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News of the EPE team

  February 2021

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Martinet L, Sueur C, Hirata S, Hosselet J, Matsuzawa T, Pelé M. 2021. News indices to characterize drawing behavior in humans (Homo sapiens) and chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Scientific Reports, 11. http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83043-0
• Correia, H.E., A. Abebe, and F.S. Dobson. 2021. Multiple paternity and the number of offspring : A model reveals two major groups of species. BioEssays, in press. doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000247
• De Villemereuil, P., A. Charmantier, D. Arlt, P. Bize, P. Brekke, L. Brouwer, A. Cockburn, S.D. Côté, F.S. Dobson, S.R. Evans, M. Festa-Bianchet, M. Gamelon, S. Hamel, J. Hegelbach, K. Jerstad, B. Kempenaers, L.E.B. Kruuk, J. Kumpula, T. Kvalnes, A.G. McAdam, S.E. McFarlane, M.B. Morrissey, T. Pärt, J.M. Pemberton, A. Qvarnström, O.-W. Røstad, J. Schroeder, J.C. Senar, B.C. Sheldon, M. van de Pol, M.E. Visser, N.T. Wheelwright, J. Tufto, and L.-M. Chevin. 2020. Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117 : 31969-31978.
• Chatelain M, Massemin S, Zahn S, Kurek, E, Bulska, E. and Szulkin, M. 2021 Urban metal pollution explains variation in reproductive outputs in great tits and blue tits. Science of the Total Environment, 145966. https://www-sciencedirect-com.in2p3.bib.cnrs.fr/science/article/pii/S0048969721010330

Presentations

• Romano, V. When prehistoric archaeology meets network science : testing demography-dependent models of cultural change. Department of Archaeology - University of Cambridge, UK. Invited speaker. 08/02/2021. https://www.arch.cam.ac.uk/events/computational-and-digital-archaeology-laboratory-series/when-prehistoric-archaeology-meets
• C.A. Olivier presented at the online meeting of the Ethological society on the 26^th of February a talk : Pair-living in elephant-shrews : how much do we really know ?

New grants

• Congratulations to Roger Colominas who obtained a postdoctoral Marie Curie fellowship with the IPHC as the host institution. Roger will develop for 2 years a collaborative program with Pierre Bize (University of Aberdeen) and several members of the IPHC (F Criscuolo, S Zahn / DEPE, F Bertile / DSA), as well as with D Heintz from the IBMP – University of Strasbourg. The aim is to evaluate the origin of organic pollutants (POPs) that affect the migratory Alpine swift, and their impacts on life history traits and ageing mechanisms in a Swiss population followed since 20 years. We are really happy to host and work with Roger for the next 2 years, and look forward to start working on the project in next May.

Other

• C. Schradin visited the University of Chattanooga in Tennessee virtually to answer questions of students, who before his visited had watched his recorded FINE presentation.

  December 2020

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Martinet L & Pelé M.2020. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fcom0000251. Journal of Comparative Psychology.
• Schradin, C. 2020. Successful reproduction of Trachemys scripta in the Altrhein of Kehl (Germany) and simultaneous increase in population estimate. The Herpetological Bulletin, 154, 1-7.
• Stier A, Bize P, Massemin S & Criscuolo F. (2020). Long-term intake of the illegal diet pill DNP reduces lifespan in a captive bird model. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, 108944. https://www-sciencedirect-com.in2p3.bib.cnrs.fr/science/article/pii/S1532045620302441
• Sueur C, Forin-Wiart M, Pelé M. 2020. Are They Really Trying to Save Their Buddy ? The Anthropomorphism of Animal Epimeletic Behaviours. Animals, 10(12), 2323 ; https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10122323
  Sueur C, Georges JY, Matsuzawa T, Pelé M. 2020. Editorial : Perceptions of Human-Animal Relationships and their Impacts on Animal Ethics, Law and Research. Frontiers in Psychology, doi : 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.631238

Non-reviewed papers, books, book chapters, published abstracts and reports

• Francois Criscuolo wrote an article in The Conversation on how politic structures should evolved in order to be more ready to deliver adaptive response to the new world challenges. https://theconversation.com/debat-a-quand-un-ministere-de-ladaptation-ecologique-147922

