiers et de leurs interactions, en se focalisant sur le chêne vert, une espèce très répandue en milieu méditerranéen. Elle a aussi pour objectif de déterminer comment la fécondité du chêne vert pourrait être affectée par le changement climatique, et de développer un modèle basé sur les processus capable de prédire cet impact.Ce travail de thèse a donc combiné des analyses de suivis à long terme dans une forêt de chêne vert soumise à une manipulation des précipitations*, des expérimentations de manipulation des relations sources-puits pour l'allocation des ressources à la reproduction à l'échelle individuelle, et de la modélisation.

J'ai montré que la reproduction était fortement régulée par les conditions météorologiques durant le cycle reproducteur, et en particulier par la disponibilité en eau en été-automne, et dans une moindre mesure par la disponibilité en carbone et nutriments ainsi que par la compétition entre fruits et nouveaux bourgeons. Mes résultats expérimentaux montrent que l'allocation de ressources à la reproduction peut être modifiée en cas de limitation des ressources par une défoliation ; et que les fruits en développement ont un impact négatif sur les dynamiques des réserves en azote et en zinc dans les branches ainsi que sur la production des fleurs femelles l'année suivante. Les observations en forêt indiquent qu'une réduction continue des précipitations sur plusieurs années induit une diminution du nombre de fruits produits, indépendamment des effets de la variabilité interannuelle et sans que les arbres semblent être capables de s'y acclimater. Enfin, j'ai développé, au sein du modèle de fonctionnement de l'arbre PHENOFIT, un modèle de fécondité se basant sur les hypothèses et résultats issus de mes travaux et de la littérature.

* Cette partie est basée sur l’analyse de données de floraison et de fructification collectées sur la station expérimentale de Puéchabon (http://puechabon.cefe.cnrs.fr/) depuis 1984, et qui offrent un recul très rare sur l’évolution des dynamiques de fécondité chez les arbres forestiers.

PhD Title:

Drivers of holm oak fecundity

Abstract:

Climate change is placing increasing pressure on forests around the world, and its potential impacts on the reproductive capacity of individuals are yet poorly understood. Many forest tree species reproduce following so-called masting patterns, in which seed production is intermittent and synchronized among individuals, whose drivers need to be identified in order to better understand the impact of climate on the fecundity of forest trees.

The general objective of this thesis is to deepen our knowledge of the environmental drivers of the fecundity of forest trees and their interactions, by focusing on the holm oak, a widespread species in the Mediterranean basin. It also aimed to determine how fecundity could be impacted by climate change, and to develop a process-based model capable of predicting this impact. This thesis work combines analyses of long-term monitoring in a holm oak forest exposed to a rainfall exclusion experiment*, experimental manipulations of source-sink interactions involved in the resource allocation to reproduction, and modelling.

I have shown that reproduction was strongly regulated by weather conditions during the reproductive cycle and in particular by the water availability in summer-autumn, and to a lesser extent by the availability of carbon and nutrients, as well as by competition between fruits and new buds. My experimental results show that the allocation of resources to reproduction could be modified in case of resource limitation due to defoliation; and that developing fruits have a negative impact on the dynamics of nitrogen and zinc reserves in branches, as well as on the production of female flowers the following year. Long-term observations show that multi-year rainfall reduction induce a decrease in the number of fruits produced which is additional to the interannual variability and that tree reproduction does not acclimate to drought. Finally, within the PHENOFIT model, I have developed a fecundity model based on the assumptions and results from my work and from the literature.

*Data analyzed in this project were mainly collected at the Puéchabon long-term monitoring site: http://puechabon.cefe.cnrs.fr/

Publications :

6. Le Roncé I., Dardevet E., Venner S., Schönbeck L., Gessler A., Chuine I. et Limousin J.-M., 2023. « Reproduction alternation in trees: testing the resource depletion hypothesis using experimental fruit removal in Quercus ilex ». Tree Physiology,tpad025. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpad025

5. Le Roncé I., Gavinet J., Ourcival J.-M., Mouillot F., Chuine I., et Limousin J.-M., 2021. « Holm oak fecundity does not acclimate to a drier world ». New Phytologist,231: 631–645.https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.17412.

4. Le Roncé I., Toïgo M., Dardevet E., Venner S., Limousin J.-M. et Chuine I., 2020. « Resource manipulation through experimental defoliation has legacy effects on allocation to reproductive and vegetative organs in Quercus ilex ». Annals of Botany, 126: 1165–1179. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaa137

3. Joffard N., Le Roncé I., Langlois A., Renoult J., Buatois B., Dormont L., et Schatz B. 2020. « Floral trait differentiation in Anacamptis coriophora: phenotypic selection on scents, but not on colour ». Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 33: 1028–1038. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeb.13657

2. Chapurlat É., Le Roncé I., Ågren J., et Sletvold N. 2020. « Divergent selection on flowering phenology but not on floral morphology between two closely related orchids ». Ecology and Evolution, 10: 5737–5747. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6312

1. Schermer, É., Bel‐Venner M.‐C., Gaillard J.‐M., Dray S., Boulanger V., Le Roncé I., Oliver G., Chuine I., Delzon S., et Venner S. 2019. « Flower Phenology as a Disruptor of the Fruiting Dynamics in Temperate Oak Species ». New Phytologist, 225: 1181-1192. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16224

PhD candidate – EPHE, IMBE, CEN PACA

Long-lived predatory birds ecology, demography and movement.

I am interested in the population dynamics of long-lived (seabirds and raptors). I study how demography and behavioural mechanisms such as movement are influenced by inter- and intraspecific relationships and the environment (climate, weather, habitat). The aim of my PhD thesis is to investigate the relationship between individual movement and demographic variability in the French population of the Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata).

Supervisors: Aurélien Besnard (DE, EPHE) & Alexandre Millon (MCF, HDR, IMBE).
Co-supervised by Cécile Ponchon (CEN PACA).

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