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Processus d’invasions biologiques : de l’approche descriptive à l’approche prédictive / Biological invasion processes : evaluation and prediction
No full textFacon Benoit, Mailleret Ludovic, Renault David, Roques Lionel. Processus d’invasions biologiques : de l’approche descriptive à l’approche prédictive / Biological invasion processes : evaluation and prediction. In: Revue d'Écologie (La Terre et La Vie), supplément n°12, 2015. Les invasions biologiques et leur gestion au carrefour des sciences naturelles et des sciences humaines et sociales. Colloque organisé à Rennes (Université de Rennes 1) du 20 au 22 octobre 2014. pp. 110-113
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Evolution of the genetic load and of reproductive traits during a biological invasion
No full textCette thèse porte un regard évolutif sur les invasions biologiques qui sont une menace écologique, économique et sanitaire grandissante.Qu'ils en soient la cause ou la conséquence, les invasions sont en effet le théâtre de changements évolutifs rapides et importants.Ces changements peuvent être liés à une différence de pression de sélection entre l'aire d'origine et l'aire envahie, mais peuvent aussi être initiés par des évènements démo-génétiques comme un goulot d'étranglement démographique ou l'admixture (hybridation intra-spécifique) entre populations génétiquement différentes.Les changements évolutifs concernent aussi bien des traits d'histoire de vie liés à la reproduction que le fardeau génétique et la dépression de consanguinité.La forte dérive génétique qui peut se produire au cours d'un goulot d'étranglement peut conduire à la purge ou la fixation rapide d'allèles délétères responsables du fardeau génétique.Les trais de reproduction peuvent eux aussi influencer directement l'issue d'une invasion, au travers du taux d'accroissement démographique de la population.Ils peuvent aussi avoir un effet indirect sur le succès d'introduction en modifiant l'intensité des effets des évènements démo-génétiques.Au cours de cette thèse, j'ai étudié l'évolution du fardeau génétique et de traits de reproduction au cours d'une invasion biologique grâce à (i) une série d'expériences sur l'espèce envahissante modèle Harmonia axyridis (la coccinelle asiatique) et à (ii) un modèle théorique de dynamique de la fréquence d'un allèle délétère dans une population subissant un goulot d'étranglement.Mes résultats montrent que les populations envahissantes ont des traits de reproduction plus performants que celles de l'aire native.En particulier, les femelles envahissantes présentent une fécondité plus élevée et fécondent leurs œufs avec le sperme d'un plus grand nombre de mâles.Il n'existe pas, chez cette espèce, de mécanisme évident d'évitement de la consanguinité, bien que les populations de l'aire native souffrent de dépression de consanguinité contrairement à celles de l'aire envahie.La dépression de consanguinité peut évoluer très vite chez cette espèce en cas de fort goulot d'étranglement.Dans les conditions expérimentales, les allèles délétères étaient parfois purgés, mais ont souvent été fixés dans la population au cours d'un goulot.Enfin, le modèle théorique a montré que les probabilités de perte ou de fixation d'un allèle délétère récessif peuvent toutes deux augmenter rapidement par dérive au cours d'un goulot d'étranglement d'intensité modérée.Ces résultats soulignent l'importance du hasard sur le succès d'une invasion biologique.Puisque la probabilité d'émergence de combinaisons génomiques favorables à l'invasion augmente avec le nombre d'introduction, limiter le nombre d'évènements d'introduction peut s'avérer déterminant pour prévenir de futures invasions biologiques.This thesis provides some evolutionary insights on biological invasions, which represent a growing threat on ecology, economy and public health.Biological invasions are a place of rapid and important evolutionary changes that can be the cause or the consequence of invasion success.These changes can be caused by differences in selective pressures between the native and the invaded area.They can also be due to demo-genetic events such as demographic bottlenecks and admixture (emph{i.e.} intra-specific hybridisation) between genetically distinct populations.Evolutionary changes affect life-history traits (including reproductive traits) as well as the genetic load and inbreeding depression.Genetic drift can be strong during a bottleneck and can induce the rapid purging or fixation of deleterious alleles responsible for the genetic load.Reproductive traits can also influence the fate of an invasion by changing the demographic growth rate.Moreover, they can have an indirect impact on the success of introduction by altering the intensity of demo-genetic events.Throughout this thesis, I studied the evolution of the genetic load and of reproductive traits by the mean of (i) laboratory experiments using the invasive Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species and (ii) through the study of a theoretical model of the dynamics of allele frequencies during a bottleneck.My results show that invasive populations have better reproductive traits than those from the native area.Particularily, invasive females display an increased fecundity and fertilize their eggs with the