Presentations

• Colloque L’Animal à l’Anthropocène : Les perceptions des relations humains-animaux et leurs impacts sur l’éthique animale et l’éthique environnementale, Cédric SUEUR et Marie PELE (IPHC - CNRS / UniStra, Strasbourg)

Media coverage

• Distanciation sociale chez les animaux | ZdS#38, Zeste de Science / Les séries originales du CNRS, https://youtu.be/VjfCBUit3D8
• Film “Au coeur du Réseau”. Projected by Télégrenoble, 26 Dec 2020

New grants

• 26k€ Grant from the CNRS-MITI to JP Robin (PI), VA Viblanc and others to develop a network of climate sensors in the subAntarctic to monitor climate change and impacts on biodiversity https://miti.cnrs.fr/appel-projet/defi-changement-climatique/

Congratulation

• VA Viblanc joins the IUCN Penguin Specialist Group
• Warm congratulations to Martin Quque, who successfully defended his thesis “ Coevolution of sociality and aging in animal society” the 17th November both at the University Libre of Brussels and the 17th December at the University of Strasbourg. The jury composed of Serge Aron and Jean-Christophe de Biseau d’Hauteville (Brussels), Audrey Dussutour (Toulouse), Sylvie Massemin (Strasbourg) recognized the exceptional value of his pluridisciplinary work and granted him with the PhD diploma of both universities. I was delighted to be the co-supervisor of Martin and wish him the best to pursue his promising scientific carrier. Video temporarily available online : https://youtu.be/rtbSDIKM7mQ
• We would like to happily congratulate two former PhDs of the EPE teams, Sophie Reichert and Antoine Stier that became parents of a beautiful Maximilien the 2^nd of January. Certainly a future great evolutionary biologist as he will inherits great genes and perfect parental care environment !

  November 2020

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Letang B, Mulot B, Alert V, Bionda T, Britton L, Meulen T, Szantho J, Guéry JP, Sueur C. 2020. Social proximities of developing gorilla males (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in European zoos : the consequences of castration and social composition. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, in press.
• Naud A, Sueur C, Chaix B, Kestens Y. 2020. Combining social network and activity space data for health research : Tools and methods. Health and Place, 66, 102454
• Criscuolo F, Pillay N, Zahn S & Schradin C. Seasonal variation in telomere dynamics in African striped mice. Oecologia, in press. https://link-springer-com.in2p3.bib.cnrs.fr/article/10.1007/s00442-020-04801-x
• Tschirren B, Zahn S, Romero-Haro AA & Criscuolo F. Sex-specific effects of experimental ectoparasite infestation on telomere length in great tit nestlings. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jeb.13744
• Criscuolo F, Torres R, Zahn S & Williams T. Telomere dynamics from hatching to sexual maturity and the multivariate egg. J. Exp. Biol., in press. https://jeb.biologists.org/content/early/2020/11/01/jeb.232496

Presentations

• Valéria Romano is a co-host and organizer of the PALEODEM webinars : "Social networks and Cultural Evolution in Hunter-gatherers". https://paleodem.eu/paleodem-webinars/
• Romano V.*, Lozano S.*, Gomez-Puche M., Cucart-Mora C., Zumalabe R., Fernandez-Lopez de Pablo, J. When prehistoric archaeology meets network science : testing demography-dependent models of cultural change. Webinar series : “Social networks and cultural evolution in hunter-gatherers”. November/2020. Oral presentation. *Co-presenters
• Vincent Viblanc Film ”Au coeur du Réseau”. Online projection and debate with school pupils (6-12 years old). Le Vaisseau, Strasbourg, 21 Nov 2020 (some 20 participants)

Media coverage

• Quand le chimpanzé vieillit, fini les faux amis
  https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2020/11/01/quand-le-chimpanze-vieillit-fini-les-faux-amis_6058121_1650684.html
• What The Animal Kingdom Teaches Us About Social Distancing
  https://worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/what-the-animal-kingdom-teaches-us-about-social-distancing
• Vincent Viblanc Short film “Stress social et santé animale, l’exemple du spermophile du Columbia”. Projected by Festival Film Nature et Environnement, 3 Dec 2020. https://www.festivalfilmfneisere.org/grand-public
• Vincent Viblanc Film “Au coeur du Réseau”. Projected by Festival Montagne & Sciences, 14 Nov 2020 http://www.montagnes-sciences.fr (over 2500 online viewers)
• Vincent Viblanc Film “Au coeur du Réseau”. Online projection by Jardin des Sciences - Région Grand Est, 19 Nov 2020 (over 150 online viewers)

