Search Results - "Allainé, D"

Unexpected male choosiness for mates in a spider by Bel-Venner, M.C, Dray, S, Allainé, D, Menu, F, Venner, S

“…Sexual selection theory traditionally considers choosiness for mates to be negatively related to intra-sexual competition. Males were classically considered to…”
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Large-scale genotyping of highly polymorphic loci by next-generation sequencing: how to overcome the challenges to reliably genotype individuals? by Ferrandiz-Rovira, M, Bigot, T, Allainé, D, Callait-Cardinal, M-P, Cohas, A

“…Studying the different roles of adaptive genes is still a challenge in evolutionary ecology and requires reliable genotyping of large numbers of individuals…”
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Decreasing litter size of marmots over time: a life history response to climate change? by Tafani, Marion, Cohas, Aurélie, Bonenfant, Christophe, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Allainé, Dominique

“…The way that plants and animals respond to climate change varies widely among species, but the biological features underlying their actual response remains…”
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Contrasting patterns of selection acting on MHC class I and class II DRB genes in the Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) by KUDUK, K., JOHANET, A., ALLAINÉ, D., COHAS, A., RADWAN, J.

“…The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes code for proteins that play a critical role in the immune system response. The MHC genes are among the most…”
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Extra-pair paternity in alpine marmots, Marmota marmota: genetic quality and genetic diversity effects by Cohas, A, Yoccoz, N. G, Allainé, D

“…Assuming that a male's genetic characteristics affect those of his offspring, extra-pair copulation has been hypothesized to increase heterozygosity of the…”
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Extra-pair paternity in the monogamous alpine marmot (Marmota marmota): the roles of social setting and female mate choice by Cohas, A, Yoccoz, N. G, Da Silva, A, Goossens, B, Allainé, D

“…Extra-pair paternity (EPP) can be influenced by both social setting and female mate choice. If evidence suggests that females try to obtain extra-pair…”
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Genetic diversity-fitness correlation revealed by microsatellite analyses in European alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) by Silva, A. Da, Luikart, G., Yoccoz, N. G., Cohas, A., Allainé, D.

“…The relationship between individual genetic diversity and fitness-related traits are poorly understood in the wild. The availability of highly polymorphic…”
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Microsatellite analysis of genetic variation among and within Alpine marmot populations in the French Alps by Goossens, B., Chikhi, L., Taberlet, P., Waits, L. P., AllainÉ, D.

“…The genetic structure of the Alpine marmot, Marmota marmota, was studied by an analysis of five polymorphic microsatellite loci. Eight locations were sampled…”
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An Analysis of Demographic Tactics in Birds and Mammals by J.-M. Gaillard, Pontier, D., Allainé, D., Lebreton, J. D., Trouvilliez, J., Clobert, J.

“…Using field data on fecundity, age at first reproduction and adult life expectancy, we reconsider the so-called r-K gradient by analyzing relationships between…”
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Social signals involved in scent-marking behavior by cheek-rubbing in alpine marmots (Marmota marmota) by BEL, M. C, COULON, J, SRENG, L, ALLAINE, D, BAGNERES, A. G, CLEMENT, J. L

“…The Alpine marmot Marmota marmota is a territorial rodent. Resident adults regularly scent-mark their territory by cheek-rubbing, mainly on burrow entrances…”
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The Estimation of Age-Specific Breeding Probabilities from Recaptures or Resightings in Vertebrate Populations: II. Longitudinal Models by Clobert, Jean, Lebreton, Jean-Dominique, Allaine, Dominique, Gaillard, J. M.

“…We provide a statistical framework to estimate age-specific breeding probabilities in vertebrate populations, from recaptures or resightings of individuals…”
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Generation Time: A Reliable Metric to Measure Life‐History Variation among Mammalian Populations by Gaillard, Jean‐Michel, Yoccoz, Nigel G., Lebreton, Jean‐Dominique, Bonenfant, Christophe, Devillard, Sébastien, Loison, Anne, Pontier, Dominique, Allaine, Dominique

“…Oli and Dobson proposed that the ratio between the magnitude and the onset of reproduction (F/α ratio) allows one to predict the relative importance of vital…”
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Sociality, mating system and reproductive skew in marmots: evidence and hypotheses by Allaine, D

“…Marmot species exhibit a great diversity of social structure, mating systems and reproductive skew. In particular, among the social species (i.e. all except…”
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Intrasexual competition and female dominance in a singular breeding mammal, the Alpine marmot by Lardy, Sophie, Allainé, Dominique, Cohas, Aurélie

“…Although long neglected, female competition is widespread and may have stronger evolutionary consequences than previously thought. In singular breeders,…”
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Reciprocal modulation of internal and external factors determines individual movements by Martin, Jodie, van Moorter, Bram, Revilla, Eloy, Blanchard, Pierrick, Dray, Stéphane, Quenette, Pierre-Yves, Allainé, Dominique, Swenson, Jon E.

“…1. Movement is fundamental to individual and population dynamics, as it allows individuals to meet their basic requirements. Although movement patterns reflect…”
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Age-specific survival in the socially monogamous alpine marmot (Marmota marmota): evidence of senescence by Berger, Vérane, Lemaître, Jean-François, Dupont, Pierre, Allainé, Dominique, Gaillard, Jean-Michel, Cohas, Aurélie

“…We investigated age-specific variation in survival of dominant individuals in a long-lived and monogamous mammal, the alpine marmot (Marmota marmota), from a…”
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Sex Differentiation in Postnatal Growth Rate: A Test in a Wild Boar Population by J.-M. Gaillard, Pontier, D., S. Brandt, J.-M. Jullien, Allainé, D.

“…In wild boar individual growth rate is linear between 0.5 and 6 months after birth, based on successive body weight measurements. Contrary to expectation for a…”
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The Relationship between Fecundity and Adult Body Weight in Homeotherms by Allainé, D., Pontier, D., Gaillard, J. M., Lebreton, J. D., Trouvilliez, J., Clobert, J.

“…Although most life history traits in birds and mammals show an allometric relationship with body weight (Brody 1945; Lack 1968; Peters 1983; Calder 1984), such…”
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Postnatal Growth Rate and Adult Body Weight in Mammals: A New Approach by Pontier, D., Gaillard, J. M., Allainé, D., Trouvilliez, J., Gordon, I., Duncan, P.

“…It is argued that the postnatal growth rate should be linked to maternal body weight by the exponent 0.75. This theoretically derived hypothesis is found to be…”
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Extra-Pair Paternity in the Monogamous Alpine Marmot Revealed by Nuclear DNA Microsatellite Analysis by Goossens, Benoît, Laurent Graziani, Waits, Lisette P., Etienne Farand, Séverine Magnolon, Jacques Coulon, Marie-Claude Bel, Taberlet, Pierre, Allainé, Dominique

“…The genetic parentage and pedigrees of 35 litters from 12 family groups of monogamous Alpine marmot (Marmota marmota) in the French Alps were analyzed using…”
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