One of the main aims of evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms responsible for the phenotypic variation on which natural selection can act. Maternal effects occur when a mother's phenotype or her environment influence her offspring's phenotype. Despite the importance of such effects for the ecology of host-parasite interactions, their role has been relatively neglected to date. In this thesis, we examined how mothers influence the immune defense of their young in an environment that varies in space and time. This work has primarily focused on a colonial seabird, the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla). Using this model, we have first shown that specific maternal antibodies against parasites, commonly present in the envir...
Hydrothermal vents are located on the mid-ocean ridges, and are characterized by challenging physico...
Brown trout (Salmo trutta) ecology was largely studied. However, the process structuring the spatiot...
Archaea are micro-organisms present in all ecosystems, but are majoritary present in extremophilic e...
One of the main aims of evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms responsible for the phe...
Multi-trophic interactions play a key role in structuring agro-ecosystems and regulating arthropod p...
In sexually reproducing animals, dispersal and mating strategies are influenced by many environmenta...
Semi-natural grasslands form multifunctional areas susceptible to serve the society from many aspect...
This thesis explored non-genetic maternal influences in a precocial bird, the Japanese quail Coturni...
The scope of this study was to identify the different developmental stages of Rubus alceifolius and ...
Préparée à l'Unité Mixte de Recherche "Biologie des Organismes et des Populations appliquée à la Pro...
Mosquito pest and disease vector populations are the main purposes of mosquito control and monitorin...
The colonial lifestyle has ecological and evolutionary advantages, but it increases the risks of pat...
The aim of our work was to develop fluorescence decay imaging and to demonstrate its utility in the ...
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract whose etiology remain...
Henipaviruses are highly pathogenic emerging zoonotic paramyxoviruses. They can infect a broad spect...
Hydrothermal vents are located on the mid-ocean ridges, and are characterized by challenging physico...
Brown trout (Salmo trutta) ecology was largely studied. However, the process structuring the spatiot...
Archaea are micro-organisms present in all ecosystems, but are majoritary present in extremophilic e...
One of the main aims of evolutionary biology is to understand the mechanisms responsible for the phe...
Multi-trophic interactions play a key role in structuring agro-ecosystems and regulating arthropod p...
In sexually reproducing animals, dispersal and mating strategies are influenced by many environmenta...
Semi-natural grasslands form multifunctional areas susceptible to serve the society from many aspect...
This thesis explored non-genetic maternal influences in a precocial bird, the Japanese quail Coturni...
The scope of this study was to identify the different developmental stages of Rubus alceifolius and ...
Préparée à l'Unité Mixte de Recherche "Biologie des Organismes et des Populations appliquée à la Pro...
Mosquito pest and disease vector populations are the main purposes of mosquito control and monitorin...
The colonial lifestyle has ecological and evolutionary advantages, but it increases the risks of pat...
The aim of our work was to develop fluorescence decay imaging and to demonstrate its utility in the ...
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract whose etiology remain...
Henipaviruses are highly pathogenic emerging zoonotic paramyxoviruses. They can infect a broad spect...
Hydrothermal vents are located on the mid-ocean ridges, and are characterized by challenging physico...
Brown trout (Salmo trutta) ecology was largely studied. However, the process structuring the spatiot...
Archaea are micro-organisms present in all ecosystems, but are majoritary present in extremophilic e...