sperm of a higher number of males.In this species, there is no obvious mechanism of inbreeding avoidance, even though native populations suffer to inbreeding depression contrarily to invasive ones.Inbreeding depression can evolve quickly in this species if the population goes through a severe bottleneck.In my experiments, deleterious alleles were often fixed in the population during the bottleneck, but were sometimes purged.Finally, the theoretical model studied described show that the probability of complete loss or fixation of a deleterious recessive allele can both increase by drift during a bottleneck.These results highlight the importance of chance on the success of a biological invasion.Because the probability of emergence of genomic combinations that can favour an invasion increases with the number of introduction events, limiting the number of introduction events might be an efficient way to prevent or minimise upcoming biological invasions
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
From biological control to invasion : the ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species
No full textLa lutte biologique est souvent présentée comme une méthode de lutte contre les ravageurs respectueuse de l'environnement, même si la lutte par acclimatation (introduction d'une espèce exotique) peut être à l'origine d'invasion biologique. La coccinelle asiatique Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera : Coccinellidae) a été utilisée comme agent de lutte biologique introduit en Amérique et en Europe pour lutter contre les pucerons. Actuellement, cette espèce est considérée comme envahissante, et a des impacts négatifs sur l'environnement. L'objectif principal de cette thèse est d'améliorer notre connaissance des processus évolutifs pouvant accompagner l'élevage en captivité, ainsi que ceux qui sont liés aux invasions biologiques. J'ai pour cela utilisé une approche expérimentale au travers d'études permettant de caractériser les différences de traits d'histoire de vie entre les trois compartiments populationnels d'H. axyridis (populations natives, envahissantes et de lutte biologique). Les résultats obtenus montrent que les changements évolutifs les plus importants concernent le compartiment de lutte biologique par rapport aux compartiments sauvages (natifs et envahissants). Ce compartiment a subi des changements phénotypiques remarquables en réponse aux conditions d'élevage en laboratoire. Les changements évolutifs les plus spectaculaires concernent différents traits liés à la reproduction. Par exemple, les femelles de lutte biologique se reproduisent plus tôt, ont une fécondité journalière plus élevée, ainsi qu'une longévité et une durée de vie reproductive plus courte. Nous avons également mis en évidence des changements évolutifs entre des populations sauvages natives et envahissantes. Les adaptations aux conditions d'élevage peuvent parfois être désavantageuses dans l'environnement naturel. Par exemple, la résistance au froid et aux pathogènes est moins importante que celle des populations sauvages. Nos résultats montrent aussi que, même si la souche de lutte biologique européenne est incapable de s'implanter dans la nature, l'hybridation avec les populations envahissantes américaines pourrait avoir jouer un rôle positif au cours de l'invasion en Europe.Biological control is generally considered as an environmentally low-impact solution for pest control. However, the use of foreign control agents may ultimately lead to undesired biological invasions. The Asian harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis Pallas (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) was originally used as a biological control agent of aphids in North America and Europe. This species is now considered as invasive, and can have harmful effects on the environment. The main objective of this thesis is to better understand the impact of mass rearing on life-history traits, with a focus on traits that may be associated with invasion success. To do so, experimental approaches were carried out to monitor changes in life-history traits for three types of populations (biocontrol, native or invasive). The corresponding results indicate that the most important evolutionary changes occur in the biocontrol populations (by contrast with the invasive and native populations). Mass rearing appears to induce significant phenotypic changes in the biocontrol populations, with the most spectacular changes being related to reproductive life-history traits. For instance, biocontrol females reproduce significantly earlier, have a higher daily fecundity, but also exhibit lower life expectancy and lower reproductive lifespan. We also evidence other differences between the native and invasive populations. Cold tolerance and pathogen resistance are also lower in biocontrol populations than in wild populations. Altogether, our findings indicate that adaptations to mass rearing conditions may affect the fitness of H. axyridis populations in natural environments. This suggests that, even if the European biocontrol strain is unable to successfully colonize a natural environment, it may nonetheless impact the invasion dynamics of the species in Europe thanks to the admixture with the invasive American populatio
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