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Ecophysiology & Ecotoxicology:

Evaluation and prediction of the effects of the environment and human activities on animal populations is becoming increasingly important due to significant changes in ecosystems (changes in landscape structure, climate change, and increased exposure to environmental contaminants). The interactions between an individual and his environment are indeed decisive for its development, reproduction and survival. In this session, we will discuss the impact of these changes and of the toxic pressures on the physiological processes of organisms, the health of populations and the functioning of ecosystems. The specificity, diversity and evolutionary impact of these interactions between an organism or a community and its environment will also be highlighted.

Keywords: environmental-organism interaction; Contamination/pollution; Environmental changes; Physiology

Ecology of movement, biologging:

Ecology of movement has as central object of study the whole organism. From this perspective, the study of wild animals in their natural environment often presents major challenges; many species avoid humans, while others live in habitats where direct observation is difficult or even impossible. Biologging technology aims to overcome these problems by enabling the remote measurement of data for subjects totally free in their natural environment, by miniaturized beacons that transmit the data to receivers (terrestrial or satellite) and/or stored on the device for subsequent transmission or download. The presentations of this session will aim at describing the latest results of spatio-temporal movements, aspects of behavior and physiology and/or the properties of the environment obtained by this technique, on all types of species.

Keywords: movement; biologging; spatio-temporal; tracking; distance measurement

Population Structure and Dynamics:

This session focuses on understanding the processes that determine the temporal and spatial dynamics of the individual's biodiversity and the impact of these processes from an evolutionary point of view. The topics that can be covered here cover the dynamics and distribution of populations in response to biotic and abiotic factors, individual heterogeneity and evolutionary genetic ecology. This session is also an opportunity to present the development of new statistical techniques or the implementation of existing ones in this field of research, conservation aim or for the purpose of basic research.

Keywords: spatial or temporal dynamics of populations; Evolutionary ecology; Traits of life history; Individual heterogeneity; Hybridization

Interspecific interactions:

The diversity and structure of interspecific interactions form the basis of community dynamics and the functioning of ecosystems. These interactions are themselves the result of species co-evolution. This session is dedicated to the nature and diversity of these interactions as well as their impacts on the ecology, evolution and behavior of species. The subjects covered will deal with individual or population studies, through the various declinations of these interactions, saying relationships of prey-predator, host-parasite, herbivore-plant, competition or mutualism. Studies can address demographic, ecological, evolutionary or behavioral impacts. The high variability, the structuration or evolution of these interactions can be presented in this session.

Keywords: interspecific; competition; Coevolution; Predation; Parasitism; Mutualism; commensalism

Conspecific interactions:

The stability and evolution of a population are not only affected by the interactions with its environment and the neighboring species but also by the relations between the individuals that constitute it. These intra-specific interactions can have an impact not only on the behavior of individuals but also on the structure of the population as well as on the selective value of an individual through its accessibility to a resource and / or a partner. The presentations of this session will be able to present the diversity of these intra-specific interactions as well as their different modalities, but also to address the impact of these relationships on behavior (eg. social relations), evolution (via sexual selection, for example) or dynamics of population. Finally, the evolution of these different processes over time can also be addressed.

Keywords: intra-specific interactions; Sexual selection; social relations; competition; communication

Applied Ecology:

Although part of the animal kingdom, man has a special relationship with his environment. The anthropogenic impact, which may be positive or negative, leads to a more or less deep change of its environment. Today, in a period of global change and decline of diversity, it is essential to change these interactions between man and his environment. This session will aim to show the contribution of research in ecology and behavior in the optimization of these interactions. Thus, presented studies can show how anthropogenic practices, such as agriculture, could be improved so as not to harm biodiversity while preserving or improving their yield. Similarly, research in ecology and behavior allow a better understanding and thus better management of natural or reconstituted environments, in order to optimize the conservation of biodiversity, wild or domestic. Finally, the studies presented in this session will be able to address the lessons, in particular technical ones, that man learns from the nature that surrounds him, for example through illustrations of biomimicry.

Keywords: conservation; Human-environment relations; anthropogenic impact; biomimicry; management