Other news

• Mathilde Lejeune, overwintering field assistant has safely arrived on Crozet Island, and the field season on king penguin is fully underway !
  https://ipev119.wixsite.com/econergie119

Mathilde Lejeune on Crozet Island

  October 2020

Visitors

• The EPE team and the DEPE were happy to host Adrian Moreno Borrallo, a master II student who made his matser at the Museum of National History of Madrid (D^r Alonso-Alvarez ; https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos_Alonso-Alvarez) in 2019-2020. During his one week visit, he worked with F Bertile (DSA) and F Criscuolo on a thesis subject on glycation stress in birds to submit in 2021.

  September 2020

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

• Mosovice Liza, Sueur Cédric, Aureli Filippo. 2020.How socio-ecological factors influence the differentiation of social relationships : an integrated conceptual framework. Biology Letters, 16 : 20200384 : https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0384
• Schradin, C., Drouard, F., Lemonnier, G., Askew, G., Olivier, C.A., Pillay, N. 2020. Geographic intra-specific variation in social organization is driven by population density. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 74, 113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-020-02896-z
• Agnani, P., Thomson, J., Schradin, C. & Careau, V. 2020. The fast and the curious II : performance, personality, and metabolism in Karoo bush rats. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74, 123.
  https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00265-020-02908-y?sharing_token=1_noMlaV19OKRmI8ny-BN_e4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY6W2bSQNvAaxWy92E4NithXnXnIo2IgfZzbnsOeUANyEGB9bK1-ulMVIho9j3qzrzMQLsBlOnbRLMGJC_rs7xzl9LLG9CtSVGiuMPPqrXdoAVRm4WFjuNsCrvXhlPMc9oA%3D

Presentations

• Schradin, C. 30. September 2020. Populationsanstieg und wiederholte Fortpflanzung invasiver Rotwangen-Schmuckschildkröten beim Altrhein von Kehl. State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany.

Media coverage

• Movie projection “Au coeur du réseau” in the framework of the 60 year campus Anniversary and with CNRS Science en Lumière at the BNU, Sept 21 2020 (https://www.bnu.fr/fr/evenements-culturels/agenda-culturel/au-coeur-du-reseau-querelles-de-voisinage-chez-les-ecureuils)
• Movie projection “Au coeur du réseau” in the framework of the 60 year campus Anniversary at the IPHC, Sept 22 2020
  Move teaser on-line https://vimeo.com/458854829
• Interviews at RCF (https://rcf.fr/actualite/actualite-locale/journal-local-1er-octobre-2020-7h at 5’19) and https://rcf.fr/actualite/un-documentaire-pour-comprendre-le-stress-social-chez-les-ecureuils

Visitors

• Florence Levrero and Nicolas Mathevon visited the 10-11. Sept and took some striped mice to Lyon for a study on ultra-sound communication. A master student will start in January in Lyon.

Congratulation

• Welcome to Maïly Kervella, starting a new PhD (2020-2023) on ageing in ants, in collaboration with the DSA (F Bertile) and the Institut Cochin (F Bouillaud). This program is supported by the Mission pour les Initiatives Transverses et l’Interdisciplinarité du CNRS. http://www.cnrs.fr/mi/
• Welcome to Anouch Tamian who is just starting her PhD on the effects of microclimate on the phonology, behavior and physiology of Columbian ground squirrels ! Together with VA Viblanc and C Saraux (Adage team) and F Bertile (DSA)
• Welcome to Valentin Heit who is starting a 1-year internship to build a data base and web-application for long-term data sets with a focus on Columbian ground squirrels with VA Viblanc and C Saraux (Adage team) and E Kieffer (DRS) and JM Gallone (DRHIM)
• Welcome to M Lejeune who will be overwintering in Crozet for 2020-21for the Econergy 119 Polar program (VA Viblanc and JP Robin - AMVEC team)
• Welcome to M Fusiller who will be overwintering in Crozet for 2020-21 in part for the Econergy 119 Polar program (VA Viblanc and JP Robin - AMVEC team)

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